Pape Amadou Gaye

Pape Gaye is a native of Senegal and a lifelong advocate for family planning, the global health workforce, and access to health care for all. Under his leadership as president and CEO of IntraHealth International, from 2004 to 2020, the organization made human resources for health and family planning crucial parts of the worldwide conversation on global health. Gaye draws on three decades of leadership in international health and development as he oversaw work in 40 countries to strengthen their health workforces and health systems. Gaye began his career with the US Peace Corps and went on to work with the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Committee and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before his appointment as CEO at IntraHealth, he led the organization’s regional office for West, Central, and North Africa. Gaye holds an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles. In addition to Living Goods, Gaye’s current board and advisory services include: the Duke University’s Global Health Institute (DGHI), the Access Challenge, InterAction, the Global Health Council (GHC), Last Mile Health and the Baobab Institute in Senegal.