Elizabeth H. Williams is member of USAID’s Global Health Initiative Launch Team in Washington, DC where she provides strategic leadership to Country Support Unit.  Betsy joins USAID from the International Division of John Snow, Inc., a global public health organization, where she served for two years as JSI Country Representative in Liberia, working closely with the Minister and Senior Staff at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and with partner organizations to support the Liberian government's efforts to rebuild its health sector.   Together with President Sirleaf’s office, Betsy developed and launched the Liberian President’s Young Professional Program, an innovative professional development fellowship meant to inspire and develop the next generation of Liberian leadership. Previously, she was Acting Director for Social Issues at the Asia Society, where she was launched and managed the AIDS in ASIA initiative, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.   Betsy has also worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Physicians for Human Rights in Boston, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Capetown, South Africa. She is a member of the Board of Overseers for Mailman School of Public Health, the Advisory Board for the AMNH, a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow with the Truman National Security Project.  She received her Masters in Public Health from the Mailman School and is a cum laude graduate of Princeton University.