Katie Horstmann

Katie Horstmann began working in the field of HIV in 1997 after receiving her BA in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She began her career in the HIV/AIDS field as the Administrative Assistant for the Executive Director and Director of Volunteer Services for the AIDS Service Agency of North Carolina. In 1998 when Katie began assisting clients to their doctor’s appointments, she realized she really wanted to do direct client services. She got the opportunity in 1999 to begin working full time at the Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina as a Client Advocate. She served the HIV positive individuals of Durham County for three years. She then had the opportunity to assist in writing a Ryan White grant for the HIV Clinic of Wake County Human Services. The first Bridge Counselor was hired out of the grant. In 2003, Katie began working as a HIV/AIDS Case Manager for Wake County Human Service. In 2004, she began supervising the Wake County Human Services HIV/STD Community Case Managers.   

Lucretia Wooten

Lucretia Wooten is a currently a Consultant for AIDS United. She graduated from Saint Augustine’s College, currently known as Saint Augustine’s University, with a BA in Psychology. She also has a master’s in counseling studies from Capella University. She has always wanted to help people in her career.  She started out as a teacher.  Next, she became a coordinator for helping at risk youth.  Most recently, she worked in Human Services for over 15 years.  She has worked as a program manager, case manager/social worker, intake investigator, forensic case manager, and bridge counselor.  All of these fields intertwine.  She loves helping individuals reach their goal.

Hannah Bryant, MPH

Hannah Bryant is the program and compliance manager for HRSA SPNS Evidence-Informed Interventions initiatives. In this role, she provides substantive program and fiscal compliance and has been instrumental in providing technical assistance to support implementation of evidence informed initiatives, which focuses linkage and retention interventions to improve health outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.

Prior to joining AIDS United, Hannah worked on issues affecting the health and well-being of women, both at a community-based organization and a university-led research and policy program. Hannah is particularly interested in the intersection between women, violence, and HIV, as well as best practices to integrally involve people living with HIV in program development and implementation.

Hannah earned her Master of Public Health, focused in Community-oriented Primary Care, from George Washington University in May 2015. Previously, Hannah graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In her free time, Hannah enjoys yoga and exploring new DC restaurants.

Alicia Downes, LMSW

Alicia Downes serves as the senior program manager on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Special Project of National Significance (SPNS), which focuses on dissemination of four adapted linkage and retention interventions to improve health outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.

Alicia got hooked on sociology during her first semester of college despite her family hope for a Computer Science degree. She received her Masters of Social Work from University of Kansas (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!) and has almost 10 years of experience in mental health. Alicia began work in the HIV field almost 20 years ago, when she was hired as a Ryan White Case Manager. Three months later, she was helping her uncle find HIV services, along with educating her family about HIV.

Alicia has experience managing federal grant from SAMHSA, CDC, HRSA, and private foundations. Prior to joining the staff of AIDS United, Alicia worked as a consultant on this project the AIDS United HRSA SPNS project. She also recently served as the Midwest AIDS Education and Training Center of Missouri Site and Peer Program Manager and an instructor, teaching Community Health Worker classes.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Alicia can sniff out good West Indian food a mile away. In her spare time, she enjoys going to track and field and swimming events to cheer on her sons and walking her dog.

Erin Nortrup, LCSW

Erin Nortrup is a mission-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in the social services field and 13 years of experience in the HIV field. Erin currently serves as director of program operations at AIDS United, acting as project director on the organization’s Hearth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Special Projects of National Significance initiative and providing oversight to AIDS United’s CDC-funded capacity-building assistance program, Getting to Zero. She previously served as director of support services at Cascade AIDS Project in Portland, Oregon and director of programs at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) in Washington D.C., where she managed all direct service programs, including HIV testing and counseling, prevention interventions, and linkage to care services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth ages 13-21. Erin has served in a variety of capacities, from youth and family counselor to coordinator of HIV prevention services to clinical supervisor, with a consistent focus on providing high quality services from a position of cultural humility and centering the involvement and leadership of people accessing services. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Ladder to Leadership program in 2011. Outside of the office, Erin enjoys exploring all that the DC area has to offer while trying to keep up with her energetic five-year-old.