HPTN Remembers Cornelius Baker

Over the past four decades, Cornelius worked at every level of the HIV response, starting as a volunteer fundraiser during the epidemic’s early days, leading prominent organizations and initiatives, and holding government appointments. Cornelius served as a senior policy advisor for the National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition, senior technical advisor at FHI 360, executive director of Whitman-Walker Clinic, and executive director of the National Association of People with AIDS. President George H.W. Bush appointed Cornelius as a confidential assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Health from 1989 to 1992. From 2009 to 2014, he was an appointee of President Obama to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Cornelius lectured at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta. 
 

Cornelius lived a strong and meaningful life, and we are so grateful to have had him with us on this journey. He has enriched our lives and enhanced our response to HIV/AIDS through the HPTN and numerous other paths. 

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.