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Katy Kydd Wright

DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL FUND ADVOCATES NETWORK

Katy Kydd Wright has been director of the Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) since it launched in September 2012, advocating for a fully funded and effective Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Katy has presented at Canadian and international conferences, trained grassroots volunteers to advocate to their elected officials, lobbied organizations like the World Bank, IMF and Global Fund and run numerous campaigns to increase funding to global health issues, TB in particular.

Katy has a Bachelor of Political and Comparative Development Studies from Trent University.