Celina Gorre

Celina Gorre is the CEO of WomenHeart, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life for women living with heart disease. Prior to leading WomenHeart, Celina served as the executive director of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, in London, UK, overseeing more than $250M in public research funding across 66 countries. From 2009-2011, Celina served as the managing director of the Foundation for the UN Global Compact, initiating a 501(c)(3) that helped companies support the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative.

From 2007-2009, she worked in the field with UNFPA and UNICEF in Angola as a senior HIV/AIDS advisor. Celina has had extensive experience at the intersection of corporate responsibility and global health, developing health and social programs for multinational companies, as the Technical Manager for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from 2005-2007, and has held in-house corporate responsibility positions, leading global training for Gap Inc.’s social responsibility department and conducting factory audits for Mattel Inc. Gorre received an MPH from UCLA and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.