Sharon Kim-Gibbons, MPH
Sharon is the Vice President of Public Health Programs and the Acting Director of Data Driven Policy Initiative for Women’s Health for Vital Strategies, a leading global public health nonprofit which helps governments strengthen their public health systems to contend with the most important and difficult health challenges. She started her more than two-decade-long public health career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia and has since worked exclusively with organizations that champion the health and rights of vulnerable populations such as International Planned Parenthood, Engenderhealth, Columbia University School of Public Health, International Rescue Committee and Village Health Works, among others. Domestically, her work has focused on programs serving adolescents and children, notably with the Children’s Health Fund and the Adolescent AIDS Program of Montefiore Medical Center. She has resided or worked in Latin America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and several regions of the United States.
Sharon received her Bachelor of Science dual degree in Finance and International Management from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and her master’s in public health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.