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Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director (D) |
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Dr. Mirta Roses Periago is the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
the world's oldest public health agency, founded in 1902, which is also the Regional Office for the
Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). In September 2002, Dr. Roses was elected Director of
the Pan American Sanitary Bureau by the countries of the Hemisphere and she took office on 1 February
2003 for a five-year term, serving as the first woman to head the world's oldest international health
organization. In September 2007, she was reelected to another term as Director of the Organization and
has been reappointed as Regional Director for the Americas by the World Health Organization's Executive
Board.
Prior to assuming this office, she served two terms as Assistant Director of PAHO (1995-2003). Dr.
Roses has vast international experience in public health, having worked for more than two decades on
behalf of the countries of the Americas, actively participating in global efforts in epidemic control,
equity in health, social promotion, and health regulation.
The first woman to serve as Director of this century-old institution, Dr. Roses Periago has promoted a
work philosophy that links consensus building with the forging of partnerships to attract new social
actors to the defense of health, focusing efforts on achieving visible improvements in the health
situation of the countries, support for priority countries, strong promotion of equity in health with
the decentralization of resources targeted to national priorities, and care for neglected populations.
This reflects the strategic framework that she has developed to organize the technical cooperation of
PAHO around three major objectives: addressing the unfinished agenda in health, maintaining
achievements, and tackling new challenges.
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Dr. Cristina V. Beato, Deputy Director (DD) |
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Dr. Cristina Beato is the Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization
since 2 April 2007. Dr. Beato, a citizen of the United States of America, holds both a bachelor
of science degree in chemistry and biology, and a medical degree from the University of New Mexico.
She is fluent in Spanish and French and proficient in Portuguese and Italian.
Dr. Beato most recently served as the Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs on
International Nutrition Policy and Health Literacy, at the Food and Drug Administration in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Prior to this assignment, she was the Acting
Assistant Secretary of Health in the Office of Public Health and Science in HHS, the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Assistant Surgeon
General, U.S. Public Health Service. Prior to joining HHS, she was the Associate Dean for Clinical
Affairs and Medical Director as well as Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of
New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
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Dr. Socorro Gross, Assistant Director (AD) |
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Mr. Michael A. Boorstein, Director of Administration (AM) |
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Mr. Boorstein, a national of the United States of America, grew up in Bethesda,
Maryland and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Beloit College in Beloit,
Wisconsin. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in information
systems management, from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. At Harvard University
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he conducted research in information technology and diplomacy as a
Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He also participated in the Senior
Seminar at the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute, the most advanced professional
development program available to senior foreign policy and national security officers of the United
States Government.
Mr. Boorstein has over thirty years of international experience as a Foreign Service Officer,
serving in various positions at United States diplomatic and consular posts in Italy, Zaire,
Canada, Russia, Poland, Venezuela and China. His vast experience overseas has made him proficient
in Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Polish and Chinese.
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Catherine Cocco, Chief of the Office of the Director (D/DIR), EXM Secretariat |
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Director's Office Staff (D/DIR) |
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Patricia Schroeder. Program Officer, EXM Secretary.
Katia Díaz. Technical Officer, Web & Information Systems.
Agustín Castro. Technical Officer, Communication & Press.
Mary Buff. Director's Executive Secretary.
Connie Pearlstein, D/DIR's Assistant.
Oscar Chávez. Office Assistant.
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