As an Engagement Manager at GHV, James works across the infectious and outbreak-prone diseases portfolio. He supports teams at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Wellcome, and the World Health Organization, among others.

James brings 10+ years of experience in global health communications, advocacy, policy change, stakeholder engagement, and coalition building. He builds and fosters disease-focused partnership initiatives, leads outbreak-prone disease communications, and coordinates high-level global advocacy events.

Prior to GHV, James worked as the Assistant Director of Performance Improvement at NYC Health + Hospitals, as well as the Program Manager of Transgender Health at Community Healthcare Network, where he built legal-medical partnerships within the US human trafficking court system. James is a former Peace Corps volunteer and completed his service in Ukraine, working with PEPFAR and USAID on LGBTQIA+ health policy, HIV/AIDS prevention, and human trafficking interventions.

James is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Public Health at Tulane University. He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the CUNY School of Public Health, a Master of Arts in Politics from The New School for Social Research, and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Eugene Lang College. He speaks English, Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian.

A dual US-Italian national, James is often wandering around the European continent with (or without) his husband. At home in New York, he can always be found with his shadow/fur baby, Edie.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Strategic communications

• Stakeholder engagement and coalition building

• LGBTQIA+ health care and policy

• Policy change

• Event planning

• Infectious and outbreak-prone diseases