STAFF
Madalynn C. Rucker
Executive Director/Founder
Madalynn C. Rucker is Founder and Executive Director of ONTRACK Program Resources (ONTRACK), and serves as the Project Director for the One Love African American HIV Prevention Capacity Building Project. She has more than 20 years of program management experience in health and human services. She previously served for seven years as a Human Services Analyst III for the County of San Mateo, and six years as a Program Manager for the Community Services Planning Council in Sacramento.
Madalynn has a significant history of grassroots community organizing and social activism, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science at the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science/Public Administration from Stanford University in 1985.
She worked at the Community Services Planning Council, as the Director of the Sacramento 21 Community Partnership, a federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration project. Madalynn then founded ONTRACK Program Resources, Inc., a nonprofit consulting firm, primarily serving community- and faith-based organizations working with low-income, underserved populations. Under her leadership, ONTRACK is thriving, growing and fast becoming a cornerstone of resources and services for the communities it serves.
Madalynn was born in New York City and spent her school years in Los Angeles. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area after graduating from Los Angeles High School, where she lived until moving to Sacramento in 1992. Madalynn has four siblings and is the proud mother of three children: Attica, Zaki and Mariah.
Jamal Bey
Project Manager
Jamal Bey, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., serves as the Project Manager of ONE Love’s African American HIV Prevention Capacity Building Project.Jamal has been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention since 1987, focusing on communities of color, with a primary focus on the HIV prevention needs of African American/Black Men who have Sex with Men, Young Men who have Sex with Men and African American Gay, Bisexual and Same Gender Loving (SGL) identified men in various capacities. Jamal has worked in various capacities, including: community HIV health promotion; HIV prevention programming, statewide and national capacity building and technical assistance initiatives.
Before his tenure at ONTRACK, Jamal served in various roles with the following organizations: Prevention Services Coordinator for the former National Task Force on AIDS Prevention’s – Brothers Network, Black Brothers Esteem Manager at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Director of Prevention Programs at the Ark of Refuge Inc. and the National Capacity Building Assistance & Training Manager at the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) Washington, DC.
Jamal is also a recipient of the Bay Area Black Pride’s 2003 Reggie Williams Community Service Award for his dedication, commitment, and community service to the African American/Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) & Same Gender Loving (SGL) community.
Patricia Lett Wells
Administrative Coordinator
Patricia Lett Wells has been in the administrative services field for over 17 years. Within the past year of working in the HIV/AIDS prevention field, she has become increasingly knowledgeable on the subject of HIV/AIDS and concerned about the threat it poses to the African American community.
Her areas of administrative experience and expertise include: contract administration and invoicing, database management, training and special events coordination; developing brochures and marketing materials, departmental forms and computer program instructions; implementing desk procedures, cross-training office staff, interviewing new staff, supervising; and serving as a safety rep/emergency.
Patricia have been involved in several community volunteer efforts, including serving as a volunteer case monitor with the County of Sacramento, Sheriff’s Department and as an Election Poll Officer for three years. Patricia enthusiastically mentors young teen females within her community and have taught bible principles to adolescents at various community churches.
Gloria Crowell
Bay Area Regional Coordinator
Gloria Crowell operates her own consulting business, Crowell & Associates, which helps organizations to build their internal expertise to work independently in the future. She has assisted government agencies and small businesses in realizing their organizational effectiveness by enhancing the organization’s mission, vision and goals for over 10 years. She provides expertise in community program development and planning, including strategic planning for action, process facilitation, board training, board facilitation, organizational development, assessments and project management.
In addition, Gloria has been working with a wide array of HIV/AIDS nonprofit organizations for the past 18 years. Her community advocacy includes serving on the City of Oakland’s Health & Human Services Commission and the County of Alameda Public Health Commission. She has a deep commitment to organizational improvement, service delivery and self-sufficiency. She also has a passion for health and wellness for which she has received numerous awards.
Michael R. Torrence
Los Angeles Regional Coordinator
Michael Torrence is a Prevention and Community Liaison Specialist, whose involvement in HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and training extends over 20 years. He has traveled throughout the country and abroad providing technical assistance and training to local and state agencies in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention.
His areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: curriculum development, training of trainers, and prevention education in the areas of HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, juvenile justice and substance abuse.
Past curricula development and implementation efforts in partnership with national agencies include: Women at Risk: AIDS Prevention for Sexual Partners of Intravenous Drug Users, under contract with Nova Research Company; Peer Instruction for At-Risk Youth in AIDS, under contract with Westover Consultants Inc. and National Institute on Drug Abuse; and a planning and training manual on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse and AIDS, under contract with The Circle Macro Systems Inc., based in Washington D.C., and the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention.
Michael is committed to increasing the capacity of organizations that provide prevention and treatment services for those affected by HIV/AIDS who are currently underserved and underrepresented. He also remains committed to youth and families affected by domestic violence and substance abuse.
Nosente Uhuti
Inland Empire Regional Coordinator
Nosente A. Uhuti has been an advocate for the African American community in the fight against AIDS since 1988 with a focus on prevention and community education. Nosente has provided curriculum development and HIV prevention education for Charles Drew University’s APIN Program, Jackson State University (Jackson, Miss.), Lane College (Jackson, Tenn.), as well as served as guest lecturer for Redlands University and Chapman University Health Services and Social Work. She has developed and implemented nationwide African American men’s support projects -- Just Us Making Progress (J.U.M.P.) and Retreat for Life. She also developed a LGBTQ youth program, From Fear To Freedom.
Nosente has provided 30 years of human services to the African American community; 20 have been dedicated to the fight against HIV. Her work has been honored by the California State Senate, Unity Fellowship Church of Christ, The Black Women’s Leadership Forum of Riverside and many others. Her goal is to continue to gain wisdom and embrace humility.
Clarmundo Sullivan
Sacramento / Central Valley Regional Coordinator
Clarmundo Sullivan was born and raised in Sacramento, Calif., and has a Masters in Education from the University of California at Davis. Clarmundo, interpreted "light of the world," has over 15 years of experience in HIV/AIDS prevention services. His various roles include HIV/AIDS educator, HIV/AIDS trainer of trainers, research assistant, and senior survey worker for University of California at San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) and a post graduate researcher.
Clarmundo also has served on several HIV/AIDS advisory committees, such as, the Sacramento Alliance to Prevent AIDS Leadership Council (SAPA), the Ryan White HIV Service Planning Council, and the California AIDS Clearinghouse. Currently he serves as the CEO and Founder of Golden Rule Services, a minority-based nonprofit organization and is considered a gatekeeper for the local African American Same Gender Loving (SGL) community.
In recognition of his commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS, he received the Lambda Community Fund's 2005 "Fighting AIDS Award," a 2005 California Legislature Assembly Resolution commendation and the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce "2007 Public Service-Community Service Business of the Year Award."
Verna Gant
San Diego Regional Coordinator
Verna Gant has worked in the HIV/AIDS field for over 15 years. She began her career in 1992 as a teen community outreach worker at Prototypes in Culver City, Calif. She conducted outreach in high-risk areas of Los Angeles as a Certified Pre/Post HIV Counselor. Verna conducted street outreach to women at risk for HIV in areas such as Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles and in public housing developments. She facilitated educational groups and provided comprehensive case management for people who were homeless, sex workers, substance abusers, mentally ill and/or battered women.
Verna, having worked at other companies, returned to Prototypes in 2002 as the Project Director where she directed the Women’s Resource Center in downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row area. There she organized quarterly community networking meetings and monitored case management crisis interventions and assessments.
In 2004, Verna moved to San Diego and became the Program Manager at the Center for Social Support and Education (CSSE). There she supervised program operations, ensuring compliance with all contractual obligations. Verna also administered Orasure HIV tests and served as the primary liaison between staff, other departments, and/or external constituencies on day-to-day issues. In June 2007, Verna accepted a position with ONTRACK Program Resources as the Regional Coordinator. She provides oversight and management of the African American HIV Prevention Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Project for the San Diego Region.
Verna graduated from Reseda High School in 1987 and studied Public Health at West Los Angeles College.
Keith Baker
Evaluator
Keith Baker is an epidemiologist and researcher has been working for 20 years in the substance abuse and HIV/AIDS fields. Serving as a director with Spectrum Addiction Services, Inc., one of the largest substance abuse facilities in the state of Massachusetts, equipped him with significant knowledge and experience with substance abuse. Over the years, Keith has worked with various federal, state and local agencies and has developed numerous programs relative to substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, intervention and treatment.
Currently, Keith is the CEO of Diversity Research and Consulting Group, Inc., and provides technical assistance services to social service agencies throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Specific areas of concentration include focus on the impact of disease on low income and minority populations, i.e. health disparities, the interaction of race, class and gender on the accessibility and delivery of health care services. As a researcher/evaluator, Keith has worked on numerous federally-funded studies from agencies such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health and Health and Human Services. He holds a BA and MPH and has been published in peer review journals such as Clinical Research, Journal of Medical Education and Cardiology.
Willy Wilkinson
Researcher
Willy Wilkinson is a writer and public health consultant who works to reduce barriers to health care access through research, evaluation, needs assessment, cultural competency training, materials development, publications, and technical assistance. Willy earned a Masters in Public Health in Community Health Education from University of California at Berkeley, and a BA in Women’s Studies from University of California at Santa Cruz. Over the past two decades, she has worked on a number of public health research projects and community programs serving marginalized communities in the Bay Area. She also has worked extensively with California-based HIV prevention, substance abuse, mental health, youth, domestic violence, and other public health providers to develop culturally appropriate service approaches for LGBT consumers.
Willy’s work with marginalized communities began in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, while providing street-based HIV prevention education and services in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. Willy worked on the groundbreaking, participatory quantitative and qualitative transgender studies out of the San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office. Her essay on social and policy change as an outcome of participatory action research in marginalized communities can be found in the Lambda Literary Award finalist Transgender Rights (University of Minnesota Press, 2006). Her award-winning writing has appeared in various anthologies and periodicals.
Nationally known for her expertise in transgender public health issues, Willy also has extensive experience with the following populations: youth; sex workers; people with disabilities; Asians, Pacific Islanders, African Americans and Latinos; substance users and their partners; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersexed populations.