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Carlos Pavão, M.P.A., Term: 2008–2012
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Mr. Carlos Pavão is a Training and Technical Assistance Specialist at Education Development Center, Inc. He is responsible for coordinating the delivery of technical assistance and training services on substance use disorders to states and territories, supporting grantees of the Strategic Prevention Framework and Partnership for Success, two initiatives of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). In particular, he offers technical assistance and training to support cultural competency efforts, strategic planning, and evidence-based prevention programs and strategies at the regional, state, and local levels. Mr. Pavão also provides technical assistance to CSAP’s Minority AIDS Initiative grantees.
Mr. Pavão has extensive experience with diverse communities, especially newcomer and underserved populations, and he has worked in both clinical and nonclinical settings. His subject and skill expertise includes more than 16 years in community development, evaluation, and public health programming. His interests include examining the cultural experiences of a population rather than race or ethnicity as a framework for developing health promotion tools.
Before joining EDC, he worked as community provider and project manager in HIV, substance abuse, violence prevention, tobacco control, youth development (especially sexual risk behavior), healthy school initiatives, and cardiovascular health and nutrition education.
Mr. Pavão has served as a board member for organizations that advocate for the needs of underrepresented segments of the population, including the Fulton County Commission on Disability Affairs, Georgia Equality, Atlanta Area Evaluation Association, and the Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative. He presently serves on the institutional review board for Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine. He has also been Commissioner of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth.
Mr. Pavão received a master’s degree in public administration from Bridgewater State College in 2004. He speaks English and Portuguese fluently, as well as conversational Spanish. Mr. Pavão resides in the historic section of Grant Park in Atlanta, with his partner James H. Doster and two dogs. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, theater, traveling, spending time with family and friends, and exploring the South.
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