WLGH Conference 2020 Speakers Ayoade AlakijaFormer Chief Humanitarian Coordinator, Nigeria Moses AloboProgramme Manager, Grand Challenges Africa Rohini AnandPrincipal, Rohini Anand LLC Gracy AndrewVice President, CorStone Michele BarryFounder, WomenLift Health; Senior Associate Dean and Director, Stanford Global Health Amie BatsonExecutive Director, WomenLift Health Joan BensonExecutive Director, Public Health Partnerships, Global Vaccines Public Policy, MSD Joannie BewaFamily Medicine Physician & Research Associate, University of South Florida College of Public Health; Board Chair, Women in Global Health Anita BhatiaAssistant Secretary-General for Resource Management, UN System Coordination, Sustainability and Partnerships; Deputy Executive Director, UN Women Anubha BhonsleEditor, NewsWorthy Winnie ByanyimaExecutive Director, UNAIDS Prabha ChandraProfessor of Psychiatry, The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore Aya ChebbiAfrican Union Special Envoy on Youth Rumbidzai ChisengaDirector of Leadership Programs at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development Alex CoutinhoChair of the Board, International Partnership for Microbicides Suraya DalilDirector, Special Programme on Primary Health Care, World Health Organization Jaha DukurehCEO and Founder, Safe Hands for Girls Barkha DuttAward-winning TV Journalist; Washington Post Columnist Carissa F. EtienneDirector, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Pam Factor-LitvakProfessor of Epidemiology, Vice Chair for Research of the Department of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research Resources at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Jeremy FarrarDirector, Wellcome Trust Senait FissehaDirector of Global Programs, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation Her Excellency Monica GeingosFirst Lady, Republic of Namibia Githinji GitahiGlobal Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa The Hon. Julia Gillard AC27th Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership Temie Giwa-TubosunFounder and CEO, LifeBank Nigeria Renzo GuintoChief Planetary Doctor, PH Lab Geeta Rao GuptaSenior Advisor, 3D Program for Girls and Women; Global Advisory Board Chair, WomenLift Health Sarah HawkesDirector of the Centre for Gender and Global Health at University College London Preethi HermanGlobal Executive Director, Change.org Foundation Munizae JahangirJournalist & Editor in Chief, Voicepk.net Pakistan’s First Digital Media Platform for Human Rights Hon. Dr. Wilhelmina JallahMinister of Health, Republic of Liberia King KakaRapper and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Activist Daanika KamalFounder, The Colour Blue Shobana KamineniExecutive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Gagandeep KangProfessor, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, CMC Vellore Quarraisha Abdool KarimAssociate Scientific Director CAPRISA & Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University Tom KariukiDirector of Programmes/AESA Platform, The African Academy of Sciences Priya KarnaTechnical Officer – Reproductive Health, World Health Organization, India Sapna KediaTechnical Specialist, International Center for Research on Women, Asia Barbara KemigisaMotivational Speaker and Activist; Founder, Pill Power Uganda Sara Saeed KhurramCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sehat Kahani Tracy KobukindoTechnical Coordinator (East & Southern Africa), Community Health Academy, Last Mile Health Catherine KyobutungiExecutive Director, African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC) Anu KumarPresident and CEO, Ipas Heidi LarsonProfessor of Anthropology and Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Nisia Trindade LimaPresident, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Jaya LuintelPresident & CEO, The Story Kitchen Vinoj ManningCEO, Ipas Development Foundation Pat MilliganCEO, EDGE Americas Nerges MistryDirector, The Foundation for Medical Research Matshidiso MoetiRegional Director for Africa, World Health Organization Tlaleng MofokengUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health; Commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality Amina J. MohammedDeputy Secretary-General, United Nations Sazini MojapeloManaging Executive, Corporate Citizenship, Absa Group Yumna MoosaPhD Student, KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) Kiki MordiJournalist and Filmmaker Alaa MurabitUnited Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment & Economic Growth Cathy MwangiFounder & CEO, mHealth Kenya Bonita Beatrice NanziriFounder, AfriGal Tech Christine NgaruiyaAssistant Professor, Section of Global Health and International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Sania NishtarSpecial Assistant of Pakistan’s Prime Minister; Federal Minister, Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Ministry; Chairperson BISP Nneile Nkholise Co-Founder, iMed Tech Alesandra OgetaDirector of Programs, Jinsiangu Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaBoard Chair – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, WHO & AU Special Envoy on COVID-19 & Former Finance Minister, Nigeria Adelle OnyangoFounder, Adelle Onyango Initiative Nandini OommanGlobal Health & Development Specialist and Founding Curator & CEO, The Women’s Storytelling Salon Madhukar PaiCanada Research Chair, Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University; Director, McGill Global Health Programs & International TB Centre Nathalie PambrunPresident of the Canadian Association of Midwives, Indigenous Registered Midwife Claude PirmezProgram Manager, Grand Challenges Brazil Nazla RafeegHead of Communicable Disease Control, Health Protection Agency, Maldives Sally SabaChief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Medtronic Shanta Laxmi ShresthaImmediate Past President, Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC) Nepal Karlee SilverCo-CEO, Grand Challenges Canada Poonam Khetrapal SinghRegional Director for South-East Asia, World Health Organization Hannan SuliemanDeputy Executive Director, Management, UNICEF Soumya SwaminathanChief Scientist, World Health Organization Renu SwarupSecretary, Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Kedest TesfagiorgisDeputy Director, Global Partnerships & Grand Challenges, Discovery & Translational Sciences, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Redi TlhabiJournalist and Award-winning Author Zain VerjeeFounder and CEO, Zain Verjee Group Ravi VermaRegional Director, International Center for Research on Women Jane WanyamaChief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu Cluster Clare WenhamAssistant Professor, London School of Economics & Political Science Nekesa WereDirector of Strategy, AfriLabs Lucy Lu WilsonGender and Inclusion Lead and Programme Development and Funding Officer, Teach A Man To Fish; Project Leader, Hablemos Ingles Anita ZaidiDirector of Vaccine Development and Surveillance, and Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Umba ZaliraCo-founder, Growing Ambitions