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Former U.S. ambassador Jack C. Chow served in pioneering roles in public service and global health diplomacy. He was the first Assistant Director‐General of the World Health Organization on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Dr. Chow held the rank of ambassador as the Special Representative of the U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Global HIV/AIDS and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Health and Science, the first U.S. diplomat of ambassador rank appointed to a public health mission. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, he led American diplomatic efforts in the establishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and in countering global infectious diseases and bioterrorism threats. In previous positions, Dr. Chow served at the State Department as the Senior Advisor for Global Health Policy to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, a congressional staff member on both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health at HHS, an Assistant Director for International Relations at the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center, and a Senior Policy Analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He has been a consultant on global health at the RAND Corporation, McKinsey & Company, and PRTM/PwC.