Gary M. Cohen is an executive vice president of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). He devotes a significant amount of his professional and personal time to address health issues in the developing world. He served as the volunteer national chair of the U.S. Fund's national effort to assist children impacted by HIV/AIDS, and as a leader in the collaboration to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. He has been a speaker and expert panelist in policy and advocacy forums in venues including the UN, World Bank, US State Department, World Economic Forum and Council on Foreign Relations. He has been honored with the Corporate Leadership Award by MESAB (Medical Education for South African Blacks), the Distinguished Humanitarian Award by B'nai B'rith International and the Helenka Pantaleoni Award by the US Fund. He is a board director of the Perrigo Company, the CDC Foundation and the Accordia Global Health Foundation. He also serves as Chairperson of the CDC Corporate Roundtable on Global Health Threats, and as an advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative.