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Dr. Margaret L. Chen
Executive Director
Former senior advisor at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation; 20+ years in global health finance.
Institutional/About & Leadership
Institutional stewardship of Development Health Finance.
America's Health Development Fund LLC is a U.S.-domiciled institutional platform that strategically mobilizes capital toward measurable, auditable health outcomes across Latin America.
Who we are
Founded to bridge institutional capital markets and Latin American public-health systems, AHDF operates as a Development Health Finance (DHF) allocator. We structure vehicles that align sovereign priorities, multilateral standards, and private-sector rigor toward one purpose: durable improvements in health access, workforce capacity, and infrastructure resiliency.
AHDF is domiciled in the State of Delaware, headquartered in Washington, D.C., and maintains a regional liaison office in Mexico City. Every allocation is governed by our independent Executive Advisory Board, audited annually by third-party firms, and disclosed through our Annual Transparency Report.
“Our mission is to strategically manage development health finance (DHF) by mobilizing institutional resources toward Latin America.”
Founding principles
Transparency
Every allocation is auditable, dated, and publishable in the Annual Transparency Report.
Institutional Rigor
Frameworks aligned with U.S. federal and multilateral standards, evaluated by independent auditors.
Local Legitimacy
Structuring is co-designed with ministries, universities, and civic institutions in-country.
Measurable Impact
Every project reports against publicly disclosed public-health KPIs.
Leadership
Our executive team combines U.S. federal experience, multilateral development finance, and Latin American public-health leadership.
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Andrés Villalobos, CFA
Chief Financial Officer
Structured over $3B in blended-finance vehicles across LATAM at leading multilateral institutions.
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Robert K. Henderson, JD
General Counsel
Federal regulatory practice, FCPA and OECD anti-bribery compliance for U.S. institutional platforms.
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Dra. Isabel Rojas-Peña
LATAM Director
Former Deputy Minister of Health; leads in-country partnerships with sovereign ministries and universities.
Board of Directors
| Director | Role | Institutional Affiliation |
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| Amb. (Ret.) James D. Whitfield | Chair | Former U.S. Ambassador to the OAS |
| Dr. Priya Ranganathan | Vice-Chair, Impact | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Elena Fischer, CPA | Audit Committee Chair | Big-Four Assurance Practice (Ret.) |
| Prof. Luis A. Martínez | LATAM Liaison Chair | Universidad de los Andes, School of Government |
| Kwame Osei, MBA | Capital Markets | Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt (Fmr.) |
Institutional milestones
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2022
Institutional formation
AHDF LLC incorporated in Delaware with a founding mandate for Development Health Finance.
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2023
Executive Advisory Board seated
Independent board convened; charter adopted and published.
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2024
First DHF facility structured
Blended-finance vehicle co-designed with a Latin American sovereign counterpart.
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2025
Inaugural Transparency Report
Annual disclosures published under DFC / IFC / OECD DAC alignment.
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2026
LATAM regional desk
Mexico City liaison office opened to accelerate in-country structuring.