Senior Staff and Consultants

Pangaea’s senior staff members have been leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the United States and around the world for over 25 years. Pangaea has special expertise in the design and implementation of AIDS treatment and prevention programs. Pangaea also has a seasoned team of project managers, who have been responsible for the construction of AIDS clinics and the development of sustainable care and treatment programs in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

In addition to inhouse expertise, Pangaea has access to a wide range of consultants in HIV/AIDS care and treatment who bring special knowledge in areas such as infectious diseases, HIV diagnosis and treatment, mother to child transmission of HIV, substance abuse, needle exchange, and HIV prevention issues.

Senior Staff

Pangaea
Board of
Directors

Ben Plumley
Chief Executive Officer
Dennis Israelski, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Consultants

Megan Dunbar, DrPH, MPH
Prevention Consultant
David A. Katzenstein, M.D.
Senior Advisor for Laboratory Monitoring
Nancy Padian, Ph.D.
Senior Prevention Consultant
Chris Seebregts, Ph.D.
Lead Health Technology Consultant

Senior Staff

Ben Plumley
Chief Executive Officer

Ben Plumley is Chief Executive Officer of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. In this position, he leads an HIV-focused, non-profit consulting organization, overseeing a diverse set of HIV prevention and treatment programs which target vulnerable populations worldwide, including women, youth, injection drug users, commercial sex workers, prison populations and men who have sex with men.

Ben is a health and development strategist and advocate, dedicated to the global fight against AIDS. Beginning in the late 1980s he worked with London’s HIV positive community – particularly HIV positive refugees from Eastern Africa. His career has subsequently spanned the private sector, United Nations, and non-governmental organizations. Most recently he was Vice President for Global Access and Partnerships with Johnson & Johnson, forging innovative public private collaborations to develop and deliver AIDS-related technological breakthroughs for developing countries – including an innovative public-private sector collaboration with the TB Alliance to co-develop the first new TB treatment in forty years. FULL BIO >

Dennis Israelski, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Dennis Israelski, MD, is Chief Medical Officer of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. Dr. Israelski is a recognized physician leader in the field of infectious diseases. He has over 20 years experience as a leading clinician administrator, educator and researcher and has devoted his career to local and global public health. He has focused on community-based healthcare of indigent patients, quality service delivery to vulnerable populations, and innovative systems for the control and prevention of communicable diseases with a special interest in HIV/AIDS. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. FULL BIO >

Consultants

Megan Dunbar, DrPH, MPH
Prevention Consultant

Megan Dunbar, Prevention Consultant at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, is an emerging leader in global HIV prevention efforts among women and youth. Her particular expertise is in designing and evaluating interventions that address the social and economic factors which increase HIV vulnerability, such as gender-based violence and inequities in educational and economic opportunities for girls and women. Formerly with the University of California, San Francisco, now a Public Health Scientist with the Women’s Global Health Imperative, a program of RTI International, Dr. Dunbar has spent nearly a decade leading initiatives in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, where she lived for several years. FULL BIO >

David A. Katzenstein, M.D.
Senior Advisor for Laboratory Monitoring

Dr. David Katzenstein serves as Senior Advisor for Laboratory Monitoring for Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation where he focuses his work on developing methods and strategies for scaling up low-cost diagnostics related to HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis and supporting Pangaea projects in Zimbabwe related to the strengthening of HIV/AIDS care and treatment. He is a Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. FULL BIO >

Nancy Padian, Ph.D.
Senior Prevention Consultant

Nancy Padian is Senior Prevention Consultant at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. Dr. Padian is an internationally-recognized leader in the epidemiology and prevention of STDs including HIV. Her work bridges the gap between traditional infectious disease epidemiology and the broader context of women's reproductive health. Dr. Padian leads Pangaea initiatives designed to more closely link HIV prevention and treatment activities, as well as developing special programs focused on women's health. She is also a faculty member at the University of California (Berkeley and San Francisco). FULL BIO >

Chris Seebregts, Ph.D.
Lead Health Technology Consultant

Dr. Chris Seebregts is Lead Health Technology Consultant for Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation and works with the Pangaea team to identify opportunities where the application of new technologies can lead to improved health outcomes in HIV, TB and Malaria prevention, care and treatment.

Dr. Seebregts is also Senior Manager in Biomedical Informatics Research in the e-Health Research and Innovation Platform at the South African Medical Research Council, an honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Executive Director of Jembi Health Systems, all based in South Africa. FULL BIO >