The Future of Epidemic Response: Development's Role in Strengthening Health Systems
The Project on U.S. Leadership in Development presents Careers in Development:
The Future of Epidemic Response: Development's Role in Strengthening Health Systems
Featuring:
Wade Warren
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderated by:
Bill Garvelink
Senior Adviser (Non-resident), U.S. Leadership in Development
Join us for Careers in Development with Wade Warren. Mr. Warren will speak about how USAID aims to support the strengthening of health systems in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He will share first-hand accounts of his work at USAID on the Ebola crisis and the need for long-term resilience against epidemics and improved provision of basic health services. Mr. Warren will also offer advice to young professionals who may be interested in working in global health or with USAID.
Mr. Warren currently serves as senior deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Global Health. He has responsibility for strategic planning, budgeting, procurement, human resources, project design, monitoring and evaluation, and communications. Prior to this assignment, Warren was the acting chief operating officer of the State Department’s Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, where he had overall responsibility for strategic planning, budgeting, program planning and performance reporting for $32 billion annually in foreign assistance. Warren also worked for 13 years for USAID’s Bureau for Africa, serving in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Washington, D.C. In Washington, he served as the director of the Africa Bureau’s Office of Development Planning and as the Bureau’s acting deputy assistant administrator. Warren received his undergraduate degree in history from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1981 and his graduate degree in international business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1990.
A light breakfast will be available.
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“Careers in Development” is a monthly series featuring U.S. senior-level government, multi-lateral and NGO officials who have worked in the field of development for at least twenty years. The series is aimed at young professionals who are interested in working in development. Through a roundtable discussion, each speaker offers remarks on their area of interest as well as their career path and influences along the way.
