WomenLift Health has selected the emerging leaders below to participate in the 2026 North America Cohort of the Leadership Journey, a fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health.
Alicia
Annamalay
Director of Monitoring and Evaluation
The Max Foundation
Alicia Genisca
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician/Pediatric Global Health Training Coordinator
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Amanda BenDor
Digital Health Advisor and Pathways Engagement Lead
The World Bank and Sonder Collective
Amy Cannon
Senior Technical Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health
Jhpiego
Ankita Meghani
Health systems and policy researcher
Anna Winters
Cofounder and CEO
Akros
Annick Raïssa O. Sidibé
Senior Technical Advisor Global Health Security
Jhpiego
April Bell
Assistant Professor
University of California San Francisco
Atlang
Mompe
Senior Technical Public Health Advisor
Claire Chaumont
Special Advisor to the Chancellor, Strategic Plan Initiatives, UCLA
Eve Puffer
Associate Professor
Duke University
Jigyasa Sharma
Senior Health Economist, World Bank
Joan Sara Thomas
Lead Project Officer, One Health Partnership Project, University of Saskatchewan
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Regional Mentor Consultant, CRVS Applied Research & Training Initiative, UN ESCAP
Kristin Saucier
Sr. Director, Business Development
EngenderHealth
Lakshmi
Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Professional Researcher
University of California San Francisco
Lara Martin
Senior Associate Director
The Carter Center
Lenette Golding
Health Communication Researcher, Strategist, and Professor
Lindsey Shields
Deputy Director, Epidemic Preparedness and Response
PATH
Lisa Saldanha
Senior Nutrition Specialist, World Bank Group
Megan McHenry
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Nana Apenem Hanson-Hall
Senior Specialist, VAWC Research
International Justice Mission
Nirali Chakraborty
CEO
Metrics for Management
Noila Sorenson
Acting Director, Europe-Eurasia, G7/G20 Affairs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Pratima Raghunathan
Global Health and Emergency Response Leader, Formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sarah Morris
Chief Product Officer
Audere
Sarah Romorini
CEO
Fusion Metrics
Tina Lines
Advocacy and Policy Officer Canadian Network for NTDs
Tonji Durant
Health Scientist
Zeynep Kantur Ozenci
Global Head of Health, International Finance Corporation (IFC) World Bank Group