Bill Hirsh

Bill has more than thirty-five years of experience in community-based nonprofit organizations. For the last twenty-four years, he has served as the Executive Director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. ALRP’s mission is to help people living with HIV/AIDS maintain or improve their health by resolving their legal issues. ALRP helps clients stay in their homes, gain access to healthcare, become legal citizens, improve their finances, and connect to other community services. By addressing their legal problems, ALRP improves clients’ health and well-being. Bill has helped lead advocacy efforts to increase affordable housing opportunities to some of our community’s most vulnerable members. Most recently, Bill received a commendation from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognizing his years of advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS.