Angela Shiloh Cryer

Senior Director - Advancing Cities/Talent Partnerships 

New Orleans Business Alliance

I have enjoyed my career and every job opportunity that I have accepted; my career continues because it is not over yet even at 61 years young.

Tulane Medical Center

• Case Manager: provided case management services to families of children that had been diagnosed with sickle cell. Developed a rapport with patients and their families; this increased the number of patients that came to their clinic appointments. Thus, reducing the number of patients experiencing a sickle cell crisis.

NO/AIDS Task Force

I became involved in the AIDS arena in the early 80’s; my mother was a high school teacher and one of her colleagues was diagnosed with GRID (Gay Related Infectious Disease). During his illness his family put him out and my parents invited him to come and live with us until he passed.

Unfortunately, people were not educated about the disease and my mothers’ colleagues distanced themselves from her. People were scared because they were not educated. I decided to become educated about the disease and educate my friends and my community about HIV. I attended volunteer training at NO/AIDS Task Force and became a volunteer (hospital visitor). Six months later I was hired by the organization.

• Health Educator – provided HIV/AIDS education to the African American community (churches, high schools, colleges, PTA’s, local HBCU’s, organizations, housing, and developments. Organized a committee to assist with outreach – people were not going to come to us; we went to them. The African American community: my community was disproportionately affected; my mission; educate and encourage them to change their behavior.

• Director of Education – 1993 – supervised a staff of 6 Health Educators, served as grant writer and program administrator.

Burroughs-Welcome – Pharmaceutical Company

• Contracted to serve on their Multi-Cultural committee and assist with policy development, spokesperson on several videos distributed to the African American community.

City of New Orleans

• Director of HIV/AIDS Policy & Funding - Appointed by Mayor Marc Morial – served as administrator for a 7 million federal grant ( Ryan White). Conducted RFP process and contracted with 20 agencies that provided direct services to people living with HIV. (housing, medical, mental health, case management, home delivery meal program, etc.

Great Expectations

• Executive Director – agency provided case management and pre-natal medical services to pregnant women living in 6 targeted areas to reduce the infant mortality rate. While there we applied for a grant to provide mental health and HIV/AIDS services to women.

Goodwill Industries /JOB1 Business and Career Solutions

• STEP Coordinator/Algiers Site Director – 10 sites and 20 staff that provided job readiness to women receiving TANF funds. Also, supervised staff at JOB1 Algiers satellite office.

• Director – supervised over 40 people that provided career and job placement services.

• Director of Re-Entry Services – supervised 5 and MSW interns that provided case management services to formally incarcerated individuals.

STRIVE NOLA/STRIVE Fresh Start/STRIVE Future Leaders

• Director – supervised 12 staff provided job readiness to unemployed and underemployed and adults and opportunity youth. (Majority returning citizens)

Southern University at New Orleans

• Adjunct Professor – Social Work