Dr. Helene Gayle's Fall 2011 Commencement Address

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Dr. Helene Gayle's Fall 2011 Commencement Address.

Dr. Helene Gayle is president and chief executive officer of CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization based in Atlanta. CARE's poverty-fighting programs reached 82 million people in 87 countries last year. Since joining CARE in 2006, Dr. Gayle has led efforts to reinforce CARE's commitment to empowering women and girls to bring lasting change to poor communities. An expert on health, global development and humanitarian issues, Dr. Gayle spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. She then moved on to work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, directing programs on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues.

Dr. Gayle serves on several boards, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Rockefeller Foundation, Colgate-Palmolive Company and ONE. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Public Health Association. Dr. Gayle also chairs the Obama Administration's Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and serves on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

Named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and also one of Newsweek's top 10 "Women in Leadership," Dr. Gayle has been featured by national and international media outlets. She has also published numerous scientific articles.

Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y. She earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.

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