Our board members are public health and business leaders from the countries we serve and the United States. The board provides governance and fiduciary oversight, sets policy, and assesses PATH's overall performance.
Dean Allen
Treasurer
Dean Allen is CEO and majority owner of McKinstry Co., a design, build, and operate mechanical firm based in Seattle. He has extensive experience in the construction and real estate industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. During his 25 years with McKinstry, Mr. Allen has built the company to $150 million per year in revenues and close to 1,000 employees. Mr. Allen serves on the board of trustees for Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Global Partnerships. He also serves on the board of advisors for the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences and on the board of directors for the Partnership for Learning, an association of the Washington Roundtable. He is a member of the Swedish Medical Center Foundation Cardiac Advisory Council. Mr. Allen is a past president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Washington. He earned degrees in biochemistry and psychology from the University of Washington, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Supamit Chunsuttiwat, MD, MPH
Supamit Chunsuttiwat, MD, MPH, is a senior expert in disease control at the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. He is an expert in immunization and epidemiology, with a twenty-year history in the field of communicable diseases. Dr. Chunsuttiwat earned his medical degree and MPH from Mahidol University in Bangkok and has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization in numerous capacities. He also was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Awa Marie Coll-Seck, MD, PhD
Awa Marie Coll-Seck, MD, PhD, is the executive secretary of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Secretariat, based in Geneva. Dr. Coll-Seck was the minister of health of Senegal from 2001 to 2003 and previously held director positions for Policy, Strategy and Research at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva and in the Infectious Diseases Department at the University Teaching Hospital in Dakar, Senegal. She has been a coordinator, counselor, and trainer with the National AIDS Program and a member of the World Health Organization country team in Senegal. Dr. Coll-Seck received her medical degree in Senegal, with specialized studies in bacteriology and virology, infectious and tropical diseases. She also studied applied epidemiology and biostatistics in Annecy, France. She is author of more than 150 scientific publications, including over 50 on different aspects of HIV/AIDS. She has been a consultant on numerous AIDS, reproductive health, and development studies in Africa for various international and national organizations, including the World Health Organization, the Population Council, and the United Nations Development Programme. She has been principal investigator of international research grants on medical and social aspects of AIDS, tuberculosis, and cervical cancer. Dr. Coll-Seck sits on the board and is a member of numerous scientific societies and nongovernmental organizations in Senegal.
Vera Cordeiro, MD
Chair
Vera Cordeiro, MD, is founder and CEO of Associação Saúde Criança Renascer (ASCR), a nonprofit organization based in Rio de Janeiro. Renascer’s mission is to assist children released from Lagoa Hospital, one of Rio’s largest public hospitals, by breaking the cycle of poverty, illness, hospital admission, readmission, and death and by creating the basis for improving families’ well-being and economic self-sufficiency. A graduate from Rio's Federal University, Dr. Cordeiro worked at Lagoa Hospital from 1978 until 1998, where she founded the psychosomatic medicine sector. She was elected as an Ashoka fellow in 1992, Avina leader in 2000, and Schwab Social Entrepreneur in 2001. She currently serves as a member of Ashoka’s board of directors. In 2003, Renascer received the Global Development Award for the most innovative NGO in the world. In 2006, Renascer won a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Vice Chair
Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH, is the founder of the Health Technology Center, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the use of new health technologies in the United States. Dr. Coye’s career has spanned the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She served as a progressive health commissioner in two states, New Jersey and California, at critical moments in the evolution of managed care. Dr. Coye was an executive in the Good Samaritan Health System, a large nonprofit integrated health care system in California, and she also directed product development and marketing for HealthDesk Corporation, a developer of consumer software for interactive health communication and disease management. Prior to founding the Health Technology Center in 1999, Dr. Coye was the director of the West Coast office for The Lewin Group, a leader in health care policy, strategic planning, and management consulting. Dr. Coye has served as a consultant with WHO, PAHO, and other institutions in Latin America and Asia. She lives in San Francisco.
Steve Davis, MA, JD
Steve Davis, MA, JD, is the former president and chief executive officer of Corbis, a global digital media company managing rights and licensing images seen by millions of people daily in advertising, books, newspapers, magazines, television, and films. Mr. Davis had senior roles at Corbis from 1993 until 2007. Earlier, he practiced law with the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis in Seattle, specializing in intellectual property issues, and prior to that he held various positions in international refugee and human rights organizations. He received his AB from Princeton University, his MA in Chinese studies from the University of Washington, and his JD from Columbia University School of Law, where he received the Faculty Prize in international law. He has also attended certificate programs at Beijing University and Stanford Business School. Mr. Davis is active in numerous community and industry concerns. He currently serves on the boards of PATH, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, The Seattle Foundation, Intrepid Learning Solutions, and PlanetOut, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously chaired the Technology Alliance, NPower, United Way of King County, and the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar, and he has served on the boards of the United Way International, Alliance for Education, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, the Governor’s Competiveness Council, and other organizations.
Alex Chika Ezeh, PhD, MSc
Alex Chika Ezeh, PhD, MSc, is executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya, and he has also served as a senior research fellow with the organization. He has nearly 20 years of experience working in public health and has authored numerous scientific publications covering the issues of population, demographics, and health metrics. He currently participates on the boards and committees of several international public health organizations, including the Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Witwatersrand School of Public Health in South Africa, and World Health Organization. Dr. Ezeh holds an MSc degree from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
Mahmoud Fahmy Fathalla, MD, PhD
Mahmoud Fahmy Fathalla, MD, PhD, is professor of obstetrics and gynecology and former dean of the medical school, Assiut University in Egypt. He currently serves as chairman of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research. His former positions include director of the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction; senior advisor for Biomedical and Reproductive Health Research at The Rockefeller Foundation; president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO); and chairman of the International Medical Advisory Panel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Dr. Fathalla has authored more than 150 scientific publications, including the books From Obstetrics and Gynecology to Women’s Health—The Road Ahead and Reproductive Health and Human Rights—Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law (coauthor). He also edited the first “World Report on Women’s Health” in 1994, and coedited the FIGO Teaching Manual in Human Reproduction.
George Gotsadze, MD, PhD
George Gotsadze, MD, PhD, is an expert on public health and health policy issues in countries of the former Soviet Union and North and East Africa. He has worked in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uzbekistan. Since 1996, he has served as the director of Curatio International Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting reforms in the health, social, and educational sectors in transitional economies. He holds a PhD in immunology and obstetrics and gynecology and is a Health Care Management faculty member at Tbilisi State University. Offering expertise in the areas of health care policy, health care systems and financing, organizational development, project design and program evaluation, Dr. Gotsadze consults for a number of global health organizations, including the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNICEF, and United Kingdom's Department for International Development. He is the author of numerous scientific publications.
Jay Satia, PhD
Secretary
Jay Satia, PhD, is executive director of the International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP), a position he has held since 1993. Based in Kuala Lumpur, ICOMP’s secretariat operates through an extensive network of national and institutional members to promote South-South cooperation in improving reproductive health program management, accelerating diffusion and scale-up of innovations, and strengthening civil society capacity. Prior to joining ICOMP, Professor Satia was on the faculty of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, for 20 years, chairing the Public Systems Group among other leadership roles. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, and during the 1990s chaired the World Health Organization Human Reproduction Program’s Task Force on the Introduction and Transfer of Contraceptive Technology. He currently serves on the board of directors of The Concept Foundation in Bangkok. Professor Satia earned his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford University and is the author of numerous publications.
Photos: Dr. Fathalla, Don Wilson; Steve Davis, Corbis; all others, Julia Fiset.