Ivonne Ximena Butler, MPH
Co-Director, I-TECH
Ivonne Ximena Butler is a public health professional with more than 20 years of experience in program leadership and management, capacity building and technical assistance work, and living and working in diverse global environments. As the Co-Director for I-TECH focused on business and administration of the Center, she is responsible for strategic leadership, directions, and management of the I-TECH Center and network of country offices. She oversees the implementation of programs across multiple countries, fosters and pursues collaborations within and outside the University of Washington (UW), and engages stakeholders to invest in and partner with I-TECH. Ms. Butler works closely with Jeff Lane and the Core Faculty Advisory Group to facilitate and catalyze integration of clinical and technical expertise within and across I-TECH’s program portfolio and represent the Center internally and externally.
Ms. Butler joined I-TECH in 2006 and has served in various leadership, program management and technical roles, supporting multiple countries and a diverse project portfolio from health systems strengthening to prevention and clinical treatment programs. Prior to joining I-TECH, Ms. Butler was the PMTCT Program Manager for the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program (ICAP) in Maputo, Mozambique, and worked for USAID/Mozambique as Technical Specialist in Behavior Change Communication, overseeing USAID’s prevention portfolio. Ms. Butler holds a Masters in Public Health in Health Behavior/Health Education from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is bilingual English/Spanish, has Portuguese fluency, and working knowledge of French.
Jeff Lane, JD, MPH
Co-Director, I-TECH
Assistant Professor, UW Department of Global Health
Affiliate Faculty, UW Global Medicines and Implementation Science Programs
Jeff Lane, JD, MPH, is Co-Director of the University of Washington’s (UW) International Training and Education Center for Heath (I-TECH) and an Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Global Health. He is also an affiliate faculty member with the UW Global Medicines Program and the UW Implementation Science Program. Prior to joining UW, Jeff practiced health care regulatory law in Seattle, Washington where he was a partner in the firm’s health care practice group. During his career, Jeff has worked to strengthen health policy and regulatory environments in the United States and more than a dozen countries around the world, including Botswana, Cambodia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, and Ukraine. Jeff’s research focuses on how health policy and law impact access to essential medicines and health services around the world. Jeff teaches Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health (GH523) every spring and co-teaches Global Health Pharmacy: Medicines, Practice, and Policy every winter (GH543). He received his Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Health from UW.