R4D Welcomes Julio Frenk and Carla Hills to Board of Directors

November 18, 2012   |   United States

We are pleased to announce that Julio Frenk, Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Carla Anderson Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hills & Company, International Consultants have been appointed to R4D’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Julio Frenk is Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Frenk served as the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. An eminent authority on global health, he pursued an ambitious agenda to reform the nation’s health system, with an emphasis on redressing social inequality. He is best known for his work in introducing Seguro Popular a comprehensive national health insurance program, which expanded access to health care for tens of millions of previously uninsured Mexicans.

Dr. Frenk was the founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, one of the leading institutions of health education and research in the developing world. In 1998, Dr. Frenk joined the World Health Organization (WHO) as executive director in charge of Evidence and Information for Policy, WHO’s first-ever unit explicitly charged with developing a scientific foundation for health policy to achieve better outcomes.

In addition to his scholarly works, which include more than 130 articles in academic journals, as well as many books and book chapters, he has written two best-selling novels for youngsters explaining the functions of the human body.

Carla A. Hills is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hills & Company, International Consultants. The firm provides advice to U.S. businesses on investment, trade, and risk assessment issues abroad, particularly in emerging market economies.

Mrs. Hills served as United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993. As a member of President Bush’s Cabinet, Mrs. Hills was the President’s principal advisor on international trade policy. She was also the nation’s chief trade negotiator, representing American interests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations throughout the world. She led the U.S. negotiations in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks, concluded the North American Free Trade Agreement, and entered into a large number of trade and investment agreements with countries all around the world.

Mrs. Hills served as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Ford Administration (the third woman to hold a Cabinet position). She also served as Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S.  Department of Justice.

Over the past 25 years Mrs. Hills has served on a number of corporate boards of directors. She currently serves on the International Boards of J.P. Morgan Chase and Rolls Royce and is a member of the Board of Gilead Sciences. Mrs. Hills is actively involved with a number of charitable organizations, serving as Co-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Inter-American Dialogue, and the International Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations;  member of the Executive Committee of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and of the Trilateral Commission, and a member of the board of the International Crisis Group, among others. She also serves as a member of the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.

We know that their vast experience and leadership skills will greatly contribute to the growth of R4D as we expand our work and global impact.

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