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Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 127-142

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From page 127...
... Barash, M.D., is the executive director of the Global Health Portfolio and chief medical officer for the GE Foundation. The Foundation's Developing Health Initiatives, along with strong partnerships and leaders, are often the answer to some of health care's most complex problems.
From page 128...
... Barash was the chief medical officer of Life Care Solutions and executive medical director of Health Care Services for GE Healthcare. He was also founder and president of Concord Healthcare Strategies, where he provided strategic and operational expertise to medical technology investors and development-stage medical technology companies.
From page 129...
... She also held the position of executive director, HIV Policy and External Affairs for the Europe, Middle East, Africa, Canada region, with a primary focus on driving Merck and industry initiatives to improve access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the developing world, and was senior vice-president, The Merck Foundation, and senior director, Office of Contributions, responsible for all Foundation and corporate cash grant making activities, product donations programs (e.g., the Merck Mectizan Donation Program)
From page 130...
... Fabius, M.D., has recently returned to his start-up HealthNEXT -- a company dedicated to the development of organizational cultures of health -- after serving as chief medical officer of Truven Health Analytics (formerly the health care business of Thomson Reuters) , the world's leading source of intelligent information for business and professionals.
From page 131...
... /CHD Meridian's president and chief medical officer for the 3 years prior to its sale to Walgreens. During this tenure he served on the Board of Directors and was principally responsible for converting this financially struggling organization into a workplace health leader while quadrupling the DMX market capitalization.
From page 132...
... Johnson is a consultant to ExxonMobil, the chair of The Joint Commission's International and Resource Boards and a member of The Yale School of Public Health Leadership Council. He serves on several boards including the The Bon Secours Hospital System; the Advisory Board of The Yale School of Public Health; the Board on Global Health of the Institute of Medicine, and co-chairs its Forum on Public Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety.
From page 133...
... He has co-authored many influential articles in the Harvard Business Review with Professor Michael E Porter of Harvard Business School, and in Stanford Social Innovation Review with FSG colleagues, including Philanthropy's New Agenda: Creating Value, Catalytic Philanthropy, Collective Impact, Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World, The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy, and Creating Shared Value.
From page 134...
... Prior to joining Hess, she was senior director of Global Philanthropy for Pfizer Inc., where she set strategy and led the teams that developed flagship programs in global health for the company and its foundation: the International Trachoma Initiative, the Diflucan Partnership, Global Health Fellows, the Infectious Diseases Institute, Connect HIV, Community Health Ventures and Regional Health Partnerships. She also represented Pfizer on philanthropy and global health issues with the media, public officials, bilateral and multilateral organizations, and other external stakeholders.
From page 135...
... , headquartered in Washington, DC. At PSI she leads the development of philanthropic, corporate social responsibility, and shared value partnerships, integrating the worlds of both purpose and profit to deliver win–win opportunities across sectors.
From page 136...
... Prior to that, she staffed the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board, an 18-member Governor-appointed board. In this capacity she provided guidance in the development of the state tobacco control strategy and organized and coordinated the state and local policy advocacy efforts.
From page 137...
... Building on more than 25 years of international development experience, Mr. Peterson has led many of FSG's Global Health and Global Development engagements, and he has been a key contributor to the firm's shared value, catalytic philanthropy, and collective impact frameworks.
From page 138...
... Sicre spent 16 years as managing director and member of the Executive Board at the World Economic Forum, where he first established the Forum's activities in Africa and the Middle East.
From page 139...
... Brett Tromp is a qualified chartered accountant and has been the chief financial officer of Discovery Health since 2007. Prior to this role he worked for the group executive director on strategic projects and in the group finance area of Discovery Holdings for 3 years.
From page 140...
... Alton Jones Foundation, and directed the Project on World Security at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. During her tenure as national executive director of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, the organization's international arm received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
From page 141...
... David Wofford, vice president of Meridian Group International, Inc., in Washington, DC, implements the RAISE Health Initiative, which improves the health of women and men factory and agriculture workers in developing countries through changes in global and corporate policies and workplace practices. RAISE Health is a major activity under the U.S.


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