THE ZANMI BENI FOUNDATION - Key Persons
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Board
- CEO of Operation Blessing International
- Papa Bill
Bill Horan "Papa Bill"
is the CEO of Operation Blessing International. He oversees the operation of OBI in the United States and around the world, bringing with him more than 25 years of business and international relations expertise. Under his direction, Operation Blessing has become a multi-million-dollar-a-year humanitarian organization that strategically provides disaster relief, medical aid, hunger relief, clean water orphan care and community development around the world. "Papa Bill," as the Zanmi Beni children call him, has been instrumental in developing sustainable on-site projects on our campus.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Board
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greif Corporation
is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greif Corporation, a world leader in the production of industrial packaging products and services with manufacturing facilities located in over 50 countries. Under Mr. Fischer's leadership, Greif has pioneered the development of the "Pack H20, an innovative water backpack that provides a clean, easy-to-carry means of transporting and storing household water for use by women and children in the developing world.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
is a Dominican laywoman and a practical theologian. She has served as chief advisor to Dr. Paul Farmer since 2009, and was his chief of staff in his role as United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti under President Bill Clinton. Working closely with Dr. Farmer, Dr. Block assisted in the relief and recovery efforts in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. She oversaw the publication of two of Dr. Farmer's most recent books: Haiti After the Earthquake (in which she authored a chapter), and To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation. She is the co-editor of In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Board
- Social Worker
is a social worker, community activist and philanthropist. She lives in Miami and is active in numerous organizations. She was the co-founder of the Jay Weiss Center for Health Equity at the Miller School of Medicine and has served on board of the Public Health Trust of Jackson-Memorial Hospital and The Children's Trust. She was the Board Chair of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. She is a frequent visitor to Haiti where she is known as the Godmother of Zanmi Beni.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Board
- Senior Policy Advisor for the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
served as Senior Policy Advisor for the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti (OSE) under President Bill Clinton. Originally from Haiti, Ms. Dorsinville is an anthropologist and was a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health. She served as director of HIV prevention education for the city of New York. She has done extensive field work with Dr. Paul Farmer and continues to be part of his Global Health teaching team at Harvard University.
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- Member of the Board
- Medical Anthropologist and Physician and Co - Founder
is a medical anthropologist and physician and co-founder of Partners In Health. He is the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University and the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Farmer's work focuses on community-based treatment strategies for infectious diseases in resource-poor settings, health and human rights, and the role of social inequalities in determining disease distribution and outcomes. Dr. Farmer is the United Nations Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Community Based Medicine.
Dr. Farmer has authored eight books and is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association, the American Medical Association's Outstanding International Physician (Nathan Davis) Award, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and, with his PIH colleagues, the Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board