Emily Bancroft

Our Team

Board Of Directors

Advisory Board

Dr. Seth Berkley
Former CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Deborah Estrin
Associate Dean and Professor, Cornell Tech
Laura Hattendorf
Senior Advisor, Mulago Foundation; Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Radhika Malpani
Founder, Google Images; Former Senior Director, Eng @ Google
Frank Nagle
Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
Wendy Prosser
Senior Technical Officer, Immunization Center, JSI
Russ Siegelman
Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Ryan Vinyard
Hardware Startup Consultant
Vinitha Watson
Founder, Zoo Labs

Emily Bancroft

CEO, VillageReach

Emily Bancroft is a global leader in systems change, dedicated to transforming health care delivery to reach everyone.

As CEO and President of VillageReach, she works with a global leadership team to guide VillageReach’s programming and partnerships to reduce inequities in access to quality primary health care.  Emily is recognized for her expertise in supply chains, health workforce development and digital health technologies. Emily has been instrumental in VillageReach’s growth since 2010, first serving as Director of the organization’s Health Systems Group before she became Vice President in 2015, and President in 2017.

She is a Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, a faculty member of Connected Women Leaders, a mentor for WomenLift North America, and a 2022 UBS Global Visionary. Emily holds an MPH from the University of Washington’s School of Public Health and a BA from Princeton University.