Dr. Meena Srivastava

Meena Srivastava is a board-certified pediatrician who serves as a Medical Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Bureau for Global Health’s Office of HIV/AIDS. In this role, she provides strategic technical leadership and programmatic expertise to USAID-supported global health country programs under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As a global health leader, she is committed to advancing family-centered equitable healthcare access and improved outcomes for vulnerable populations with an emphasis on maternal and child health.

Dr. Srivastava will serve as a White House Leadership Development Fellow with the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Performance and Personnel Management in the Federal Workforce Branch. As a President’s Management Agenda Advisor, she looks forward to leading strategies that focus on planning for mission-critical hiring in high-priority occupational areas and scaling federal hiring to build mission delivery capacity across the federal workforce.

At USAID, Dr. Srivastava held multiple leadership roles including guiding the agency’s efforts in priority countries and shaping global strategies to combat the HIV epidemic. Her positions included Agency Lead for Tanzania, South Africa, and India; Technical Lead for Maternal and Pediatric HIV testing services; and Clinical Lead for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programming.

She led the design and expansion of a comprehensive HIV clinical and community-based program in India, which resulted in improved access to essential health services for adults and children. Additionally, she led efforts and collaborated across agencies to develop global technical considerations to ensure at-risk children receive lifesaving HIV testing and treatment services.

Dr. Srivastava received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Medical Degree from Ohio University and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her Pediatric Residency at INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children, where she continues to provide inpatient clinical care. She began her career in global health as a Pediatric AIDS Corp Physician with Baylor College of Medicine in Lesotho.

She lives in Washington, D.C., where she enjoys running, biking, and leisurely walks with her husband and two dogs.

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