Senior Associate for Global Health Operations
Steffany Gomes is a Senior Associate for Global Health Operations at the United Nations Foundation. She provides high-level executive support to the Vice President of Global Health Strategy and assists the Global Health team with administrative and operational tasks. These tasks include managing special projects, facilitating contracts, and ensuring efficiency to advance team objectives. Before coming to the UN Foundation, Steffany worked as a Presidential Management Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). At the NIH, she worked as a science policy analyst, managing special projects for the NIH Deputy Director, and as a regional officer for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Office of Global Research, where she oversaw the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio. Prior to working at the NIH, she worked in health disparities, community engagement, and health research for Connecticut agencies and prevention organizations. Steffany holds a master's degree in Public Health, a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management, and a bachelor's degree in Allied Health Sciences from the University of Connecticut.