Meet Our Team

Kate Otto; KCA College Director


The Executive Board of Regional Leaders
The KCA College Program grew immensely over the 2007 – 2008 school year, from roughly 50 to well over 200 Chapters around the world. Realizing we would need a stronger student leadership infrastructure, KCA instituted an Executive Board of Regional Leaders; hand-selected students who had already proven their enormous talents in activism and fundraising. We are so appreciative of their tireless work to build our student constituency up and out, and hope you take inspiration from their vision! Current Regional Leaders will serve through June 2009. If you are interested in becoming a Regional Leader, please contact Kate (kate@keepachildalive.org).


Contact Your Regional Leader Here!

Carmella Christensen: Mid-Atlantic (NJ, DE, MD)
Montclair State University: Class of 2010: Psychology

"I feel that the fight to eradicate AIDS is our generation's challenge. We can show the world that AIDS is not stronger than we are. Compassion and determination of the human spirit will win this fight."

Melissa Furtado: New England (ME, NH, VT, RI, CT, MA)
Johnson &Wales University: Class of 2009: Culinary Nutrition

“My vision to ending AIDS is by using my voice to spread awareness to this pandemic, using my passion for my love for what KCA stands for to raise funds and using prayer for hope and continuous faith in people to keep on caring for one another. I believe that people care for each other and if all of us just helped a little never mind helping as much as we could all the devastation caused by AIDS doesn’t have to exist, its just craziness!”

Joyce Gaylor: South-Atlantic (VA, NC, SC, GA, FL)
Virginia Tech: Class of 2010: Wildlife Science & Biology

“I think AIDS is something that can be beat, if we as people come together with a sense of Love without Borders. So many people today are blinded by their sense of Home, their sense of well-being, while not realizing that AIDS doesn’t care about where you’re from, how much money you have, or the color of your skin. So together we need to come to the realization that everywhere is our home, and that AIDS needs to end because its affecting the well-being of OUR HOME! With KCA we CAN do that.”

Billy Gonyou: Mid-Atlantic (NY, PA, DC)
St. Joseph’s College: Class of 2010: English, Religious Studies and Peace & Justice Studies

“My vision is simple; I want AIDS removed from this planet. My generation is the generation of change. We are the ones destined to change this world and we are going to do so. I may not have the ability to develop a cure, but I do have the power to motivate and inspire thousands of people to stand and fight with me. Before anything can happen, we need to develop an army and get the entire world on our side. AIDS needs to end and we need to pave the way for the end to come.”

Tiffany Johnson: Mid-West (MO, KS, NE, ND, SD, MN, IA)
Washington University in St. Louis: Class of 2010: Anthropology and African and African-American Studies

“My vision for ending AIDS is that people will stop being complacent with death and injustice and continue to mobilize to find an affordable and efficient cure.”

Mindy Le: South-West (TX, NM, AZ, CO, UT, NV, OK)
University of Houston: Class of 2010: Business Marketing/Pre-Med

“KCA is making an impact within the world by putting young student leaders upon the pedestal to help end the fight against AIDS. I believe that each and every one of us is equipped with a power in which we must make use of and put to action. We should think of a way of how we can help give back to our community by using the major talents that we have. We are now at the future leaders of tomorrow, but why wait for tomorrow when we can do something NOW?”

Jennifer Mejia: Great Lakes (WI, IL, MI, IN, OH)
Northern Illinois University: Class of 2010: Math Education

“My vision to end the AIDS pandemic is to keep spreading the word about this devastating virus and its magnitude and to motivate people to take action. KCA does that and so by spreading the word of KCA we can not only educate people about AIDS, but also help keep children alive by providing the medications and care necessary to those in need.”

Dita Patel: United Kingdom
Queen Mary, University of London (Alum), 2005: Aerospace Engineering

“As the great Mahatma Gandhi once said ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’.’ I know we can do this by supporting the incredible work of Keep a Child Alive, and ending the AIDS pandemic.”

Jessica Rebeiro: Canada
Queens University: Class of 2010: Life Sciences

“My vision for ending AIDS involves us – as youth and human beings – refusing to stand by as the world fails to help. My vision is that we will have the courage and determination to make others so informed about this issue that we will all be unified in the fight against AIDS. My vision is that we will care enough to ensure that AIDS is a disease spoken of in the past tense rather than the present.”

Jade Wagner: Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, WY, AK, HI)
Hilltop High School: Class of 2010

"Any one person can make a difference, so I though by starting a club on campus that focused on raising awareness on such a serious topic such as HIV/AIDS and how it affects people around the world I knew that we could change at least one person's life. Through information booths, movies and events that raised money for KCA, while spreading awareness, is only the beginning of what we can accomplish."

Tiffany Walls: South (AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, WV)
Arkansas State University: Class of 2009: Radio/ TV and Broadcast Journalism

“My vision for ending AIDS is to continue to use my VOICE and let the people know about Keep A Child Alive and how easy it is to save a life. I want to inspire people to be better than what they were yesterday. I will continue to have events around campus to raise money and awareness of the AIDS pandemic in Africa and also here. I will continue to drill this mission of “ONE dollar a day, saves a LIFE.” I will not stop until AIDS stops!”