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Madeleine Ballard

Executive DirectorCommunity Health Impact Coalition

Biography

Millions of community health workers (CHWs) globally—70% women—are not salaried, skilled, supervised, and supplied.

Dr. Madeleine Ballard is CEO of Community Health Impact Coalition, a global movement making professional community health workers the norm by changing guidelines, funding and policy. Her work alongside the Coalition has been featured in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and Lancet Global Health. Through research, advocacy, and organizing with community health workers, she's driven policy changes that ensure quality care for millions—including those who provide it.