Bistra Zheleva

Global Advocacy | Policy | Population Health | Strategy & Partnerships | Program Development & Implementation | All about pediatric and congenital heart disease, NCDs in children

Role
Vice President of Global Strategy & Advocacy at Children\'s Heartlink
Location
Minneapolis, MN, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Bistra Zheleva

20+ years of experience in policy advocacy, global health capacity building and health systems strengthening initiatives at the community, hospital and government levels. • Led collaborative efforts in many global and cultural settings with diverse groups of stakeholders, including clinicians, hospital administrators, government officials and policy makers, and patient and family representatives. • Specialized and tertiary health care and quality improvement. • NGO management: strategic planning, operations, governance, program development and evaluation, financial management, donor relations and proposal development. • Built and managed successfully teams, remote and in-person multidisciplinary health team projects in several countries. • Regularly published author in academic and nonacademic journals and invited speaker at international meetings. • Passionate about international development and global health. Thought leader, advocate, strategic partner, connector and catalyst for change. Always learning!

Experience

  1. Vice President of Global Strategy & Advocacy

    Children\'s Heartlink

    Jan 2018 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

Education

  • University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business

    MBA

  • University of Economics - Varna

    Bachelor's degree

  • Harvard School of Public Health

    The Global Health Delivery Program

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