Nina Schwalbe

Director of Policy, TB Alliance

Ms. Schwalbe joined the Alliance in February 2005 as Director of Policy, bringing nearly two decades of public health experience in international health program implementation and monitoring. Prior to joining the Alliance, Ms. Schwalbe spent seven years at the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation/OSI), where she established and directed the public health program for the Foundation's global network. In that position, Ms. Schwalbe managed a public health program spanning 40 countries and encompassing a range of critical issues, such as workforce development, quality assurance, health policy and initiatives for vulnerable populations. In addition, she was directly responsible for the foundation's TB and HIV efforts and established the first harm reduction programs for HIV prevention in Russia. Prior to working at OSI, Ms. Schwalbe managed reproductive health programs at AVSC International (now EngenderHealth) and the Population Council in New York, the former Soviet Union and Southeast Asia.

Ms. Schwalbe holds a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University, a certificate from the Harriman Institute in Soviet Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Russian and Soviet Studies from Harvard University. Author of several peer-reviewed articles, she has served on the boards of the Stop TB Partnership, the European Observatory on Health Care Systems, and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Coalition. Ms. Schwalbe currently serves on the board of the AIDS Foundation East West (AFEW), the Open Health Institute in Russia, and is a member of the UN Millennium Project's Task force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and Access to Essential Medicines.