The Task Force for Global Health, Inc.
Ellen Wild is the Chief Business Strategy Officer at The Task Force for Global Health, Inc., and holds the position of Deputy Director at the Public Health Informatics Institute. Ellen has a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on Health Education/Community Development from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder. Ellen's role involves strategic and operational support, business development, negotiations, managing funding portfolios, process improvement, and developing policies and procedures for the organizations Ellen works with.
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The Task Force for Global Health, Inc.
The Task Force for Global Health is an international, nonprofit organization that works to improve health of people most in need, primarily in developing countries. Founded in 1984 by global health pioneer Dr. Bill Foege, The Task Force consists of programs focused on neglected tropical diseases, vaccines, field epidemiology, public health informatics, and health workforce development. The Task Force works in partnership with ministries of health and hundreds of organizations, including major pharmaceutical companies that donate billions of dollars annually in essential medicines. Major funders include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, de Beaumont Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development, Sightsavers, Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and GSK. The Task Force team consists of 120 scientists, program experts, logisticians, and other global health professionals. It is affiliated with Emory University, headquartered in Decatur, Georgia, and has regional offices in Guatemala and Ethiopia. The Task Force currently supports work in 151 countries.