Nicole Vernot-Jonas is the Program Assistant on the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition Secretariat. Prior to joining the Secretariat, she conducted implementation research during a semester at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Ghana as part of her Master’s in Global Health with Georgetown University.
Nicole has held internships with Albright Stonebridge Group’s Health and Life Sciences Practice and Project HOPE’s Global Health Technical Unit. Most recently she supported the planning and execution of an interdisciplinary global health case challenge hosted by Georgetown’s Global Health Institute.
Nicole is a strong advocate for youth engagement in health diplomacy, having represented the Global Climate and Health Alliance as a youth member at the 2025 World Health Summit in Berlin and attended the 2023 World Health Assembly in Geneva as a student delegate.
A long-time resident of Washington, DC, Nicole is fluent in French and Spanish and has sung professionally with the National Cathedral Choir. She holds an MSc in Global Health and a Graduate Certificate in Refugees, Migration, and Humanitarian Emergencies, as well as a BSc with Departmental Honors in Global Health from Georgetown University.
