Our Team

As a Senior Program Associate for the International Trachoma Initiative, Chantal Veira provides program support to French speaking countries implementing the SAFE strategy and technical assistance for the scale up of the Zithromax® donation in new countries. She assists with preparation of annual forecasts and drug applications, as well as the development of national Trachoma Action Plans that aim at eliminating trachoma as a source of blindness.

Chantal has ten years of combined project management, fundraising, and program development experience; seven of which focused on advancing the global effort to eliminate preventable blindness. In 2000, she launched and implemented ChildSight®, a free vision screening and eyeglass delivery program in inner city schools, for Helen Keller International in Atlanta. She later served as a regional fundraising manager for Optometry Giving Sight, where she increased the donor base, nurtured, and managed donor relationships on the east coast of the United States.