Bistra Zheleva Email & Phone Number

• 20+ years of experience in policy advocacy, global health capacity building and health systems strengthening initiatives at the community, hospital and government levels. • Led collaborative efforts in many global and cultural settings with diverse groups of stakeholders, including clinicians, hospital administrators, government officials and policy makers, and patient and family representatives. • Specialized and tertiary health care and quality improvement. • NGO management: strategic planning, operations, governance, program development and evaluation, financial management, donor relations and proposal development. • Built and managed successfully teams, remote and in-person multidisciplinary health team projects in several countries. • Regularly published author in academic and nonacademic journals (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3209-0261) and invited speaker at international meetings. • Passionate about international development and global health. Thought leader, advocate, strategic partner, connector and catalyst for change. Always learning!