The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced three senior staff appointments. Each will report directly to Tachi Yamada, president of the foundation’s Global Health Program.
– Jaime Sepulveda was promoted to Senior Fellow and will serve as a deputy to Yamada, “playing a central role in shaping the foundation’s overall global health strategy as part of its executive team. He will work closely with key foundation partners—including the GAVI Alliance, where he chairs the Executive Committee—to increase access to vaccines and other effective health solutions in developing countries. He will also serve as Director of Special Initiatives in the Global Health Program.
– Gary Darmstadt becomes Director of Family Health, “overseeing a multidisciplinary team of program and technical experts to develop and implement strategies to improve maternal, newborn, and child health; nutrition; and family planning.”
– Girindre Beeharry will become Director of Strategy, “leading a team of strategy and evaluation experts to help guide strategic planning across the Global Health Program. His team will help ensure that the foundation’s grant portfolio has the greatest possible impact on health in developing countries.”
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