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
Christine Nyirjesy Bragale, ABC
Director, Communications
Annette N. Brown, PhD
Chief Strategy and Evidence Officer
Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta, MA
Chief Operating 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
Subsidiary leaders
Senior leaders
Leila M. Abu-Gheida, MS
Vice President, Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean
Juan Carlos Bautista
Director, Cost and Pricing, Financial Planning and Analysis
Tony Bondurant, PhD
Senior Vice President, U.S. and Regional Programs
Michele Broemmelsiek, MA
Director, Global Education, Employment and Engagement (G3E)
Otto Chabikuli, MBChB, MCFP, MFamMed, MSc
Vice President, East and Southern Africa Region
Nadra Franklin, PhD, MPH
Vice President, Global Nutrition
Coy D. Isaacs
Senior Director, Crisis Response and Resilience
Nichelle Johnson Billips, JD, LLM
Deputy General Counsel
Rebecca Johnson, MIDP
Director, Project Management Office
Laura Kayser, RN, MPH
Senior Vice President, Global Services
Laura Lew, CPA
Director, Internal Audit and Risk Management
Roberto Matus, MBA
Managing Director, Foundation and Corporate Relations
Jacqueline Au McPherson, DrPH, MPH
Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth
Rachael Morgan, MA
Associate Director, Internal Communications
Bradi Newsome
Acting Vice President, Business Development and Partnerships
Chris Odell, MPP
Senior Advisor, Organizational Evaluation and Evidence
Larry Origlio, MBA
Director, Administration
Paula Pazderka, MFA
Director, Impact by Design Collaborative
Christian S. Pitter, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Global Programs and Science
Susan Voskuil, MA
Director, Contract Management Services
Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH
Vice President, U.S. Programs
Amy Weissman, DrPH
Acting Vice President, Asia and Pacific Region
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
Managing Director, Rippleworks Foundation
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, Corporate & Administrative Units, The World Bank Group
Scott Wu
Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Susan Yashar, JD
Former Deputy CEO 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
