Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija, MD, MSc is co-founder and executive director of the Alakija Foundation, an organization dedicated to the elimination of global poverty. Dr. Alakija has served the United Nations in various capacities from managing regional reproductive health programs with UNPFA to health and development with UNICEF. She also served as chair of the UNAIDS technical working group for AIDS.

She is a published researcher and has collaborated as lead researcher with the World Health Organization in the design, coordination and implementation of national health and behavioral surveys across 5 nations. She is the author and co-author of various publications and in 1993 edited a book entitled "Women and HIV/AIDS."

Her experience spans the regions of the world including Africa, Australia, Asia, and the South Pacific, encompassing non-government organizations, government organizations, multi-lateral organizations, research institutes and beyond. She collaborates with establishments of all sizes, training those at a grassroots level as well as at a governmental policy level. Dr Alakija's passion is global social justice, and her life is dedicated to alleviating the pain and suffering of the poor.