In-House Expert - Elizabeth Furst Frank, SVP, Global Program Operations
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Areas of Expertise:
- Access to medicines and health care around the world and in the U.S.
- Gift-in-kind model (contribution to global health, evolving gift-in-kind model in complex landscapes)
- Evolving emergency response landscape and importance of disaster preparedness
- Channeling pharmaceutical philanthropy as a proven business approach in nonprofit operations
- Making a career change from the business world to the nonprofit sector
Elizabeth Furst Frank joined AmeriCares in 2006 after being on the board of directors from 2004-2006. She leads AmeriCares global program activities, including AmeriCares India and AmeriCares international and U.S. partnerships, global emergency response, corporate in-kind donor relationships and logistics and inventory management. Under her leadership, AmeriCares has globalized its resource acquisition, enhanced its medical expertise and launched several strategic health care initiatives. Elizabeth serves on the board of directors of the Global Health Council , the world’s largest membership alliance dedicated to improving world health and works to provide information and resources to a vast range of health care professionals and organizations.
Before coming to AmeriCares, she was Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning for Time Warner, and spent nine years at McKinsey & Company as a Partner in Media and Consumer Practices. Elizabeth graduated from Lehigh University and received a Master’s of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Elizabeth has appeared on WVIT – TV and WTNH – TV in Hartford, CT.
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