About this episode

Kyle Clifford discusses his unique leadership role as the first openly HIV-positive CEO of amfAR and the organization's mission in health research.

Kyle Clifford took over as CEO of amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, on January 1st of this year. Founded in 1985 and championed by Elizabeth Taylor, amfAR has invested nearly a billion dollars in the fight against HIV and is now expanding its research into cancer, neurocognitive conditions, and immune dysfunction. What makes Kyle’s leadership unlike any in the organization’s history is that he is amfAR’s first CEO who is openly living with HIV. And as he shared with me, his path to leading this organization was anything but planned. It’s Kyle Clifford on The Business of Giving

People in this episode

Host: The Business of Giving

Guest: Kyle Clifford

Topics covered

• HIV
• leadership
• nonprofit
• health research
• cancer
• neurocognitive conditions

Keywords

• Kyle Clifford
• amfAR
• HIV
• leadership
• health research
• cancer
• nonprofit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: amfAR

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