Farmer appointed Special UN Envoy for Haiti

As announced on the UN website, Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the founding leaders of GHD, has been asked by former President Bill Clinton to serve as the Deputy UN Special Envoy for Haiti.

“His credibility both among the people of Haiti and in the international community will be a tremendous asset to our efforts as we work with the Government and people of Haiti to improve health care, strengthen education and create economic opportunity,” said Mr. Clinton.

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About Aaron Beals

Aaron C. Beals is Director of Product Development. What keeps him up at night are the challenges of information access, which he first tackled in software engineering and product management roles at local startups Netezza and Endeca. For the last 4 years at GHD, he has been working to integrate information access theory with online communities of practice — Aaron leads the team behind GHDonline.org in helping health delivery professionals share and access the knowledge they need to deliver better care. Aaron graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering.

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