Gary M. Cohen Gary Cohen is executive vice president of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company with 30,000 associates in over 50 countries. He also serves as acting CEO of GBCHealth, board chair of the CDC Foundation, vice chair of the UN Special Envoy's Office for MDG Financing and for Malaria, and a board director of the Perrigo Company, US Fund for UNICEF and Accordia Global Health Foundation, and an advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative. He recently served as a United Nations Commissioner on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children. Cohen and BD are engaged across the public, private and NGO sectors to address health needs in developing countries. He has been an advocate and speaker on global health, child immunization, HIV/AIDS and health system strengthening in the UN, World Bank, World Economic Forum, US Department of State and Council on Foreign Relations.

Cohen founded Together for Girls, a partnership to end violence against children, and is a member of the UN Secretary General's Network of Engaged Men Leaders. He has been honored by MESAB (Medical Education for South African Blacks), B'nai B'rith International, the US Fund for UNICEF, the Nyumbani Home for orphaned HIV positive children and the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation. Cohen holds a BA and MBA from Rutgers University and previously served on the university's board of trustees.

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