Meet Frank Beadle De Palomo

From the AED website: Frank Beadle de Palomo is the Director of Center on AIDS & Community Health and a Senior Vice President of the Academy for Educational Development. In his role as Director for the Center, Mr. Beadle de Palomo provides overall management, policy direction, project oversight, liaison with clients and collaborating organizations and individuals, and directs technical and program support. In addition, he provides project direction and leadership for AED's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Technical Support Contract for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. He has a strong history in program planning, policy development and analysis, organizational development, and working with impacted communities; and has garnered in-depth experience in health promotion and disease prevention topic areas such as: HIV/AIDS prevention and care, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, diabetes, childhood immunizations, migrant farm worker health, substance abuse, and environmental health.

Mr. Beadle de Palomo has a firm commitment to grassroots organizing, public health advocacy, and public health initiatives that create partnerships between communities and other entities concerned about improving public health needs. Since 1994, Mr. Beadle de Palomo has been involved in supporting the implementation of CDC's HIV Prevention Community Planning Initiative — a program he helped develop at the national level. From 1995-1997, he worked as a Senior Program and Policy Officer at the Academy for Educational Development, coordinated technical assistance for the HIV Prevention Community Initiative, and managed AED's HIV, STD, and TB policy portfolio.

Prior to his work at AED, Mr. Beadle de Palomo served as the founding Director of the National Council of La Raza Center for Health Promotion, where he provided technical assistance and served as a liaison to a nationwide network of Latino community-based organizations, federal agencies; such as CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Office of Minority Health, the Office of the Surgeon General, and the Office of the National AIDS Policy Coordination; and national organizations involved in health-related issues of importance to Latinos.

His keen interest in strengthening communities is evident in his active involvement in national and community-based organizations. Mr. Beadle de Palomo is Co-Chair of the national STD Prevention Partnership, current Section Program Chair and Governing Council member of the American Public Health Association, and a member of the boards of the American Health Planning Association, the Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc. (Vice Chair), and the Fund for the Future of Our Children (Secretary). Mr. Beadle de Palomo holds a Master's degree in Medical Anthropology and a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Stanford University, Stanford, CA. He speaks Spanish and Italian.