Kaitlin Christenson

Kaitlin Christenson is a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she focuses on policy and financing solutions to accelerate access to innovations for women’s health. Previously, Kaitlin served as a consultant and advised non-profits and family foundations to drive effective and sustainable change through policy and advocacy actions on a range of topics, including sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, global health research and development, and immunization. Kaitlin also served as the Vice President for Vaccine Acceptance and Demand at the Sabin Vaccine Institute. In this role, she oversaw several program areas: educating media and health care professionals on vaccines and immunization, supporting community-level social and behavioral research to understand vaccine acceptance and hesitancy, and enhancing understanding of social media influence on vaccination decisions. Kaitlin also held several leadership positions at PATH, including directing a global contraceptive product introduction project, serving as the interim Chief of Staff and interim Director of Policy and Advocacy, leading the Global Health Technologies Coalition, managing several strategy development initiatives, and supporting low-and middle-income countries in evidence-based policymaking and preparing for new vaccine introduction.

Kaitlin holds a Master of Public Health from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Tech.