Lev Khodakevich

(1941–2015)

Dr. Lev Khodakevich was the chief of party for JSI’s CAPACITY project in Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2007. In the 1990s, Lev worked with UNAIDS, and over the course of his career worked on HIV-prevention with sex workers in India and injecting drug users in Eastern Europe. Lev inspired his many friends and colleagues, who remember him as someone who lived life to the fullest. He was especially passionate about his work and his grandchildren, and spent his final weeks surrounded by his loving family.