Board

The Pan American Health and Education Foundation is led by a Board of Trustees comprised of health experts, business leaders, and academics and has valuable experience in administering health-related grants and in cross-border grant making.

Each trustee of the board signs a conflict of interest statement and agrees to abide by PAHEF's conflict of interest policy.

Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

Chair
Benjamin Caballero, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Vice-Chair
Patricia P. Barry, M.D., M.P.H.
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk

Treasurer
Arnold Simonse, D.S.W., J.C.D., M. Div.
Professor of Social Work
Mountain State University

Secretary
Fernando Mendoza, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Stanford University School of Medicine

Executive Director
Edward L. Kadunc, M.P.H.
Pan American Health and Education Foundation

Board Members

Jorge Daboub, B.C.B.A.
Vice President of Marketing & Business Development
Univision Television Group

Dr. Terrence Forrester
Professor of Experimental Medicine and
Director Tropical Medicine Institute
University of the West Indies

Maria Claudia Garcia
Senior Director, Public Policy & Communication Latin America
Merck Sharp & Dohme

Daniel I. Gutiérrez, M.D.
Area Manager, Planning, Budget, and Resource Coordination
Pan American Health Organization

Harold Hamana
Vice President
Edelman Latin America

Frederick Naftolin, M.D., Phil. D.
Director of Biology Research
School of Medicine, New York University

Martha B. Pelaez Ph.D.
Director, Healthy Aging Initiative
Health Foundation of South Florida

David Perez, M.B.A.
Managing Director
Palladium Equity Partners

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University School of Public Health

Jose Ignacio Santos, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor and Head of the Infectious Diseases Unit
School of Medicine
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Ambassador Sally Shelton-Colby
International Consultant

Ricardo Uauy, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Public Health Nutrition
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Derek Yach, M.B.Ch.B., D.S.C, M.P.H.
Director of Global Health Policy
PepsiCo

FORMER BOARD MEMBERS

All members of the PAHEF Board of Trustees sign a conflict of interest statement and agree to abide by the conflict of interest policy.