Position: Board of Directors
Dr. Evaleen Jones founded Child Family Health International in 1992. She is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California , San Francisco Family Medicine Residency. She currently holds a position on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her commitment to the underserved stems from growing up in rural New Jersey and spending her college years in the Appalachian region of Virginia , where poverty prevails. She began her work in international health taking trips to Latin America as a medical student. Within five years, she founded CFHI, which now works with over 250 global partners, sending 700+ participants abroad each year. She works actively to support the organization’s growth and development, traveling extensively to strengthen sustainable healthcare for underserved communities worldwide. She is married, with two sons, Kodiak and Miles.