Nino Kharaishvili, MD, is Jacobs’ global health director for health system governance, where she focuses on health system resilience and preparedness. As an international health professional, she has working knowledge of 40 different countries across the former Soviet Union, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Middle East. She has over 20 years of international health consulting experience and has managed teams specializing in global health security, health system resilience, health policy, and so on. Kharaishvili has a breadth of experience in defining paths for health system sustainability and resilience, as well as designing and implementing various pandemic preparedness exercises aimed at improving public health emergency preparedness and response. Kharaishvili partnered with global health agencies to implement health system strengthening projects, assess national and multisectoral emergency response capacities, address resource challenges and constraints, and enhance communication strategies.