Alumni
Program Offerings
Our alumni program mobilizes the leadership capacity of our rising leaders to advance health equity. We provide access to essential resources and a life-long professional network to catalyze their career growth and amplify their impact, individually and collectively.
GHC’s alumni program offerings deepen the foundational skills developed during the fellowship year and amplify impact in the three core areas of our Theory of Impact — developing effective leaders, influential leaders, and collaborative leaders.
Developing Effective Leaders Who Excel
Leadership & Management Trainings
Leadership & Management Trainings
Alumni participate in virtual and in-person trainings to build critical leadership and management skills for greater impact as they rise in their careers.
Key partners: McKinsey Academy, Africa Management Institute, and The BoardRoom Africa
Key partners: McKinsey Academy, Africa Management Institute, and The BoardRoom Africa
Board Development
Board Development
Alumni hone their capacity to serve on Boards of Directors in global health, where their perspectives are often missing. They learn and hone board governance practices for effective management.
Key partner: Issroff Family Foundation
Key partner: Issroff Family Foundation
Social Enterprise Promotion
Social Enterprise Promotion
Alumni access seed funding, advice, peer-group coaching, and support to channel their entrepreneurial curiosity into piloting initiatives to improve community health outcomes.
Key partners: D-Prize, Expert Impact, World Connect and African Management Institute
Key partners: D-Prize, Expert Impact, World Connect and African Management Institute
Advisor Program & Career Coaching
Advisor Program & Career Coaching
Alumni participate in targeted, short-term mentorship opportunities with experts in the field to address a specific timely challenge or grow in a desired professional area. They also engage in interactive webinars to deepen their professional growth throughout their careers.
Cultivating Voices for Influential Change
Amplifying Voices
Amplifying Voices
GHC trains, pitches, and supports alumni to raise their voices for social change. They speak on panels, present at major conferences, and publish in online and print outlets – including our AMPLIFY publication on Medium.
Outlets & Stages: Devex, NPR, Wired Next Gen, Think Global Health, Skoll World Forum, International Conference on Family Planning, Aspen Ideas: Health, and the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.
Outlets & Stages: Devex, NPR, Wired Next Gen, Think Global Health, Skoll World Forum, International Conference on Family Planning, Aspen Ideas: Health, and the Africa Health Agenda International Conference.
Advocacy Training & Support Program
Advocacy Training & Support Program
Alumni strengthen skills to engage in direct advocacy to advance health equity, building on a foundation of advocacy skills developed during the fellowship program.
Key partner: Advocacy Accelerator
Key partner: Advocacy Accelerator
Write to Change the World Workshops
Write to Change the World Workshops
Alumni hone their ability to craft and pitch opinion editorial pieces to channel their passion and expertise into mobilizing a broader movement for health equity.
Key partner: The OpEd Project
Key partner: The OpEd Project
Shift Happens Speaker Series
Shift Happens Speaker Series
Alumni participate in GHC's virtual event series alongside other leaders in global health to foster dialogue and learning on critical global health and social justice issues.
Recent topics: racial equity, communication during coronavirus, COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and contraception access amidst pandemics
Recent topics: racial equity, communication during coronavirus, COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and contraception access amidst pandemics
Community Portal
Community Portal
Alumni connect to each other, share and access resources, solicit support and advice, and mobilize around initiatives via GHC’s digital community platform.
Fellow Recruitment & Selection
Fellow Recruitment & Selection
Alumni play a key role in every step of the months-long processes of recruiting and selecting incoming fellows each year, from writing op-eds to raise awareness for applications to interviewing semi-finalists.
Promoting Global Collaboration
Collective Action Coalitions
Collective Action Coalitions
Cohorts of alumni develop and implement initiatives rooted in human-centered design and collective action frameworks to meet pressing community needs.
Key partner: IDEO.org
Current focus: COVID-19 in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the U.S., and Zambia
Key partner: IDEO.org
Current focus: COVID-19 in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the U.S., and Zambia
Alumni Chapters
Alumni Chapters
With support from GHC, leaders organize their fellow alumni to connect, learn, and collaborate on community building and health-related initiatives.
Current locations: Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, U.S., and Zambia
Current locations: Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, U.S., and Zambia
Community Mentorship
Community Mentorship
Alumni support and mentor current fellows during their fellowship and as they transition into the alumni program. Throughout the 18-month engagement alumni receive resources and support to develop their mentorship and coaching skills.
Leadership Learning Circles
Leadership Learning Circles
Alumni gather in peer-coaching groups led by alumni facilitators trained in peer-coaching techniques by public health career coaches.
Key partners: Shannon Salentine, MPH, PCC, CPCC — Leadership Coach and Facilitator; Dr. Maggwa Baker — Epidemiologist, Coach, and MBTI Practitioner
Key partners: Shannon Salentine, MPH, PCC, CPCC — Leadership Coach and Facilitator; Dr. Maggwa Baker — Epidemiologist, Coach, and MBTI Practitioner
Networking Events
Networking Events
With GHC resources and staff support, alumni convene with global health experts and thought leaders within their regions to strengthen their networks for greater impact.
Leadership Summits
Leadership Summits
Alumni gather in key GHC regional hubs — East Africa, Southern Africa, and the Northeast in the U.S. — for immersive multi-day retreats that provide professional development and skills building sessions and opportunities to deepen connections within the GHC network.
