Name: Partnership Hotshots
Start: 2024-05-02T09:20:00-0400
End: 2024-05-02T10:05:00-0400

Thank you to our Sponsors: CMMB, Merck, and Pfizer

Partnership Hotshots

The current state and future needs of partnerships is shifting given dynamic and uncertain operating landscapes. This, coupled with a growing openness to changes in how we work and what defines success means opportunities for new types of partnerships and revisiting how we know we have been successful. And a round of rapid-fire presentations on partnership “hotshots” will highlight multi-stakeholder partnerships that focus on transformational approaches and/or results while building sustainability and resilience at local and global levels. Partnership themes include: Disaster (Adams), SOTA Care (Tanca), Access to Medicine (Kazadi), Health Worker Training (Cruz Vargas), Corporate Accountability & Sustainability (Austin), and Mobile Populations (Brandsema).

Chair

Chris Skopec

Executive Vice President of Global Health, Project HOPE

Speakers

Emily Adams

Director of Partnerships, USA for UNHCR

Emily’s experience includes more than 20 years as a development and strategic partnerships professional. She has worked to align nonprofit and corporate organizations to increase funding and awareness and to develop and grow multifaceted and values-aligned partnerships. Currently... Read More →

Mwayabo Jean Claude Kazadi

Senior Technical Advisor/Health System Strengthening, World Vision US

Dr. Kazadi is working with World Vision US, as the Senior Technical Advisor for Health System Strengthening and under this role he cultivate and strengthen strategic partnerships with various donor agencies, institutions, and individuals internationally to increase World Vision (WV... Read More →

Byron Austin

Head of ESG, Sustainability, and Corporate Responsibility, Organon

Byron leads corporate responsibility and environmental, social and governance (ESG) management at Organon, a new pharma company focused on the health of women. He is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the company’s ESG strategy while also overseeing... Read More →

Sara Brandsema

Director, Global Health Partnerships, International Rescue Committee

Sara has been with the IRC since January 2015 and currently oversees the IRC’s global health partnerships pillar on the organization's corporate partnerships team. In her role, she provides strategic direction for the organization’s portfolio of multifaceted relationships with... Read More →

Silvia Cruz Vargas

Senior Director, Global Health Equity, Johnson & Johnson

Silvia Cruz-Vargas is a “short & brown” Latina working at the nexus of Public Affairs, Reputation, and ESG. She is a social impact strategist and purpose-driven executive with 20 years’ experience, and has served in local, regional, and global roles with Government Agencies... Read More →

Claudio Tanca

Executive Director, The G4 Alliance

Claudio Tanca has over 20 years of experience in advocacy, public relations, media relations, and strategic leadership. His career journey has been marked by a commitment to advancing vital causes for mission-driven organizations, mainly in global health, through communication, stakeholder... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 9:20am - 10:05am EDT
CUNY Graduate Center - 365 5th Ave. - Concourse Level in the Proshansky Auditorium

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