Remarks
I want to welcome you all to our hearing today to assess the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, commonly referred to as PEPFAR. I would first like to introduce our witnesses.
Ambassador Mark Dybul is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center where he serves as Chief Strategy Officer of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact. He is also Chair of the Board of Purpose Africa. Ambassador Dybul played a lead role in founding the PEPFAR program during the Bush Administration and served as the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
The Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs will come to order. Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to the Subcommittee’s Member Day hearing. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to welcome our new subcommittee Ranking Member, and my dear friend, Lois Frankel. While we certainly don’t agree on everything, I cannot think of a better partner in leading this subcommittee. We also have several new members of the subcommittee who will add tremendous expertise. It’s a terrific group and I am really looking forward to the year ahead.
