Dana Tilson brings 25 years of experience in global health development, non-profit management and organizational strategic and capacity development. She has designed and implemented multi-million-dollar health programs resulting in national improvements in areas such as family planning, maternal and child health and malaria. She has extensive expertise in working with the private health sector and public private partnerships for improving health coverage. She has worked with governments in health systems strengthening, and she has reformed and strengthened the capacities of NGOs to operate more efficiently and cost effectively in order to increase their health impact. She has acted as Country Director and Project Director in Africa and Asia. She has resided in Kenya for the last twenty years. Dana has a Master of Science in Public Health from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

 Selected areas of expertise include:

• Country Director leadership skills directing large-country programs with up to 1,200 staff and 32 offices
• Project Director management skills for programs up to USD $135 million, with funding from all major donors including USAID, DFID, Global Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others
• Fundraising expertise – successfully led the new business development efforts for over $200m USD in project funding from multiple donors.
• Sexual and reproductive health, malaria, WASH
• Private sector market development
• Public sector health systems strengthening
• Social and behavior change communications and marketing
• Youth and women