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ATLANTA SUMMIT | MAY 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Dear Participants:
Welcome to the Atlanta Summit: Health in Africa – The Unfinished Agenda!
Our three organizations – CARE USA, the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, and the Washington-
based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – welcome you today, May 19, to the
third consecutive year of the Atlanta Summit to examine how to strengthen U.S. leadership in glob-
al health. We are delighted also that the program this year is an active collaboration with the city-
wide initiative Africa-Atlanta 2014.
Africa has undergone momentous changes in health in the past decade. We will be taking account
of those achievements, and looking ahead at the coming decade with a critical eye to the unfin-
ished business in health in Africa. That means considering what the priorities will need to be, what
the major health and non-health obstacles to progress will be, and how the practices of African
governments, donors, foundations, the private sector, faith organizations and non-governmental
implementers can be best strengthened to get the best results.
Today’s dialogue builds on Atlanta’s legacy in health and social justice, and draws upon friends
from Washington, Nairobi, Seattle, San Francisco and elsewhere. It puts a special spotlight on
Atlanta’s premiere health assets: CDC, CARE, The Carter Center, and the Task Force for Global
Health, along with its universities and businesses.
By participating in this conference, you are part of a growing collaboration of people and organiza-
tions working to support and advance U.S. leadership in global health. We welcome your feedback
on today’s gathering and thank each of you for joining us.
Sincerely,
Helene Gayle, MD, MPH
President & CEO
CARE USA
Wayne Lord, PhD
President
World Affairs Council of Atlanta
J. Stephen Morrison, PhD
Senior Vice President & Director
Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
WELCOME

SUMMIT AGENDA
7:30AM Registration & Refreshments
8:30AM Welcoming Remarks:
Wayne Lord, PhD, President, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, Senior Vice President, Global Health Policy Center,
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
8:50AM Opening Address: American Strategic Interests in Africa’s Health
United States Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Introduced by Christopher Carr, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic
Development
9:15AM Framing the Issues: Africa’s Unfinished Health Agenda
Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control & Preventio (CDC)
Introduced by Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, President & Chief Executive Officer,
CARE USA
9:45AM Greatest Opportunities for Future Progress
Moderated by J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, CSIS
Robert Breiman, MD, Director, Emory Global Health Institute
Dana Hovig, Director of Integrated Delivery, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Debrework Zewdie, PhD, Senior Advisor, Office of the President’s Special Envoy,
The World Bank
11:00AM Policy Framework for Health in Africa
Moderated by Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, CARE USA
Ambassador Charles Stith, Director, African Presidential Archives and Research
Center, Boston University
Abdullahi A. An-Na’im, PhD, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law & Director,
Center for International and Comparative Law, Emory University
Richard Downie, Deputy Director and Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS)
12:15PM Lunch & Keynote Address - Africa’ in GE’s Global Strategy
John G. Rice, Vice Chairman of GE
Introduced by Jim Barber, President, UPS International
1:45PM Partnerships for Sustainability in Africa
Moderated by Beatriz Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Scott Angle, PhD, Dean, School of Agricultural and Environmental Science,
University of Georgia
NuradinOsman, ManagingDirector for Africa and the Middle East, AGCO Corporation
3:00PM Response and Comments
The Right Honorable Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya
In Conversation with Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, CARE USA
3:45PM Networking Opportunity

The Honorable Johnny Isakson
United States Senate (R-GA)
Senator Johnny Isakson began his business career in 1967 when he opened the first
Cobb County office of a small, family-owned real estate business, Northside Realty.
Johnny later served as president of Northside for 20 years, presiding over the company’s
growth into the largest independent residential real estate brokerage company in the
Southeast and one of the largest in America. Senator Isakson entered politics in 1974
and served 17 years in the Georgia Legislature and two years as Chairman of the Georgia Board of Educa-
tion. In 1999, Johnny was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first of three terms before
being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2010. Senator Isakson is a
member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance - which has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Medicare and
Social Security and the and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Previ-
ously, he was the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, and
he has traveled to the continent many times over the last several years. He is also heavily engaged in issues
of global health and water, particularly as they relate to Africa. Senator Isakson has also offered his strong
support for the work that U.S. NGOs are performing in Africa, and has cited MFAN Partner CARE USA in
particular for the great work that they are doing through microfinance programs in Africa. The Senator also
praised Coca-Cola, headquartered in his home state of Georgia, for their $30 million investment in purifica-
tion projects to become a water neutral company and to develop greater access to clean water in Africa. He
introduced the Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act to reform the federal budget process by converting
it from an annual spending process to a two-year cycle, with one year for appropriating federal dollars and
the other year devoted to much-needed oversight of federal programs. He also co-sponsored the Balanced
Budget Amendment and the Commitment to American Prosperity Act, or CAP Act, designed to significantly
reduce federal spending by tying spending levels to the gross domestic product. Senator Isakson has worked
to strengthen our Armed Forces, and continues to show unwavering commitment to the men and women
who serve our country. On energy, he is committed to lessening America’s dependence on foreign oil as well
as pushing for alternative energy sources and conservation. He has worked to enhance and maintain
Georgia’s roads, while also working for mass transit alternatives to reduce congestion and improve air
quality. Senator Isakson was an original author of the No Child Left Behind Act. He continues to push for
immigration reform that is built on a foundation of securing our borders first. Senator Isakson is a 1966 grad-
uate of the University of Georgia and he served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972. Johnny
and his wife, Dianne, have been married since 1968 and have three grown children and nine grandchildren.
BIOGRAPHIES
Scott Angle, PhD
Dean, School of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Georgia
Scott Angle has been the Dean and Director of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environ-
mental Sciences since August 2005. Dr. Angle most recently held an administrative position at
the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station. He was Interim Executive Associate Dean and Director of the Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station, the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service and the University of Maryland
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has served as acting Executive Director of the Northeast
Research Association, and has also been chair of both the national and Northeast Regional Organizations of
Experiment Station Directors. Dr. Angle has been a Fulbright Scholar and is a fellow of the American Society
of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America. Dr. Angle joined the agronomy faculty in the College
of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 1981. In 1994 he became the Associate Director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station and Associate Dean of the college, and in 2003 became interim Executive Associate
Dean for the experiment station and Maryland Cooperative Extension. He earned his bachelor’s degree in
agronomy and a Master’s in soil microbiology at the University of Maryland and has spent his entire profes-
sional career there except for three years when he worked on his doctorate at the University of Missouri.

BIOGRAPHIES
Abdullahi An-Na’im , PhD
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law
Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Emory University
Abdullahi A. An-Na’im is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University
School of Law, and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Emory
University. His specialties include human rights in Islam and cross-cultural issues in human rights, and he is
the director of the Religion and Human Rights Program at Emory. He is also a senior fellow of Emory’s Cen-
ter for the Study of Law and Religion. Dr. An-Na’im was formerly the Executive Director of the African bureau
of Human Rights Watch. At present he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Migrant Rights.
In February 2009, An-Na’im received an Honorary Doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain and
Katholieke Leuven in Belgium. He also serves as a Global Legal Scholar at the Law School, University of
Warwick, UK and Extraordinary Professor at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pre-
toria (until December 2010). Dr. An-Na’im has a LLB (Honours) and Diploma in Criminology from the Univer-
sity in Cambridge (England), and a PhD (Law) from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland).
Jim Barber
President, UPS International
Jim Barber is President of UPS International and is responsible for the company’s business
operations in more than 220 countries and territories outside the U.S. He is also a member of
the UPS Management Committee, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of the
company. Prior to his current position, Jim was President of UPS Europe and was responsible for all UPS
operations in more than 120 counties and territories in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Jim joined UPS
and worked his way through successive jobs with increasing responsibilities. Jim joined UPS as a delivery
driver in Georgia, USA in 1985. Following that he held a number of accounting and finance positions. In
2000, Jim joined the Mergers and Acquisitions Group as a Transaction Deal Manager in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jim was appointed Controller of the Southeast Region in the US in 2002 and then was promoted to Vice
President of Finance and Accounting in the Europe region based in Brussels, Belgium. In 2005, after being
given a special assignment as Package Division Manager in Dusseldorf, Germany, he moved to the UK as
managing Director of UPS UK & Ireland in 2006. Barber returned to Brussels in 2010 as Chief Operating
Officer, UPS Europe, Middle East and Africa. Jim holds a degree in Finance from Auburn University.
Robert Breiman, MD
Director, Emory Global Health Institute
Robert Breiman is the Director of the Emory Global Health Institute and holds faculty positions
in the Hubert Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health in the Infec-
tious Disease Department of Emory University School of Medicine. Prior, Dr. Breiman was the
Director of the Kenya office of the CDC. From 2004-2012, he also served as the Head of the CDC Global
Disease Detection Division, based in Nairobi. Before moving to Kenya, Dr. Breiman was Director of the
Health Systems and Infectious Diseases Division and Head, Program on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine
Sciences at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh (2000-2004). He was the
team leader for WHO teams investigating SARS outbreak in China in 2003. Dr. Breiman worked for the CDC
for 26 years, and was previously the Director of the National Vaccine Program office, reporting to the DHHS
Assistant Secretary for Health from 1995-2000 and was the Chief of the Epidemiology Section of the Respir-
atory Diseases branch from 1989-1995. He is Board Certified in the US in Internal Medicine and in Infectious
Diseases, a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and a member of the American society of
Epidemiology, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the American Society of Microbi-
ology. Dr. Breiman completed his Infectious Disease Fellowship at UCLA (1984-1987), his internal medicine
and chief residency at UCLA (1979-1983), and received his MD from the University of Arizona in 1979.

Christopher Carr
Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development
Chris Carr, named Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development
(GDEcD) by Governor Nathan Deal, joined the agency in November 2013. As Commissioner,
he leads the state agency responsible for creating jobs and investment in Georgia through busi-
ness recruitment and expansion, international trade and tourism, as well as the arts, film and music indus-
tries. Prior to joining GDEcD, Carr was Chief of Staff for Senator Johnny Isakson. Carr began his career with
Georgia Pacific, moving on to practice law with Alston &Bird LLP and then serving as Vice President and
General Counsel for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. Carr graduated from the University of Georgia’s
Terry College of Business and Lumpkin School of Law.
Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE USA
Helene D. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian
organization with approximately 10,000 staff whose poverty fighting programs reached 122
million people last year in 84 countries. Since joining CARE in 2006, Dr. Gayle has led efforts to
reinforce CARE's commitment to empowering girls and women to bring lasting change to poor communities.
Under her leadership, CARE has strengthened its focus on long term impact, increased policy and advocacy
efforts and deepened connections between poverty and the environment. Gayle has leveraged the power of
CARE's corporate and NGO partners to significantly expand CARE's reach across the globe. An expert on
health, global development and humanitarian issues, she spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Con-
trol, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. Dr. Gayle then worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, directing
programs on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues. Dr. Gayle serves on several boards, including the
World Affairs Council of Atlanta, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Rockefeller Founda-
tion, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, and ONE. She is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Public Health Association, the Institute of Medi-
cine and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Gayle currently serves on the President's Commission on
White House Fellowships and the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. Named one of
Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women," Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and
Newsweek's top 10 "Women in Leadership," Dr. Gayle has been featured by national and international media
outlets. She has also published numerous scientific articles. Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY.
earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H.
from Johns Hopkins University.
BIOGRAPHIES
Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thomas R. Frieden, who has been Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) since June 2009, has controlled both infectious and chronic diseases in this country and
globally. As Commissioner of the New York City Health Department (2002-2009), he led New York City's
program that controlled tuberculosis and reduced multidrug-resistant cases by 80 percent. Dr. Frieden then
worked in India for five years helping build a tuberculosis control program that has saved nearly 3 million
lives. As CDC Director, Dr. Frieden has intensified CDC's 24-7 work to save lives and protect people, includ-
ing through more effective response to outbreaks and other health threats at the local, state, federal, and
global levels. New programs have prevented infections from food and health care, helped Americans quit
smoking, reduced childhood obesity, saved the lives of teens and others from car crashes, and extended life-
saving treatment and disease prevention in more than 50 countries. A graduate of the Columbia University's
College of Physicians and Surgeons and School of Public Health, Dr. Frieden completed infectious diseases
training at Yale University and CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. The recipient of numerous awards and
honors, Dr. Frieden speaks Spanish and has published more than 200 scientific articles.

J. Stephen Morrison, PhD
Senior Vice President, Global Health Policy Center,
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
At CSIS, J. Stephen Morrison is director of the Center on Global Health Policy and a Senior
Vice President. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, other foundation and
corporate contributors, the Center advances a long-term strategic U.S. approach to global health, cultivates
new global health champions, enriches our understanding of the security and foreign policy dimensions of
global health, and links Washington-based work to emerging policy expertise in key developing and middle
income countries. In February of this year, the Center published Global Health Policy in the Second Obama
Term, a collection of expert assessments of the first Obama term’s performance in several key sectors, in-
cluding recommendations for priorities in the second term. Dr. Morrison writes widely, testifies before Con-
gress, has directed several high-level task forces and commissions, and is a frequent contributor in major
media on U.S. foreign policy, global health, Africa, and foreign assistance. He served for seven years in the
Clinton Administration, four years as committee staff in the House of Representatives, and taught for twelve
years as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He holds a
Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin and is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale
College.
Wayne Lord, PhD
President, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
Wayne Lord is President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and, since 2009, Professor of
International Business Executive Education at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at
Georgia State University. He also serves as Director of the Global Strategic Leadership Forum.
He received his doctoral degree, specializing in Russian history, politics, and economics from Georgetown
University and also attended Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University). Dr. Lord has
extensive experience in international business and has been engaged in business projects in Russia for
more than thirty years, including service on the board of a Russian agribusiness company. Before joining the
faculty of GSU, he worked as the government and corporate affairs officer with Gold Kist Inc. and later for
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. During his tenure at Gold Kist, Dr. Lord was the Executive Director of the company’s
charitable arm, the Gold Kist Foundation. From 1989 to 2001, he was president of Southco Commodities, an
international commodity trading company. In 2008 and 2009, Dr. Lord served as interim president of the
Southern Center for International Studies. He has wide connections in Georgia’s corporate, educational, and
legislative communities and has held a number of leadership roles in non-profit organizations and trade as-
sociations.
Dana Hovig
Director of Integrated Delivery, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dana Hovig, director of Integrated Delivery, works with the Global Development and Global
Health programs to speed up the launch, improve the delivery, enhance integration, and scale
up the use of life saving and life-changing products, services, technologies, and service delivery
innovations. Mr. Hovig has broad experience in healthcare delivery and has designed, launched and man-
aged successful health programs on five continents. Most recently, he was Chief Executive of Marie Stopes
International, leading a global network of family health, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention pro-
grams operating in 40 countries. Prior to that role, he was Senior Vice President of Population Services
International (PSI). Dana has spent nearly 10 years living and working in Francophone West Africa and Paki-
stan. Mr. Hovig received his BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and his MSc in
International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.
BIOGRAPHIES

Beatriz Perez
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Beatriz Perez has been the Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of The Coca-Cola
Company since July 2011. Ms. Perez served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Coca-Cola North
America since April 2010. Ms. Perez served as the Senior Vice President of Integrated Market-
ing for the North America group of The Coca-Cola Company, from April 2007 to April 2010. In this position,
she was responsible for planning and investment decisions associated with Coca-Cola Company's annual
media plans, programming (promotions), interactive marketing and packaging. She oversaw Coca-Cola's
national sports and entertainment partnerships. She joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1996. At The Coca-
Cola Company, she worked from 1996 to 2005 as an Associate Brand Manager for Classic Coke, Manager
of sports marketing and NASCAR, Vice President of Sports and vice president of sports and entertainment.
Ms. Perez served as the Vice President, Media, Sports and Entertainment Marketing at The Coca-Cola Com-
pany from 2005 to 2007. She worked for DMB&B/Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar, Noble & Associates, where she
was an Account Supervisor focusing primarily on Coca-Cola initiatives from 1994 to 1996. She has been a
Director of HSBC Finance Corp. since May 2008. Ms. Perez has been a Director of HSBC North America
Holdings Inc. since May 2007. She sits on a number of boards for community service organizations, includ-
ing Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The Victory Junction Gang Camp (NASCAR-funded Hole in the Wall
Camps) and The Grammy Foundation. Ms. Perez earned her Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the Uni-
versity of Maryland.
Nuradin Osman
Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East, AGCO Corporation
Nuradin Osman, Managing Director, Africa and Middle East for AGCO Corporation joined
AGCO in 2005. Since 2011 he has been leading sales and marketing for the African and Middle
Eastern market. In 2013 Mr. Osman was recognized for his leadership talent and awarded the
Tutu and Oxford University Fellowship Award to African leaders.Initially, Mr. Osman was based at the Mas-
sey Ferguson Banner Lane Manufacturing facility in Coventry, United Kingdom. He was employed in a varie-
ty of sales support specialist roles, firstly assisting our UK and Ireland sales department before progressing
into our marketing and parts sales functions. His responsibilities then increased when he joined the Africa,
Middle East and Licensee Market department.In October 2007 AGCO’s global talent initiative recognised that
Mr. Osman’s background and unique skill set made him an ideal candidate to work in AGCO’s Headquarters
in Duluth. In December 2007 he relocated to Georgia in the USA. His first assignment was as Special Assis-
tant to the Chairman and CEO, Mr. Martin Richenhagen and the Senior Staff. He was then promoted to the
position of Global Inventory Director and became involved with gathering and consolidating market intelli-
gence, although his responsibilities for the Chairman and Senior Staff continued. Mr. Osman grew up in
Holland and is fluent in Dutch, English and Somali.
The Right Honorable Raila Odinga
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya
Raila Amolo Odinga is currently the leader of the opposition coalition known as the Coalition for
Reforms and Democracy and former Prime Minister of Kenya. He was first elected as the Mem-
ber of Parliament for Langata in 1992, served as Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002 and as
Minister of Roads, Public Works, and Housing from 2003 to 2005. He was the main opposition candidate in
the 2007 presidential election following a violent post-electoral crisis, took office as Prime Minister in April
2008, serving as supervisor of a national unity coalition government. Odinga attended the Herder Institut, a
part of the philological faculty at the University of Leipzig in East Germany. He then attended the Technical
School in Magdeburg. In 1970 he graduated with a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Mr. Odinga is married to Ida Odinga and have four children together: Fidel, Rosemary, Raila Jr. and Winnie.
BIOGRAPHIES

BIOGRAPHIES
John G. Rice
Vice Chairman, GE
John G. Rice is vice chairman of GE and president & CEO of GE Global Growth and Opera-
tions.In November 2010, the GE Board of Directors named Rice to lead the company’s global
operations based in Hong Kong. Mr. Rice began his GE career in 1978 and has held several
leadership positions based both in the United States and in other global markets including Hong Kong, Sin-
gapore, and Canada. Immediately prior to his current role, he served as vice chairman of GE and president &
CEO of GE Technology Infrastructure; from 2005-2007 as vice chairman of GE’s industrial and infrastructure
businesses;from 2000-2005 as president and CEO of GE Energy; and from 1997-2000 as president & CEO
of GE Transportation. Mr. Rice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hamilton College in Clin-
ton, New York, and remains on their Board of Trustees today. He is also a trustee of Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia, and serves on several other boards including the International Advisory Board of the King
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Foundation in Atlanta. He is a frequent speaker at leading economic, business, and industry
events around the world and is a regular commentator across broadcast and print media. He and his wife
Cammie reside in Hong Kong.
Ambassador Charles Stith
Director, African Presidential Archives and Research Center, Boston University
Ambassador Charles Stith is the Director, African Presidential Archives and Research Center;
Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Boston University. Prior to assuming this posi-
tion, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the
United Republic of Tanzania. Ambassador Stith is the founder and former National President of the Organi-
zation for a New Equality (O.N.E), an organization which focuses on expanding economic opportunities for
minorities and women. Prior to heading O.N.E., Stith was the Senior Minister of the historic Union United
Methodist Church in Boston. He was an appointee of Senate Minority Tom Daschle to the US Commission
on International Religious Freedom. He has also been an adjunct faculty member at Boston College and
Harvard Divinity School. He has served on the National Advisory Boards of FannieMae and Fleet InCity
Bank, the editorial board of WCVB-TV, and the boards of West Insurance, Inc. and the Wang Center for
Performing Arts, among others. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of South Caro-
lina, Clark Atlanta University, and Baker University. Ambassador Stith has a BA from Baker University, a
MDiv, Interdenominational Theological Center’s Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, and a Th.M. from
Harvard University Divinity School. Ambassador Stith and his wife have raised two children together: Percy
and Mary.
Debrework Zewdie, PhD
Senior Advisor, Office of the President’s Special Envoy, The World Bank
Debrework Zewdie is the Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program for the World Bank. Prior she
managed the AIDS Campaign Team for Africa. Before joining the World Bank in 1994, Dr.
Zewdie was Deputy Regional Director of the Africa Region for the AIDS Control and Prevention
project (AIDSCAP) of Family Health in Nairobi, Kenya and worked in 16 African countries. Prior, she held
several research, management and teaching position on a variety of subjects focusing on public health is-
sues. While in Ethiopia, she was Deputy Director, and later Acting Director, of the National Research Labora-
tory for HIV/AIDS in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia. Dr. Zewdie also served as Program Manager of Ethiopia’s AIDS/
STD Prevention and Control Program, and taught immunology to medical students at Addis Adaba Universi-
ty. Dr. Zewdie received her Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of London, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical
School, did her postdoctoral fellowship at SYVA- a diagnostic company in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Zewdie
was a Senior MacArthur Fellow at Harvard University’s School of Population and Development Studies.

The World Affairs Council of Atlanta, established in 2010, is membership organization that provides a
forum for dialogue, a source of expertise, and an engine for research on international affairs and global
issues that impact the corporate community, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and
the general public.
The Council is a member of the World Affairs Councils of America and is affiliated with Georgia State
University and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. In merging the resources of these organiza-
tions, the Council is uniquely positioned in the Atlanta community to be a crossroads where business,
civil society, and government leaders meet to effectively address the global context in which we all live
and work.
The mission of the Council is to deepen the understanding of world affairs, enhance the international
reputation and help drive the economic development of Atlanta, the state, and the region. The Council
fulfills its mission by providing a forum for discussion, opportunities for learning and purposeful network-
ing, and access to research. It focuses its efforts on people in leadership positions in business and the
professions, members of the media, academics, and the interested public.
The many and diverse programs offered by the Council are connected by a focus on business context
and opportunity, on new strategic thinking about emerging markets and the complexity, scope and ve-
locity of change in the global marketplace, and on the global economic and security challenges facing
the United States.
JOIN > CONNECT > ENGAGE
For more information, go to www.wacatlanta.org
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), established in 1962, is a bipar-
tisan, nonprofit international policy institution, based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on
defense and security, regional stability, and transnational challenges ranging from energy
and climate to global health, development, and economic integration.
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center, one of CSIS's largest programs, concentrates on
strengthening U.S. strategic leadership, managing the transition to country ownership and
greater reliance on multilateral institutions, advancing gender and family health, and es-
tablishing health security as a priority. It carries out its work through high-level working
groups, expert delegations overseas, conferences, the publication of in-depth policy anal-
yses, timely commentaries, social media, and videos. Its work can be found at csis.org
and its specialized website:
SmartGlobalHealth.org
PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

CDC FOUNDATION
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
EMORY GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE, EMORY UNIVERSITY
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
HOPE BUILDS
MAP INTERNATIONAL
MEDSHARE
METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH @ GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
THE CARTER CENTER
UGA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SPONSORS
This event would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
CENTER FOR ETHICS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY @
GSU ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
EMERGENCY USA
The USAPEEC International Poultry Development Program (UIPDP) is the
philanthropic arm of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) that
works to create the strongest possible worldwide poultry industry by support-
ing producers and processors with technical assistance and education, trade
facilitation, and assuring all consumers have safe, reliable, and affordable
products. It is a not-for-profit organization operated exclusively for charitable
and educational purposes, designed to promote economic development in
areas outside of the United States. www.usapeec.org

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