Dr. Kristie Mikus was appointed as the Executive Director of the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) in February 2024. In that role Dr. Mikus leads the coalition’s advocacy efforts to accelerate the creation of new technologies to drive global health progress. 

Dr. Mikus came to GHTC from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she most recently served as Senior Policy Advisor for the Global Health Center. Dr. Mikus has extensive experience in public policy, partnership building and program management in the global health sector from her two decades spent serving the U.S. government in various capacities, both in Washington, D.C., and abroad. 

Prior to her role as a Senior Policy Advisor at CDC, Dr. Mikus served as the CDC Deputy Country Director in Zambia and the Zambia Country Coordinator for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). She has also held positions in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Foreign Assistance, where she led foreign assistance reform efforts, and the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, first as a PEPFAR Congressional Liaison and later as PEPFAR Country Lead for South Africa, Tanzania, Haiti, Guyana, Mozambique and Zambia. Dr. Mikus first started her career in government at the U.S. Department of Commerce helping to negotiate free trade agreements for pharmaceuticals and biotechnology as a Presidential Management Fellow. 

Dr. Mikus holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington College, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Delaware, and a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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