Americares CEO and leadership

Americares Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer M. Rashad Massoud, MD, MPH, FACP, oversees the organization’s health programs for people affected by poverty or disaster, including its work with the uninsured in the United States, its Emergency Response team and its global distribution of more than $900 million in medicine and supplies to more than 90 countries annually. He also leads Americares global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the distribution of personal protective equipment, delivery of essential primary health care services, and training and mental health support for frontline health workers.

Dr. Massoud brings to Americares over 20 years of experience directing initiatives that have strengthened health systems in vulnerable communities around the world. Prior to joining Americares, Dr. Massoud served as chief medical and quality officer and senior vice president of the Quality and Performance Institute at University Research Co., where he led URC’s quality improvement efforts in over 40 countries. He also served as the director of the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems Project.

Prior to that, Dr. Massoud served as senior vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Mass., where he worked on innovation, transformation and large-scale programming. He also served as a medical officer with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and has consulted for and collaborated with KPMG, UNICEF, the World Bank, the World Health Organization and several other nonprofits.

A leader in the global health field, Dr. Massoud is the immediate past president and executive committee member of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association and served as an advisory board member for the World Health Organization global report on quality and safety. He is also an inaugural member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety.

Dr. Massoud earned his medical degree from the First Moscow State Medical University in Moscow, Russia, and completed a master’s in public health from Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Jenny Goldstein is a Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Americares and is based in City Metropolitan Area, New York City, New York. She has worked as Senior Director at Americares; Development Associate at Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion; and Vice President, Individual Philanthropy at Americares. Jenny studied at Coaches Training Institute between 2018 and 2020, Brandeis between 1997 and 2001, and NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service between 2004 and 2007.

Megin Wolfman are a Trustee at Kent Denver School and SVP of Strategy & Chief of Staff at Americares and are based in Denver, Colorado. They have worked as Director, Operations Support at Yale-New Haven Hospital; Senior Consultant (Consultant), Health Care Practice at Deloitte; and Trustee at New Canaan Country School. Megin studied at 美國普林斯頓大學 between 1995 and 1999, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY between 2003 and 2005, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health between 1999 and 2000.