The Future Of Foreign Assistance Amid Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Advancing Global Health In The U.S. Development Agenda

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Speakers
Princeton N. Lyman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Isobel Coleman
Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Progra, Council on Foreign Relations
Helene D. Gayle
President and CEO, CARE
Stewart M. Patrick
Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations
Nita M. Lowey
U.S. Representative (D-NY), U.S. House of Representatives
Seth Berkley
President and CEO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Nils Daulaire
President and CEO, Global Health Council
Presider
Laurie Garrett
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

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