NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Allison Howard-Berry is the co-founder and executive director of Care 2 Communities (C2C) and provides strategic leadership and management for C2C’s pioneering health services model in rural Haiti. She has 15 years of experience in health services delivery and advocacy in the developing world. Prior to joining C2C, she worked for the Clinton Foundation in Ethiopia as a regional director for the Hospital Management Initiative. She mentored hospital and medical facility directors to achieve improved management systems and worked in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa, working for the rural development organization, Tsogang Water & Sanitation. She co-founded the Kgwale le Mollo Foundation (KLM), a charitable organization that provides leadership development opportunities and scholarships for South African children from disadvantaged communities. She serves on the board of directors of KLM both in South Africa and in the United States. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and a master’s in international development from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.