Dr.Denise Raquel Dunning serves as founder and Executive Directorof Let Girls Lead andChampions For Change. Let GirlsLead is building a global movement of champions who empower girls to attend school, stay healthy, escape poverty, and overcome violence. Since 2009, Let Girls Lead\'s model – endorsed, validated and funded by leading benchmarking organizations – has contributed to better health, education, livelihoods, and rights for more than 3 million girls around the world. Let Girls Lead\'s sister initiative, Champions for Change, saves the lives of women, newborns, and children by improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Nigeria. Champions For Change and Let Girls Lead drive sustainable impacts and systemic change through leadership development, organizational strengthening, grant-making, and advocacy to improve laws, programs, and funding for women and girls. Champions For Changeand Let Girls Lead are based at thePublic Health Institute, a leader in global health and development for 50 years.