The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Joanne Carter
Associate Executive Director
RESULTS/RESULTS/ Educational Fund

"Tackling Global Health's Biggest Challenges
Reasons for Optimism"

Friday, October 12, 2007 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. - Program begins at 6:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 10th October to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Program $25 for Members - $30 for Non-Members - $10 for Coffee Only

Dr. Joanne Carter is the Associate Executive Director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund (REF), a grassroots advocacy organization generating the political and public will to end the root causes of hunger and poverty, RESULTS/REF has chapters in 100 U.S. cities and affiliates in six other countries. Dr. Carter is responsible for overseeing Global Policy and Initiatives and also serves as the Project Leader for the Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) project funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From 1992 until 2007, Dr. Carter was Legislative Director of RESULTS/REF, working with key Administration and Congressional allies, partner organizations, technical agencies and the media orchestrating campaigns to increase access to primary education, end the diseases of poverty, and expand economic opportunity for the poorest.

Dr. Carter and RESULTS/REF were instrumental in the creation and expansion of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, providing support and priority to child survival and other critical health programs within U.S. foreign assistance. She has led RESULTS efforts to eliminate barriers to education for girls and the poorest children, specifically school fees, and promote effective incentives to keep children in school. Together with the Global Action for Children Coalition (GAC) of which she is a founding Board member, Dr. Carter and RESULTS/REF helped lead the effort with Congress and the Administration to pass the Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act in 2005, widely heralded as the first comprehensive response to the global orphans crisis. Dr. Carter and RESULTS/REF were also instrumental in the creation of a U.S. pilot initiative to support countries to eliminate school fees for public primary school to ensure every child a seat in the classroom.

For nearly 20 years, RESULTS/REF has also helped lead global efforts to expand the poor’s access to microcredit, a proven strategy for enabling families to improve the nutrition, health, and education of their children.

RESULTS/REF’s work to combat tuberculosis, the biggest killer of people with AIDS, includes increasing support for treatment scale-up and other needs of patients and affected communities, as well as research and development for new and better drugs, diagnostics and vaccines. Dr. Carter recently served as the first Chair of the Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership, a partnership of over 400 organizations worldwide, and oversees a global advocacy campaign in seven countries to end TB.

Dr. Carter holds a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) degree from Cornell University and has carried out graduate research in reproductive physiology. She has served as a VISTA volunteer and as a recruiter for the Peace Corps.