- Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as the world's sexiest person and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. After appearing as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film "Lookin' to Get Out", …
- Lieve Fransen
Lieve Fransen, MD, PhD is the Head of the Social & Human Development Unit for the European Commission's Directorate-General of Development. She has managed research programs in Kenya and Rwanda and served as a public health advisor to the Health Ministry of Mozambique. From 1987 to 1993 she was Director of the European Commission's AIDS Task Force. Dr.
- Frances Kissling
Frances Kissling (born 1943) was President of Catholics for a Free Choice from its founding in 1982 until her resignation in February 2007.
- Mahnaz Afkhami
Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/U.S.) is Founder and President of the Women's Learning Partnership, Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies, and former Minister for Women's Affairs in Iran. In exile in the United States, Ms. Afkhami has been a leading advocate of women's rights for more than three decades, having founded and served as director and president of several international non-governmental organizations that focus on advancing women's status.
- Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs is Founder and President of the Board of College Track, an after-school program that prepares under resourced high school students for higher education. College Track continues to work with students through college graduation. Through its three centers in the San Francisco Bay Area, College Track provides a comprehensive program of academic support, leadership training, community service and extra-curricular involvement.
- Lael Brainard
Lael Brainard , Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Center, The Brookings Institution Lael Brainard served as Deputy National Economic Adviser and as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics during the Clinton Administration. As the US "Sherpa" to the G7/G8, she helped shape the 2000 G8 Development Summit, which included developing country leaders for the first time and laid the foundations for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
- Maya Ajmera
Maya received a bachelor's degree in biology from Bryn Mawr College and a master's degree in public policy from the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. She also studied and traveled in Southeast Asia as a Rotary scholar. Her previous professional positions include special assistant to the president of the Population Institute and consultant for Family Health International.
- Dina Dublon
Dina Dublon was, from December 1998 until her retirement in September 2004, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for JPMorgan Chase. Ms. Dublon was responsible for the global financial management and reporting, related technology and operations, strategy and acquisitions, corporate treasury, investor relations and tax. She was integral to the negotiation and implementation of the mergers of Chemical Bank with Manufacturers Hanover, Chase, JPMorgan, and Bank One.
- Jack Schwager
Jack Schwager is an executive director of the board of Fortune Group and senior portfolio manager within the Global Fund Analysis team at Fortune. He is also principal investment manager of the Market Wizards Funds, the flagship fund of hedge funds series of the Fortune Group.
- Gary M. Cohen
Gary M. Cohen is an executive vice president of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). He dedicates a significant amount of his time to addressing developing world health issues. He has served as the volunteer national chair and spokesperson in the U.S. Fund's efforts to assist children impacted by HIV/AIDS, and as a leader in the collaboration to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.
- Arachu Castro
Arachu Castro Arachu Castro , PhD, MPH, is Instructor in Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School. She has worked in the areas of infectious disease, reproductive health, and nutrition since 1988, both in Latin America and in Europe. Latin America constitutes her main geographical area of interest. Since 1994, she has worked in Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Haiti, and Argentina.
- Rita Thapa
Ms. Thapa is a feminist educator and community activist initiating and supporting institutions addressing women’s empowerment in Nepal, South Asia and globally. Widely recognized for her groundbreaking work in founding Tewa, the Nepal Women’s Fund, Ms. Thapa is also the founder of Nagarik Aawaz, an initiative for conflict transformation and peacebuilding in Nepal, and the Dhaka Weaves women’s weaving collective.
- Alexandra Teixeira
Alexandra Teixeira / Philanthropic Partnerships Officer Alexandra has been involved with women's funds and social change philanthropy for the past eight years. In addition to her work at Astraea, Alexandra serves on the board of directors of the Third Wave Foundation and Resource Generation - two organizations committed to increasing resources for progressive social justice agendas.
- Jill W. Sheffield
Ms. Jill Sheffield (United States) is an educator with more than three decades of experience in the design and implementation of health and education projects in developing countries. As President of Family Care International, she guides all of FCI’s global and country-level programs. Internationally, she has taken a lead role in FCI’s work to advocate and shape reproductive and sexual health policies.
- Andrea Corney
Andrea Corney is an experienced consultant who works with executives and management teams on issues relating to leadership, teamwork, and management effectiveness. She is a senior facilitator for the popular course on Interpersonal Dynamics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, helping MBA students develop their emotional intelligence. Andrea is part of the team that developed a new course on Coaching at Stanford and currently serves as a Master Coach in the program.
- Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs President of the Board, College Track Laurene Powell Jobs is Co-Founder and President of the Board of College Track, an after-school program providing comprehensive support to high school students who have the desire -- but lack the resources -- to attain higher education. Ms. Powell started her career at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. In 1991, she co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company.
- Tracy Gary Co-Authored
Tracy Gary 's bio (~250 words) A donor activist and philanthropist for more than 25 years, Tracy Gary educates and supports donors, family foundations, financial service organizations and nonprofits about the stewardship of money, leadership, and philanthropy. At the heart of it, Ms. Gary discovers what is important to those she educates and supports.
- Alex G. Coutinho
Alex G. Coutinho , Vice Chair Dr. Coutinho is Executive Director of TASO, The AIDS Support Organization of Uganda. TASO is the largest AIDS care and support organization in sub-Saharan Africa supporting 40,000 HIV+ clients with an annual budget of $15,000,000 and a staff of 600. It also runs a training unit that provides training for capacity building nationally and regionally.
- Gary Hart
Senator Hart has been Visiting Fellow, Chatham Lecturer, and McCallum Memorial Lecturer at Oxford University, Global Fund Lecturer at Yale University, and Regents Lecturer at the University of California.
- David Hoos
David Hoos David Hoos , MD, MPH, is director of the Multicountry Columbia Antiretroviral Program (MCAP) and assistant professor of clinical epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health. Before his appointment as MCAP director, Dr. Hoos played a pivotal role directing drug procurement for the MTCT-Plus Initiative.
- Jack Chow
Jack Chow is the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization Department for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Before joining the WHO, Dr. Chow served as Special Representative of the U.S. Secretary of State for Global HIV/AIDS, while also holding the position of Deputy Assistant for Health and Science. Dr. Chow holds an ambassador rank and is the first person of such rank to be appointed to a public health mission.
- Julie Shaw
JULIE SHAW Executive Director Ms. Shaw is the co-founder and executive director of Urgent Action Fund. She is a veteran activist in the fields of philanthropy, environmental justice and women’s human rights. Prior to co-founding UAF, Ms. Shaw was Senior Program Manager of The Global Fund for Women, where she worked in all aspects of the foundation and coordinated the first Donor Circle Against Sex Trafficking.
- Misti Mukhopadhyay Sangani
Misti Mukhopadhyay Sangani is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD). She has worked in the field of international development for the past sixteen years. FSD is an international organization with staff in San Francisco and in India, Uganda, Kenya, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Peru.
- David Barr
David Barr David Barr , a long-time HIV treatment advocate and educator, is the director of the Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness, a project of Tides Network and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition. Mr. Barr is a graduate of the City University of New York Law School. He joined the fight against HIV/AIDS in 1985 as a staff attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, working on many of the first legal challenges to HIV-related discrimination.
- Julie Dorf
Julie Dorf Julie Dorf is works as the Director of Philanthropic Services at Horizons Foundation , and as an independent philanthropic and organizational development consultant. From 1990 to 2000, she served as the founding Executive Director of the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).
- Sarah Lightfoot
Sarah Lightfoot League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor Sarah made her Velo Girls coaching debut in 2005 when she co-coached Girls Got Skills® to rave reviews and will be returning in 2006 to co-coach Girls Go Fast®, Guys Go Fast®, and Girls Got Skills®. Sarah made her Velo Girls coaching debut in 2005 when she co-coached Girls Got Skills® to rave reviews and will be returning in 2006 to co-coach Girls Go Fast®, Guys Go Fast®, and Girls Got Skills®.
- Sen. Hart
Sen. Hart has been Visiting Fellow, Chatham Lecturer, and McCallum Memorial Lecturer at Oxford University, Global Fund Lecturer at Yale University, and was Regents Lecturer at the University of California. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from Oxford University and Law and Divinity degrees from Yale University. He is the author of twelve books. Sen. Hart was first elected to the Senate in 1974, having never before sought public office, and was re-elected in 1980.
- Katie Bell
Katie Bell is currently a graduate student at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, studying human and organizational transformation, with a focus on transformative learning. In addition, she acts as a local Facilitator for Pioneers of Change, a global learning community of young people committed to learning and social change.
- Elizabeth Lule
Elizabeth Lule (Uganda) is responsible for the overall policy direction and coordination of the Bank’s HIV/AIDS work in Africa and for overseeing the ongoing implementation of its regional HIV/AIDS strategy. Elizabeth leads the ACTAfrica team’s efforts to facilitate the implementation of the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for Africa.
- Ken Nishizawa
Ken is the President and CIO of FuNNeX Asset Management which was established in January 2000. He started his career as a research analyst and, later, strategist at Nikko Securities, before joining Warburg Investment Management (later Mercury Asset Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Management) in Tokyo in 1986 as a fund manager, subsequently becoming the Managing Director in charge of the Japanese equity fund management team.
- Marta Drury
Marta Drury Marta Drury lives in rural northern California where she has offered quiet space to non-profits for the last ten years. She is the director of The Heart and Hand Fund, which funds women's and LGBT groups in the Balkans. She is an advisor to The Global Fund for Women and on the international panel of Astraea Foundation. She stands with Women in Black in Half Moon Bay, CA and in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Simon Hopkins
Simon Hopkins has over 20 years' experience in the European investment business. He started his investment banking career with SG Warburg & Co in 1986, joining UBS in 1988 as a European equity specialist. From 1990 to 1996 he spent over six years as a French equity market specialist in Paris, first with HSBC James Capel, then the Japanese giant Nomura in France, where as director of French equities he built a highly-rated equity sales and research business.
- Halima Mwenesi
Dr. Mwenesi continues to provide support to malaria efforts through her affiliation with numerous anti-malaria initiatives/committees sponsored by bilateral, NGO and government agencies around the world. She acts as the liaison person between the NetMark program, Ministries of Health, Roll Back Malaria partners and is the focal point for advice to countries for the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- Vera Bennett
VERA BENNETT Chief Financial Officer As CFO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vera is responsible for fiscal oversight and regulatory compliance for the new community foundation, including investing and managing the community foundation's $1.9 billion in assets. She oversees a $15 million operating budget and a projected $190 million in annual grant disbursements through the unrestricted endowment, 15 supporting foundations and more than 1,400 philanthropic funds.
- Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan has 20 years experience as an HIV & AIDS and health policy specialist. Anne is currently seconded to DFID, where she is the Acting Health Advisor for the newly formed AIDS and Reproductive Health (ARH) team, which is part of the Human Development Group of DFID’s Policy and Research Division.
- Jacqueline Pitanguy
Ms. Pitanguy is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Commission on Citizenship and Reproduction, based in Sao Paulo. She is a member of the Boards of the Inter-American Dialogue, the Society for International Development, and the Women's Learning Partnership, and is currently the Chair of the Boards of the Global Fund for Women, and of CARE-Brazil, where she recently assumed the presidency.
- Lasse Nielsen
Lasse Nielsen Lasse Christian Nielsen (MSc Econ) By educational background Lasse Chr. Nielsen is a health economist specialised in the transitional economies of former USSR and Eastern Europe. His professional record includes economics and planning of health care services and public health interventions, including HIV/AIDS, disease burden analysis, sustainable financing of health care, social assessments, and studies on inequities in access to health care.
- Brad Herbert
Mr. Herbert is known both within and outside of the Bank for his understanding of in-country issues and a determined focus on results. For example, as the Bank’s Social Sector Manager in Bangladesh , he led a consortium of stakeholders including senior government officials, civil society, and development partners in the preparation of sector-wide programs and in cross-cutting issues which resulted in improved health and education outcomes.
- Anandi Yuvaraj
Anandi Yuvaraj Ms. Yuvaraj is Program Manager for HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health at PATH’s India office, where she manages a project to support the activities of the National Working Group on Microbicides and is the technical advisor on all issues related to the organization’s work with HIV-positive people in India. Diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1997, she has played a vital role in broadening political and social responses to the epidemic in India.
- Jessica Kraintz
Jessica Kraintz Jessica is a Director of Broadreach Group (Europe) Ltd., Broadreach's talent search partnership in London. She is part of the Global Fund Investor Search Practice and the Global Hedge Fund Practice and works with the capital placement team.