As a consultant at Kinaura Partners, Simone brings deep expertise in global health communications, advocacy, and health policy. Working across the Immunization & Infectious Diseases and Women’s Health & SRHR portfolios, she applies strong project management and strategic communications skills to support high‑impact initiatives and coordinate complex, multi‑stakeholder efforts.
Simone has extensive experience in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), domestic health issues, health economics, and global advocacy. She supports partners including the Gates Foundation by leading strategic communications initiatives, organizing large stakeholder convenings, and serving as an embedded immunization communications consultant and project manager for international conference delegations. Her work advances health goals and promotes more equitable outcomes worldwide.
Previously, Simone served as a senior associate at Global Health Strategies, where she supported global health communications and advocacy across the Gates Foundation’s polio and immunization work, as well as projects focused on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), gender equity, and market shaping. She also contributed to communications efforts within the gender equity unit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and gained legislative experience staffing Senator Shelly Hettleman in the Maryland General Assembly.
Simone holds an MPH in health systems and policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BA in community and global health from the University of Michigan. She currently resides in New York.
Outside of work, Simone enjoys hiking with her dog, coaching volleyball, and traveling.
