
Top Climate Change Execs to Watch in 2023: Abt Associates’ Eric Reading
Eric Reading Chief Climate Officer, Abt Associates Only 28% of health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa have reliable power and internet connectivity, meaning most clinics struggle to offer basic health resources. For Eric Reading, his biggest recent achievement was co-creating the Power Africa Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance, a 5-year, $47 million program that will leverage public-private

Abt Associates’ Christen Smith is Connecting Data Insights to Support Federal Social, Health, Environmental Missions
Abt Associates holds an unusual position in the GovCon space. The consulting firm works specifically on human things: social, environmental and health related. As senior vice president of U.S. domestic business, Christen Smith helps federal civilian agencies meet missions in those areas. We talked with her about the particular challenges government faces in these mission

Top Health Care Execs to Watch in 2022: Abt Associates’ Christen Smith
Christen Smith Senior Vice President, Abt Associates Under Christen Smith’s leadership, the cross-disciplinary Abt team addresses social determinants of health, with emphasis on tackling inequities that undermine health outcomes. “We recognize that health and well-being are shaped by numerous intersecting factors — systemic, social, economic and environmental, in addition to clinical and biological — that

Abt Associates Names Noel N. Samuel CFO
Abt Associates has announced Noel N. Samuel will be joining the company as the new chief financial officer. Before joining Abt Associates, Samuel was CFO of immixGroup. Samuel also served as CFO of Dell Computer’s public sector services business unit and was the senior vice president of finance at Perot Systems Government Services. “Noel’s blend of financial, operational and

Kathleen Flanagan, President and CEO of Abt Associates, on Leading a Global Organization and Communicating with a Clear Vision
Kathleen L. Flanagan is the President and CEO of Abt Associates (Abt), a mission-driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development. She joined Abt Associates in 1983 as a Policy Analyst in the Health practice. Prior to being named President and CEO, she
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