Plenary Speaker: Carol Pandak

 

As the Director of Rotary International’s Polio Eradication program, Carol directs all aspects of Rotary’s polio eradication program including administration, advocacy, financial oversight, grants management, volunteer engagement, communications, and fundraising support.  

 

She is the liaison to Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee, the volunteer committee that provides policy guidance to the PolioPlus program.  She works closely with the partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) including WHO, UNICEF, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.  Carol serves on multiple cross-agency committees and management groups that provide strategic and operational guidance to the global effort.

 

Carol’s work has taken her all over the world where she has monitored polio immunization campaigns and participated in high-level technical and stakeholder meetings. 

 

Carol is a member of the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club.