Board & Team
Board
Dr. Cherrie Short
Board Member / NYU
Orkhan Bayramov
Ministry Of Environment / Azerbaijan
John Pwamang
Environmental Protection Agency Of Ghana
Douglas Webb
UN Development Program
Dr. David Bernstein
Independent Consultant
Rachel Silverman-Bonnifield
Senior Fellow / Centre For Global Development
KOUADIO Kouamé Georges
Côte D’Ivoire Ministry Of Environmental And Sustainable Development
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Khare
Board Member/ IIT Delhi
Jean Abboud
Board Member / The Forum on Institutional Law in International Organisations (FILIO)
Raymond Ruyoka
Chair / Yadnet Uganda
Team
Maria Paola Lia
Executive Director
Dr. Lilian Corra
Senior Advisor
Jill Hanna
Senior Advisor
Lucile Okio
Senior Program Manager
Dr. Petr Sharov
Regional Coordinator
Santosh Shrestha
Senior Finance Manager
Truong Thinh Tran Dinh
Communication Manager
Emily Pham
Social Media Manager
Dr. Rovshan Abbasov
Project Coordinator / Azerbaijan
Alena Temnikova
Program Assistant / Vietnam
Dr. Emmanuel Tebandeke
Project Coordinator / Uganda
Dr. Anh Tuan Nguyen
Consultant / Vietnam
Dr. Khatuna Akhalaia
Consultant / Vietnam
Hassanatou Samake
HPAP Consultant
John Keith
Consultant
Gaspar Corra
Environmental Consultant/Mercosur Region
Work with us
Program & Administrative Associate
Consultant – Country Program Coordinator - Vietnam
Program Manager
Maria Paola Lia
Executive Director, GAHP
Maria Paola Lia has over 15 years of experience establishing and nurturing strategic global health partnerships with government agencies, international organizations, and NGOs in multiple countries and regions. She worked across sectors, initiating her professional training and career in the EU and the Italian Parliament, then was elected Secretary General for a political NGO in Brussels.
She joined the private sector as a Programs Director in a multinational company overseeing a $30 million Global Public-Private Partnership with the aim of strengthening healthcare systems and supporting health policies through innovative approaches.
More recently Maria Paola worked for a medical clinic, supported startups, and NGOs in Geneva and sits on multiple boards. Maria Paola holds a master’s degree in international relations and a PGC in Global Health Policy.