As a deputy director at Kinaura Partners, Annette brings deep expertise at the intersection of strategy, executive engagement, and digital public infrastructure. She serves as a strategic partner to senior leaders, guiding priority‑setting, planning, and coordination while strengthening partnerships and advancing resource‑mobilization efforts. Her work emphasizes stakeholder alignment, thoughtful facilitation, and the translation of complex priorities into coherent, actionable pathways.
Annette has worked closely with executive leadership and teams across policy, advocacy, health, and digital portfolios at the Gates Foundation, as well as with private‑sector partners. She excels in stakeholder engagement, strategy development, and cross‑team execution, effectively navigating complex, multi‑stakeholder environments to drive progress and shared outcomes.
With more than 15 years of experience in global health and development, Annette brings deep capabilities in advocacy, fundraising, partnership‑based approaches, and strategic program design. She has led the design and stewardship of multimillion‑dollar corporate partnerships and delivered high‑impact partnership activations, including executive‑level engagements and employee‑mobilization initiatives.
Previously, Annette served as director of corporate partnerships and stakeholder engagement at the ONE Campaign, where she oversaw the organization’s corporate partnership portfolio, managed its global stakeholder network, and designed high‑level initiatives to advance policy and advocacy goals.
Annette holds a BA in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. Outside of work, she enjoys an afternoon in the kitchen, unplugging outdoors, and daydreaming about a hopefully not too far off adventure.
