As an engagement manager at GHV, James works across the infectious and outbreak-prone diseases portfolio. He supports teams at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Wellcome, and the World Health Organization, among others.

James brings 10 years of experience in global health communications, advocacy, policy change, stakeholder engagement, and coalition building. He builds and fosters disease-focused partnership initiatives, leads outbreak-prone disease communications, and coordinates high-level global advocacy events.

Prior to GHV, James worked as the assistant director of performance improvement at NYC Health + Hospitals, as well as the program manager of transgender health at Community Healthcare Network, where he built legal-medical partnerships within the US human trafficking court system. James is a former Peace Corps volunteer and completed his service in Ukraine, working with PEPFAR and USAID on LGBTQIA+ health policy, HIV/AIDS prevention, and human trafficking interventions.

James is currently pursuing his doctorate in Public Health at Tulane University. He holds an MPH from the CUNY School of Public Health, an MA in politics from The New School for Social Research, and a BA in politics from Eugene Lang College. He speaks English, Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian.

A dual US-Italian national, James is often wandering around the European continent with (or without) his husband. At home in New York, he can always be found with his shadow/fur baby, Edie.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Strategic communications

• Stakeholder engagement and coalition building

• LGBTQIA+ health care and policy

• Policy change

• Event planning

• Infectious and outbreak-prone diseases