We have thoughtfully assembled a team of seasoned public health and development professionals, whose expertise covers the entire spectrum of our clients' programming needs. Our staff members are based in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, and nearly every associate has 15 or more years of international public health experience. Though we come from varying backgrounds and specialties, we share our clients’ passion for bringing smart, measurable interventions to global health and development challenges.

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  CHASTAIN MANN

  Chief Executive Officer





CHASTAIN MANN

Chief Executive Officer

Chastain has been working in international health for 25 years, with more than 10 years of that time implementing programs in sub-Saharan Africa. A former Foreign Service Officer, Chastain has worked for bilateral and multi-lateral agencies, as well as for large and small non-profits. In her 11 years at Population Services International (PSI) Chastain served as the country director in Togo and Uganda, where she designed and implemented social marketing and franchising programs in HIV, reproductive health, malaria, and child survival. In each place, with a team of more than 100 local staff, Chastain developed marketing and communications strategies for health products and services, as well as monitoring and evaluation, sales and distribution, franchising, and advocacy approaches. As PSI’s VP for Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Chastain led a team that created fund raising strategies to raise more than $4 billion over 6 years.

More recently, Chastain worked with Woman Care Global as President of Programs, where she led fund raising efforts as well as program implementation, with a focus on improving the value chain for reproductive health commodities. Chastain’s inspiration for starting Mann Global Health was to bring together some of the world’s leading experts in measurable, effective health programming, and share their talents with global health clients.

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  ZAHRA AZIZ

  Senior Associate





ZAHRA AZIZ

Senior Associate

Zahra Aziz is a nonprofit management and communications strategist, brand builder and advisor to executive teams and boards. As a consultant she has guided sector leaders and board members through leadership transitions and change management processes. She has advised on business and advocacy strategy, built large-scale communications and marketing plans, and brokered numerous partnerships in the sexual and reproductive health sector. Previously, she served as the founding communications director for Family Planning 2020, where she led the creation of the FP2020 brand after the landmark 2012 London Summit on Family Planning. Zahra also drove communication efforts behind EngenderHealth’s award-winning WTFP?!, Where’s the Family Planning?! Campaign, and UNFPA’s first iteration of the Safe Birth, Even Here campaign to prevent maternal deaths in humanitarian and fragile settings. Zahra holds a MSc. in Strategic Communications from Columbia University and is currently pursuing an MLA in Management, with a nonprofit concentration, from Harvard University.

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  Su Balasubramanian

  Associate





Su Balasubramanian

Associate

Su is a marketing and design thinking expert with experience in the private and social sectors. Most recently at PSI, Su led and facilitated teams across countries in Africa and Asia to address public health challenges including HIV, SRH/FP, WASH and PHC leveraging marketing, HCD and market development approaches. Su previously led the adolescent girls portfolio at the UN Foundation and has also worked at Plan International USA, managing the strategy and execution of the ‘Because I am a Girl’ Initiative. Su has brand management experience in Health Care at Procter & Gamble and served in the Peace Corps in Samoa. Su holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA from Duke University with concentrations in Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing.

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  Sarah Bowler

  Associate





Sarah Bowler

Associate

Sarah Bowler is a doctoral student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Public Health studying Maternal & Child Health Policy. Her research focuses on the intersection of law and sexual & reproductive health issues, with a focus on access to healthcare services. During her master’s, Sarah worked on a number of research projects looking at a variety of topics, from global HIV testing protocols to children’s mental health issues. Sarah holds an MPH in Health Management & Policy from Drexel University and a Bachelors’ in Biological Sciences and Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh.

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  Nirali Chakraborty

  Managing Partner, Insight Metrics





Nirali Chakraborty

Managing Partner, Insight Metrics

Dr. Nirali Chakraborty has over 10 years of experience in research, monitoring and evaluation, and is a managing partner at Insight Metrics. Her work currently focuses on the evidence-based design of performance metrics, and their deployment. Dr. Chakraborty uses a combination of rigorous research and a keen awareness of the dynamics of data collection and use to work with organizations and governments to select and employ appropriate measures. While at Population Services International, she oversaw the quality and dissemination of their reproductive health related research internationally, and has conducted studies in numerous countries. Dr. Chakraborty has published over 15 peer-reviewed articles in a variety of health and measurement topics, and is fluent in French, and conversant in three Indian languages.  She received her PhD in International Health, with a concentration in Health Systems, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Insight Metrics improves the lives and wellbeing of underserved individuals around the world by helping organizations in the social sector measure performance, harness the power of their data, evaluate the impact and efficiency of their programs, and increase accountability through smart data use. To ensure programs and managers have the critical information they need to measure and maximize their impact, we support organizations across the monitoring and evaluation continuum, from conceptualizing a theory of change and results framework, to metric development, research, and data use strategies, in order to build a culture of evidence-based management and strategic decision-making. We believe that data is key to program and organization success, and so we prioritize producing easy to use and actionable information that will inform program improvements in real-time, support evidence-based management, and strengthen advocacy efforts. We have experience working with individuals, small businesses, small and large nonprofit organizations, and government ministries to successfully develop and implement measurement initiatives that strengthen management capacity and organizational impact.

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  Desmond Chavasse

  Senior Associate





Desmond Chavasse

Senior Associate

Dr. Desmond Chavasse is  a global health leader with a broad range of qualifications and more than 30 years international experience, which he applies to accelerate progress towards global health goals. Des’s early career focused on vector borne disease control including  ivermectin trials for onchocerciasis control and delivery mechanisms for insecticide treated mosquito nets for malaria control. More recently, as PSI’s Senior Vice President for Malaria Control and Child Survival Des’s  technical skills have extended to neonatal health, nutrition and sanitation. As PSI’s Chief Evidence Officer, Des led research, monitoring and performance management agendas at global level across 55 countries. Des has also led a series of market assessment initiatives, including ACTwatch, and was PSI’s Country Director in Malawi for 3 years.

Des holds a BSc. in zoology from University of Nottingham and a PhD in medical entomology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He was a Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he published in the Lancet on diarrhoea control and wrote 2 books on applied vector control.  Des has held positions within key international malaria policy fora, including WHO, GFATM and RBM.

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  Colleen Connell

  Senior Associate





Colleen Connell

Senior Associate

Colleen Connell is a seasoned global health leader with significant experience in market dynamics and supply chain.  She is currently an Advisor focused on improving health product access and affordability in developing countries.  Previously, Colleen worked with MedAccess first as the Chief Markets Officer and then a Senior Advisor for Business Development and Investments. Her main responsibilities were to develop a volume guarantee product pipeline, and to execute deals. Before that, Colleen held a number of roles at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): first as the Regional Manager for CHAI’s Caribbean programs, where she launched early infant diagnosis programs in 9 countries, as well as identified opportunities to save more than $2 million annually in antiretroviral costs by improving procurement practices, strengthening stock management, and reducing stockouts; then she became the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Country Director for CHAI’s Haiti program where she developed emergency supply chains, expanded HIV care, and improved laboratory systems; next she was CHAI’s Senior Director for New Market Opportunities, where she evaluated markets for drugs, diagnostics, health-related devices, and other products to identify opportunities to improve quality, expand access, and increase affordability; and finally Colleen became Vice President of Disease Strategy for CHAI’s Access to Medicines group where she was oversaw the development of strategy and execution for the HIV, TB, Malaria, Hepatitis and New Market Teams. Prior to CHAI, Colleen worked as a management consultant with Booz Allen focusing on strategic and program planning and business process engineering. Colleen holds a BS in Economics and Political Science from Fordham University and a MBA from Yale University.

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  Mary Dain

  Associate





Mary Dain

Associate

Mary is a public service consultant with 10+ years of experience leading global health and access to medicines initiatives for non-profit and private sector organizations. Mary has worked hand-in-hand with foreign governments driving complex policy objectives in the health space in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Content areas of expertise include family planning and women's health, universal health coverage, governance and strategic planning, change management, and municipal climate change policy.