Helene Gayle

President and CEO, CARE

Biography

Helene Gayle is President and CEO of CARE USA. Dr. Gayle previously held positions with the CDC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and serves on several boards, including the Rockefeller Foundation and the US Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Helene earned a BA from Barnard College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.