Your people are ready to lead. Give them what the sector rarely provides.
Technical expertise is abundant, but leadership capacity hasn’t kept pace. Since 2009, GHC has equipped 1,400+ leaders across the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa with the tools to transform health systems — and now we co-design that same proven development for your team, your grantees, and your network.
Most leadership programs end when the program ends. GHC’s doesn’t.
For nearly two decades, GHC has invested in what happens after the fellowship — because the leaders most likely to transform health systems are the ones still connected to each other ten years later.
Alumni and growing
Organizations in our network
GHC alumni are more likely to remain in global health and development –– 2x the rate of their peers
Years of sustained investment
GHC’s alumni program is built around three pillars — effective, collaborative, and influential leadership — that together form the foundation of our Theory of Impact.
Each pillar represents a sustained, intentional investment in our alumni as they grow into the leaders the sector needs most. The programming we deliver isn’t generic professional development. It’s designed to connect dots between individual growth and ecosystem-level change.
The Leadership Accelerators build the foundation. The alumni program builds on it with targeted offerings that rise alongside our leaders as their responsibilities grow. As alumni move into executive roles, board seats, and sector-level influence, GHC ensures they have the skills and support to meet those moments.
of alumni attribute part of their professional achievements in the last 12 months to GHC –– proof that investment doesn’t stop at the fellowship’s end.
of alumni hold mid- to senior-level leadership roles across 400450+ institutions, from Ministries of Health and international NGOs to social enterprises and research institutions.
McKinsey Academy
Africa Management Institute
The BoardRoom Africa
D-Prize
Expert Impact
World Connect
Issroff Family Foundation
Narachi Leadership
75% of alumni collaborate with at least one other GHC leader annually. 40% work at the same organization as another alum. This isn’t coincidence — it’s years of intentional community building, designed to create nodes of shared learning and collective impact across the ecosystem.
When global aid funding experienced seismic shifts in 2025, our network moved within weeks. Career resilience workshops launched. Job boards filled. Strategic introductions were made. This is what a network built on shared values does when the landscape shifts. It holds.
GHC alumni aren’t just delivering programs, they’re shaping the global health conversation. GHC makes this possible intentionally, through targeted programming that builds voice, confidence, and access to platforms where their perspectives can move policy and shift norms.
Beyond public voice, alumni influence health systems as strategic partners: sponsoring fellows from their own teams, hiring GHC alumni into leadership roles, and bringing values-driven leadership into every institution they enter. The investment compounds.
of alumni have spoken publicly, published writing, or participated in advocacy efforts in the past year.
They’ve raised their voices on global platforms across the sector:
Devex
Think Global Health
Skoll World Forum
ICFP
Africa Health Agenda International
The OpEd Project
WHO
UN
TedX
Advocacy Accelerator
The Op-Ed Project
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