Rachel Gates Gessel is a rising global health professional with a focus on health financing, collaborative learning and health systems strengthening.
At Results for Development (R4D), Mrs. Gessel is a program associate on the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) and Cross-Programmatic Efficiency Analysis (CPEA) teams. In this role, she assists in program management, country engagement and the facilitation of collaborative learning. She also works with R4D’s coaching team on management of the Experts Database.
Prior to joining R4D full-time, Mrs. Gessel interned with the R4D-led Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator), the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) and R4D’s Frontier Health Market (FHM) Engage team to provide support in program management and day-to-day responsibilities.
Mrs. Gessel holds a BS in public health with an emphasis in environmental/occupational health and a minor in international development from Brigham Young University.
