WomenLift Health’s Global Advisory Board is composed of distinguished leaders recognized for their vision, integrity, and deep expertise across diverse sectors, disciplines, and countries. These individuals are united by a shared commitment to advancing women’s leadership in global health to ensure better health outcomes and more resilient systems. As donors and partners increasingly seek impactful, sustainable solutions, investing in transformative leadership is a strategic imperative. Our Global Advisory Board plays a pivotal role in guiding this vision, ensuring that representative and transformative women leaders are shaping the future of global health and development.
Rohini Anand
Founder and CEO,
Rohini Anand LLC
Tamar Manuelyan Atinc
Former VP, Human Development, World Bank | Former Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Michele Barry
Founder & Honorary Board Member, WomenLift Health;
Senior Associate Dean, Stanford Global Health
Paurvi Bhatt, MPH
Founder, ThirdEyeFocus
Rumbidzai Chisenga
CEO, Pan-African Leadership Lab
Rt Hon Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Former Administrator of UNDP
Samukeliso Dube
Executive Director, FP2030
Monica Geingos
3rd First Lady of the Republic of Namibia | Lawyer Republic of Namibia
Githinji Gitahi
Global CEO,
Amref Health Africa
Yasmin Ali Haque
Global Advisory Board Chair & Former UNICEF Representative India
Dorcas K. Makgato
Former Ambassador of Botswana to Australia | Former Cabinet Minister | Business Executive | Gender Advocate
Matshidiso Moeti
Regional Director Emeritus,
World Health Organization
Zainab Samad
Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Pakistan
Mansharan Seth
Director - William J. Clinton Foundation (India affiliate of CHAI)
Soumya Swaminathan
Chairperson,
Board of Trustees,
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, FRS, FMedSci
DAE- Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
Anita Zaidi
President: Gender Equality, Gates Foundation
Former Global Advisory Board Members
Meet past members of the WomenLift Health Global Advisory Board.
Sia Nowrojee
Associate Vice President, Girls & Women Strategy
United Nations Foundation
Ravi Verma
Regional Director,
International Center for Research on Women
Suzanne Ehlers
Executive Director
and CEO,
USA for UNHCR
Caroline Kwamboka
Trustee & Founding Director,
African Renaissance
Patty Garcia
Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia,
Former Minister of Health, Peru
Jeremy Farrar
Chief Scientist,
World Health Organization
Geeta Rao Gupta
Ambassador-at-Large Global Women’s Issues
Mandeep Dhaliwal
Director, HIV, Health and Development,
United Nations Development Programme
Jocalyn Clark
International Editor,
The BMJ
Ayoade Alakija
Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator,
World Health Organization
Preethi Herman
Co-Founder & Chair
Nguvu Collective
Blen A. Sahilu
Human Rights Lawyer;
Women’s Rights Advocate, Ethiopia
Senait Fisseha
Director of Global Programs,
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Ruth Kagia
Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy and Strategy
Office of the President of Kenya
