WELCOME TO BEAT AIDS

Reverend Dr. Dan Walker, Jr.,
Board Member

Dr. Dan Walker Jr. is the Pastor of the Starlight Missionary Baptist Church, in San Antonio, Texas where he has served for the past 12 years. He also served as Pastor of the Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church.  Pastor Walker is a native of Fayette Mississippi. He is the oldest son of the late Dan and Alice Walker. He is married to Mary Anne Walker; together they have five children, ten grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.

Pastor Walker served his country for 23 years in the United States Army. He began preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, in 1977. He was ordained in 1979 in the Republic of Germany. Pastor Walker received his Bachelor, Masters, and Doctor of Divinity from the Guadalupe Baptist Theological Seminary.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy path.” Proverbs 3: 5-6

Laillah M. Guice,
Board Member

Laillah M. Guice has been a BEAT Board Member since 2019.
By trade, Laillah is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Laillah served in two branches of the military, dividing her time between the United States Navy and United States Air Force. After serving a total of 20 years, she retired from the USAF. She is also a combat veteran and deployed to Afghanistan.

When she is not serving her family, Veterans and their family members, Laillah is serving her community through speaking engagements. She shares her knowledge and expertise empowering others to stay on the path of Mental Health. Laillah is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Dierdre D. Rockeymoore,
Board Member

Dierdre D. Rockeymoore is a semi-retired advanced practice registered nurse. She retired from the State of New Jersey as the Chief Nurse Consultant for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Dierdre is the owner of Ames Heigh LLC which is an education company providing continuing education services to health care practitioners and organizations as well as a provider of wellness services.

Deirdre holds an RN degree from Mercer County Community College, a bachelor or science at College of New and a Masters of Science degree in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.

She recently married Thomas C. Rockeymoore and has seen her family expand to include a total of five step/children (one deceased daughter), 11 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Jarvis Anderson,
Board Member

Jarvis Anderson has been appointed as Director of Bexar County Community Supervision and Corrections Department since December 2009. Previously, he served as Vice Chair and Region Four Representative to the Probation Advisory Council (PAC) of Texas.

Jarvis served two years in the US Army stationed in upstate New York and San Francisco, California. Jarvis’ father, Lawrence Junior Anderson served for 27 years in the Air Force and Marines, which gave Jarvis the opportunity to experience different cultures and life outside of the United States of America.

Jarvis has been married to his wife Jan for 22 years. They have three children – Sara, Camryn and Taylor.
Jarvis is a graduate from Texas Lutheran University.

Glenda Small,
Board Treasurer

Glenda M. Small is the youngest of six children born and raised in New Orleans, La. She has four brothers and one sister. Two of her brothers have passed on. One brother live near Sacramento, CA, her other brother and sister live in New Orleans.
Ms. Small is a long-term survivor living with HIV/AIDS over 26 years. Her passion lies in HIV advocacy, HIV/AIDS education, and community activism. Glenda serves as Treasurer for BEAT AIDS Board of Directors, member of the HIV/AIDS Planning Council, co-chair of the People’s Caucus, Member of End HIV Alliance (ESHEHA) and as the current President of the BEAT AIDS Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) for 10 and 13 years, respectively. Glenda is proud to be associated with an organization that specializes in serving the HIV community with the mission to provide the highest quality HIV/AIDS prevention, education and services reaching out to the community.

Mentoria Lewis Sherfield,
Board Secretary

Mentoria Lewis Sherfield is a native of Statesboro, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, Fort Valley State, Fort Valley Georgia and a Masters of Education from the University of Georgia at West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. Her teaching career spanned thirty-seven year (37) to include LaGrange, Athens, Toccoa and Rome, Georgia, as well as, Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS). Finally, she retired from the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD).

Mentoria is very active in her community serving as the secretary to the Board of Directors for Beat Aids Coalition Trust, a 3.5m non-profit agency in San Antonio providing direct care to those in our community affected by HIV/AIDS.

Prior to coming to San Antonio, Mentoria was stationed in West Germany with her spouse, the Late MSG(ret) Sherman H. Sherfield.

Mentoria feels public service is a notable cause and doing for others a very rewarding attribute.

Mary Williams,
Board Vice Chair

Mary Williams has been on the Board of BEAT AIDS for 5 years, having served the past two years as Board Vice President. She is a retired educator with 32 years of service to the San Antonio Independent School District. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from the University of Houston and a Master of Arts degree in Language / Learning Disabilities from Our Lady of the Lake University. She is also a certified Reading Recovery Specialist. She is a very active member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Mrs. Williams has been married to Harold Williams for 32 years. They have 2 children, Isaac and Yvonne.

Tyrone Darden,
Board Chair

Tyrone Darden has been the BEAT Board Chair since January 2019. He first joined the Board of Directors team in December 2014. By trade, Tyrone is an educator serving in the role as principal at the George Gervin Academy. Tyrone graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1998 as the Class President and went on to Texas State University on an Athletic scholarship participating in football and track. While at Texas State Tyrone earned his Bachelors in Criminal Justice in 2001 and his Masters in Special Education in 2003. Tyrone has 4 children: Tyrell (20), Tynorris-Christian (11), Tynaisa (9) and Ty (7).