
Investing in oral health: Here’s why the time is now
What would you guess is the most common noncommunicable disease worldwide? If you guessed cancer or cardiovascular disease, you’d be wrong – but you wouldn’t be alone.
Allison Neale has worked in global health, corporate social responsibility and human rights for more than twenty-five years. As Henry Schein’s Vice President of Public Policy and Global Health Strategies, she leads the development and execution of company’s global public health policy engagement and leadership strategies through partnerships, advancing business objectives and strengthening HSI’s brand as a global health care leader and responsible corporate citizen. Allison also serves as Advocacy Director for the Henry Schein Cares Foundation, which advances access to health care and empowers healthcare professionals to promote a healthier tomorrow.
Allison leads Henry Schein’s engagement in several private sector initiatives in global health and partnerships with government, industry groups, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, including: the Private Sector Roundtable on Global Health Security (serving as Chairwoman), the Private Sector Humanitarian Alliance (member of the Advisory Council), World Economic Forum Council on Humanitarian Affairs and Crises (member of the Advisory Council), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working Group, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Initiative to Build Resilient and Ethical Supply Chains, the National Academy of Medicine Decarbonization of the Healthcare Sector Collaborative and various additional engagements with the World Economic Forum and World Health Organization. She co-directs Henry Schein’s engagement as private sector lead of the Pandemic Supply Chain Network, a global public-private initiative aimed at strengthening the resilience of the healthcare supply chain which the company co-founded in 2015.
Allison serves as Chairwoman of the Gold Foundation Corporate Council and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Oral Health Affinity Group. In addition, she co-founded and serves as Co-Chair of the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivor Oral Health Program, a program that provides free dental care to survivors in need across North America. Allison has published several articles on a range of global health topics as well as the power of stakeholder engagement, including “The Flywheel Philosophy,” published in Strategy + Business Magazine, and frequently participates as a speaker on public panels at a variety of forums, including the World Health Organization, World Economic Forum, World Health Summit, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Oral Health Forum.
Prior to joining Team Schein in 2008, Allison served in various roles at Physicians for Human Rights, Global Health Strategies, the Strategic Planning Unit of the Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. She received her Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School, where she was awarded the Pforzheimer Merit Fellowship.