Matthew Lesieur joins the National Association of People with AIDS and Village Care of New York as Director of Regional Policy September 8, 2008.
Lesieur is currently a Mayoral appointee to the New York HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council, which is responsible for setting priorities and determining how $110 million in federal Ryan White Part A funds awarded to the New York EMA is spent. Lesieur is also chair of the Planning Council's Policy Committee.
Before joining NYAC, Lesieur was the HOPWA Administrator for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where he and a small team managed the City's $60 million HOPWA program. He is highly familiar with housing programs serving people living with HIV/AIDS.
Lesieur earned his Masters of Political Science from the University at Albany and undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Economics at the University at Albany. Lesieur grew up in Flushing, Queens. He currently resides in Astoria, Queens.
