Amy Lin, MBA, MA - Director (acting), Division of International Affairs Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
Amy is the Acting Director for the Division of International Affairs at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), where she advances transformative health breakthroughs. She previously established the ARPANET-H innovation network at ARPA-H. Prior to ARPA-H, Amy directed USAID's Center for Innovation and Impact, applying market shaping, innovative financing, and digital health strategies, and led efforts to develop social enterprise models with Monitor Inclusive Markets in Mumbai and strengthen HIV/AIDS programs with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in Liberia. Earlier, she worked with the World Bank’s Development Marketplace on open innovation, with TechnoServe in Peru to support microenterprises, and with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to advise Fortune 500 clients on strategy, enterprise growth, and customer segmentation. Amy holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and a BA with Distinction in Political Science from Yale University. 

Dr Amanda Hurley - International Affairs Specialist, Division of International Affairs (CTR)
Dr. Amanda Hurley is an International Affairs Specialist supporting the Division of International Affairs at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) through an Avantiqor contract. In this role she supports the Director for International Affairs with a specific focus on the Americas region and biomanufacturing. Previously, Dr. Hurley was an inaugural foreign affairs officer in the Office of Global Health Security during the establishment of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State as a subject matter expert on resilient public health supply chains and access to medical countermeasures. Amanda joined the State Department in 2021 as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) S&T Policy Fellow in the Office of International Health and Biodefense, where she focused on supply chains and helped launch the Economic and Health Dialogue of the Americas for which she received multiple awards including the Franklin Award for creativity and diplomatic persistence. Amanda obtained a BS in microbiology from the University of New Hampshire, a PhD in molecular biology from Princeton University as a National Science Foundation Fellow, and a postdoc with former Deputy Director of OSTP Dr. Jo Handelsman at the University of Wisconsin – Madison as a U.S. Department of Agriculture Fellow. 

Dr. Kate Arnold - Program Manager, Scalable Solutions
Dr. Kate Arnold joined ARPA-H in January 2025. Previously, she was a full time laborist as well as Chief Medical Officer of at Watkins Conti Products and FemInnovation. She has leadership experience in academic centers, federally qualified health centers, and in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. As the Medical Director of Women’s Health at a community health center in Oklahoma, she grew the staff and partner hospitals, improving patient care. Arnold received her medical degree from Georgetown University and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Oklahoma. She has an MBA in health care administration and has advised for numerous maternal health committees and femtech companies.  

Dr. Kim Steele - Program Manager, Health Science Futures
Dr. Kimberley Eden Steele joined ARPA-H in November 2023 from The Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN), where she supported lymphatic research efforts as special projects director. Prior to that, Steele was associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed a minimally invasive and bariatric surgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty, rising to associate professor while earning a doctorate in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as well as certification with the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is recognized internationally for her contributions to research on bariatric surgery, the gut-brain axis, and neuroimaging in obesity. After serving as a surgeon at Johns Hopkins for over 14 years, Steele shifted her focus to the investigation of lymphatic disease, motivated by her son’s diagnosis of a rare lymphatic anomaly. Steele has spent the last 7 years working tirelessly with clinicians, scientists, medical students, and advocacy organizations to advance the field of lymphatic medicine, in the process establishing a non-profit, the Collaborative Research Advocacy for Vascular Anomalies Network (CaRAVAN), to coordinate and support research.