Dennis Cherian is the Managing Director for Technical Services & Global Practice Head for Health at IMA World Health/Corus International. The past 29 years, Dennis served in technical and leadership roles in non-profit organizations and government institutions. Dennis was the Senior Director of New Program Development at Jhpiego, and the Senior Director of Health at World Vision. He also held senior technical advisor and program management roles with Plan International, Medical Care Development International, and the New York State Department of Health, Division of Tuberculosis.
Dennis also has extensive experience designing and implementing a range of health and multi-sectoral programs. Dennis is currently serving as a member of the EPN board. Previously he served as the Secretary on the board of CCIH and as the co-chair of the CORE Group board. Dennis is a physician with training in alternative medicine (Mahatma Gandhi University, India), with graduate degrees in health administration (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, and psychological counseling (IBMS, India), and a Certificate in the psychology of leadership from Cornell University.