Christopher Elias

Christopher J. Elias is the president of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Education

Elias received his MD from Creighton University, completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and received his MPH from the University of Washington.

Career

Prior to his role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH, Dr. Elias worked as a senior associate at the International Programs Division of the Population Council. He served as country representative of Thailand.

Other activities

• Exemplars in Global Health, Member of the Senior Advisory Board (since 2020)
• Creighton University, member of the board of trustees
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), member of the advisory committee to the director
• University of Washington, member of the global health external advisory board
• Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), co-chair of the reference group
• Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, member of the lead group (since 2016, appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon)

Recognition

• 2005 – Social Entrepreneur of the Year, awarded by the Schwab Foundation

External links

• Podcast Interview with Christopher Elias Social Innovation Conversations, June 20, 2008
• Gates Foundation bio
• "Event 201 Players"
• Event 201 press release from World Economic Forum
• "A WORLD AT RISK" Global Preparedness Monitoring Board 2019 annual report, W.H.O. (Elias and Fauci are on p. 42)
• "A WORLD IN DISORDER" Global Preparedness Monitoring Board 2020 annual report, W.H.O. (Elias and Fauci are on p. 45)