; Whereas 2022 marks the 24th year of the National Minority AIDS Initiative which has successfully established lifesaving services and programs to address the needs of those communities, families, and individuals most impacted and burdened by HIV; Whereas studies show that diversity in health care leadership can enhance quality of care, quality of life in the workplace, community relations, health communication, and the ability to positively affect community health status; Whereas HIV studies have found that patient-provider race/ethnic concordance is associated with higher provider cultural competency and that greater cultural competency of health care providers is associated with increased quality and equity of HIV care as defined by patients recording higher levels of self-efficacy and more likely to be on and adhering to antiretroviral (ARV) therapies; Whereas it stands to reason that the linkages between provider identity, cultural competency, and patient outcomes in the clinical setting would also apply to nonclinical settings important for advancing public health; Whereas AIDS service organizations have played a vital role in responding to the HIV epidemic, yet many are plagued by an underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in leadership positions; Whereas research on community empowerment suggests that health outcomes are improved when individuals are engaged in advancing the health of their own communities and working with their peers and partners in health promotion and services; Whereas a focus on equity in the provision of services suggests a diverse public health workforce can help sustain much needed attention to community-identified priorities and raise the responsiveness of the health care system to diverse populations; Whereas, in 2010, the Obama administration unveiled the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which identified a set of priorities and strategic action steps tied to measurable outcomes for moving the Nation forward in addressing the domestic HIV epidemic