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Jessica D. Ellis is a seasoned human services professional, with nearly twenty years of experience working with underserved communities. During her extensive career, Ms. Ellis has managed several grant-funded programs for the Baltimore County Department of Health. Her most successful program, HIV Prevention Program, has reached thousands of persons of color in Baltimore County. As the Program Supervisor, Ms. Ellis has worked with mental health professionals, the justice system, transient youth, and sex workers, assisting them with accessing resources to reduce the symptoms of HIV, reducing the stigma surrounding HIV and sexuality in communities of color, and addressing the long-lasting mental health impacts of such stigma. At the Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Ms. Ellis will use her grant management experience, knowledge of programmatic systems and operations, and connections to grow the organization and introduce the BMHAEC to different populations of Black people/people of the African Diaspora. Ms. Ellis holds a bachelor’s degree in Digital Communications and Marketing and is pursuing a master’s degree in Nonprofit and Association Management. She currently resides in the Baltimore metro area with her dear son and their beloved fur baby.

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