Bilimoria is the executive director of Friends of the Global
Fight Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, a non-profit organization
aiming to engage Americans in the prevention of these diseases
in the developing world.
Natasha
Bilimoria on Obama Transition Team
New York, Nov. 21, 2008
Surinder Singh Randhawa
Natasha Bilimoria will
serve as members of the state, national security, defense, intelligence
and arms control agency review team.
Natasha F. Bilimoria is the Executive Director of Friends of
the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where
she leads the organization's efforts to educate, engage and mobilize
American decision-makers on the important work of Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to end the worldwide burden of these
three diseases. Friends seeks to build a sustained commitment
to supporting the Global Fund and the fight against the three
diseases by focusing these efforts on decision-makers in Washington.
Ms. Bilimoria joined Friends in April 2005 after serving as Senior
Public Policy Officer at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation,
and has an extensive background working on global health issues,
including international HIV/AIDS.
At the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Bilimoria
led efforts to ensure maximum funding for global programs to prevent
mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as well as programs to provide
care and treatment for entire families. In addition, she was instrumental
in expanding the Foundation's focus from programs preventing mother-to-child
transmission to comprehensive programs that bring care and treatment
to HIV-positive children and adults worldwide.
Prior to that, Ms. Bilimoria spent four years in the Clinton
Administration, serving from 2000-2001 as a senior advisor in
the U.S. Department of Treasury advising senior Administration
officials on domestic economic development issues. From 1999-2000,
as policy advisor for the National Economic Council, she formulated
and analyzed economic development policies for the Administration's
FY2001 federal budget; from 1997-1999 she served as a social science
research analyst for the Social Security Administration, where
she was a recipient of the Associate Commissioner Awards (1999)
for exceptional performance. She is a graduate of the University
of Chicago and has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Friends of the Global Fight Congratulates
President-elect Barack Obama
Statement from Natasha Bilimoria, Executive Director of Friends
of the Global Fight
Washington, D.C., November 5, 2008
On behalf of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria, I congratulate Senator
Barack Obama on his successful bid to be the 44th President of
the United States.
Throughout his campaign, Senator Obama has clearly demonstrated
his commitment to maintaining the
U.S. government’s critical role in global public health.
As part of that commitment, Senator Obama has
been a champion in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria,
including his support of the Global
Fund.
Since its creation in 2002, with support from the U.S., the Global
Fund has provided 1.75 million people
with AIDS treatment, 3.9 million people with treatment for tuberculosis
and 59 million bed nets to prevent
malaria.
Senator Obama’s leadership holds great promise in building
on this significant success. Friends of the
Global Fight looks forward to working with president-elect Obama,
vice president-elect Joe Biden, and
their Administration.
FRIENDS OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA
Friends of the Global Fight works to educate, engage and mobilize
American decision makers to support
the Global Fund and the fight to end the worldwide burden of AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria. For more
information about Friends of the Global Fight, visit www.theglobalfight.org.
THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership
dedicated to attracting and disbursing
additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria. This partnership between
governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities
represents a new approach to
international health financing. The Global Fund works in close
collaboration with other bilateral and
multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing
with the three diseases. For more
information about the Global Fund