LEADERSHIP

Glenn Fennelly MD, MPH is an expert in pediatric infectious diseases. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas. Dr. Fennelly has worked with various non-governmental organizations supporting infection prevention and treatment programs in less developed countries, including during scale up of PEPFAR-supported treatment for children with HIV in Vietnam between 2006 and 2008. He has been involved with National Institutes of Health-supported studies to develop vaccines against HIV and tuberculosis, and to improve prevention and treatment of HIV in children for over 20 years. He has co-authored several articles on these studies. Dr. Fennelly received an MD from New Jersey Medical School and a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University.

Gareth Crawford, MPA, has extensive experience implementing and leading humanitarian responses across Asia and Africa, and he previously served as Head of Disaster Risk Management in Asia for Plan International. His role included disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and climate related programming across 14 countries in South and South East Asia. Gareth also led Plan’s response to super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, designing and implementing a five-year relief and recovery program to support some of the worst affected communities in one of the worst storms ever recorded. Gareth has also worked as Country Director and Program Manager focusing on children and women’s’ rights for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Save the Children and the BBC World Service Trust in Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and Pakistan and has over 15 years of experience leading programs and operations in the health, nutrition, education, food security and livelihoods sectors. Currently, Chief Operating Officer at Physicians for Human Rights, Gareth provides strategic leadership to ensure the effective and efficient operations of a Nobel award winning human rights organization working at the intersection of medicine, science, and law to secure human rights and justice for all. He hold a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelors degree in Philosophy, both from the University of Liverpool in the UK.

During her more than 30 years of public health work, Dr. McGinn has worked on using sound data collection and analysis to improve the scope and quality of reproductive health services globally, in order for women and men to make choices about their sexual and reproductive lives. Dr. McGinn has focused most intently in Africa but also has experience in Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Since the mid-1990s, her work included a substantive focus on the reproductive health of populations affected by wars and natural disasters. Dr. McGinn was the founding director and principal instigator of the Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative and is professor emerita of population and family health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. McGinn received the Doctor of Public Health degree from Columbia University with a dissertation on fertility desires and behavior of women in post-genocide Rwanda, the Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan in Population Planning, and the Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in Development Economics. Some of her works: Implementing sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian crises, May 2018 Why don’t humanitarian organizations provide safe abortion services, Conflict and Health (2016).

Alain Benzaken is COO of SponsorUnited, a fast-growing technology company in the Sports & Entertainment space. He previously led technology teams for some of the most successful Internet companies in the world. Alain was VP Technology at Priceline.com, having joined the company pre-IPO when it was just starting up. He was also SVP Technology at the TheLadders and a co- founder of food52.com. More recently he was SVP of Technology at Buddy Media, which was acquired by Salesforce for $800M. Alain was founding Board Member of the New York Tech Meetup, the largest meetup in the world, now with over 60k members. Alain is a graduate of the Lycée Français de NY, and received a BA in Physics from Columbia College and an MS in Physics from Yale University.

Anne-Sophie Jaume is a multi-faceted attorney with extensive experience in the international legal environment as well as the humanitarian sector. She is qualified as an attorney in France, the UK and the US and in the past she has held positions as the Vice-President of various investment banks such as the Royal Bank of Canada in London and Mitsubishi UFJ where she advised on financial transactions. Particularly active in the humanitarian sector, Mrs. Jaume has served for almost three years as the Director of Corporate Partnerships and Events at Doctors of the World USA. With her she has brought a wealth of experience in the corporate partnerships sector including taking the lead on our pro bono partnership with advertising agency Publicis, whose campaigns have been awarded multiple high level awards including Golden Lions at Cannes and at the Webbys. Mrs. Jaume is also the founder of a French Law Office in New York that assists individuals and corporate clients in their transatlantic operations. In addition, Mrs. Jaume has served as a pro bono lawyer and treasurer in London for a free legal clinic, advising the French speaking community about English labor law and is the Director of the Board of the Young President Organization (YPO).

Dr. Amsalu is a physician with expertise in emergency health and global health sciences. She trained in clinical research at UCSF, and applies methods of epidemiology to develop, implement, and evaluate new technologies, tools and interventions to improve obstetric outcomes, maternal health and neonatal health. Dr. Amsalu has a track record of leading health responses to disease outbreaks, acute and protracted conflicts, and natural disasters in Asia, Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Amsalu previously worked as medical coordinator, health advisor, and health cluster coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières, Save the Children, and the World Health Organization respectively. Dr. Amsalu serves as a senior technical adviser on global task forces focused on maternal health and neonatal health in humanitarian settings. Her research has contributed to the Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Field Guide and the Roadmap to Accelerate Progress for Every Newborn in Humanitarian Settings 2020-2024.

Kimberly Gamble-Payne is a professorial lecturer in the Department of Global Health in George Washington University and in the International Relations Program of the City College of New York.  She  also teaches in Columbia University’s United Nations Studies certificate program. For more than 25 years she worked in the United Nations system, mostly with UNICEF.  Kimberly spent nearly a decade in eastern and southern Africa. She was the first Regional Advisor for Child Rights and Child Protection and Country Representative in Lesotho where she co-led the Joint Donor-UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS. She also served as one of the senior advisors to the Machel Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. Prior to her assignments in Africa, Kimberly was the head of UNICEF’s  Child Rights and Public Policy Section in New York, the founding Director of  the Washington Office for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF  and  a Congressional Liaison Officer at USAID. Kimberly  holds a Master of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

A financial services executive for over 20 years, Alex also has extensive public policy experience, working on issues ranging from immigration and refugee rights to the Dodd-Frank financial reforms.  She has served as Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel at global companies including Scotiabank, Cargill, Barclays and Louis Dreyfus.  Alex has also been an active member of Industry Committees, including the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee. As an M&A and corporate securities lawyer with Kramer Levin (in its Energy, New Media and Financial Services practice groups) in New York, she did considerable pro bono work, successfully representing refugees from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia.  She contributed to a project that raised awareness about the improper treatment of asylum seekers in the U.S. and helped recent arrivals who were imprisoned pending their hearings. Alex was a Human Rights fellow at New York University Law School and has worked with Human Rights and Humanitarian organizations, including Human Rights First, the UN High Commission for Refugees, the International Labour Organization and the World Federation for Mental Health.  She is also active in Community Service and is currently a Director of a provider of housing and services to homeless families in New York. Early in her career, Alex was a Press Secretary and senior legislative and political advisor to several ministers in the Canadian House of Commons, including the Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, Canada’s first female Prime Minister. Alex has degrees from Queen’s University, Oxford University (Wadham College) and the University of Toronto (Faculty of Law).

Margaret Larson is an accomplished executive with nearly 30 years of experience in emergency management and strategic leadership. Currently, she serves as Senior Vice President of Operations and Client Services at AG Witt, LLC, a startup emergency management consulting firm. Previously, Margaret held various influential positions, including Legislative Assistant in the U.S. Senate and leadership roles at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where she contributed to Congressional Affairs and served as Executive Officer in the Response Division. Margaret has also been a Deputy Director of Disaster Services for Feeding America and spent the last decade with national consulting firms. Throughout her career, Margaret has developed and implemented comprehensive strategies by collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private sector entities. Margaret’s expertise in grants management, procurement compliance, and disaster readiness has made her a sought-after advisor and speaker for national organizations representing states, counties, cities, hospitals, and universities. In addition to her professional roles, she chairs the Cost Recovery Caucus for the International Association of Emergency Managers and serves as a Fellow to the Institute for Sustainable Development. Margaret’s educational background in International Relations and History from Tulane University complements her professional experience, providing a solid foundation for her work in policy development and global initiatives.

Born in France to an artistic family, author and illustrator Pauline Lévêque was raised in the countryside. The days of her youth were spent scribbling on canvases and entertaining herself with the tubes of oil paint stored in her father’s studio. After the birth of her first child, Lévêque transitioned from a career in journalism – she was a reporter at Paris Match for 15 years, to becoming a full-time illustrator with the creation of “Beep Beep,” a humorous bilingual children’s book character in the body of a red car. In contrast to her upbringing, the artist’s affinity for large, sprightly cities like New York, Paris and London is a prominent subject in her work. The structure and composition of her favorite cities inspire her to enhance her illustrations with small details that reflect the lively energy of the cities and people in focus. Lévêque’s signature black-and-white technique is evocative of the delicate scratchings of Pierre Le-Tan and the simple lines of Jean-Jacques Sempé; playful yet precise. Lévêque’s work is very diverse and varied, encompassing collaborations with leading brands such as Dior and Ladurée, to supporting charities such as Doctors of the World USA (where she has been on the board for six years) and Chefs for Impact, including illustrating best-selling French author Marc Levy’s last seven novels, writing her own books, and holding numerous exhibitions. She has shown her work at “Galerie Guillaume” alongside her father in Paris for two months in the fall of 2022 and a special showcase at the “Philippe Labaune Gallery” in Chelsea, New York, in December 2022. She is a yearly participant in the LP4Y (Life Project 4 Youth) art fair in benefit of displaced youth living in extreme poverty.

For over 20 years Ted has worked at the intersection of advanced biotech and global health building organizations seeking to make an impact on human health and equity. Currently, Ted is Managing Partner at Next Frontier Advisors, a strategic consulting firm focused on vaccines, immunology and global health advising groups across philanthropy, industry, academia and NGOs. Previously Ted served as co-founder, COO and Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Immunome Project, a global NGO using advanced computing/AI to decode the human immune system. Ted also led business planning efforts at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) as the organization expanded its footprint to 21 countries, and played a key role in the creation of various international consortia. Early in his career, he served as a Health and Tech Analyst at a privately held asset management company with over $1 billion under management and administration. During this time he has been an advisor to various large-scale nonprofits and NGOs in the domestic and international health space. Ted was trained at Johns Hopkins (MPH, Infectious Disease), the University of Chicago (MBA), and Grinnell College (BA), and held a post as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard Chan School. He has served on various Boards including the African Services Committee, the Human Immunome Project European Foundation, MyImmunome and Doctors of the World. He has extensive experience working across the US, Europe, Africa and India.

Currently the Executive Director at Doctors of the World/Médecins du Monde USA, Fraser is a long-term public health activist and advocate for social justice, human rights, global health and equitable public health policy, Fraser has served in leadership positions at national and international NGOs, including the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. He started the development department at Broadway Cares, and was previously the development director at The Asia Society, the Drawing Center, and PS1/MOMA.  Fraser has a wealth of experience in program and project management, strategic planning, international public and private sector development, board and staff development, institutional learning and multi-disciplinary fundraising campaigns. Based in New York City, he was an early member of the AIDS activist movement ACT UP/NY, a member of the first board of Visual AIDS when it was housed at PS1’s Clocktower Gallery, and is currently a founding member of the Board of Directors of The New York City AIDS Memorial, and Board Member emeritus of the acclaimed cultural organization Triple Canopy.