Helene D. Gayle
President and CEO, CARE U.S.A.
Dr. Gayle’s organization empowers women by fighting HIV/AIDS and poverty in over 84 countries. Gayle, who spent 20 years working with the CDC, chaired the Obama Administration’s Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and currently serves on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
A version of this article appears in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company.