About Alexis and Clay

Alexis recently finished a master’s degree in Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, focusing on finding innovative solutions to healthcare financing and economic development in resource-poor settings.

Prior to returning to graduate school, Alexis spent ten months traveling in Africa and Asia. During that time, she lived and worked in a number of different communities, gaining valuable first-hand knowledge of and exposure to many of the issues facing people in developing countries. She volunteered at an orphanage in rural Tanzania for three months, spent time observing in an infectious diseases hospital in Bangkok, and worked at another orphanage in Thailand for two months.

Her professional background is in marketing analytics, developing marketing strategies for a variety of clients, both online and offline. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 1997 with a BA in Geography. Alexis is happiest when she is skiing, hiking, reading, or doing just about anything that gets her outside on a warm sunny day.

Contact Alexis: alexis@twohelp.org

Raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Clay Heaton has been interested in helping people through healthcare since an early age. His maternal grandparents worked in public health and regaled him with stories of international travel and aid work.

Clay graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997, with a BA in International Studies. After working for several years in computer strategy game development, and then as a surgical technician, he returned to school to pursue a Master’s degree in public health. He recently finished the two-year Masters of Science program in Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. His primary interests involve the public health response to complex humanitarian emergencies and the development of game-based simulations that help train aid workers to respond to emergencies. Clay is currently a Fellow with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

In his spare time, Clay enjoys fishing, drawing, writing, cooking, sports that make him forget he’s exercising, and going to the movies. He has a dog, Julius, who lives with his parents in North Carolina.

Contact Clay: clay@twohelp.org