Geneva - 15 January 2026. The WHO Foundation is pleased to welcome Dr Tanisha Carino as the newest member of its Board of Directors.
Dr Carino brings more than 20 years of leadership experience spanning government, nonprofit, and private sectors, along with deep expertise in global health policy, patient advocacy, and strategic partnerships. A highly respected C-suite executive and board leader, she has a proven record of advancing initiatives that strengthen health systems, foster trust among diverse stakeholders, and deliver lasting impact for people around the world.
Over the course of her distinguished career, Dr Carino, who holds a PhD in health policy from Johns Hopkins University, has held senior leadership roles in the private sector at Alexion, GlaxoSmithKline, and Brunswick Group, in government at the White House and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and serves on the board of One Mind, a global mental health philanthropy. Across these roles, Dr Carino’s work has consistently focused on the power of multi-stakeholder engagement in improving health, accelerating innovation, and building programs and partnerships that put patients first.
Welcoming the appointment, Thomas Zeltner, Chair of the WHO Foundation, said: “We are honored to have Tanisha join the WHO Foundation Board and look forward to the insight and leadership she brings as we support the World Health Organization’s mission to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.”
The WHO Foundation’s nine-member Board of Directors represent their respective fields in public health, tech entrepreneurship, public relations, philanthropy, policy-making, finance, law and business. The Board is responsible for approving the Foundation’s annual budget, guiding its resource-mobilization strategy, and overseeing its financial stewardship.
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About the WHO Foundation
The WHO Foundation is an independent organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created in 2020 to support the mission of the World Health Organization. It mobilizes philanthropic capital and builds catalytic partnerships to advance health equity, respond to urgent health challenges, and strengthen systems that save lives. By connecting partners and practitioners, the Foundation helps scale trusted solutions, fund life-saving responses, and drive lasting change toward Health for All. who.foundation
