For Immediate Release
Office of the First Lady
May 26, 2006

Mrs. Bush to Attend United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS

The First Lady will attend the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York City, New York on June 2, 2006.

Accompanying her on this mission are the following:

Representative
 
Ambassador John R. Bolton
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
 
Alternate Representatives

Mark Dybul, MD
Acting United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
 
Ambassador Richard T. Miller
United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
 
Senior Advisers

Anthony Fauci, MD
Director
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Matthew C. Freedman
Deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Department of State
 
Kent Hill, PhD
Assistant Administrator for Global Health
United States Agency for International Development
 
Jimmy Kolker
Assistant United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
 
Anita McBride
Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
White House
 
Kristen L. Silverberg
Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs
Department of State
 
Melissa Pardue
Associate Director
Domestic Policy Council
The White House
 
Carol Thompson
Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
Department of State
 
Advisers

Samuel Adeniyi-Jones   
Director, Africa Region
Office of Global Health Affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Warren Buckingham
PEPFAR Country Coordinator, Kenya
Department of State
 
Jana Chapman
Public Affairs Specialist
United States Mission to the United Nations
 
Richard Grenell
Director of Communications
United States Mission to the United Nations
 
Miriam K. Hughes
Minister Counsellor
United States Mission to the United Nations
 
Jason Lawrence
Adviser
United States Mission to the United Nations
 
Alec L. Mally
Minister Counsellor
United States Mission to the United Nations
 
Colin McIff
Multilateral Organizations Liaison Officer
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
 
Michael Molina
Associate Director
Office of the White House Liaison
Department of State
 
Kristin Pugh
Senior Public Affairs Advisor
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
 
Guinnevere Roberts, PhD
Foreign Affairs Officer
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Department of State
 
Bisa Williams-Manigault
Director for United Nations and International Operations
National Security Council
The White House
 
Private Sector Advisers
 
Mitch Besser
Founder
The Mothers Programmes
Cape Town, South Africa
 
Kathryn Buikema
Multilateral Organizations Liaison Officer
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
 
John Martin, PhD
President and CEO
Gilead Sciences
Foster City, CA
 
Marsha Martin
Senior Deputy Director
HIV/AIDS Administration
DC Department of Health
 
Jairo Pedraza  
PWA Leadership Institute
Member, Board of Directors
Latino Commission on AIDS
New York, NY
 
Anita Smith
Co-Chair, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS 
President, Children’s AIDS Fund
Washington, DC
 
Jack Valenti
President
Friends of the Global Fight
Washington, DC

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