BOARD POSITIONS
President
The President shall serve second in seniority within the Board, presiding over the vision and oversight of the annual international conference and their chapter. They shall maintain all logistical responsibility over the conference, select the Executive and Committee Board, and have Board voting rights. They shall periodically consult with Board members on conference and chapter proceedings, serving as the primary authority on such functions, with the exception of Chair instructions. They shall serve as the organization’s chief representative to the chapter student base and university’s administration.
Executive Co-Directors
The Executive Co-Directors shall be responsible for all internal and external logistics of the international conference. The Co-Directors determine the action plan, conference theme, theme guide, Dais members, and other logistics after explicit approval from the President. They shall have full jurisdiction of the conference, with the exception of Chair instructions. They shall have Board voting rights.
Chapter Directors
The Chapter Directors shall be responsible for the facilitation, enactment, growth, and monitoring of AMWHO chapters. This position involves being fluent in the AMWHO Chapter/Club Manual, discussing with new chapters/clubs their annual strategy, and providing all relevant manuals and documents. They shall have Board voting rights, and serve as primary authority of all chapters/clubs, with the exception of Chair instructions.
Financial Directors
The Financial Directors shall be responsible for all financial planning, procurements, and vision for the nonprofit. The Directors shall work extensively with the Chair to establish a sound budget for the nonprofit, and with the President and Co-Directors to establish a sound budget for the international conference. They shall oversee all organization payment processes, 501(c)(3) processes, and have voting rights.
Outreach Director
The Outreach Director shall be responsible for enacting the entirety of the AMWHO, Inc. vision, mission, values, and goals, either through engaging with other nonprofits and institutions that promote global health education, or through social media. The Director shall regularly engage followers by posting informative articles on global health policy and creating a bimonthly newsletter conveying chapter updates, conference dates, nonprofit news, and more.
Advisory Board Members
The Advisory Board (AB) members are members voted on by the Board of Directors to provide support for all organizational functions, including, but not limited to: strategy, organizational design, finance, growth, and development. These members propose advice and strategic design to the Executive Chair during quarterly meetings, along with offering advice to BOD members. AB members shall not have voting rights.
2020-2021 Board of Directors
Anisha Khanna
PresidentBio
Anisha Khanna
Anisha is a senior majoring in Health Policy and Management with minors in Biology and Chemistry. She is excited to serve as the 2020-2021 President for UNC AMWHO! Her first experience with AMWHO was when she served as a delegate for Belgium in the 2018 International Conference on Global Health Innovation. She loved the experience of collaborating with undergraduates from around the country to try and find tangible solutions to pressing problems within the field of public health rather than simply discussing them. Outside of AMWHO, you'll find her singing along to Beyoncé, doing research with UNC CHER, eating ice cream, and adding Sriracha to every meal she eats (besides the ice cream). She is excited to meet everyone this year!
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Andrew Se
Vice-PresidentBio
Andrew Se
Andrew Se is a senior majoring in Health Policy & Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health with minors in Biology and Chemistry. He is excited to serve as Vice President of AMWHO this year. He was first involved with AMWHO as the Rapporteur for the African Region at the 2018 International Conference on Global Health Innovation here at UNC and subsequently served as Assistant Director of Finance & Sponsorship this past year. Ever since he started, he has been amazed by the critical discussions and policy ideas that have come out of every AMWHO conference. Apart from AMWHO, you can find Andrew running UNC's undergraduate research magazine Carolina Scientific, staying up to date on global news, or cheering on Bayern Munich and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He can't wait to meet everyone and is really looking forward to working with AMWHO this year!
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Meredith Dockery
Conference Co-DirectorBio
Meredith Dockery
Meredith Dockery is a senior from Statesville, NC. She is double majoring in Public Policy (Health Policy Concentration) and Business Journalism and has a minor in Spanish for the Professions. Meredith's health policy interests include the Right to Health and the effects of social determinants of health. Meredith thinks AMWHO prepares students for their futures in global health policy by discussing pressing global health policy issues in an innovative and collaborative environment.
Sonam Shah
Conference Co-DirectorBio
Sonam Shah
Sonam is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Health Policy and Management and Neuroscience. She loves that AMWHO has been to bring aspects of courses in global public health to life by sparking meaningful conversation and discussions among students around pressing public health issues. Through AMWHO she has been able to bridge her passions for medicine and public health by participating as a DAIS member her first year and working with other board members to put together multiple conferences including the virtual summit. Outside of AMWHO, you’ll find her searching for new coffee and boba shops, hiking, or probably watching a crime show on Netflix.
Abbey Wegrzynski
Chapter DirectorBio
Abbey Wegrzynski
Abbey graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Community Health and minor in Chemistry. She now researches clinical immunology at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation before she’ll enter medical school in the fall. Her first experience with AMWHO was during her freshman year when she served as a delegate for the DPRK in the 2018 International Conference on Global Health Innovation. She cherishes her experience collaborating with peers at the intersection of medicine, innovation, and policy and hopes to continue integrating public health in her future career. Outside of AMWHO, you'll find Abbey creating Spotify playlists, experimenting with recipes, and adding to her plant collection. She is excited to connect with AMWHO members across the country!
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Anna Ilyasova
Chapter DirectorBio
Anna Ilyasova
Anna is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill double majoring in Health Policy & Management and Biology. Seeing health disparities in Ukraine/ Russia / NC at a young age gave her an interest in the intersections of human rights and healthcare, and she hopes to continue this curiosity through undergrad and a future career. She began working with AMWHO in her freshman year, and has participated in numerous conferences since then. To further her interest in global public health, Anna recently took a year away from UNC to be an intern and consultant for two UN agencies as well as a reproductive health NGO in Laos. Outside of AMWHO, you can find her rock climbing, hiking, going to art museums, or playing any sport that gets her outside. She is excited to make AMWHO more accessible to students around the country and looks forward to meeting everyone at conferences soon.
Leila Fathi
Finance DirectorBio
Leila Fathi
Leila Fathi is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is honored to be serving as Co-Director of Finance & Sponsorship for the 2020-2021 calendar year. As a student in high school, Leila's passion for public health was sparked when she had the unique opportunity to view the healthcare system as both a patient and a medical research intern; as a result, her interest in healthcare disparities and physician burnout was fostered. Leila hopes to study Health Policy & Management at the Gillings School of Public Health to gain a better understanding of the policies that influence patient care from bench to bedside. When not working as a Habilitation Technician for A Small Miracle, Leila can be found in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes!
Fariha Rahman
Finance DirectorBio
Fariha Rahman
Fariha Rahman is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Health Policy and Management with minors in Chemistry and Biology. Her first experience with AMWHO entailed serving as Egypt’s delegate at the 2018 AMWHO International Conference on Global Health Innovation. At the conference, she enjoyed engaging in discussions about pressing public health issues and collaborating with other delegates to create a proposal to address them. Through AMWHO, not only has she learned how complex and diverse the world's health problems are, but also has become interested in integrating public health in her future career in medicine. She looks forward to helping AMWHO continue to grow and inspire students to explore public health. Outside of AMWHO, she is involved in research, volunteering as a doula, and eating Chipotle.
Nikita Joshi
Outreach DirectorBio
Nikita Joshi
Nikita is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in Political Science and Peace, War, and Defense. Her first experience with AMWHO was as a delegate from the United Arab Emirates during the 2018 UNC AMWHO International Conference. Through AMWHO, Nikita was able to learn more about global health policy and interact and collaborate with peers to create concrete policy solutions on issues that are pertinent today. Outside of AMWHO, Nikita is part of the UNC Institute of Politics working to encourage voter registration and turnout and works with the UNC Honor System as counsel on the Undergraduate Student Attorney General’s Staff.
2019-2021 Advisory Board
Neha Acharya
Founder and Senior AdvisorBio
Neha Acharya
Neha grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina studying immunology research prior to attending UNC Chapel Hill for her undergraduate degree. After taking courses on international development and the socioeconomic determinants of health, Neha realized her passion laid elsewhere in the fields of global health policy and health systems strengthening. She formed the American Mock World Health Organization as a junior in the college, and sought to improve the level of global health policy education currently existing in the country. After graduating in 2015, she interned at the World Health Organization’s Gender, Equity and Rights Division, attended the Emory Rollins School of Public Health for her MPH in Global Health, worked at CDC and USAID in Atlanta for two years, and with the U.S. Agency for International Development as a Policy and Governance Fellow. She now works as a Senior Analyst for Abt Associates on the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project.
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Rohan Yarlagadda
Strategy and Leadership AdvisorBio
Rohan Yarlagadda
Rohan Yarlagadda was born and brought up in New Jersey, before he moved to India at the age of 12. After graduating from high school in Hyderabad, he returned to the United States with his family to pursue higher education. Rohan recently graduated from Emory University, with a degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology, and is currently a first year medical student at Rowan University. He was first introduced to the American Mock World Health Organization during his freshman year at Emory, when he joined the AMWHO Emory team as a First Year Liaison and has been deeply involved with the organization ever since. Previously, Rohan has served as the Co-Director of Internal Logistics for two international conferences as well as for AMWHO's first regional conference, President of AMWHO Emory and most recently, as the President of AMWHO, Inc. Outside of AMWHO, Rohan's interests include medicine, music, reading, sports and movies!
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Bethany Cole
Strategy and Leadership AdvisorBio
Bethany Cole
Bethany Cole is currently the Research Assistant in Health Policy at the National Academy of Social Insurance, where she conducts research on Medicare, Medicaid, caregiving, and long-term services and supports. Bethany has a Bachelor’s in Economics and Public Policy, concentration in health policy, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was actively involved in UNC AMWHO’s activities and leadership. She is passionate about AMWHO’s mission to create a collaborative environment for students to investigate and debate health policy and is excited to be serving as the Strategy and Leadership Advisor to the Board of Directors to help AMWHO continue to empower future health policy leaders.
Pooja Joshi
Finance and Sustainability AdvisorBio
Pooja Joshi
Pooja grew up in Cary, North Carolina and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in health policy and management. She joined the UNC AMWHO board her first year and went on to co-direct the 2018 International Conference. She now works as an Associate Consultant with Bain & Company in Atlanta. In her free time, you can find her exploring new cuisines, singing, and planning future travels.
Shwetha Sanapoori
Growth and Development AdvisorBio
Shwetha Sanapoori
Shwetha Sanapoori recently graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Biochemistry. She was on the founding board of American Mock World Health Organization: UW Chapter and served as the president for 2 years after. She discovered her interest in global health policy through AMWHO and is excited to continue learning about public health and share her passion with others as the growth and development advisor!
Kody Oliver
Growth and Development AdvisorBio
Kody Oliver
Kody is from Oklahoma City & will graduate from the University of Oklahoma in December 2019. After a friend introduced him to AMWHO, Kody became motivated to foster greater attainment of global health policies crafted at the World Health Organization. He served as 2018-2019 AMWHO Oklahoma Chapter President & Summit Co-Director for Oklahoma's first-ever AMWHO Simulation. He was inspired by the level of engagement achieved at Oklahoma & now intends to expand student access to AMWHO nationally. Kody will begin an MPH at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Hudson College of Public Health in January 2020. He is considering careers in medicine, epidemiology, & healthcare management.
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