Joy Phumaphi is the executive secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, an alliance of 49 African Heads of State and Government. She sits on the board of several international non-profits in global health, including Children's Investment Fund Foundation, African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership, Medicines for Malaria Venture, and Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Phumaphi is also an advisor for Hilleman Laboratories, the Gates Foundation Malaria Program, and the Harvard Health Ministerial Leadership program. She served as a member of the U.N. Reference Group on Economics and as a U.N. Commissioner on HIV/AIDS and Governance.