Watch on YouTube. Moderator: Mary Bassett Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights Speaker: Helen Clark Helen Clark is a respected global leader on sustainable development, gender equality and international co-operation. She served three successive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1999 and 2008. While in government, she led policy debate on a wide range of economic, social, environmental and cultural issues, including sustainability and climate change. She then became the United Nations … Continue reading “Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008”
Watch on YouTube. Moderator: Walter Willett Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Speaker: Dan Glickman Dan Glickman is a well-recognized leader in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, hunger, bipartisan politics and public policy following a long career in the federal government, advocacy and non-profit arenas. Glickman is a senior counselor and chair of the International Advisory Board at APCO Worldwide and is a long-time board member and now a lead director of the … Continue reading “Dan Glickman, Professor of Agriculture and Nutrition, Tufts University”
Read the reflection article by Amrutha Denduluri Voices in Leadership During Crises: John Whyte Live webcast was streamed on our Facebook, YouTube, and Voices in Leadership website on Thursday, April 29, 2021, 12:00 – 12:45 PM ET. Watch on YouTube. Moderator: Barry Bloom Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health John Whyte Chief Medical Officer, WebMD Dr. John Whyte is a physician and corporate executive with a unique combination … Continue reading “John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer, WebMD”
Read the reflection article by Mahaa M. Ahmed Voices in Leadership During Crises: Michelle Williams & Jeffery Sánchez This event was streamed live on our Facebook and on Voices in Leadership website on Thursday, June 11, 2020, 1:00 – 1:30 PM ET. Watch on YouTube. On Thursday, June 4th Michelle Williams, epidemiologist and dean of the faculty at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, and Jeffrey R. Sánchez, a former Massachusetts state representative and lecturer at Harvard Chan, co-authored an … Continue reading “Michelle A. Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Jeffrey Sánchez, Former Massachusetts State Representative”
SoundCloud. Read the reflection article by Writing Fellow Lakshmi Ramachandran Leadership Begins in the Community: Peace Corps and Global Health Watch on YouTube. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Dr. Josephine (Jody) Olsen, PhD, MSW, was sworn into office as the 20th Director of the Peace Corps in March 2018. Dr. Olsen began her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer, serving in Tunisia from 1966-1968. She has since served the agency in multiple leadership positions—as Acting Director in 2009; Deputy Director from … Continue reading “Jody Olsen, Director of the Peace Corps”
Leadership to Impact Today’s Global Challenges Thursday, April 21, 2016 Watch on YouTube. Helene D. Gayle is CEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global social challenges. As the inaugural CEO, Dr. Gayle is setting direction and building the organization. Previously, Dr. Gayle was president and CEO of CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization with approximately 10,000 staff whose poverty fighting programs reached over 97 million people … Continue reading “Helene Gayle, CEO, McKinsey Social Initiative”
Leadership in Getting AIDS on the World Bank Agenda Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian national, has led strategy, policy implementation, and management of development programs at country, regional, and global levels for international bodies such as the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She conceptualized and managed the groundbreaking US$1 billion Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program that changed the AIDS funding landscape and pioneered the large-scale multi-sectorial response with direct … Continue reading “Debrework Zewdie, Former Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund”
Paul Farmer on Leadership in Public Health for the Poor Watch on YouTube. Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. He chairs the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and is a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living … Continue reading “Paul Farmer, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, Partners In Health”
Lois Gibbs, Executive Director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, a leader in the grassroots environmental health movement, spoke on The Love Canal Story of Leadership, and her journey to becoming an “accidental leader.”
Gabriel Jaramillo, who lead the broad transformation of The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, discusses critical aspects of organizational change from his expertise in banking and how he transferred those skills to global health. This session is entitled “If It Works – Fix It: Leading Transformation at The Global Fund.”
