Victor Barnes, Ph.D.

Director, HIV/AIDS Initiative
Washington, DC

Victor Barnes

Mr. Barnes has a long career in HIV/AIDS and related healthcare issues. Before taking his position at CCA, Mr. Barnes worked for The National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Barnes served as the Deputy Director of The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and most recently as the Associate Director for External Relations in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. While at CDC, he directed the Business and Labor Responds to AIDS Partnership, a public-private partnership initiated in 1992 to engage the U.S. private sector in HIV/AIDS prevention in the U.S. and abroad.

Mr. Barnes began his federal government experience at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as a development officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). After twelve years, serving primarily in sub-Saharan Africa as a human resource officer, Mr. Barnes joined the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at USAID. He began his HIV/AIDS prevention work overseeing the USAID HIV prevention program, which provided funding and technical assistance to 35 countries to develop and implement HIV prevention programs. He remained with that program for seven years, eventually becoming the Acting Chief of the Division.

Mr. Barnes holds a BA degree in French, an MA in African Area Studies and a PhD in International Development Education. He speaks both French and Swahili..

Caroline Hope, M.A.

Senior Program Manager, HIV/AIDS Initiative
Raleigh, NC

Caroline Hope

Caroline Hope is a graduate of the Fondation National de Sciences Politiques in Paris, France where she received her MA in European Studies. Before studying in Paris, Ms. Hope earned her BA in International Relations and French from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Previously, Ms. Hope has worked for the French Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia as Assistant to the Press Attache. Currently, she volunteers with the Whitman Walker Clinic AIDS in Washington, DC to support people living with HIV/AIDS. She has been with the Corporate Council on Africa since April 2003.

Ms. Hope is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but has spent time in several European countries and speaks fluent French.

Marie F. Baptiste, MPA

Program Manager, HIV/AIDS Initiative
Washington, DC

Marie Baptiste is a graduate of Rutgers University where she received her M.P.A. with a concentration in International Development. Ms. Baptiste received her B.A. in Political Science.

Prior to joining CCA, Ms. Baptiste worked at Public Financial Management as an intern in strategic consulting. Previously she was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa where she served from 2004-2006 as a Girls’ Education and Empowerment volunteer.

Ms. Baptiste is a native of Haiti and speaks fluent French and Haitian Creole.