Pamela W. Barnes, President and Chief Executive Officer of EngenderHealth, has more than 30 years of managerial and global health experience in both the for‐profit and nonprofit sectors. She was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer for the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation, overseeing successful programs across 18 countries in Africa and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Barnes also worked for more than 20 years in investment management Operations and Finance for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York and as Vice President of Finance and Administration at the International Trachoma Initiative. She has published and lectured widely and recently served as co‐leader of a global partnership organized and Prevention addressing sexual violence against girls. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Ms. Barnes holds a B.S. in Economics from Marymount College and an M.B.A. from Fordham University.
I recently had the privilege of talking with women across Guinea and the messages I heard over and over again were these: I want to live a healthy life… to earn a living… to educate my children.
Recent advances in HIV prevention promise to catalyze the global effort to reverse the spread of HIV. But we also must ensure that the estimated 33 million already living with the virus have access to quality sexual and reproductive health services.
