AHP Leadership

The AHP Management Team develops, nurtures, and executes the agency’s goals and directions, provides a forum for discussion of program development and management issues, and provides advice and support to the Executive Committee. Chaired by the Executive Director, the Management Team is comprised of the Deputy Director and the managers of: Community Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Services, Psychosocial Support Services and the REACH Program; HIV Counseling and Testing Services; Publications and Training; Research; and Fiscal and Administrative Services.

Executive Committee

James W. Dilley, MD
Executive Director
James W. Dilley, MD, helped to author AHP’s first grant in 1984 and has been AHP’s Executive Director since the early summer of 1984. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco. He was the first psychiatrist involved with treating AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, one of the pioneering and leading hospitals for HIV-related care. Dr. Dilley is the author or editor of several key articles and anthologies on HIV-related counseling and mental health issues, and he has played a role in developing innovative HIV mental health interventions. His research interests have included studies of the neuropsychological impact of HIV disease (funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse) and a cognitive-behavioral counseling approach designed to help HIV-negative gay and bisexual men reduce their HIV-related sexual risk (funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health). Most recently, Dr. Dilley received a five-year National Institutes of Mental Health grant to study the effectiveness of a similar intervention among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men.

Lori Thoemmes
Deputy Director
Lori Thoemmes became Deputy Director in 2007. She joined AHP in 1995, became manager of Psychosocial Support Services in 1999, and manager of Risk Evaluation and Counseling for Health in 2005. She has a master's degree in psychology from New College Of California, San Francisco and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. As Deputy Director, she is involved with every aspect of program planning, contract development and negotiation, and contract monitoring.

Management Team

Barbara Adler, MFT
Manager of HIV Counseling and Testing
Barbara Adler began working at AHP in 1989 and has served as the Manager of the HIV Counseling and Testing Program since 1994. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from John F. Kennedy University and is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist.

Sherrill Arms
Manager, Fiscal and Administrative Operations
Sherrill Arms has worked at UCSF since 1984 and has been AHP’s Manager of Fiscal and Administrative Operations since 2006. She has a bachelor’s degree in human relations and organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco.

Emily Leavitt, LCSW
Manager of Community Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services
Emily Leavitt began working at AHP in 1990 and has served as the Manager of the Community Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services Unit since 1999. She has a master’s degree in social science administration from Case Western Reserve University and is a licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Stephan Ouellette, LCSW
Manager, Psychosocial Support Services and the Risk Evaluation

and Counseling for Health Program

Stephan Ouellette began working at AHP in 1999 and became manager of the Psychosocial Support Services and the Risk Evaluation and Counseling for Health Program in July of 2007. He has a master's degree in social work from the University of Illinois, Chicago and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Robert Marks
Manager, Publications and Training
Robert Marks has worked at AHP since 1988, primarily as the Publications Manager. He ran the Publications and Training Unit from 1997 to 2001 and resumed that job in 2005. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, is the Editor of FOCUS: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling, and has co-edited several of AHP’s HIV counseling and mental health books.