Sebastian Fries

Executive Director, Columbia Population Health Partnerships
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

As executive director of Corporate Partnerships at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Sebastian Fries, PhD, calls upon his extensive knowledge of public/private partnerships mixed with 20 years of private sector experience to achieve results impacting companies’ performance and sustainability goals. He is a veteran of both Pfizer and TOMS, where he led the company’s giving strategy — which evolved to provide not only shoes, but also eyeglasses, safe birthing kits, clean-water technology and bullying prevention in more than 70 countries.

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