Greg Smiley Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Consultant for CEO support, chiefly around fundraising, strategic planning, and board development.

Richmond, Virginia And Washington, Dc

Adira Foundation invested in better lives for people living with neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Their rapid growth (more than 30% by 2030) demands an urgent collective response. Adira’s solution was to build a super-layer of help to fund the dozens of issues people with ND share in common but are often funded late, if at all. Issues such as caregiving, navigation, disability, housing, isolation, loneliness, stigma, etc. We modeled successful large-scale integrated health efforts. We envisioned, in short, a Global Fund to Fight ALS, Alzheimer's, Huntington's, MS, and Parkinson's. We focused on those 5 principally, though not exclusively, for proof of concept. Our goal for patients and caregivers was to preserve 5 precious resources: time, energy, money, confidence, and relationships. I survived a high-speed cycling accident in Johannesburg, South Africa, ultimately requiring 12 reconstructive surgeries over four years. I appreciate the patient point-of-view. I also give care to two family members with ND. Adira never got the lift-off we wanted, having debuted right at the outset of the COVID pandemic. Our legacy website: https://adirafoundation.org details our accomplishments and sets a blueprint for action for the way forward.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Caring Voice Coalition, Inc. (CVC) was an independent charitable patient assistance program (PAP) dedicated to improving the lives of people living with chronic illnesses throughout the United States. Over fifteen years CVC helped over 100,000 people access prescription therapies and health care services. CVC provided comprehensive financial, emotional and educational support services directly to qualifying chronically ill patients and their families at no cost. These services included:• Financial grants for copayments and insurance premiums.• Health insurance counseling to help patients identify and explore new or better coverage.• Legal advocacy and/or representation through each stage of the Social Security Disability process. • Connecting to educational, emotional or physical support resources that make life with illness easier—including our own publication, Community magazine.

Geneva, Switzerland

The mission of the Communications and Global Advocacy Department is to effectively position UNAIDS and our issues with key audiences, partners and potential partners in the AIDS response. My scope of work was to:• Help conceptualize and manage the organization's high visibility on HIV and development of outreach campaigns and advocacy-related reports, scripts and policy papers.• Review and help define the UNAIDS advocacy strategy at the global level that contributes to the comprehensive UNAIDS communication strategy at the international and national level• Undertake a range of writing and editing assignments including but not limited to advocacy-related brochures, presentations, web site documents, speeches and key reports.• Organize press conferences and briefings with UNAIDS officials and other partners, advising them on key issues and providing them with press materials and background documents, including Q&As, key messages; line up interviews with UNAIDS officials • Write and develop content for materials related to international conferences and special events such as the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York 8-10 June 2016

Johannesburg, South Africa

The UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa (RST ESA) coordinates the regional response to HIV/AIDS in 21 countries by collecting and analyzing data, setting norms and standards, and defining priorities. UNAIDS also provides assistance to build country and community capacity and mobilizes political support to prevent and respond to the threat of HIV. Accomplishments:• Managed the $5.9 million grant agreement with a local firm to provide technical support to regional clients for the scaling up of quality HIV programming. Some examples included assistance to countries for writing high-quality Global Fund Concept Notes; assistance to regional civil society organizations to revise their development strategies, and assistance to countries to develop legal and political strategies to support key populations.• Ran point for the regional scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for the 14 global priority countries, all of which are in the Eastern and Southern Africa region: designed and implemented a communications and advocacy strategy with PEPFAR and other partners around VMMC.• Served as the liaison between the UNAIDS regional team and the U.S. government to better coordinate joint activities

Washington, D.C.

Served as the liaison to the U.S. Government for UNAIDS during a time in which the U.S. Congress escalated its annual contribution to UNAIDS from $35 million to $45 million. Accomplishments:• Built relations and deepened engagement with the United States Congress and the Executive Branch on public policy concerning the global response to HIV, such as the launch of the UN High-Level Meeting Targets from 2011, the Millennium Development Goals, the U.S. Global Health initiative; the estimation of global resource needs for AIDS; the removal of HIV-related travel restrictions to and from the United States; and the reauthorization of the U.S. global AIDS initiative – PEPFAR• Provided regular analysis and strategic advice to the UNAIDS Secretariat on the evolution of politics and policy within the United States regarding global health. Inaugurated a “Political Scan”--a regular digest to key global staff• Elevated the profile of UNAIDS in Washington by designing policy forums, Capitol Hill briefings, a new UNAIDS speaker series, national ambassador visits (e.g. Annie Lennox), epidemiology updates and other events to the Washington community.• Co-established a new civil society advocacy coalition, the Global AIDS Policy Partnership• Enhanced operational partnerships with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the White House, and the World Bank. • Designed and executed visits to Washington by our UNAIDS Executive Director and senior staff to orient policymakers to our significant work in the field. Hosted country directors from Botswana, India, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Viet Nam, and Zambia.• Developed and led an annual U.S. Congressional staff delegation mission trip to highly-impacted countries: Botswana (2008), Tanzania (2009), Kenya (2010), Zambia (2012), and Malawi (2013).

Washington, D.C.

Founded the government relations program for the Academy—a membership organization of 2000 HIV specialists in the United States. Accomplishments included: • Ensured that key Administration officials, U.S. Congressional staff, and members of the press and public understood the Academy’s positions on issues highly relevant to the Academy’s membership—such as revised HIV testing guidelines from CDC; and the structure and budgeting for HIV-specific research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).• Ensured that state and local agencies understood the organization’s positions on key state-specific issues, such as Medicaid and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).• Designed and produced materials that outlined the Academy’s policy positions and strategies, including press releases, briefing materials, letters, surveys, and action alerts.• Supervised the research and production of detailed white papers on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP); the reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act; the CDC’s HIV/AIDS prevention strategies; and the analysis and reporting of results from two surveys of clinicians—on the implementation of Medicare Part D and on the capacity of the HIV medical workforce.• Inaugurated the Academy’s annual Capitol Hill education day – White Coat Day. • Co-founded a new advocacy coalition of medical providers focused specifically on the needs of clinicians funded through Part C of the Ryan White CARE Act.• Assisted in the development of the annual budget. • Supervised one associate, plus multiple consultants and interns.

Washington, D.C.

Scope of work:• Inaugurated a government relations program for the organization—a member-based association for people with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. • Co-managed the development portfolio. • Hired and supervised a Director of Operations.• Wrote and disseminated press and policy materials.

The White House (President Clinton); Hhs (President Bush)-- Washington, D.C.

Designated Federal Official--DFO under President Bush, based at HHS• Served as acting Executive Director of a 35-member appointed Presidential Advisory Council charged with providing policy and program advice to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy. • Coordinated all communication, recommendations, and meetings among the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), other cabinet agencies and the public• Provided ongoing policy and program analysis to the Chair and subcommittee Co-Chairs.• Represented the Administration at national conferences, meetings, and workshops.• Developed the Council’s annual budget.As Health Policy Analyst under President Clinton, based at the White House• Provided support to the previous Executive Director in the above duties.

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.), Public Health

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi

Anthropology

Study Abroad junior year to study anthropology