Michael Calhoun Joins Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation as VP for Planning and Development
San Francisco, October 18, 2006 — Michael Calhoun has joined Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation as Vice President for Planning and Development. Mr. Calhoun will have responsibility for overall Pangaea development, including relationships with other organizations, program development, and oversight of long term planning. He has over 16 years experience in the healthcare industry including roles as a consultant, senior hospital executive, and senior federal government policy executive.
Pangaea CEO Eric Goosby, MD commented: “Pangaea is poised to expand its role as a strategic adviser and implementer in the scale-up of HIV/AIDS treatment efforts around the world. Michael brings a tremendous amount of healthcare experience and program development savvy to Pangaea and we’re very pleased to have him on board to lead our development and partnership-building initiatives.”
Mr. Calhoun previously served as Vice President for Strategic Planning and Marketing for the Stanford Hospital and Clinics at Stanford University. In his consulting capacity, Mr. Calhoun has been an adviser to the Division on AIDS, within the U.S. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. In that role, he led an independent working group charged by the Director to help improve the international clinical trials program of the Division on AIDS and later assisted in implementing reforms and redesigns to improve the effectiveness of the agency’s $350 million AIDS clinical research program.
From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Calhoun was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He acted as chief operating officer and was the principal policy adviser to Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, MD on social services and on health policy. In addition, he was the Secretary’s liaison to the White House. In 1991, Mr. Calhoun was instrumental in the planning and management of the first official Presidential Cabinet level visit to Africa to explore health issues. The focus of the trip was the emerging impact of the AIDS epidemic on children.
Mr. Calhoun has a JD degree from Harvard Law School and a BA from Princeton University. He is on the Board of Directors of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
The mission of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation is to broaden access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and care around the world, with special emphasis on work in resource-limited settings. As a non-profit consulting organization, Pangaea provides assistance to in-country and international partners in the development of healthcare infrastructure for HIV/AIDS treatment efforts. Our partners include national health ministries, NGOs, universities, foundations and corporations. For more information visit www.pgaf.org.
Media Contact: Carl Whitaker 510-847-0599 cwhitaker@pgaf.org