Coalition Governance

Dr. Asma Swaleh Ali is a senior public health specialist and independent consultant. Previously, she served as a Medical Officer at the World Health Organization, a member of the WHO Essential Emergency

Kelly Callahan is the Director of the Trachoma Control Program at The Carter Center Health Programs. Callahan served as a Water and Sanitation volunteer in Cote d’Ivoire from 1996-1998. During

Claire Chauvin has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) for nearly 18 years, primarily focusing on the response to emergencies

David Doledec is  HKI’s Regional Manager for Vitamin A Supplementation.  Prior to joining HKI, he served as Senior Advisor for CMAM with the USAID funded FANTA project, and had previously

James Goodson is an Epidemiologist and Senior Measles Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  He has extensive experience in global health spans more than twenty

Sherine Guirguis is Common Thread’s Director and lead strategist. Guirguis looks for the people behind the data. She’s been creating powerful narratives with data for 20 years, from leading large-scale

Professor Margaret Gyapong is an Applied Medical Anthropologist with a keen interest in research impact and has been a leader in this area bringing research results to the doorstep of

Dr Fikreab Kebede (MD, MPH) is a Senior Technical Advisor for trachoma and neglected tropical diseases at the Ministry of Health-Ethiopia. Kebede has over 30 years of experience in public

Jim Lavery is the inaugural Hilton Chair in Global Health Ethics, Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health in the Rollins School of Public Health, and Faculty of the

Dr. Sultani Matendechero is a consultant clinical pharmacist and Head of the Division of Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Ministry of Health in Kenya. He is the

Dr. Deborah McFarland, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Dr. McFarland has been involved in

Santiago Nicholls is the Regional Advisor of Neglected Infectious Diseases for the Pan American Health Organization. from the National University of Colombia School of Medicine.  Nicholls has been in his

Gregory Noland is the Program Director for River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, and Malaria at the Carter Center.  In 2020, Gregory Noland was named director of the Carter Center’s River

Jovana Alexandra Ocampo Cañas is a professor at the Universidad de Los Andes where she works with communities to establish horizontal dialogues, and build with them the best alternatives, empowering

Olumide A.T. Ogundahunsi is a Professor and Director of Research, Innovation and Development at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria.  Ogundahunsi’s career spans more than 3 decades in

Njara Rakotonirina is currently the Project Director of Global Fund Programs with Catholic Relief Services in the Republic of Congo. Njara has a solid experience in designing and implementing large

Dr. Richard Reithinger is the Vice President of Global Health for RTI International.  Reithinger is an infectious disease epidemiologist with 20 years’ working experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Dr Hemant Shukla is the Team Leader of the Country Support team for polio at the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization.  Dr Shukla led polio eradication

Dr. Zerihun Tadesse is the Country Representative for Ethiopia at the Carter Center.

Yusuf Yusufari is a Senior Program Officer in Vaccine Delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.