Nationally acclaimed HIV-Positive Speaker
Tom Donohue
Tom Donohue is the Founding Director of Who's Positive. He is an accomplished HIV/AIDS advocate, public speaker and writer who is driven by an incredible passion for humanizing HIV through his firsthand account of living with HIV. Tom hopes that by sharing his story, he'll be able to empower people to know their HIV status and bring light to an epidemic that not only infects but affects everyone around them.
Your presentation effectively humanized the issue of hiV to students in the audience. You showed them how it is not only the patient who is affected but all of the people around that person, be they former partners, friends, or family members. The presentation taught students the importance of being supportive and encouraged stdents to be more aware of HIV as certain behaviors. The story and information provided was helpful in explaining to students the importance of reducing the transmission of HIV.
Rick Kutz - Program Coordinator, Center for Student Life, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
In my work with Tom as Founder of Who's Positive, I found him to be creative, imaginative, full of energy and drive, and an exemplar of commitment to a cause. It is no easy thing to come up with an idea and turn it into a successful reality, but Tom has all of the qualities necessary to doing exactly that. I give him my highest possible recommendation. - Roger Williams - Executive Director Penn State Alumni Assocition
Tom is a very personable, intelligent and collaborative young man. I worked with Tom when he was a student at The Pennsylvania State University and I also hired him to come back and do workshops for our students at PSU many years later. Tom is always reliable and trustworthy and would be a benefit to any company he would work with. - Allison Subasic - Director, LGBTA Resource Center, Penn State University
Tom's founding and continued leadership of Who's Positive is a testment to the passion and pride with which he approaches his work and anything he sets his mind to. His successes at driving the visibility and credibility of an infant organization throughout the US were outstanding. He is a an excellent communicator, negotiator, and influencer of the people around him, and will do well anywhere he applies his passion. - Adam Varner, Director, Business Production Support at CIGNA
“ As a speaker, Tom is motivational, creative and honest. He works to create more awareness about HIV risk reduction and can relate to all audiences.” - Dr. Susan Kennedy, Associate Director, Penn State University Health Service
Tom Donohue is the Founder and Executive Director of Who's Positive, Tom has appeared on CNN, NBC News, and CBS News on Logo: Special Report on AIDS. Tom was featured on MTV's Jumbotron in Times Square, NY as one of 50 HIV Activists, and has appeared in numerous HIV/AIDS publications such as Poz Magazine, HIV-Plus Magazine and AUC Magazine. You may recognize him, from high in the sky when Tom shared his story on a billboard within his hometown of Williamsport, PA .
Tom's Other Professional Affiliations:
Board of Trustees 1/2012 - currennt
National Association of People With AIDS
Board of Directors 1/2009 - current
ASG - AIDS Services Group
Other Media or publications:
Listen: WPSU Take Note Interview
Listen: Debora Live: HIV/AIDS
Listen: POZIAM
Read: Gay Men and the HIV Stigma
Read: Man with HIV serves as 'wake up call' to others
Quoted: Sports Illustrated: Magic Johnson's HIV announcement 20 years ago changed the discussion
Publications written by Tom Donohue:
The Advocate:
Fighting HIV Ignorance
The Advocate: Op-ed: Brave New World
Global Health Council's AIDS Link:
Yes, It Can Happen to You
One Voice Becomes a Choir
Speaking Engagements & Local Media Coverage:
Broadway: On Stage of The Normal Heart as part of the TalkOut Series and at the request of the Elton John AIDS Foundation & Advocates For Youth.
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Florida
Pennsylvania State University:
University Park,
Beaver,
Schuylkill,
New Kensington,
Altoona
Lehigh Valley
State University of New York - Oswego Sunny
University of Kansas -
Lexington
Lawrence
American University
University of Colorado - Boulder
Central Washington University -
(The Power of One – LGBT Leadership Conference)
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri
Youth Reacting to AIDS Conference - Western Connecticut State University
University of California - Los Angels
(15th Annual UC LGBTIA Conference)
University of Michigan - Dearborne
Congressional Global Youth Conference, Washington, DC
DePaul University
Hampden-Sydney College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(434) 326-4735
tom@tomdonohue.org
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