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Biography

As Executive Director of Health eVillages, Merrill leads the non-profit’s global health programs, as well as its U.S. programs focused on Community Health Centers, social services agencies and its new rural aging initiatives. Health eVillages’ mission is to empower healthcare providers to improve global health and well-being through the delivery of mobile technology and community-focused solutions. Health eVillages has been honored for its life-saving impact in the U.S., Haiti, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

Health eVillages was founded by philanthropist and healthcare activist Donato Tramuto in 2011, to address the problem of the one billion people who will die prematurely without ever having seen a healthcare professional, had access to medicine or clean water. To “heal-the-villages,” Health eVillages collaborates to advance healthcare access and improve the quality of care by providing state-of-the-art mobile health technology including medical reference and clinical decision support tools, as well as other community-focused resources, to medical and public health professionals in the most challenging clinical environments around the world. Merrill, as a program consultant in 2011, was instrumental to the early success of Health eVillages in Kenya, Uganda and Haiti and led the expansion to several Community Health Centers and other agencies in the U.S.

Health eVillages has deployed over 600 tablets and iPads with 60,000 medical apps, e-textbooks, and digital tools to 1000+ healthcare professionals around the world, empowering clinicians and Community Health Workers to save lives and build healthier communities.

Merrill also serves as Senior Vice President of Philip W. Johnston Associates and Director of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Merrill has over 20-years of experience in federal government relations.