AJ is a seasoned trainer, facilitator, and consultant with extensive experience working in a variety of nonprofit public health and social services settings. His diverse skills include advanced planning, writing, and presentation skills; program and curriculum development; evaluation; and grant proposal writing. Specific grant work includes proposal writing for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of State, California Department of Public health, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and numerous foundations.

Prior to joining the Community Works Consulting team in 2017, he served as Associate Director of the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center at UCLA and Director of Community Relations for the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services. For many years, AJ managed a federallyfunded national training program that provided capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations and health departments related to the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based programming. In addition, he has served as a program manager at various CBOs focused primarily on violence prevention, public health and social services. He holds a Master in Public Health degree from San Jose State University.