Christopher Elias
Christopher J. Elias is the president of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2012, and the former president and CEO of the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, also known as PATH, a nonprofit organization that improves global health by ensuring that innovations in science and technology are available to low income groups and developing countries, a role he held from 2000 to 2011.
Education
Elias received his MD from Creighton University, completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and received his MPH from the University of Washington.Career
Prior to his role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH, Dr. Elias worked as a senior associate at the International Programs Division of the Population Council. He served as country representative of Thailand.Other activities
- Exemplars in Global Health, Member of the Senior Advisory Board
- Creighton University, member of the board of trustees
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, member of the advisory committee to the director
- University of Washington, member of the global health external advisory board
- Family Planning 2020, co-chair of the reference group
- Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, member of the lead group
Recognition
- 2005 – Social Entrepreneur of the Year, awarded by the Schwab Foundation