Alliance Board

The Board of the Global Health Workforce Alliance is composed of a selection of the key stakeholders in human resources for health, as well as funders of The Alliance' activities. Board meetings occur twice a year.

Board Chair

Dr Masato Mugitani

(Government of Japan)

Board Members

Professor Ernest Aryeetey - Alternate: Professor Aaron Lawson

(University of Ghana)

Dr Cristian Baeza - Alternate: Dr Akiko Maeda

(World Bank)

Dr Kazem Behbehani

(Government of Kuwait)

Professor Eric Buch

(University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Dr Francisco de Campos

(Government of Brazil)

Ms Frances Day-Stirk

(International Confederation of Midwives)

Dr Carissa Etienne - Alternate: Dr Manuel Dayrit

(World Health Organization)

Mr Bjarne Garden

(Government of Norway)

Dr Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali - Alternate: Ms Michèle Ooms

(Government of France)

Ambassador Eric Goosby - Alternate: Dr John Palen

(The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR)

Professor Michel Kazatchkine - Alternate: Dr Mary Ann D. Lansang

(The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)

Professor Samuel Kingue

(Government of Cameroon)

Dr Otmar Kloiber

(World Medical Association)

Dr Jinfeng Liu - Alternate: Dr Junhua Zhang

(Government of China)

Ms Carolyn Miller

(Merlin, UK)

Dr Agnes Soucat

(African Development Bank)

Professor Srinath K. Reddy

(Public Health Foundation of India)

Professor Miriam Were

(UZIMA Foundation, Kenya)


Previous Board Chairs

Dr Lincoln Chen (Global Equity Initiative)

(May 2006-April 2008)

Dr Sigrun Møgedal (Government of Norway)

(May 2008-January 2011)

Previous Board Members

  • Ms. Kathy Cahill (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
  • Dr Eric Friedman (Physicians for Human Rights)
  • Dr Marie-Odile Waty (Government of France)
  • Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert (Government of Thailand / AAAH)