Our leaders center the expertise and experiences of community partners in everything we do so that together we can build a world where people everywhere have equitable access to what they need to lead full and healthy lives.
Executive team
Tessie San Martin, PhD, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Ihsan AL-Temeemi, CFE, CICA
Chief Compliance Officer
Daniel Messer, MS
Chief Digital and Information Technology Transformation Officer
Rasika Padmaperuma, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Desiree Pipkins
Chief Impact Officer
Useetha Rhodes, MPA, SHRM-SCP
Chief People Officer
M. Katherine Stroker, JD
General Counsel
Tony Bondurant, PhD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Services
Jacqueline Au McPherson, DrPH, MPH
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Resource Mobilization
Christian S. Pitter, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Programs and Research
Board of Directors
Carlos J. Torres, MSM, Chair
Senior International Development Consultant; Founder and Former President, CARANA Corporation; Former Deputy Director, U.S. Peace Corps
Gregory M. Gunn, MS, Vice Chair
Co-founder, Lingo Ventures
Penny Abeywardena, MIA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Soft Power Strategies
Sarah Burch
Former Managing Director, Rippleworks Foundation
Anne Lynam Goddard
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, ChildFund International
Sheila Leatherman, MSW, CBE, Hon. FRCP
Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Health Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
Geremie Sawadogo, PhD
Former Human Resources Manager, The World Bank Group
Scott Wu
Former Chief Executive Officer of IBank
Susan Yashar, JD
Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, Deloitte Global
Debrework Zewdie, PhD
Professor, City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Tessie San Martin, PhD, MPA
Chief Executive Officer