Darin Zehrung MBA

Global public health professional with 25+ years of experience in technology innovation and research, leadership, strategic analysis, program building, business development, and fundraising. ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Secured $60+ million in funding from donors during tenure at PATH, leading a variety of innovation projects. • PATH Medical Devices and Health Technologies Global Program Leader and Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) Leadership Team member, growing the funding base yearly by over 10% working with individual teams and projects. • Responsible for team securing over $5 million in PharmaJet Tropis Intradermal product sales to the World Health Organization (Pakistan – immunization campaign) and the United States Centers for Disease Control (USCDC) – Nigeria (immunization campaign), both for fractional dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) delivery. • Established the Vaccine and Pharmaceutical Delivery Technologies team at PATH, the preeminent global public health team consulting donors, global public health stakeholders and the public and private sectors on technology innovation. • Collaboration with Gavi, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Gates Foundation (GF) to develop, establish and implement the Vaccine Innovation Prioritization Strategy, assessing and prioritizing immunization technology innovations for focused public sector strategy and coordinated global stakeholder investment. • Developed, led, and implemented collaborative projects with private- and public-sector partners (e.g., pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, laboratories, nongovernmental agencies, and US and global health agencies such as the World Health Organization, Gavi and UNICEF to advance innovations for public health impact. CORE COMPETENCIES Technology and Project Innovation | Global Public Health | Alliance/Partnership Management | Emotional Intelligence | Strategic Analytical | Executive Communication | Business Development | Fundraising | Medical Device Product Development | Drug Delivery and Packaging Technologies | Primary Health Care Technologies | Human Centered Design | Research Ethics | Program Management | Program Development | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Conflict Management LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES Servant Leadership | Professional Coaching and Mentoring | Participatory Engagement | Innovate & Simplify | Empathy