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Dana Mangum, MA, NCCAF Program Director
Dana Mangum is the Program Director of NCCAF.  She is responsible for developing the strategic planning and development, managing the Advisory Board, overseeing the marketing, and leading the growth of the Fund.  Most recently she is a former executive at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (GSK) where she held posts within the Commercial, Clinical, Corporate and Manufacturing sectors of the company.  She was responsible for supporting the commercial and educational activities of the HIV division within GSK.  She has held positions as a research associate within Duke's Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research and Duke Global Health Institute, in epidemiologic research for NIH-sponsored studies, and as a nuclear medicine technologist within state and regional hospitals.  She currently serves on the NC board of United Nations Women. She holds a MA in Liberal Studies with a minor in Health Policy from Duke University in Durham, NC and a BS in Radiologic Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC.


Kimberly M. Walker, BA, Co-Principal Investigator, NC Community AIDS Fund
Kimberly Walker’s main function as Associate Director is to develop outreach to Deans and Department Chairs throughout the University and to individual faculty members wishing to conduct health policy related research.  She also plays an advisory role in staff-related issues and currently ensures that CHPIR administration is in line with the Center’s strategic goals and general oversight of domestic projects. Kimberly serves in grant-funded positions as Co-Principal Investigator of the North Carolina Community Health Fund, which focuses on fundraising and distributing funds statewide to organizations initiating or maintaining HIV programs, and the Positive Charge Initiative, where Persons Living With HIV/AIDS serve as Access Coordinators reaching out to those who are positive but are not accessing HIV medical care services.  She coordinates educational events for clinicians across the state with the NC AIDS Education and Training Center.  Kimberly is a member of the Duke Center for AIDS Research Social Behavioral Science Corp (CFAR SBS) where she focuses on community engagement and dissemination, and most recently as a liaison between fellows and faculty with the Health Disparities Fellows Program.


Beth Stringfield, BS, NCCAF Project Coordinator (Positive Charge Initiative)
Beth Stringfield has been working in the field of HIV since 1998 when she began as a direct service provider with the AIDS Service Agency of NC (now Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina). As a Benefits Advocate she opened a new office in Orange County, a satellite office in Durham, and helped start the first Durham food pantry. In 2000, she went to the Piedmont HIV Health Care Consortium where she served as the Executive Director for over seven years. Under her leadership, the Consortium co-developed and led the Piedmont HIV Integrated Community Access System (PHICAS), an HIV/hepatitis C co-infection project in the greater Triangle area and added two counties which doubled the client base. In 2008 she joined the North Carolina Community AIDS Fund of Duke University’s Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research where she started the grantmaking, AmeriCorps, technical assistance, and Access to Care (Positive Charge Initiative) programs, which she oversees now as a Project Coordinator. Beth began her work in community service as an AmeriCorps member through Public Allies after graduating from Guilford College.


Amber Clifford, BA, NCCAF Project Coordinator
Amber Clifford is a native of Denver, CO and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is responsible for NCCAF's public relations and media efforts and also serves as the City Supervisor for the AIDS United AmeriCorps Team in the Traingle area.
In college, Amber double majored in Journalism and Mass Communication and Political Science, with a minor in African Studies. Within the field of journalism, Amber concentrated on public relations and worked as an intern for several non-profit organizations throughout North Carolina and has been active in HIV/AIDS initiatives. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.


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