Rena Greifinger

Biography

Rena leads Maverick Next, an initiative of PSI's Maverick Collective. Maverick Next is a movement of emerging leaders who are transforming philanthropy. In collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics, and a circle of peers, next generation philanthropists help PSI revolutionize girls' and women's health through a hands-on funding and fellowship program in social impact. Rena brings 15 years of experience leading programs to advance the sexual and reproductive health of girls and young people around the world. As PSI's Global Youth & Girls Advisor, she led the organization's work in design-thinking and private sector approaches to adolescent health, playing a lead role in its flagship project Adolescents 360. Rena has published and presented extensively on adolescent health globally. In 2009, she published a World Health Organization report on the psychosocial needs of adolescents living with HIV, inspiring her to start an award-winning program that builds leadership, life-skills and mentoring support for young people living with HIV in the U.S. She has served as Chair of the Youth, Health and Rights Coalition and the Coalition for Adolescent Girls, and currently sits on the board of Next Step. Rena holds a Master’s of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health.