In high school Fred was a peer health navigator. Fred became a South Carolina certified HIV counselor when he was in college.

Fred became a member of the Fenway CAB in 2006, and is currently part of the BMC ANCHOR CAB. He was recruited while participating in an HIV vaccine study. As part of the CAB he's reviewed 3 different protocols. He's been on two protocol teams as a CAB member.

Fred is the liaison to the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) for our CAB. He served as the Co-Chair (2012-2014), and was ANCHOR CAB Co-chair from 2018 - 2020.