Our leaders center the expertise and experiences of community partners in everything we do so that together we can build a world where people everywhere have equitable access to what they need to lead full and healthy lives.
Executive team
Tessie San Martin, PhD, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Ihsan AL-Temeemi, CFE, CICA
Chief Compliance Officer
Christine Nyirjesy Bragale, ABC
Director, Communications
Annette N. Brown, PhD
Chief Strategy and Evidence Officer
Deborah Kennedy-Iraheta, MA
Chief Operating Officer
Rasika Padmaperuma, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Desiree Pipkins
Chief Impact Officer
Useetha Rhodes, MPA, SHRM-SCP
Chief People Officer
M. Katherine Stroker, JD
General Counsel
Subsidiary leaders
Senior leaders
Leila M. Abu-Gheida, MS
Regional Director, West Africa and Middle East Regional Office
Juan Carlos Bautista
Director, Cost and Pricing, Financial Planning and Analysis
Michele Broemmelsiek, MA
Director, Global Education, Employment and Engagement (G3E)
Otto Chabikuli, MBChB, MCFP, MFamMed, MSc
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa Regional Office
Nadra Franklin, PhD, MPH
Managing Director, FHI Solutions & Head of FHI 360’s new global nutrition unit
Coy D. Isaacs
Director, Crisis Response
Nichelle Johnson Billips, JD, LLM
Deputy General Counsel
Rebecca Johnson, MIDP
Director, Project Management Office
Laura Kayser, RN, MPH
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Laura Lew, CPA
Director, Internal Audit and Risk Management
Roberto Matus, MBA
Managing Director, Foundation and Corporate Relations
Jacqueline Au McPherson, DrPH, MPH
Regional Director, Asia Pacific Regional Office
Larry Origlio, MBA
Director, Administration
Paula Pazderka, MFA
Director, Impact by Design Collaborative
Christian S. Pitter, MD, MPH
Director of Global Health and Population (GHP)
Susan Voskuil, MA
Director, Contract Management Services
Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH
Director, U.S. Programs
Board of Directors
Carlos J. Torres, MSM, Chair
Senior International Development Consultant; Founder and Former President, CARANA Corporation; Former Deputy Director, U.S. Peace Corps
Gregory M. Gunn, MS, Vice Chair
Co-founder, Lingo Ventures
Penny Abeywardena, MIA
Former New York City Commissioner for International Affairs
Sarah Burch
Managing Director, Rippleworks Foundation
Sheila Leatherman, MSW, CBE, Hon. FRCP
Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Health Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
Jacqueline Mahal, MD, MBA
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Medical Center
Geremie Sawadogo, PhD
Former Human Resources Manager, Corporate & Administrative Units, The World Bank Group
Scott Wu, MBA
Executive Director of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Susan Yashar, JD
Former Deputy CEO and General Counsel, Deloitte Global
Debrework Zewdie, PhD
Professor, City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Tessie San Martin, PhD, MPA
Chief Executive Officer