Director

Kristin is the Director for Health Campaign Effectiveness at The Task Force for Global Health (TFGH) in Georgia, United States. She provides strategic oversight and technical direction to the Coalition. Kristin returned to The Task Force in December 2019 after nine years with USAID working as a Sr. Evaluation Advisor based in Jerusalem, Washington D.C. and Ethiopia and as the East Africa Regional Advisor for the U.S. Peace Corps, also based in Ethiopia. From 1994-2007, Kristin worked at TFGH as the Deputy Director of the All Kids Count Program and Public Health Informatics Institute. Previously, she was at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working on the Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases Program and began her public health career working on Guinea Worm eradication as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin. Dr. Saarlas holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Michigan State University, a Master of Public Health in International Health and a Doctor of Science in Health Systems Management, both from Tulane University.