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Jim Biddle
Founder/Education Director
Jim Biddle is an AIDS activist and a STD/HIV prevention
educator, who has been lecturing to health care
professionals, corporations, high school and college
students for over 10 years. According to Tony Morelli,
Volunteer Specialist for ActionAIDS, Inc., Jim’s “intimate
knowledge of the medical and physiological aspects of HIV”
makes him more approachable and enables him to modify his
presentation to engage a variety of audiences and stimulate
conversation. A combination of wit, empathy, and personal
experience help Jim convey this delicate but critical
material. Jim’s unique lectures present relevant, up-to-date
facts, and some harsh realities, with humor. This allows Jim
to reach participants in an emotional way; he opens his life
to the listener and shares his own personal experiences.
Drexel University has voted Jim “Best Guest Speaker” for
four years in a row. Jim’s goal is to educate others on the
physical and emotional toll of living with and caring for
someone with AIDS.
Before becoming a lecturer and activist, Jim was a
successful entrepreneur who managed and owned restaurants on
both coasts. He later went on to co-create Occupational
Hearing Services, a national medical marketing and public
relations firm, and Sensory Systems, a national hearing aid
distribution company.
Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Jim Biddle
currently lives in Media, PA. For more than a decade he has
been an active volunteer of the ActionAIDS buddy training
team and the senior member of their Speakers Bureau.
ActionAIDS is the Philadelphia region’s largest and oldest
AIDS service organization. Jim advocates on behalf of others
living with HIV/AIDS and has been on the forefront of
HIV/AIDS education since 1981. |
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Evan Urbania
Managing
DirectorEvan Urbania
joined Life-Zone in 2000 on a volunteer basis to help the organization reach its
highest potential.
As the Managing Director for Life-Zone, Evan works closely
with current and prospective clients to ensure the success of
custom programs. In addition, Evan coordinates public
relations efforts and community outreach for Life-Zone and Jim
Biddle. Evan is currently
the Chief Operating Officer of The Schubert Group, LLC. He
is responsible for executing the organization’s strategic
plans, maintaining client relationships and managing the
firm’s services and investments. In 2001, Evan co-founded
The Memoria Project,
a commemorative memorial sculpture created to honor the
victims and survivors of 9/11. As Executive Director, Evan
led The Memoria Project’s fundraising and public relations
efforts resulting in the creation of two 20-ton,
thirteen-foot marble statues created on Sandy Hook National
Park in New Jersey. Throughout the course of the project,
thousands of community members and survivors participated in
the creation of the memorial and the surrounding art
enrichment and education programs.
Evan previously held
management positions in consulting firms delivering business
development, communications, strategic advisory services and
sales/marketing consulting to corporations of all sizes. He
most recently served as the Director of Business Development
at H2L2 Architects/Planners where he oversaw marketing
activities and new business development for this 100-year
old multinational architecture and planning firm.
Evan received his Bachelor’s
of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from
Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He is currently
Executive Director and Chairman of The Memoria Project, serves on the Board of Directors as
Second Vice President of
The Independence Business Alliance, Greater
Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory
Committee of
Wireless Philadelphia. |
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