NYU Wagner

Dr. Lucille Pilling, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Administration and at the NYU Masters Program in Global Health, is a specialist on the management of multi-organizational alliances.  Her book, Global Alliance: Lessons Learned was published in February 2007.

Pilling also is Senior Advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Henry Schein, Inc., the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. At present, she is developing and implementing their CSR strategy.  The relationship began with an in-depth study to assist Henry Schein Inc. to identify its niche in disaster relief and preparedness. She also works with Tunnell Consulting, a management consultant group in the life sciences, to develop  operations planning for  government services.

Earlier, she served as Vice President for International Programs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Senior Program Officer at Columbia University where she managed a $50 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiative focused on emergency obstetric care for women; and Program Officer at UNFPA.  She lived and worked in Africa and Latin America for 13 years (Ghana, Kenya, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Zimbabwe) and provided short-term technical assistance in Thailand, the Philippines, Romania, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Haiti.  Her contracts were with Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), John Short Associates, John Snow Inc., Johns Hopkins University, Aga Khan Foundation, ILO, USAID in Ghana, Kenya, Bolivia and Costa Rica, and US Peace Corps in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Working in the private sector before moving to Africa, she had broad experience in pharmaceutical advertising for Kallir, Philips, Ross and in international marketing for Avon.

Pilling earned an EdD in Organization and Leadership and a MPH from Columbia University following a BS in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.