Speakers

Our Attendees

Last year's corporate attendees were primarily director and C-level and represented consulting firms like Abt Associates and Deloitte Consulting and executives from major corporations like Pfizer Inc, Nike and Colgate-Palmolive.

Our attendees also include key players from foundations like Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; multilaterals like the IFC and UNICEF and NGOs like World Vision and Family Health International.

We received top ratings from participants for both content and networking value.

The conference will be opened by President Bill Clinton via a special video address.

Headliners

	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services As Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius leads the principal agency charged with keeping Americans healthy. She also oversees one of the largest civilian departments in the federal government, with nearly 80,000 employees. As the country’s highest-ranking health official, she played a key role in the passage of the historic Affordable Care Act and is now leading its implementation. Read more
	Dr. Condoleezza Rice Former Secretary of State, United States Government Dr. Condoleezza Rice served as the Secretary of State of the United States from Jan. 26, 2005 until Jan. 20, 2009. Prior to assuming that position, Dr. Rice had been the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, since January 22, 2001. Read more
	Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations On 1 January 2007, Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea became the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, bringing to his post 37 years of service both in Government and on the global stage. Read more
	Alexander Cummings Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company In his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Coca-Cola Company, Alexander Cummings consolidates key global corporate functions in a purposeful approach to effectively support the business operations of The Coca-Cola Company. Read more
	Michel Sidibé Executive Director, UNAIDS Michel Sidibé is committed to transforming UNAIDS into a results-oriented organization and to supporting countries in achieving their universal access targets and Millennium Development Goals. An outspoken advocate with a people-centered approach, he has called for the elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission and reducing TB-related death among people living with HIV by half by 2015. Read more
	Dr. Michel Kazatchkine Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Dr. Michel D. Kazatchkine joined the Global Fund in April 2007. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the Global Fund is the world’s leading multilateral financier of programs for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and one of the major financiers of health systems strengthening in 140 countries. Over the last two years, demand for Global Fund resources has more than tripled to around $45 billion. Read more
	Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede CEO And Chairman of the Friends of the Global Fund Africa, Access Bank plc Aig-Imoukhuede enjoyed a distinguished banking career for over 20 years before his appointment as Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc in March 2002. Over the course of the past 8 years, the bank has successfully pioneered a number of initiatives that have redefined the Nigerian banking industry and transformed Access Bank into a world-class financial services provider. Read more
	Ambassador Mark Dybul Former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Co-director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University In addition to his role as Co-Chair of The O’Neil Institute, Dr. Mark Dybul is a distinguished scholar and serves as a Senior Advisor to GBC. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Dybul served as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, leading the implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In this role, he oversaw all U.S. Read more
	Susan Smith Ellis CEO, (RED) Susan Smith Ellis is CEO of (RED), the for-benefit brand that marries the private sector with the buying power of the public in an effort to generate a sustainable flow of private sector funds to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Ms. Read more
	Ambassador Melanne Verveer President Obama’s ambassador-at large for global women’s issues, U.S. Government In April 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Melanne Verveer Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, an unprecedented decision that reflects the elevated importance of these issues to the President and his entire Administration. Read more
	Ambassador Eric Goosby U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, leading all U.S. Government international HIV/AIDS efforts. In this role, Ambassador Goosby oversees implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency lan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), as well as U.S. Government engagement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Read more

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