Thomas Hardy
Thomas W. Hardy, MBA, is Deputy Director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. He received a bachelor's degree in social psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a master's of business administration from Columbia University.
Since 1975, Mr. Hardy has worked internationally in family health and population and in the management of public health organizations in thirty countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. He has contributed to health program development in a variety of capacities -- first with Family Health International, then with Columbia University as the Deputy Director of the Center for Population and Family Health at the School of Public Health, and more recently with John Snow, Inc. (JSI) before returning to Columbia in 2002 to help implement the MTCT-Plus Initiative. Previously, Mr. Hardy served as Senior Advisor for International Programs for JSI, and as Deputy Director for International Programs at JSI from 1998-2002. From 1995-1998, he served as Director of the Options for Family Care Project, a maternal/child health development project implemented by JSI in the Republic of Yemen. His other positions with JSI included Senior Technical Advisor for a world-wide family planning technical assistance project based in the Washington DC area, and Regional Program Director for the West Africa Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal.
As Deputy Director of ICAP at Columbia, Mr. Hardy provides leadership and management direction to ICAP's entire portfolio of activities. Specific responsibilities include coordination of managerial and financial support to field programs; liaison with senior staff of MSPH, CUMC, and Columbia University; liaison with donor agencies; and coordination/execution of strategic planning activities for the Center. His interests include strategic planning, program design and implementation, systems strengthening, and organizational development and management.