Michael Madnick appointed Deputy Executive Director of GAIN
Geneva, 4 February 2010, GAIN - The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Madnick as Deputy Executive Director with effect from 22 March 2010. Michael Madnick comes to GAIN from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he currently serves as Deputy Director, Global Health Policy & Advocacy (GHPA).
“In this newly created role, we believe Michael will bring not only strategic vision and management expertise to GAIN but also the passion and savvy to execute the organization’s primary goal to fight malnutrition” said Marc Van Ameringen Executive Director of GAIN.
Michael Madnick will work jointly with the Executive Director and the Leadership team to further define the strategic goals of GAIN while continuing to build support and bring together the External Relations Program which entails the following sub-programs: Business Alliance, Communications, Advocacy, Resource Mobilization, Partnerships and Innovative Finance Program. He will also oversee the Regional Office operations and help GAIN set-up its US operations.
Within the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Michael Madnick is currently overseeing the Government Relations (global); Industry Relations, International Financial Partnerships and Emerging Donors teams. He previously served from 2000-2007 as Vice President for Partnership and later as Senior Vice President of the United Nations Foundation (UNF), where he institutionalized an organization-wide partnership strategy. This strategy transitioned UNF from a private foundation like model towards a cross-sector partnership facility able to work on a far larger scale of impact. He also led the UNF-Gates relationship for several years, which resulted in numerous collaborations. Michael Madnick serves on various boards and advocacy/partnership related sub-committees. He holds a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law and a BA in Political Sciences from State University of New York – Albany.
About GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN was created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children. GAIN is a Swiss foundation that mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver healthier foods and supplements to those people most at risk of malnutrition. GAIN’s innovative partnership projects in more than 25 countries are reaching over 200 million people with fortified foods. Its project portfolio is growing and its goal is to reach one billion people. GAIN is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Offices in Beijing, Cairo, Johannesburg, and New Delhi support projects in the field.
Media contact. Frédérique Tissandier. ftissandier@gainhealth.org
