Tanya Jones

Tanya Jones

As President of Aya Global, a philanthropic advisory practice, Tanya Jones offers strategic guidance to donor institutions and non-profit organizations to enable them to reach their philanthropic goals. Prior to founding Aya Global, Ms. Jones served as Portfolio Manager at the Barr Foundation, where she led the foundation’s community health portfolio in East Africa and India. Previously, Ms. Jones served as a resource development professional at Pathfinder international supporting field offices in Africa and South Asia. She also served as Staff Associate at Population Council based in Ghana where together with her colleagues was the driving force behind the scaling-up of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program, which in the last decade has become a model for rural health delivery and health systems strengthening. Ms. Jones is a Fellow at the FXB Center at Harvard University’s School of Public Health. She serves on the Board of Massachusetts Advocates for Children, the Steering Committee of the New England International Donors and on the Board of World Education.