Gayle E. Smith — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Chief Executive Officer at The ONE Campaign since 2017.
Served as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2015 to 2017.
Was Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security at the U.S. Department of State in 2021.
Held the role of Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for Development and Democracy at the National Security Council from 2009 to 2015.
Worked as a journalist for over 20 years, writing for publications such as BBC News and the Financial Times.
Co-founded the Enough Project, an initiative focused on ending genocide and crimes against humanity.
Received a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1978.

Biography

Gayle E. Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of The ONE Campaign, a global organization that campaigns to end extreme poverty and preventable disease. She assumed this role in March 2017, succeeding Michael J. Elliott. Additionally, she has been a Contributor at Forbes since 2022.

Smith has an extensive background in U.S. government service and international development. From April to November 2021, she served as the Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security at the U.S.