Francesca Heintz is a Vice President in GHS’ New York office. Since joining GHS in 2014, Francesca has had a wide-ranging portfolio leading projects focused on safe abortion, family planning, maternal and child health, global health innovation, vaccine delivery and polio eradication. Before joining GHS, Francesca worked in health policy at a community-based health center in New York and as an advocacy coordinator for the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Chennai, India. She has a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University where she also worked for the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program. In an earlier life, Francesca was a legal reporter in New York City.