Heshie Zinman has a long history of activism on both the local and national level. He has experience creating impactful nonprofits, growing non-profit boards, and fundraising. He has a passionate commitment to the health and well-being of LGBT and HIV communities and helped shape the city’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the period of 1987-1998. Heshie was a driving force behind the start- up of ActionAIDS, AIDS Fund, SafeGuards Gay Men’s Health Project, and Delaware Valley Legacy Fund. He founded the AIDS Library Philadelphia (which today resides at Philadelphia FIGHT) and went on to become the Executive Director of the AIDS Information Network. Heshie has worked as HIV Community Relations Manager for DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals.
