Bill Steiger, former USAID Chief of Staff: Partnerships and Innovation at USAID, joins Mike Shanley to discuss USAID’s role in foreign policy, innovation at USAID, partnerships and localization, and USAID funding and direction. 

Biography:

Bill Steiger is a Global Health Consultant at the George W. Bush Institute. Previously, he was Managing Director of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, focusing on combating breast and cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. He led strategic planning for the initiative's expansion.

In 2012, Steiger served as a Senior Advisor at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, where he helped restructure the Secretariat and design a new funding model. He also directed a panel reviewing the Global Fund's operations, leading to significant reforms.

Steiger has worked with Leavitt Partners on international health projects and held key roles at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2009. There, he advised on global health issues and represented the U.S. in various international organizations.

He has served on the boards of major health organizations like the World Health Organization and the Global Fund. Steiger holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from UCLA and a bachelor's degree from Yale.

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