Emily Gilliland to Serve as Interim CEO of Cascade AIDS Project
With the announcement of Dr. Tyler TerMeer’s departure as CEO from Cascade AIDS Project to helm San Francisco AIDS Foundation, we are excited to announce that Emily Gilliland will serve as the Interim CEO of CAP!
Emily Gilliland has extensive experience in building and managing strong, high impact organizations at the local, state and national levels. Emily is a creative individual with demonstrated success building effective teams and sustainable organizations centered in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice through effective strategy, managed implementation, and collaboration within and across communities. As President and CEO of Camp Fire Columbia, Emily led a team of 200 staff engaging over 3,000 young people in the community.
Accomplishments at Camp Fire Columbia included:
Deepened Camp Fire’s commitment to diversity, equity and closing the achievement gap for Students of Color including passing an equity statement with unanimous support from the Board, developing and implementing an equity lens, and leading change management to center functions in racial justice. (http://campfirecolumbia.org/about-us/equity-statement/)
Grew organization budget 150% through expanding community partnerships with families, schools, nonprofit partners, and funders – addressing the social-emotional and academic needs of youth while addressing food insecurity and advocacy to dismantle systems of oppression, address root causes of poverty, and move towards equity.
Completed capital needs assessment, capital improvement plan, and sustainable forestry strategy for Camp Namanu
.Oversight and leadership of camp operations including food, water, septic, staffing, facilities, regulatory compliance, health and safety, as well as emergency response for 2,100 campers and staff.
Redesigned HR processes including hiring, onboarding, employee handbook, performance management, and progressive discipline
.Selection and implementation of new fundraising, accounting, and data tracking systems.
Her experience also includes lead content development for the first launch of freedomcorps.gov, the White House’s landmark volunteerism website, creating Portland State University’s first certificate in service learning as well as serving as Executive Director of Oregon Campus Compact then HandsOn Network, a network of over 250 volunteer centers. Emily holds a philosophy degree from Indiana University and a master’s in liberal arts from St. John’s College.
Emily joins the team with an existing connection to CAP from her work as a consultant with the organization over the last year where she served as the project manager and liaison between CAP and Our House of Portland in the merger process, as well as from her support of our HIV Prevention Department as their interim department supervisor, and from her supportive role with our People and Culture department over the last year. Please join us in welcoming Emily to the CAP family and wishing her success in this new role!
About Cascade AIDS Project
CAP is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1985 as a grassroots response to the AIDS crisis. As the oldest and largest community-based HIV services provider in Oregon and southwest Washington, we seek to support and empower all people with or affected by HIV, reduce stigma, and provide the LGBTQ+ community with compassionate healthcare. We do so by helping to ensure the health and well-being of our program participants each year through health, housing, and other social services. When the need for affordable, accessible, and culturally affirming primary care services was identified as a community need, we responded by opening Prism Health in 2017. More information can be found at www.capnw.org.
About Prism Health
Prism Health provides high quality, affordable, and accessible health care for all, with a focus on serving individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus all other gender and sexual minorities (LGBTQ+). All of Prism services aim to reach the most vulnerable – those living below the poverty line, communities of color, homeless or unstably housed individuals, and people experiencing mental health and/or addiction issues.
