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.
Dr. Rohini Anand
Founder and CEO,
Rohini Anand LLC
Tamar Manuelyan Atinc
Former VP, Human Development, World Bank | Former Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Dr. Michele Barry
Founder, Womenlift Health, Senior Associate Dean for Global Health, Stanford University
Paurvi Bhatt, MPH
Founder, ThirdEyeFocus
Rumbidzai Chisenga
CEO, Leadership Lab Yetu
Rt Hon. Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Former Administrator of UNDP
Dr. Samukeliso Dube
Executive Director, FP2030
Ms. Monica Geingos
3rd First Lady of the Republic of Namibia, Lawyer
Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque
Chair, Global Advisory Board; Former UNICEF Representative, India
Jackie Jones
Director, Women in Leadership Program & Adolescent and Youth Learning Agenda, Gates Foundation
Ms. Dorcas K. Makgato
Former Ambassador of Botswana to Australia
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti
Regional Director Emeritus, WHO Africa Region
Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Nigeria
Dr. Zainab Samad
Chair, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University
Mansharan Seth
Director - William J. Clinton Foundation (India affiliate of CHAI)
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Chairperson,
Board of Trustees,
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Dr. Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan
Former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
Former Global Advisory Board Members
Meet past members of the WomenLift Health Global Advisory Board.
Dr. Anita Zaidi
President, Gender Equality Division, Gates Foundation
Dr. Githinji Gitahi
Global CEO,
Amref Health Africa
Sia Nowrojee
Associate Vice President, Girls & Women Strategy
United Nations Foundation
Dr. Ravi Verma
Former Regional Director, ICRW Asia
Suzanne Ehlers
Executive Director
and CEO,
USA for UNHCR
Caroline Kwamboka
Trustee & Founding Director,
African Renaissance
Dr. Patty Garcia
Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia,
Former Minister of Health, Peru
Dr. Jeremy Farrar
Chief Scientist, World Health Organization; Former Director, Wellcome Trust
Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta
Ambassador-at-Large Global Women’s Issues
Dr. Mandeep Dhaliwal
Director, HIV, Health and Development,
United Nations Development Programme
Dr. Jocalyn Clark
International Editor,
The BMJ
Dr. 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
Dr. 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