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Christian serves as managing director of the Overdose Response Network within the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) at the Clinton Foundation. In this capacity, Chris oversees all of the Foundation’s efforts helping to address the substance use disorders. Two of the cornerstone initiatives of this work at the foundation is working with communities and foundation partners to ensure that naloxone (the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug) is widely available, accessible, and affordable. Another cornerstone initiative is CHMI’s Empowering Faith Leaders program. The nation’s faith leaders are an integral part of stigma reduction regarding substance use disorders and as such CHMI is deeply engaged in the training of current and future faith leaders throughout the United States.

Before joining the Clinton Foundation, Chris served as the senior vice president of behavioral health at Sharecare, a comprehensive health and wellness engagement platform. Prior to Sharecare, Chris served in several leadership roles over 14 years in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2003, Chris founded and became director of the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health (CESH). In addition, Chris was a member of the faculty at MSM within the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine.

Chris earned a bachelor’s in communications and psychology from the State University College of Fredonia in New York and a master’s in human sexuality, marriage and family relations from New York University. Chris is a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare as well as a certified Sexuality Counselor and Sexuality Educator by The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Since December 17, 1989, Chris has been living in long-term recovery a day at a time.



Chris Thrasher

Trained as a physician and development economist, Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is an award-winning social entrepreneur, CEO, and global health funder who is passionate about making global health efforts as impactful as possible.

Dr. Shah is currently the Managing Director of GiveWell, a research and funding organization that directs hundreds of millions of dollars per year to programs in global health and development. GiveWell seeks to identify and fund the most cost-effective ways to save lives, and has recently emerged as one of the world’s largest private funders in global health.

Dr. Shah was previously co-founder, CEO and now Board Chair of IDinsight, a global development data analytics and advisory firm with offices across Africa, Asia, and the US. At IDinsight, he helped pioneer the practical application of cutting-edge data and impact measurement tools such as randomized controlled trials, machine learning and results-based financing mechanisms to improve the impact of life-saving and antipoverty programs across Africa and Asia. Buddy worked previously at the World Bank and MIT’s Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Buddy holds an AB in economics from Harvard, an MD with special distinction in global health policy from Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and an MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr. Shah serves on the Boards of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Private Foundations Board Constituency); the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School; Educate Girls; Giving Green; and IDinsight. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has served as guest faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and is a former Echoing Green Fellow and Forbes’ 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur. 

Neil Buddy Shah

Ragina Arrington is returning to the Clinton Foundation as the CEO, CGI University. She comes to CGI U from Leadership for Educational Equity where she served as the Senior Director, Regional Impact over the New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and National Capital Regions where she was responsible for managing and supporting Directors in setting vision, identifying goals, work scopes, and strategy in addition to coaching and supporting their professional development. Prior to that, she worked with Teach For America, New York where she was the Director of Community Partnerships. With Teach For America, Ragina worked to cultivate and maintain relationships with a variety of community, city, and state stakeholders, all with the goal of elevating the teaching profession and creating access points for native New Yorkers, first-generation, Black, AAPI, and Latinx students. She also curated and executed engagement strategies to increase the number of highly diverse, talented, and committed applicants to Teach For America, New York. When not supporting her region, she lent DEI expertise to the national organization as a DEI Facilitator for incoming first-year educators, building a scaffolded learning opportunity where teachers centered their personal identity development as the vehicle for understanding racism as a function of systemic oppression. 

In her passion work, she is the Director of Partnerships and Co+Investment Strategies with Unboxed Philanthropy Advisors, where she supports individuals, foundations, and nonprofits in realizing their personal philanthropic dreams with a strong focus on social justice. This includes building out and reinforcing strategic growth plans, conducting market and landscape analysis, and curating critical relationships. In her previous tenure with the Foundation, Ragina operated as the Senior Outreach Manager, CGI U and was heavily focused on improving and sustaining its diversity outreach and student selection. She also created and grew the Clinton Global Initiative’s University Network which provided skilled mentorship and fiscal support of over 3 million dollars to student projects from around the globe.



Ragina Arrington

Francesca Ernst Khan is a brand strategist and communications specialist who is responsible for defining and driving integrated brand, digital, and marketing programs that increase understanding of and connection to the work of the Clinton Foundation. In this role, she oversees an interdisciplinary team of digital, social, event, and multimedia storytellers charged with developing clear, compelling, and data-driven content across Clinton Foundation properties and platforms.

Prior to joining the Foundation in 2014, Francesca worked for Widmeyer Communications (a Finn Partners company), EMILYs List, and the American Federation of Teachers. Francesca received her B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2008 and her M.A in Strategic Communications from American University in 2012. 

Francesca Ernst Khan

Robert S. Harrison is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university). He served as the chief executive officer of the Clinton Global Initiative from 2007 to 2016 and was the first executive director of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation)’s childhood obesity initiative from 2005 to 2007. Before joining the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), he was an investment banker and attorney for 22 years. He joined [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) in 1987, where he became a partner in the firm’s investment banking division and global co-head of its Communications, Media, and Entertainment group until 2003. From 1981 to 1987, Harrison practiced corporate law in the New York and Paris offices of Davis, Polk, and Wardwell. Harrison serves as an overseer of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech, a director of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, chairman emeritus of the Henry Street Settlement Board of Directors, and a member of the [Council on Foreign Relations](/org/council-on-foreign-relations). He received a bachelor’s degree in government from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university); a master’s degree in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Robert S. Harrison

Katrina Owoh is the chief financial officer of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). In this role, she provides leadership for the global financial operations of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), oversees the team that manages the day-to-day financial operations of the Foundation, and monitors the financial health of the organization. With over twenty years of extensive experience in financial operations in various industries, including telecommunications, healthcare, and higher education, Katrina brings to this role knowledge of Nonprofit, Government, and business financial management and compliance.

Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the Assistant Dean for Administration in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and the Associate Director of Internal Audit for the [University of Arkansas System](/org/university-of-arkansas-system). A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Katrina received her bachelor of science in accounting from UA Little Rock and a master’s in business administration from [Harding University](/org/harding-university). She also serves on numerous community boards such as the Arkansas Department of Heritage Mosaic Templars of America Center for African American Culture and Business Advisory Board, Pulaski County Youth Services Advisory Board, and The Ivy Foundation of Little Rock; former member of the UA Little Rock Alumni Association Board of Directors and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®. She and her husband, Dr. Jeremy S. Owoh, have one teenage son, Jaxon.

Katrina Owoh

As vice-chair of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), Chelsea Clinton works alongside the Foundation’s leadership and partners to improve lives and inspire emerging leaders across the United States and around the world. This includes the Foundation’s early childhood initiative Too Small to Fail, which supports families with the resources they need to promote early brain and language development; and the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), a global program that empowers student leaders to turn their ideas into action. A longtime public health advocate, Chelsea also serves on the boards of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the [Alliance for a Healthier Generation](/org/alliance-for-a-healthier-generation) and uses her platform to increase awareness around issues such as vaccine hesitancy, childhood obesity, and health equity.

In addition to her Foundation work, Chelsea teaches at [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university)’s Mailman School of Public Health and has written several books for young readers, including the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, as well as She, Persisted Around the World, She Persisted in Sports, Start Now! You Can Make a Difference; Don’t Let Them Disappear, and It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going. She is also the co-author of The Book of Gutsy Women and Grandma’s Gardens with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and of Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? with Devi Sridhar. Chelsea’s podcast, In Fact with Chelsea Clinton, premiered in 2021, and is the co-founder of HiddenLight Productions.

Chelsea Clinton

Gregory Milne is the chief executive officer of the Clinton Global Initiative at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). Prior to this role, Greg served as chief impact and foreign policy officer at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation) where we oversaw the Foundation’s efforts on programmatic impact and evaluation, metrics, and information sharing; he also helps guide international strategy and plays a central role in shaping and executing President Clinton’s foreign policy vision for the Foundation. Previously, he served as the deputy chief of staff and director of policy to President Clinton and chief executive office of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation)’s Haiti program. Prior to that, he worked as the private sector advisor at the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti, President Clinton’s UN office, assisting with economic development and reconstruction programs in Haiti. Before joining the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), he was a senior associate at Shearman & Sterling, LLP in the New York Office where he specialized in international property transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Greg received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law where he was a Crowley Scholar and a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.

Gregory Milne

Nima Taghavi is the Founder & CEO of Group 206, a private investment firm created in 2013. Taghavi’s entrepreneurial journey began at a young age. Taghavi immigrated to the US from Iran when he was 9 years old, and by his early teen years, was selling video games at the Swap Meet to supplement his family’s income. This early start helped Taghavi develop a passion for business. Taghavi turned his early entrepreneurial experience into successfully founding and exiting several enterprises throughout his career, including video game distributor SVG Distribution and video game publisher Crave Entertainment. Both SVG and Crave became market leaders and, under Crave Entertainment Group (CEG) and were sold to The Handleman Company (NYSE: HDL) in 2005. With revenues nearing $300M, CEG was the largest privately held company in the video game industry at the time. Nima was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 1998, 2000, and 2004. Taghavi was an original investor and co-founder of Solutions 2 GO (Canada), which grew from its inception in 2004 to become the largest video game distributor in North America by 2008. To optimize his investment in Solutions 2 GO (Canada), Taghavi founded its sister company Solutions 2 GO LLC (U.S.) in 2009, a video game distribution company specializing in both the brick and mortar and e-commerce retail channels. After reaching well over $1B in combined revenue, Taghavi sold his collective interests in 2017. As a longtime owner-user and investor in industrial real estate, Taghavi co-founded investment management firm BKM Capital Partners in 2013. Soon after, Taghavi was joined by John Mack (former CEO & Chairman at [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley)) as an investor, business partner, and board advisor. Throughout Taghavi’s tenure as Chairman, BKM grew to nearly $2 billion in assets under management with more than 20 institutional investor partners. In 2020, Taghavi and Mack sold their collective ownership in BKM. In 2018, Taghavi co-founded VoltEdge, a consumer brand company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-performance video game accessories sold through national brick & mortar and e-commerce retailers. In 2020, VoltEdge was acquired by Mexico-based GameXpress. Taghavi established The Nima Taghavi Foundation in 2005 to support a variety of disadvantaged children’s charities and other causes. Additionally, Taghavi has been a member of the Board of Directors for Eastern Congo Initiative (founded by Ben Affleck) since 2015 and a member of the Board of Directors for The Clinton Foundation since 2018.

Nima Taghavi

Janet Murguía is president and CEO of UnidosUS (formerly known as the National Council of La Raza) – the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization. In that role, Murguía has sought to strengthen UnidosUS’s work and enhance its record of impact as a vital American institution. Murguía has also worked to amplify the Latino voice on issues affecting the Hispanic community such as education, health care, immigration, civil rights, and the economy. Murguía began her career in Washington, D.C. as legislative counsel to former Congressman Jim Slattery from her home state, Kansas. She worked with Congressman Slattery for seven years before joining the Clinton administration, where she served for six years as a deputy assistant to President Clinton, including deputy director of legislative affairs. After serving in the Clinton administration, Murguía went on to serve as deputy campaign manager and director of constituency outreach for the Gore/Lieberman presidential campaign where she was the primary liaison between former Vice President Gore and national constituency groups. In 2001, Murguía joined the [University of Kansas](/org/university-of-kansas) (KU) as executive vice chancellor for University Relations, where she oversaw KU’s internal and external relations with the public. She is credited for coordinating the university’s strategic planning and marketing efforts at the four KU campuses. Murguía is currently a board member of Achieve, an independent and nonpartisan nonprofit education reform organization, and the Hispanic Association for Corporate Responsibility. She also serves as a member of Diversity Advisory Councils for [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america), [Charter Communications](/org/spectrum), [Comcast](/org/comcast)/NBC Universal, and [Wells Fargo](/org/wells-fargo). She received three degrees from KU: a B.S. degree in journalism, a B.A. degree in Spanish, and a J.D. degree from the KU School of Law. She has also received several honorary degrees—a Doctor of Humane Letters from California State University, Dominguez Hills, an honorary Doctor of Laws from Wake Forest University, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Williams College.

Janet Murguía

Bruce Lindsey serves as the counselor to the chair of the Board for the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation) and served as chairman from 2005 to 2017. Bruce joined the Foundation in 2001 as general counsel and served as CEO from 2003 to 2013. Bruce served as assistant to the President and deputy counsel to the President throughout President Clinton’s two terms in office. In 1993, Bruce was also director of the Office of Presidential Personnel where he supervised the selection and approval of political appointees in the Cabinet departments and to Presidential boards and commissions. During the 1992 Presidential campaign, he served as the National Campaign Director. He had previously been a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a law firm in Little Rock, where he is currently of counsel. Bruce received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Rhodes College.

Bruce Lindsey

D. Lance King is currently the Chief Development Officer at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). D. has previously served as the Chief Development Officer at the Denver Zoological Foundation, the [Gill Foundation](/org/gill-foundation), and the [San Francisco Symphony](/org/san-francisco-symphony). D. has also been an Executive Vice President & Managing Director at Grenzebach Glier and Associates, a VP for Advancement & SB Foundation President at [Stony Brook University](/org/stony-brook-university), and an Executive Director, Corp/Fdn Relations at the University of Texas at Austin. Most recently, they were a Strategic and Operational Fundraising Consultant at D. Lance King Consulting.

D. Lance King graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from [The University of Texas at Austin](/org/the-university-of-texas-at-austin). D. then went on to complete a PharmD program and is currently a licensed pharmacist.

Their manager is Kevin Thurm, CEO. D. Lance king works with Joy Secuban - Chief of Staff, Office of Chelsea Clinton, Bill Rustrick - CEO, Clinton Development Initiative, and Katrina Owoh - CFO.

D. Lance king

Craig Minassian is the current Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). Craig has also held previous positions at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), Minassian Media, and HBO US Comedy Arts Festival. From January 2000 to December 2001, Craig served as the Assistant Press Secretary and Director of Television News for The White House. In January 2001, they began their role as Festival Director for the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival and held that position until December 2006.

Craig Minassian has a degree from the [University of Miami](/org/university-of-miami).

They are on a team with Joy Phumaphi - Co-CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative, James Jenkin - CEO, Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, and Amy Sandgrund-Fisher - General Counsel. Craig Minassian reports to Kevin Thurm, CEO.

Craig Minassian

Kevin Thurm is the chief executive officer of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). He previously served as a senior counselor at the [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services](/org/u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services) (HHS), where he worked with Secretary Sylvia Burwell and HHS senior leadership on a number of cross-cutting strategic initiatives, including continuing implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Prior to that role, Kevin held various leadership positions at [Citigroup](/org/citigroup), including chief compliance officer and deputy general counsel. Before joining [Citigroup](/org/citigroup), Thurm served as the deputy secretary and chief of staff for the Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Donna E. Shalala. He received a bachelor’s from [Tufts University](/org/tufts-university) in 1983; a bachelor’s/master’s from Oxford University in 1986, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1989.

Kevin Thurm

William Jefferson Clinton was the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice – first in 1992 and then in 1996. Under his leadership, the country enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs. After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). Today, the Foundation works to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for girls and women, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change. In addition to his Foundation work, President Clinton has served as the top [United Nations](/org/united-nations) envoy for the Indian Ocean tsunami recovery effort and as the UN Special Envoy to Haiti. Today, the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation) is supporting economic growth, capacity building, and education in Haiti. President Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas.


Bill Clinton

Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster is the chairman and chief executive officer of InterEnergy Holdings. Prior to founding InterEnergy, he founded and managed InterEnergy’s predecessor, Basic Energy Ltd. (Bahamas), a holding company that owned and operates electrical generation and distribution assets in the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Jamaica. Rolando is a pioneer of the electric sector of the Dominican Republic, being credited with the signing of the country’s first state utility PPA, as well as being one of the key participants in the privatization of the state-controlled electricity businesses. His track record in the country dates back to the late 1980s when he developed the country’s first barge-mounted power plant in partnership with [Seaboard Corporation](/org/seaboard-corporation). Since then, Rolando has successfully developed, acquired, and managed over 1,500MW of generating capacity in the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Jamaica, and Panama. In addition to overseeing the management of all group operating companies, he led all significant aspects of project development, financing, and the relationship with governments and multilateral organizations such as the [World Bank](/org/world-bank-group)’s [International Finance Corporation](/org/international-finance-corporation) (IFC) and the [Inter-American Development Bank](/org/inter-american-development-bank) (IDB). Prior to founding Basic Energy, Rolando was the international vice president of New York-based multi-billion dollar conglomerate Gulf & Western Industries Inc., reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Charles Bludhorn. Rolando is the chair of the International Initiatives Committee of [Georgetown University](/org/georgetown-university), a member of the Latin American Board of [Georgetown University](/org/georgetown-university), and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences, his alma mater. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), and the Energy & Climate Committee of the Clinton Global Initiative, focusing on clean and renewable energies. Further to this, Rolando is a member of the Institute of the Americas as well as serving on the board of The Walkabout Foundation – a non-profit organization focused on funding research to find a cure for paralysis and donating wheelchairs to people in need around the world.

Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster

Cheryl Mills is the founder and chief executive officer of the BlackIvy Group, a company that grows and builds businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to founding BlackIvy, Cheryl served as a counselor and chief of staff at the [U.S. Department of State](/org/department-of-state) where she managed the foreign policy and operational priorities for the $55 billion agency. Prior to joining the State Department, she served as senior vice president for administration and operations as well as general counsel at [New York University](/org/nyu). During her tenure, Cheryl identified and convened strategic partners and negotiated the structure, framework, terms, and conditions for the establishment of the University’s campus in the United Arab Emirates. Cheryl came to New York to join Oxygen Media, where she served as senior vice president for corporate policy and public programming. She previously worked in Washington, D.C., where she served as deputy counsel to the President at the White House. Cheryl’s legal experience also includes serving as associate counsel to the President, as deputy general counsel of the Clinton/Gore Transition Planning Foundation, and as an associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hogan and Hartson. Cheryl currently serves on the boards of BlackRock, Inc. (corporate), the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation), and the See Forever Foundation (not-for-profit). She received her Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia).

Cheryl Mills

Luke Schiel is the director of the CGI Action Networks, where he oversees the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation)’s work and partnerships with organizations committed to promoting climate resilience, fostering inclusive economic growth, and supporting community-based organizations in the United States and the Caribbean. In this role, he devises strategies to drive attention, resources, and partnerships to those at the forefront of progressive social and environmental change. Prior, Luke served in the various program, partnerships, fundraising, and leadership capacities at the Clinton Global Initiative. He first joined the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation) in 2013 and previously worked in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Luke has a bachelor’s degree in political science and English literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

Luke Schiel

Omar is the chief technology officer at the [Clinton Foundation](/org/clinton-foundation). As CTO, Omar is responsible for the overall technology and cybersecurity strategy of the Foundation and aims to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of IT operations globally.

Omar brings 15 years of experience in the technology industry, including having served the Foundation in several IT roles and having worked at the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Omar Faroul

Dr. Eric Goosby has dedicated his professional life to fighting HIV/AIDS from treating patients to running international programs. After serving four years in the U.S. State Department as Ambassador-at-Large and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, overseeing the implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Dr. Goosby returned to the University of California, San Francisco where he is professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Implementation Sciences, Global Health Sciences. While at the State Department, he also led the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, advancing the United States’ global health mission to improve and save lives and foster sustainability through shared global responsibility. As CEO and chief medical officer of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, 2001-2009, he played a key role in the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS national treatment scale-up plans in South Africa, Rwanda, China, and Ukraine. During the Clinton Administration, Dr. Goosby was director of the Ryan White Care Act at the [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services](/org/u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services) (HHS), and later, served as deputy director of the White House National AIDS Policy Office and Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy at HHS.


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