Emily Bancroft is a global leader in systems change, dedicated to working with governments and partners to solve health care delivery challenges to ensure quality primary health care for the most under-reached. With a staff of 200 situated in eight countries across Africa and in the US, she leads a high-performance leadership team focused on the development, scale and replication of high-impact primary health care delivery initiatives. Emily has been instrumental in VillageReach’s growth since 2010, helping the organization expand its reach and collaborations to impact health systems serving more than 58M people.
Emily is a contributor to Forbes Nonprofit Council, writing on issues of equity, collaboration, and leadership in the nonprofit sector. She is also a Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, a faculty member of Connected Women Leaders, and a 2022 UBS Global Visionary.
Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa
