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Who Is Tom?

TOM DONOHUE is HIV-positive. He speaks at colleges and universities across the country.  He is the Founder and Executive Director of Who's Positive - a national HIV/AIDS organization which humanizes HIV through firsthand account of those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Tom has appeared in every major HIV and AIDS print publication and national news outlets including CNN, NBC News, and CBS. Donohue along with other advocates helped to ring the opening bell of the NASDAQ, he has served on the commission for LGBTA Equity at Penn State University; was the director of the Pennsylvania State AIDS Watch from 2003 to 2005;  For World AIDS Day, Donohue was featured on MTV’s Jumbotron in New York’s Times Square as one of fifty notable HIV and AIDS activists in the world.

He also served on the board of directors for the North Central District AIDS Coalition in central Pennsylvania, AIDS Services Group in Charlottesville Virginia and a board of Trustee for NAPWA, The National Association of People With AIDS in Washington, DC. In July 2012, Tom was invited by President Barack Obama to a White House reception in honor of the International AIDS Conference and those who fight against HIV/AIDS.

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What are they saying about Tom and his Program...

Your presentation effectively humanized the issue of hiV to students in the audience.  You showed them how it is not only the patient who is affected but all of the people around that person, be they former partners, friends, or family members.  The presentation taught students the importance of being supportive and encouraged stdents to be more aware of HIV as certain behaviors.  The story and information provided was helpful in explaining to students the importance of reducing the transmission of HIV.
Rick Kutz - Program Coordinator, Center for Student Life, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

In my work with Tom as Founder of Who's Positive, I found him to be creative, imaginative, full of energy and drive, and an exemplar of commitment to a cause. It is no easy thing to come up with an idea and turn it into a successful reality, but Tom has all of the qualities necessary to doing exactly that. I give him my highest possible recommendation. - Roger Williams - Executive Director Penn State Alumni Assocition
Tom is an excellent executive director/project manager/national HIV advocate. I had the extreme pleasure in working with on hosting on the campus of Nova Southeastern University Dave in South Florida his National HIV Getting Tested Campaign Who's Positive. We tested over 70 students and had over 10 community organizes. His leadership on bring this campaign awareness cross the nation and touch many lives by great untold personal stories.  We were both written up in the New York Times on World AIDS Day insert piece "Unknown Heroes." - Oscar Hernandez Health Services Representative, Broward County Health Department