Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Globally dexterous public health professional offering nineteen years of experience to tailor complex multi-million dollar programs like President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief and Global Polio Eradication strategies to local environment. TED talk presenter. Demonstrated ability to establish, drive, and improve objectives in matrix management structure for strategic planning, global workforce development, laboratory services and systems, private sector engagement, innovation, publishing supplements, sustainability, inter-agency collaboration in developed and developing world. Well versed in communicating with tact and diplomacy to establish and develop sustainable working relationships with cross-functional teams, United States government, private sector entities, United Nation agencies, National and International Non-Government Organizations.
Since 2003 US President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) invested nearly 3 billion towards system strengthening. In this role I lead, plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate efficiency of investment for four global health programs in 40+ PEPFAR supported countries for laboratory system strengthening. i) Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) worth $63 million in shared resources. ii) Global laboratory workforce development through didactic and e-learning resources. iii) National Laboratory Strategic Planning program to articulate, develop and implement strategic and operational plans for national laboratory networks. d) Pioneer to develop indicators to capture investments and sustainability for laboratory system strengthening.
Represented CDC/ US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program with Vietnamese government, non-government and United States Government partners to advise, provide technical and strategic direction for a steadily increasing program from $18 million (FY 2005) to $59 million (FY 2007) to strengthen laboratory services for people infected with HIV and AIDS.