Meet the Devex Authors

Mebrahtu Abraha

Mebrahtu Abraha

Mebrahtu Abraha is Management Science for Health's regional technical manager for the Ethiopia Network for HIV and AIDS Treatment, Care and Support program. Previously affiliated with Makelle University’s College of Health Sciences, Abraha has almost a decade of experience implementing innovative approaches in low-resource settings with a focus on HIV and AIDS care and treatment, the prevention of mother-to-child transmission and HIV exposed infant care.
Mechthild Rombach

Mechthild Rombach

Meggi Rombach works as corporate partnership manager at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. She is responsible for the corporate partnerships including the Philips Foundation, the Swiss Re Foundation, ABB and LafargeHolcim. Prior to joining the ICRC, Meggi worked in brand management for about a decade; mainly at Procter & Gamble. She holds a MBA in international organizations management at the HEC Geneva.
Media General Seat

Media General Seat

Charles "Chip" Lyons is the president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the world’s leading organization committed to the global elimination of pediatric HIV and AIDS. Lyons joined the foundation in 2010 after many years managing and developing programs for leading global nonprofits, with a professional emphasis on children's welfare, HIV/AIDS, and global development.
Meena Bhandari

Meena Bhandari

Meena Bhandari is an independent consultant specializing in community engagement and accountability, and communications. She has worked across Asia and Africa for the United Nations and international NGOs for 20 years.
Meera Kumar

Meera Kumar

Meera Kumar is a public relations and communications professional with a vast experience with top firms in the U.S. private and education sectors. She worked for the Asian Development Bank in the 1990s.
Meera Tiwari

Meera Tiwari

Meera Tiwari is a reader, or an associate professor, in international development at the University of East London, and the author of the new book "Why Some Development Works: Understanding Success."
Meg MacWhirter

Meg MacWhirter

Meg has nine years of experience supporting nonprofit and public sector leaders as they design, implement and evaluate strategic initiatives and partnerships. Experiences include gender programming, change management and capacity building at the community level as well as with national public sector entities.
Meg O'Brien

Meg O'Brien

Dr. Meg O’Brien is the director of the Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative, a program of the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Cancer Society to improve access to essential pain medicines. Visit www.TreatThePain.org to learn more about GAPRI’s work and to see short videos from the award-winning documentary “LIFE Before Death,” which explores pain relief and palliative care around the world.
Meg O'Brien

Meg O'Brien

Meg O’Brien is an infectious disease epidemiologist who has worked with health ministries and health care providers to expand access to affordable, high-quality treatment for HIV and cancer. As vice president for global cancer treatment at the American Cancer Society, O’Brien has established innovative partnerships to get treatment to more patients around the world through Allied Against Cancer, an alliance of organizations working together to improve access to cancer care in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
Meg Riordan

Meg Riordan

Meg Riordan is the vice president for research at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and oversees the U.S. research department, which translates and disseminates public health research and conducts policy analysis to advance the campaign’s policy agenda at both the state and federal levels and to expose the tactics of the tobacco industry. This research is relied upon by a wide range of stakeholders, including government and elected officials, public health partners, advocates, and the media.