Alanna Shaikh

Alanna Shaikh

Global health + development specialist

TED Speaker
TED Fellow
TED Attendee
Thousand Island Park, New York, United States
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About Alanna

Bio

I support community and capacity building among TED fellows as head of alumni and coaching. I’m the executive director for the YWCA of Binghamton and Broome County - we provide essential housing, health, and childcare services for women in need. And I take on a very few coaching clients to help new parents with big careers find confidence and sanity.

I'm passionate about

Affordable, accessible housing

An idea worth spreading

Stopping the epidemics that will come after COVID

Areas of expertise

Capacity building, Coaching, Community development, Community engagement, COVID, Data collection, Education, Entrepreneurship, Global health, International development, Leadership, Monitoring, New diseases, Pandemics, Policy, Public health, Research, Risk assessment, Science, Sustainable development

Things you might not know

Free swimming, poetry, coaching new moms into confidence