Mapping Pathways partner Mark Ishaug was recently profiled in the Washington Post. Mark is the new president and chief executive of AIDS United, a District-based national policy and grantmaking organization that seeks to end AIDS in America. Previously he led AIDS Foundation of Chicago (another Mapping Pathways partner, in addition to NAZ India, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, RAND Europe, and Baird's CMC.)via Washington Post, interview by Vanessa Small
After witnessing the devastating effects of AIDS on friends and people he knew, Ishaug knew he wanted to contribute to ending the disease — he just wasn’t sure how. It wasn’t until the owner of a restaurant he worked in made a call to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago on his behalf that Ishaug found his place in the movement. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization and after 20 years decided to take on a leadership role in the District that he believes will “benefit a bigger and broader arena.”
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