Black PR Wire Power Profiler on DEBRA FRASER-HOWZE
Debra Fraser-Howze is the President/CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), which she founded in 1987. Under the leadership of Ms. Fraser-Howze, the NBLCA has grown to become the oldest and largest Black HIV and AIDS non-profit organization of its kind in America.
In June 1995, Ms. Fraser-Howze was appointed by President Bill Clinton to his Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). The 30-member Council is the first national body established to solely and directly to advise a United States President on this issue.
Prior to her founding presidency at the NBLCA, Ms. Fraser-Howze served as Director of Teenage Services at the New York Urban League, specializing in teenage pregnancy. Ms. Fraser-Howze was also a Legislative Assistant to The Honorable Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), United States Member of Congress, from 1983-84 while a National Urban League Fellow assigned to Washington, D.C.
Ms. Fraser-Howze has been recognized for more than two decades of local, national, and international leadership to communities of color regarding teenage pregnancy, social welfare, and HIV and AIDS. Through her advocacy, African-Americans and other people of color have gained greater inclusion in local and national policy, planning, research, and clinical trials.
Ms. Fraser-Howze has been recognized for more than two decades of local, national, and international leadership to communities of color regarding teenage pregnancy, social welfare, and HIV and AIDS. Through her advocacy, African-Americans and other people of color have gained greater inclusion in local and national policy, planning, research, and clinical trials.
Her counsel has been sought by governments from around the globe, including Barbados, Bermuda, Gabon, Jamaica, and Uganda. Additionally, she was the Vice Chair of the HIV Human Services Planning Council during the administration of New York City's first African-American Mayor, David N. Dinkins, and chaired the National Institute of Health's Public Education Technology Committee. In December 2003, New York City's mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, appointed Ms. Fraser-Howze to the New York City Commission on AIDS.
Ms. Fraser-Howze serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Violence Against African- American Women and is the former Secretary of the Board of the Albert G. Oliver Scholarship Program. She is currently a member of the National Association of Female Executives.
Ms. Fraser-Howze was inducted into the Hunter College Hall of Fame in 1996 and holds a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications from Hunter College and a Master's in Public Administration from Baruch College, both schools of the City University of New York. In addition, Ms. Fraser-Howze is both a United Federation of Teachers and a Regents Scholar in four disciplines.
As America celebrates National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness & Information Day which is recognized annually on February 7th, we are pleased to honor Ms. Debra Fraser-Howze as the Power Profiler for the month of February.