Bindiya Patel *02

Bindiya Gillenwater Patel is the senior director of planning and design for Global Health Programs at PATH where she helps manage a portfolio of projects in health systems, infectious diseases, and maternal/child health across 20 country offices. In her 14 years at PATH, Patel has led strategic planning activities, led advocacy efforts on HIV prevention technologies, managed tuberculosis projects in Tanzania, and launched PATH’s Center for Malaria Control and Elimination. Patel also chaired the National Women’s Health Network board for four years and recently served on the board of Our Bodies Ourselves. She lives in Seattle and is the proud mother of two feminist girls.