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candidates with 283 votes, or 0.28 percent.
Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz
and state Rep. Randy Leonard, D-Portland, will
face each other in a runoff Nov. 5.
Returning board members are Craig Hartz-
man, C.E. John Company vice president; Thom
Walters, Wieden + Kennedy global organiza
tional development director; Billi Odegaard,
retired Multnomah County Health
Department executive director;
Yvonne Deckard, city of Portland
human resources director; David
Martinez,
Multnomah
County
Commissioner Maria Rojo de Stef-
fey’s constituent relations manager;
Jackie Thomas, Nike brand market
ing U .S. director; and Kathyn
Vaughan, Azumano Travel agent
and a person living with HIV.
C A P will hold AlDSW alk02, the
states largest annual HIV and AIDS
fund-raising event, Sept. 21. Regis
tration is at 8:30 a.m., and the five-
kilometer walk begins at 10.
Rafael Arellano (left) and Philip Knowlton raise HIV
awareness Sept. 15 at C .C . Slaughters
M c K ellen to J oin
S eattle W alk
bout 140 Latino gay and hi Portland men
celebrated Latin American independence
Sept. 15 at C.C. Slaughters. The event, spon
sored by Cascade AIDS Project and the Men’s
Prevention and Wellness Program, was designed
to provide education and increase awareness
about HIV risks.
“This event is about bringing together Port
land’s strong and vibrant Latino gay communi
ty as well as letting loose and showing a little
unity," said Salvador Candela, C A P multi
cultural outreach worker. “Often we as Latino
gay and bisexual men feel invisible here. By
having this event, we can show that we too are
part of the fabric that makes Portland so
vibrant and unique.”
scar-nominated gay actor Sir Ian McKellen
will be in Seattle for AIDS Walk &. Fun
Run 2002 on Sept. 22. He will take part in the
opening ceremonies at Seattle Center, then join
with thousands of people along the five-kilome
ter route through Myrtle Edwards Park.
“We are incredibly honored— and hum
bled— to have Sir Ian McKellen come to our
walk,” said Chuck Kuehn, Lifelong A ID S
Alliance executive director. “He is a man of
great talent, and great humanity, who has a
strong connection to our cause."
N ew B oard L eadership
he leading community-based HIV organi
zation in Oregon and Southwest Washing
ton has elected new officers for its hoard of
directors and added eight new hoard members.
Cascade AID S Project officers for 2003 are pres
ident Sam Adams, Portland Mayor Vera Katz’s
chief of staff; vice president Kathleen Dotten
Cosgrove of Dotten Cosgrove; secretary Mike
Winslow, StanCorp Financial Group vice presi
dent and general counsel; and treasurer Gary
Gilliard, Ann Sacks national sales director.
New members recently elected to three-year
hoard terms include Merced Flores, Oregon Edu
cation Department associate superintendent; Lina
Garcia Seabold of Seabold Enterprises; the Rev.
Leroy Haynes, Allen Temple AME Church senior
pastor; Tom Imeson of Goldschmidt Imeson
Carter; Eva Kripalani, KinderCare Learning Cen
ters vice president and general counsel; Kathleen
Lewis, community volunteer; Tony Melaragno,
Legacy Health Systems vice president and chief of
research; and Mary O ’Connor, M Financial
Group prcxluct development director.
“T he hoard o f C A P has never been
stronger, more resourceful or better connected
in the agency’s history," executive director
Thomas Bruner said. “C A P ’s board has also
achieved record levels of diversity, more accu
rately reflecting the shifting demographics of
HIV, including 37 percent people of color, 47
percent women and 63 percent heterosexuals.
This group of seasoned community leaders
positions us for continued growth, maturation
and effectiveness in HIV prevention, services
and advocacy.”
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