Board of Directors

 
Elyse Myers, Global Health Recruitment Consultant with an emphasis on public health, and Senior Board Member of Something Positive for Positive People, a 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting people navigating herpes stigma black and white image

Elyse Myers Sr. SPFPP Board Member
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Elyse is a global Health Recruitment Consultant with 20+ years of experience in 40 countries recruiting epidemiologists, virologists, doctors, and other key personnel for health projects. Her work and passion is in infectious disease and sexual/reproductive health. She has significant experience recruiting for projects funded by USAID, CDC, PEPFAR, Global Fund, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck, and other private foundations. Her expertise is in public health and infectious disease — COVID-19 (COVAX Vaccine Delivery), HIV, TB, Ebola, Influenza, Malaria, and Polio; and reproductive health/family planning, and vaccine development.

Dr. Evelin Molina-Dacker, Board-Certified Integrative and Holistic Family Physician and Board Member of Something Positive for Positive People who also is an author of the STARS Talk teaching people to have healthy relationships

Dr. Evelin Dacker
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Dr. Dacker is a Board-Certified Integrative and Holistic Family Physician who specializes in sexual health and consent. Her unique approach to wellness incorporates pleasure as an important aspect for healing trauma and illness. In addition to practicing medicine, she was the Executive Director of SexPositive Portland from 2018-2020. She teaches other health care providers on sex-positivity, destigmatizing STIs, and having a more open attitude toward alternative sexual practices and relationship styles. In addition, she holds workshops on consent and sexual communication geared toward young adults to reduce sexual assault on college campuses.

Jordan D'Nelle Jones, Physician Associate and podcast Host of Vaginas Vulvas and Vibrators, a podcast on Women's Health and intimacy, and Board Member of Something Positive for Positive People black and white image

Jordan D’Nelle Jones She/Her

Jordan D’Nelle is a Physician Associate and Women’s Sexual Health Educator and Intimacy Coach. She is the Founder of the Vaginas, Vulvas, and Vibrators Podcast. Her goal is to raise awareness about conditions, sexuality, sexual intimacy and relationships that specifically affect women. She wants to help normalize women’s health and create a safe space for women to feel validated. She has been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine and multiple podcasts.

Dr. Amber Sophus, PHD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Board Member of Something Positive for Positive People black and white image

Dr. Amber Sophus
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Dr. Sophus is a Social and Behavioral Scientist and Consultant, devoted to advancing HIV/STI prevention and sexual health. Her primary focus is on reducing HIV disparities among Black women in the Southern United States, and is passionate about improving awareness and uptake of biomedical strategies for HIV prevention, particularly pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Her research endeavors extend to enhancing sexual health and well-being among women, with a specific emphasis on the impact of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and the intersection between HIV and HSV.