Rahel Belete is the Country Director of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Ethiopia who is responsible to lead and manage the Ethiopia office, strategically aligning the country’s programs with the overall CHAI program strategy, programmatic and financial planning/reporting, fundraising, and monitoring and evaluation efforts for all work areas. She manages relationships across all stakeholders ranging from Government leadership, Ministry technical experts, in country partners, to global counterparts within CHAI and donors.
Rahel joined CHAI in 2012 and prior to assuming her current role, she served as Senior Deputy Country Director in Ethiopia. During her tenure she diversified the donor mix, expanded programs scope to include new thematic areas such as essential treatment for diarrhea, oxygen and breast cancer. She has developed systems, procedures, protocols, provided leadership and management to the organization and align the strategic direction along with the government strategic priorities.
Prior to joining CHAI, she worked for Marie Stopes International- Tanzania for five years as a Deputy Country Director and spent eight years with DKT Ethiopia, leading the marketing and communication innovations of the varied social marketing programs and products.
Rahel holds a PhD from Bulacan State University of the Philippines in Business Administration, Masters in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University, California, MBA and BA from Pune University in India.