Beth Baja joined Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF in 2010 to support the Fund's leadership team in project management, outreach and communications. Her extensive prior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experience includes positions as a programme and conference management assistant in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office for Partnerships, which serves as a gateway for collaboration between the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ family and the private sector in advancing health and development; as an administrative assistant in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Peacekeeping Operations; and as an executive assistant in the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations.