Board members

Please find below a list of PMNCH Board Members representing the different constituencies. There is a link to the biography of each Board member, if available.

Academic, Research and Training Institutes (ART)

• African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
  Catherine Kyobutungi
  Executive Director
• Population Council
  Julia Bunting
  President
• University of Santiago de Chile
  Helia Molina
  Dean, Medical sciences

Adolescents & Youth (AY)

• Gogontlejang Phaladi Pillar of Hope Project (GPPHP)
  Gogontlejang Phaladi
  Founder and Executive Director
• Youth Coalition for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (YCSRR)
  David Imbago Jácome
  

Donors and Foundations (D&F)

• Bernard van Leer Foundation
  Michael Feigelson
  Executive Director
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Nosa Orobaton
  Deputy Director, MNCH
• Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada
  Mylene Paradis
  Director, Health and Nutrition Strategy and Partnerships Division
• Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
  Lars Grønseth
  Senior Advisor
  Health, Education and Research
• Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  Anders Nordström
  Ambassador for Global Health

Global Financing Mechanisms (GFM)

• Gavi The Vaccine Alliance
  Anuradha Gupta
  Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Healthcare Professional Associations (HCPA)

• International Confederation of Midwives
  Franka Cadée
  President
• International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
  Carlos Fuchtner Soruco
  President
• Sick Kids Canada
  Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
  Robert Harding Chair in a Global Child Health and Policy
  Co-Director Centre for Global Child Health
  Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGO)

• The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  Elhadj As Sy
  Director of the Office of the Secretary General, and Special Advisor for Health
  Secretary General

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)

• Core Group
  Lisa Hilmi
  Executive Director
• Health Alert - Sierra Leone
  Victor Lansana Koroma
  Executive Director
• Swasti Health Resource Centre
  Angela Chaudhuri
  Director
• White Ribbon Alliance
  Betsy McCallon
  Executive Director of the White Ribbon Alliance

Partner Governments (PG)

• Government of Afghanistan
  Hon. Ferozuddin Feroz
  Minister of Public Health, Ministry of Public Health
• Government of India
  Preeti Sudan (board vice-Chair)
  Secretary, Health and Family Welfare
  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Government of México
  Jorge Alcocer Varela
  Health Secretary, Ministry of Health
• Government of Nigeria
  Hon. Dr Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire
  Minister of Health, Federal Ministry of Health

Private Sector (PS)

• Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) for Mothers
  Mary-Ann Etiebet
  Executive Director

United Nations Agencies (UNA)

• UN Women
  Ăsa Regnér
  Deputy Executive Director
• UNAIDS
  Tim Martineau
  Acting Deputy Executive Director, Programme Branch and Director
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (permanent seat)
  Omar Abdi
  Deputy Executive Director for programmes
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Permanent seat)
  Natalia Kanem
  United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA
• World Bank
  Muhammad Pate
  Global Director, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP)
  Director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Peter Salama
  Executive Director
  Universal Health Coverage/Life Course