CEOEqualize Health
As CEO of Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev), KristaDonaldson leads the design and scaling of disruptive medical devices to address global health inequities. To date, nearly 1M people – mostly children and young people - have been treated by one of Equalize Health’s products in 70+countries. In 2020, theorganization kicked off a bold new strategy to significantly increase thepipeline of innovative solutions that close healthcare gaps by 2030. Peter Singer of theEffective Altruism movement calls Equalize Health “one of the world’s bestcharities” because of its cost-effectiveness and exemplary end-to-end processes.EH is based in New Delhi andSan Francisco, with additional offices in Nairobi and Bangkok. Krista has been recognized as a WorldEconomic Forum Technology Pioneer, TED speaker, and a GLG Social Impact Fellow.She was also named one of Fast Company’s “50 Designers Shaping theFuture.” Prior to Equalize Health, she was an Economic Officer at the U.S.Department of State where she managed part of Iraq’s reconstruction portfolio.She also worked at KickStart International (Kenya), and the design firm IDEO(USA). Krista holds a master’s degree in Product Design and a Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering from Stanford University.