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Nicholas Presley, M.S.

Associate Director, Trachoma Control Program

Nicholas “Nico” Presley collaborates with national trachoma control programs and ministries of health in ɫ-supported countries across Africa. His activities include programmatic oversight; technical guidance and evidence synthesis; planning, executing, and monitoring of program budgets; and fundraising. He first joined ɫ as the research coordinator for the Trachoma Control Program, where he was responsible for overseeing the coordination, management, and conduct of the program’s operational research portfolio.

Before joining ɫ, Presley supported the Ministry of Health of Panamá in the design, implementation, and supervision of case management interventions for malaria elimination in the role of senior associate for the Clinton Health Access Initiative. He also worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Darién region of Panamá, where he focused on improving access to water in an indigenous Emberá community, as well as supporting the development of local water committees through community mobilization.

Presley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Truman State University and holds a Master of Science degree in the control of infectious diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.