Christopher Elias

Chris Elias Chris has a account President, Global Development at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, Washington 500+ connections Contact info Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Creighton University About I’ve dedicated my professional career to utilizing and advancing medicine and science to help more people around the globe live healthy lives and reach their full potential. As president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Program, I lead a fantastic team and work with outstanding partners who are finding creative ways to deliver life-saving solutions and products that help people in developing countries overcome hunger, poverty, and disease. Specifically, I oversee programs focused on eradicating polio, providing nutrition education and services, enhancing access to vaccines and family planning services, and developing and implementing critical interventions to help mothers and children survive and thrive. Before joining the foundation in 2012, I served as PATH’s President and CEO for more than a decade. I also spent 10 years with the Population Council where I oversaw activities in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Yunnan, and the Lao PDR. I earned my undergraduate and medical degrees from Creighton University and my MPH from the University of Washington. Go Jays and Huskies! Experience Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation President, Global Development Company NameBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dates EmployedFeb 2012 – Present Employment Duration8 yrs 2 mos The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Division works to identify and fund high-impact solutions that can help hundreds of millions of people lift themselves out of poverty and build better lives. We work closely with our partners to support innovative approaches and to expand existing ones so they reach the people who are most in need. As president of the Global Development Division, I lead the foundation’s efforts to find creative new ways to ensure solutions and products get into the hands of people in poor countries. In particular, I oversee Global Development’s portfolio in Emergency Response; Family Planning; Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health; Nutrition; Polio Eradication; and Vaccine Delivery. see less PATH President and CEO Company NamePATH Dates Employed2000 – Jan 2012 Employment Duration12 yrs For more than a decade, I served as president and CEO of PATH, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of people around the world. At PATH, I expanded the organization’s international presence to more than 70 countries and increased its project portfolio to span health technologies, maternal and child health, reproductive health, vaccines and immunization, and emerging and epidemic diseases. I was honored to be named the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year for the U.S. in 2006, and Global Health Research Ambassador by the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research in 2007. see less Population Council Senior Associate, International Programs Company NamePopulation Council Dates Employed1990 – 2000 Employment Duration10 yrs As a senior associate, I oversaw all Population Council activities in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Yunnan, and the Lao PDR, encompassing reproductive health programs, interventions research, expansion of contraceptive choice, gender and development research, and institutional strengthening. In addition, I established the Council's program office in Vietnam, managed the Council’s Bangkok office, and directed Southeast Asian activities of the Horizons project, a USAID-supported cooperative agreement to refine the response to HIV/AIDS through global operations research. see less Education Creighton University Creighton University Degree NameMD Dates attended or expected graduation1975 – 1983 University of Washington University of Washington Degree NameMPH Dates attended or expected graduation1988 – 1990 Author: "Fleecing the Lambs" published in 1971 https://archive.org/details/fleecinglambs00elia/page/n5/mode/2up