David Lane

David Lane is President and Chief Executive Officer of ONE, an advocacy and campaigning organization focused on combating global poverty and preventable disease, with more than 2 million members from around the world. Prior to joining the team at ONE, Lane was the Director of Public Policy and External Affairs and Director of the East Coast Office (located in Washington, DC) for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From 1993 through 2000, Lane served in a number of senior positions in the federal government, including Executive Director of the National Economic Council at the White House and Chief of Staff of the US Department of Commerce. Before joining the Clinton Administration, he worked as a management consultant and as a foreign policy legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. He has his Master of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. Lane is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Vice-Chair of the Board of Transparency International USA.

Posts:

• Listening and Learning in Africa,
• Thanks for a great 2009,
• Tough Talk on Africa is a Two-Way Street,
• Last chance,
• Getting Ready to Go,
• Take Action: Obama’s Inauguration,
• A Few Concluding Thoughts on Our Trip,
• Headed to Rwanda,
• The Midpoint Moment,
• Take Action: Ask Senators Reid and McConnell to Stand Up for PEPFAR,