Population Services International

Population Services International (PSI) was founded in 1970 and "is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that harnesses the vitality of the private sector to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in more than 60 developing countries. With programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival and HIV, PSI promotes products, services and healthy behavior that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. Products and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away in order to motivate commercial sector involvement.

"PSI is the leading nonprofit social marketing organization in the world." [1]

• Karl Hofmann - president and CEO

Directors

• Gail M. Harmon, Rehana Ahmed, Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, Carolyn Brehm, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Kunle Elebute, Maureen Erasmus, Michael Goettler, Mike Joubert, Tariro Makadzange, Byron Pollitt, Klaus Scharioth, Martin Schneider, Pam Scott, Peter Smitham, Beverly Winikoff

Directors (2007)

• Frank Loy, Chair, Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
• Rehana Ahmed - Physician, Nairobi, Kenya
• Rita I. Bass - Chief Executive Officer, MEDIBANC, Inc., Denver, Colorado
• Frank Carlucci - Chairman Emeritus, The Carlyle Group, Washington, DC
• Sarah G. Epstein - Population Consultant, Washington, DC
• Gail McGreevy Harmon - Partner, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP, Washington, DC
• William C. Harrop - Former U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, Israel, Kenya and Zaire and Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State and the Foreign Service, Washington, DC
• Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged - Former Netherlands Ambassador to the United States, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Ashley Judd - Actor/Activist, Franklin, Tennessee
• M. Peter McPherson - Founding Co-Chair, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and President Emeritus, Michigan State University, Washington, DC
• Gilbert Omenn, M.D. - Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Public Health, University of Michigan
• Malcolm Potts, M.D. - Bixby Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
• Mechai Viravaidya - Chairman, Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand

Source

Contact

1120 19th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 785-0072
Fax: (202) 785-0120
Web: http://www.psi.org

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