Undercurrents

Acknowledgments

WRITING A BOOK is a journey. This one reflects friendships and lessons learned over a lifetime. Many people have helped usher me along that road.

The changemakers mentioned or profiled in Undercurrents remind me every day of the power in practical activism. For their insight, energy, patience, and grace, thanks go to Myo Myint Aung, Michele Barrie, Kim Green, Justin Hamilton, Joel Holsinger, Deborah Kristensen, Le Minh Thanh, Ousmane Ly, Alex Ng, Michael O'Leary, Blessing Omakwu, Maria Ressa, Keller Rinaudo, Lucy Sanday, Celine Soubranne, and Shibu Vijayan. It has been an honor and daily inspiration to see the world through your eyes. I would be remiss not to give a nod to the Lao soccer‐playing refugee who sparked much of this work; I hope your dreams came true.

Beyond these colleagues and partners, many of them from PATH, my views have also been shaped by prior work with brilliant thinkers across the public, private, and social sectors. Several agreed to share their perspectives as I honed my ideas for this book. For their invaluable expertise, I thank Arnaud Bernaert at the World Economic Forum; Michael Conway at McKinsey & Company; Yinuo Li at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Bernhard Schwartlander at the World Health Organization; and Ed Whiting at Wellcome Trust.

Additional thanks go to the many supporters of PATH and global health innovation. Three should be mentioned specifically: The Rockefeller Foundation and Fondation Botnar, which supported my ...