Speaker Catalogue

Afua Nkumah Aggrey is an experienced health supply chain professional with significant experience in FP/RH and maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) commodity management.

Kabir Ahmed, is a specialist in Public Health, MCH/FP, Child Survival, Health Management and Disease Surveillance. . He retired as Senior Technical Adviser, UNFPA HQ in 2017.

Laila is a pharmacists and a supply chain professional working for John Snow, Inc. providing TA to countries and managing the FP Access Program activities for over 6 years.

A physician with doctorate in public health and currently an Epidemiologist at WHO Headquarters. Main interests: implementation research, QoC and financing in reproductive health.

Nurse-midwife, MPH and ACNM fellow. Has 30 yrs experience in MH/ RH programs. At USAID, led work with UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities and is on the MNCH commodities team.

Andrea is a Senior Advisor with WDI. She partners with donor, consulting and implementing organizations to analyze global health markets and advance total market solutions.

Jeff Barnes is currently Chief of Party for SHOPS Plus in Nepal, where he leads a small team to build the capacity of the national social marketing organization, CRS Company.

Mr. Netra Bhatta, MPH with expertise in reproductive health and family planning. Currently, he has been working with USAID Nepal as Senior Family Planning Program Specialist.

Jennifer works at Gynuity where she leads research and programs on reproductive health including technologies aimed at improving access medical abortion globally.

Alan leads a program of over $50 million annually to procure FP/RH commodities and provide supply chain technical assistance worldwide.

Hillary Bracken is a Senior Director at Gynuity Health Projects, where she has conducted research in reproductive and maternal health for over a decade.

Tracey Brett is a global SC specialist with over 15 years’ experience in global supply chain management and RA. Currently she is the Regulatory Director for DKT WomanCare & consults for FHI360.

Jane Briggs is Senior Principal Technical Advisor at MSH, where she works to support improved access to and use of medicines and commodities for maternal and child health.

Kaitlin Christenson is the Director of the Access Collaborative at PATH, a global initiative to expand women's contraceptive access by supporting the scale up of DMPA-SC.

Megan provides program design, advocacy, and innovation support to Jhpiego’s FP portfolio, including for new product introduction, and scale-up of implants.

Kimberly Cole, MPH, MSc, provides support to USAID Missions, manages global private sector FP projects and leads some of USAID's DMPA-SC work.

Dr.Comendant is an Ob/Gyn assoc. professor at the University of Moldova, head of the RHTC in Chisinau and the RTC for EECA, and is a Consultant for Concept Foundation and WHO.

Denise is currently pursuing a PhD in Management while working on various projects related to reproductive health, development, disaster management, resilience and avoidable deaths

Teshome Dires is JSI Senior Advisor for Data IMPACT Teams with AIDSFree and coordinates the project initiative on IMPACT Teams, to foster supply chain data for decision making.

Shannon provides technical leadership and practical support in human-centered design, systems thinking, and innovation across Jhpiego's technical and global portfolios.

Lawrence Evans III, Ph.D., M.P.H. is the Director of Country & Core Programs in the Promoting the Quality of Medicines program implemented by the U.S. Pharmacopeia.

Laura is a Program Associate at Gynuity where she works across the postpartum hemorrhage, medical abortion, and pregnancy failure portfolios in the US, Uganda, and Myanmar.

Suzanne Gold is M&E Specialist on the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management, and the lead implementer of the Contraceptive Security Indicators.

Jay Gribble, ScD brings more than 30 years of experience to the field of international family planning, bringing expertise in policy, research, and communication.

Alexis Heaton is a Senior Technical Advisor at John Snow Inc., providing supply chain technical expertise to several projects, including the Coordinated Supply Planning group.

Hitesh is the convener of the Interagency Supply Chain Group, an informal coalition of 16 supply chain partners. He strategizes & incubates from within & supports the NZ All Blacks.

Ashley works for Population Services International (PSI) as the Deputy Project Director of Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO), a project funded by USAID and led by WCG Cares.

Danielle works with UNFPAs Humanitarian Office in Geneva, supporting field offices and partners to understand and manage the IARH kits and broader humanitarian SRH supplies.

Born in Rutshuru /North Kivu/ Democratic Republic of Congo, Bergson KAKULE is a Doctor in General Medicine.He is working as a Deputy Program Manager in a SRH project (FP/PAC).

Working as Advisor in USAID/GHSC-PSM Project aiming uninterrupted availability of health commodities through strengthened supply chain governance and data quality.

Sarah Kozlen joined RHSC in 2018 after many years working in supply chain within the private sector, most recently with Microsoft. She serves as the current CARhs Administrator.

Catherine is the Programme Adviser for IPPF's Global Comprehensive Abortion Care Initiative, working in 16 countries to increase access to safe abortion and contraception.

Joyce Kyalo is a skilled and well experienced Health Systems, Policy and Planning Specialist. She has advised the Ministry of Health and other projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

With over 25 years of clinical and public health service, Dr. Aboagye (MD, MPH) is responsible for the Departments of Reproductive and Child Health, Nutrition and Health Promotion.

Pete is a pharmaceutical scientist specialising in global health and access to medicines. He manages a global project to develop a heat stable, inhaled oxytocin product for PPH.

For 33 years, Ms. Lamphere has applied strategies to improve product availability in reproductive health, immunization, MNCH, and CCM programs in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Dr. Sandra Laney is a global health and development scientist, currently serving as a Senior Advisor for the Family Planning Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Matiko Machagge is the Country Team Lead for Supply Health in Tanzania. He has over ten years of professional experience in public health supply chain management (SCM).

Menstrual health researcher and policy advocate with a mission of enhancing women's agency in accessing menstrual health options based on informed choice.

Lauren Maldonado is a researcher for FHI 360 and AMPATH, living in Kenya. She is an MPH graduate of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a fourth year MD candidate.

Chastain Mann is the CEO of MGH and has 30 years of experience in the field. Previously with PSI and WCG, she now leads teams that assess and improve health product markets.

Currently Project Coordinator at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and independent consultant. PhD in Social Policy, Master in Public Health, B.A in Political Science.

Michelle leads several drug development research programs at MIPS including preclinical PK studies, novel drug delivery systems and the assessment of drug stability and efficacy.

Prior to joining UNFPA's Asia-Pacific Regional Office Branwen worked for UNICEF and UNESCO. She has a Masters of Public Administration from Columbia University.

Ms. Seloi Mogatle is a Technical Specialist in charge of the Quality Assurance of Medicines at UNFPA. She holds a Master of Pharmacy degree and a MSc in Pharmaceutics

Nancy Muller is a senior program officer at PATH where she champions menstrual health efforts to reduce barriers to women and girls’ health, development, and empowerment.

Maggie Murphy, MPH is a Technical Advisor with John Snow Inc. (JSI) and works on the Family Planning Access Program (FPAP).

Angela offers overall strategic leadership to Jhpiego’s P & A unit charged with advocating for high-impact health programs and policies at national, regional and global levels.

Bachelor’s degree in Adult and community Education, 29 years old female Ugandan currently working as Training Coordinator and Junior Project Manager with WoMena Uganda.

Shankar believes in the power of marketing.After 25 years in health sector, his expectations of markets and state is tempered.Yet he believes consumers will drive change faster!

Radha Paudel is an Author, Activist and working in Radha Paudel Foundation for educating, empowering and emancipating the girls and women at home, school, community and everywhere.

An Economist and MBA, with 30 years of experience in international development in LAC, Asia, and Africa, provides TA in supply chain management for public and private organizations

Kate Rademacher works in the Contraceptive Technology Innovation department at FHI 360 where she supports the development and introduction of new, long-acting contraceptives.

With eight years of experience in maternal and child health (MCH) systems strengthening, Megan Rauscher currently provides MCH technical assistance at USAID GHSC-PSM.

Saumya RamaRao has been engaged in the introduction of vaginal rings in LMIC markets for the past few years. She is also the chair of the NURHT caucus of the RHSC.

Pinky Singh Rana is a researcher and practitioner with more than two decades of experience in Nepal's social development sector, with a focus on gender equality and women's health.

Sarah has worked for 15 years in SRH and related programs across development and humanitarian contexts. She currently leads an inter-agency working group on humanitarian supplies.

Wilberto Robles B.S. MCC is a global regulatory expert with over eighteen years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device and cosmetic industries.

Vinit Sharma is a medical doctor who has won numerous international awards. He has previously worked with WHO and UNICEF and is currently the regional adviser for RH/RHCS in UNFPA.

Sarah has been part of the SRHR movement for sixteen years. Initially at IPPF and now at Marie Stopes International.

Dr. Shrestha is a public health researcher who specializes in issues related to maternal and child health including SRHR among vulnerable populations.

Sunil Shrestha serves as both Treasurer of the Safe Motherhood Network Federation Nepal and National Coordinator of the White Ribbon Alliance Nepal.

John Skibiak brings more than 30 years of experience in the development field, most of it spent managing, directing, and leading reproductive health programmes in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Martyn demonstrates a passionate commitment to the delivery of high quality, client-centered RH services with extensive leadership in both Africa and Asia over the last 10 years.

Rachel Silverman is a Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development, where she leads policy-oriented research on global health financing, evidence, and incentives.

Dr. Tariq, graduate of UW, Washington, is a public health scientist, serving communities since 1987 with PSI, FHI and JSI. With Chemonics, he is the Country Director of Pakistan.

Ellen T. Tompsett is the Global Collaboration Manager for the USAID GHSC-PSM project. Tompsett has over fifteen years of experience in supply chain management and holds an MBA.

John Townsend, PhD, is Director of Country Strategy at the Population Council. Townsend also serves as chair of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, and the ICA Foundation.

Hayley is a special project lead with the Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management project focused on supply chain visibility initiatives.

A leader in SRHR, FP & commodity security his whole career including +21 years at UNFPA, Jagdish is recognized as an expert in the field. He is a founding member of the RHSC’s EC.

Julia leads the Global FP VAN initiative. She drives change to establish a collaborative platform where members use the same data to collectively make FP supply chain decisions.

Kate is currently on a two year secondment from DFID, where she was a Senior Commercial Adviser. In her UNFPA role she is leading on Supply Chain Management reform.

Beth Yeager is a maternal and child health commodities expert with over 25 years of experience designing and implementing health programs.

Doctor with a Master in Nutritional Sciences. Since 2018 Chief of Young and Elderly health service.

2001-Present. CCSA. Deputy Director-General.
1995-2001. Economic Development Research Center of China Forestry administration.
1982-1995. China Forestry Press