Washington, DC & New York, NY (3/14/2006) — Gary Rose, Senior Vice President of Hyde Park Communications, was honored on Thursday, March 9, by many of the foremost leaders in HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy and by the Title II Community AIDS National Network (TIICANN) for his activism and dedication for more than two decades to the health and human rights of the HIV/AIDS community.
The Honorable Donna Christian-Christensen MD, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust; Dr. Howard Grossman, Executive Director of the American Academy of HIV Medicine; Bill Arnold, Executive Director of TIICANN and other health care advocates spoke about the impact Mr. Rose has had on access to care for people living with HIV.
Rep. Christian-Christiansen opened the evening by recognizing Rose’s decades long commitment to “people living with HIV/AIDS, black and white, male and female, poor and near poor, in the United States and abroad.”
“We are very proud of Gary Rose’s accomplishments, and all that he has given to and achieved for the HIV/AIDS community,” said Hyde Park Communications CEO Jeffrey M. Sandman. “This honor by TIICANN is most deserved.”
Mr. Rose has a long and distinguished career. Working from Hyde Park Communications’ New York office since the firm’s founding six years ago, Mr. Rose consults on health care policy and government relations issues to the innovative pharmaceutical sector, health care companies and for nonprofit organizations. Mr. Rose also serves on the board of the AIDS Treatment Data Network, and represents the Title II Community AIDS National Network on the Steering Committee of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program Working Group.
Previously, Mr. Rose worked with AIDS Action Council in Washington, DC, where he helped form the ADAP Working Group and the Patients’ Coalition for Responsible FDA Reform. He also served as a co-chair of the National Associations Responding to AIDS (NORA) and on the International Issues and Research Working Groups. Earlier, Mr. Rose held positions with the National Association of People with AIDS, the Executive Committee of the NORA coalition, and the National Pediatric HIV Resource Center—now the AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth and Families.