# Molly Heacock

> Molly Heacock is the incoming CEO of Untold (formerly CARE for AIDS), an Atlanta-headquartered global nonprofit helping people living with HIV move toward a life beyond AIDS through holistic, community-based, faith-integrated care. A public health practitioner who spent a decade as COO and Managing Director before stepping up to lead, she has helped scale a model that pairs medical adherence with economic, emotional, and spiritual support across dozens of communities in Kenya, Tanzania, and beyond. She relocated from Atlanta to Nairobi in 2019 and built her career on the conviction that local, indigenous-led staff and dignity-first care change long-term outcomes.

- **Role:** CEO at Untold
- **Organizations:** Untold (formerly CARE for AIDS), Gateway Center, Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, Institute for Global Engagement
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree (President's Undergraduate Research Award), Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Public Health, Certificate in Global Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Georgetown University, Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership, Duke University
- **Known for:** Helped scale CARE for AIDS / Untold to operate across dozens of communities in Kenya and Tanzania with around 150 local staff serving thousands of HIV+ clients annually, Received the President's Undergraduate Research Award at Georgia Tech for research on gender-based housing and homelessness, Selected as a 2019-20 USA Fellow in the Institute for Global Engagement's Center for Women's Fellowship in Leadership

## Career timeline

- **pre-2013** — Sexual Abuse Prevention Associate at the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
- **pre-2013** — Director of Community Relations at Gateway Center, Atlanta
- **2013** — Joined CARE for AIDS as Chief Operating Officer
- **2019** — Relocated from Atlanta to Nairobi, Kenya; named a Center for Women's Fellowship in Leadership USA Fellow (2019-20) with the Institute for Global Engagement
- **2022** — CARE for AIDS rebranded as Untold
- **2025** — Serving as Managing Director, preparing to step into CEO role
- **2026** — Becomes CEO of Untold as co-founder Justin Miller moves to a new role in Kenya

## Achievements

- Helped scale CARE for AIDS / Untold to operate across dozens of communities in Kenya and Tanzania with around 150 local staff serving thousands of HIV+ clients annually
- Received the President's Undergraduate Research Award at Georgia Tech for research on gender-based housing and homelessness
- Selected as a 2019-20 USA Fellow in the Institute for Global Engagement's Center for Women's Fellowship in Leadership
- Conducted graduate research on integrating spiritual practices into long-term HIV care

## Latest updates

- **2026** — Stepping into the CEO role at Untold as co-founder Justin Miller transitions to a new role based in Kenya; transition chronicled in a podcast series titled 'Life Beyond the Founder.'

## Links

- Website: https://untold.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyheacock/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mollyheacock
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyheacock
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Molly-Williams-Heacock/12820064/

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Last updated: 2026-06-22