Kari Stoever is a senior advisor, global advocacy, at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - an alliance driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. Created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children, GAIN supports public-private partnerships to increase access to the missing nutrients in diets necessary for people, communities and economies to be stronger and healthier. Prior to joining GAIN, she was the senior vice president, corporate affairs at the MWW Group, one of the nation’s top ten public relations agencies known for its results-driven approach to public relations. She was responsible for expanding MWW Group’s corporate social responsibility programs with MWW Group clients, emphasizing the value of market based solutions for domestic and international social goals. She is a global development expert with more than 15 years experience in start-ups and turnarounds. In her previous role at the Sabin Institute, she helped establish and was the Managing Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). She was the Principal Investigator on a $34 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish regional financing mechanisms and to increase international investments for the scale-up of NTD control and elimination strategies globally. Under her leadership, the Global Network secured more than US $100 million in grants and financial commitments and contributed in the development of a USG $1 billion, 5-year strategy for NTDs. She has been active in the Clinton Global Initiative since its inception and has made key contacts with policy makers and opinion leaders in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Prior to her work at Sabin, she spent several years managing clinical research studies in cancer and infectious diseases. She spent a year working for the Department of Defense at the United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases (USAMRIID) managing anthrax and other biodefense studies. In 2010 she received the distinguished Stevie Award for Women in Business - Best Executive – Service Businesses – up to 2,500 employees. She has served on the board of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and is a current board member of Rwanda Works. She holds a B.Sc. from George Washington University, a degree in nursing, and an Executive Masters in Leadership from the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. She participates in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit annually as well as Fortune’s global leader’s forum and events.