Jacqueline Au McPherson is FHI 360’s senior vice president for strategy and resource mobilization, where she builds funder relationships and co-creates initiatives that have proven real-world impact. She is a global health and development expert with more than 25 years of experience in public health leadership, research, communication, academics, and program management and execution.
McPherson has worked for FHI 360 since 2003. She has served as the regional director and deputy regional director for the Asia Pacific Region and the country director and chief of party in Nepal. In these positions, she led multimillion dollar projects, supported workforce development, and expanded the FHI 360 portfolio to incorporate a broad range of public health initiatives.
McPherson has spent much of her career in Asia and the Caucasus, working in challenging political and security environments with government agencies, academic and research institutions, international and local nonprofit organizations, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, and community organizations. Her technical specialties are strategic communications and qualitative research.
Prior to joining FHI 360, she served as the country director in Armenia for The Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs and associate director and lecturer at the American University of Armenia School of Public Health.
McPherson has a doctoral degree in health policy and management from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a master’s degree in public health from The Johns Hopkins University.