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 chief executive officer of McKinstry, a design/build mechanical and electrical firm headquartered in Seattle. Mr. Allen has more than 30 years of experience in the design, construction, and real estate industries in the Pacific Northwest. Under his leadership, McKinstry has grown from a mechanical contractor into a comprehensive design, build, operate, and maintain enterprise with more than $300 million per year in revenues and more than 1,500 employees. A leader in the energy and sustainability aspects of the industry, McKinstry serves energy service clients from six offices located across the Midwest and Western United States. Mr. Allen has served the community in a variety of industry and philanthropic roles. He currently sits on the boards of the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Global Partnerships. He also serves on the Washington Roundtable and the Partnership for Learning. Mr. Allen earned Bachelor of Science 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, virology, and infectious and tropical diseases. She also studied applied epidemiology and biostatistics in Annecy, France. She is the 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
Vice Chair

Vera Cordeiro, MD, is founder and CEO of Associação Saúde Criança, a nonprofit organization based in Rio de Janeiro. Saúde Criança’s mission is to assist children released from Hospital da Lagoa, 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. Since its inception in 1991, Saúde Criança has helped more than 13,000 people—2,700 families and 9,000 children—in addition to 2,390 parents in professional courses. The number of children being readmitted at Hospital da Lagoa has been reduced to almost zero. The Saúde Criança model has been replicated at 24 public hospitals in Brazil, building a health network that has served more than 36,000 people. Saúde Criança received the Global Development Award for the most innovative nongovernmental organization in the world in 2003 and a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2006. In October 2009, the Saúde Criança Association celebrated 18 years by affirming a new guiding principle, “Health is social inclusion.” This idea will bring a sharpened focus to Saúde Criança’s work to help low-income families restructure themselves and connect with mainstream society—to promote their health and prosperity in the most powerful way possible. A graduate from Rio's Federal University, Dr. Cordeiro worked for 20 years at Hospital da Lagoa, where she founded the psychosomatic medicine sector. She was elected as an Ashoka fellow in 1992, Avina leader in 2000, Schwab Social Entrepreneur in 2001, and Skoll Foundation Social Entrepreneur in 2006.

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Chair

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH, is a senior advisor at the Public Health Institute (PHI) in Oakland, California—an independent, nonprofit organization at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally. Dr Coye helps guide PHI’s international program in mobile wireless and other technologies for chronic care. Dr. Coye’s career has spanned the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. From 2001 to 2009, she was CEO of the Health Technology Center (HealthTech), a nonprofit research organization she founded to advance the use of new health technologies in the United States. She has been the health commissioner in two states, an executive for a health care delivery system and a health software development firm, and an advisor to investors in emerging health technologies. Dr. Coye currently serves on the board of Aetna, Inc., one of the largest health insurers in the United States. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and chaired the IOM Committee on Access to Insurance for Children. In 2005, she helped found CalRHIO, the California statewide health information exchange, serving as its chair until 2009. Dr. Coye served on the American Hospital Association board for five years until 2007, and was a founding board member of The California Endowment, the largest private health care philanthropy in the state. She has been a consultant with the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, and other institutions in Latin America and Asia. She received her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees from Johns Hopkins University. In 2005, she was selected as one of the 25 most influential women in health care by Modern Healthcare magazine.

Steve Davis, MA, JD

Steve Davis, MA, JD, is a senior advisor for McKinsey & Company’s Social Sector Office, where he focuses on global health, development, and philanthropy. He is also a consultant and community volunteer active in many nonprofit organizations and business enterprises, and he recently served as interim CEO of the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle. Mr. Davis is a lecturer at the University of Washington’s School of Law in the Intellectual Property Law and Policy Program. Until 2007, Mr. Davis was the president and CEO of Corbis, a global leader in creating, sourcing, and distributing digital media. Before joining Corbis in 1993, he practiced law with the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis in Seattle, specializing in intellectual property issues. Prior to that, he held various positions in international refugee and human rights organizations. Mr. Davis currently serves on the boards of PATH, Infectious Disease Research Institute, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, The Seattle Foundation, Global Partnerships, Crucell, Intrepid Learning Solutions, and PlanetOut, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously chaired the Technology Alliance, United Way of King County, and the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar. Mr. Davis received his BA 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.

Alex Chika Ezeh, PhD, MSc

Alex Chika Ezeh, PhD, MSc, is executive director of the African Population & 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.

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 the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. He is the author of numerous scientific publications.

Eivor Halkjaer

Eivor Halkjaer is a former senior advisor to the director general of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1997 to 2006, she held several diplomatic posts, serving as Sweden’s ambassador to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize. Ms. Halkjaer previously served in various roles at Sida over two decades, including as assistant director general for Latin America for many years. In the 1970s and 80s, she was a board member of the Swedish Institute for Latin American Affairs.

Vincent McGee

Vincent McGee has worked for more than 35 years as an executive, consultant, and volunteer activist for nonprofits and foundations, particularly those supporting human rights, social change, and economic justice. He is currently the senior advisor at Atlantic Philanthropies and board chair of The Overbrook Foundation and serves on the boards of several additional foundations. Previously, he was vice president for development at the City University of New York, board chair and CEO of FoodChange, vice president and secretary of the Irene Diamond Fund, and executive director of the Aaron Diamond Foundation. During Mr. McGee’s tenure, the foundation distributed $220 million for medical research, minority education, the arts, and human and civil rights. Mr. McGee also served on the board of Amnesty International, United States, for more than ten years and was its chair for two years. He graduated from the University of Rochester and received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2003.

Kevin Reilly

Kevin Reilly is a senior business executive with more than 30 years' experience in the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries. During his 20 years with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, he served in several positions covering responsibilities in Canada, Asia, and the Pacific region. From 1999 until his retirement in 2003, he was president of Wyeth's $2 billion Vaccine and Nutrition Division. Prior to joining Wyeth, he spent ten years with Connaught Laboratories, a major vaccine manufacturer, in positions of increasing responsibility, including three years as executive vice president from 1980 to 1983. Mr. Reilly currently serves on the boards of Vaxgen Inc. and The Sabin Vaccine Institute and on the management committee for the Accelerated Development and Introduction Plans of the GAVI Alliance. Mr. Reilly is a native of Australia. He earned his Master of Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Canada, and is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School.

Jay Satia, PhD
Secretary

Jay Satia, PhD, served as executive director of the International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP) from 1993 until he retired in 2008. 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: Steve Davis, Corbis; all others, Julia Fiset.