The Ariel Foundation International
Youth, Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Community Service

Executive Management Team

Founder, President, and CEO:
Ariel R. King, MPH, MBA, PhD
Chair, S.A.H.A.R.A.

With more than 20 years experience in international public health policy and international management in government and business, Dr. King has developed a unique focus on international public and private partnerships, peace and prosperity through entrepreneurship that deliver concrete results. She developed her business-based approaches based on 20 years of living and working in 11 countries and travelling to more than 50 countries, and leverages the connections she has developed to governments, business leaders, and NGOs worldwide.

Dr. King has given presentations internationally on various research topics and has publications on the topics of HIV/AIDS, international health policy, national drug policy, medical ethics, health legislation, organ transplantation, and breast cancer.

She has served on the Boards of Directors of the National Black Women's Health Project, Positive Art: Women and Children with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, The Life Foundation AIDS Foundation of Hawaii, The Black Alliance for AIDS Prevention, and the Ronald McDonald House. Dr. King is a Founding and Board member of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP). She is a Rotarian and is the Washington, DC, representative for the National Council of Women at the United Nations.  She has also been named  Ariel is Chair of the Continental Advisory Board and the Chair of the Comtinental Adivisory Board of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Reliance Alliance (S.A.H.A.R.A).   Being an expert in international health policy, Dr. King provides advisory and research services through her consulting firm Ariel Consulting International. 

Dr. King holds the following degrees:

• MPH in International Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1994
• MBA in International Health Management from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management in 1996
• PhD in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2002
• BA from the University of Hawaii in 1988

• SAHARA MISSION STATEMENT
  SAHARA is an alliance of partners who seek to conduct, support and use social science research to prevent the further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation in Africa. SAHARA undertakes multi- country and multi-site research, which enables it to make a significant contribution to evidenced-based policy formulation and practice. It uses its network to ensure widespread dissemination of that research. SAHARA brings together key partners including civil society, donors and international organisations, researchers, policy makers, practitioners and people living with HIV and AIDS.
  
  SAHARA DÉCLARATION DE MISSION
  SAHARA est une alliance de partenaires cherchant à conduire, à soutenir et à utiliser la recherche en sciences sociales pour éviter la diffusion plus avant du VIH et atténuer l’impact de ses effets dévastateurs en Afrique. SAHARA réalise des recherches multi-pays et multi-sites, ce qui lui permet d’apporter une contribution significative à la formulation et à la pratique de politiques basées sur les faits et, par l’intermédiaire de son réseau de chercheurs, de décideurs et de spécialistes, d’assurer la dissémination à grande échelle de ces études. Le SAHARA rassemble des partenaires clés, y compris la société civile, les donateurs et les organisations internationales, les chercheurs, les décideurs et les personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA.
  

Advisors:
Zahirah Alleyne-McNatt, MHA
Dr. Peter Hartsock
Jody Kennedy
Prof. Dr. Aileen M. Marty
Clyde Milimo
Roy Morris, JD, MBA
David Patterson
Bernie Rice

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