Kevin Starace

Kevin Starace

Kevin Starace is chief development officer of Financing for Development and the founding director of Pledge Guarantee for Health. A specialist in strategy and business development as well as a fixture in the anti-malaria community, he served for more than a decade at the United Nations Foundation, sat on the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and was vice chairman of the board at the Roll Back Malaria partnership.

Latest Articles

How innovative financing can help prevent the spread of Ebola

How innovative financing can help prevent the spread of Ebola

about 11 years ago // #HealthyMeans Working Together

To combat Ebola and other disease outbreaks that require a rapid response, we must embrace innovative financing mechanisms. A #HealthyMeans guest commentary by Kevin Starace, founding director of the Pledge Guarantee for Health, and Aron Betru, its current managing director.

Let’s speed up procurement to save time, costs and lives

Let’s speed up procurement to save time, costs and lives

about 11 years ago // #HealthyMeans Access

Innovative financing mechanisms can help to accelerate the delivery of life-saving drugs to mitigate outbreaks of cholera in Haiti or of Ebola in West Africa. A #HealthyMeans guest commentary by Kevin Starace, founding director of the Pledge Guarantee for Health.