Angela Garcia

Angela Garcia is the Executive Director of Global Links, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health in resource-poor communities, locally and globally. A Pittsburgh native, Angela spent nine years studying, working and volunteering abroad, including in Mexico and Europe. Angela returned to Pittsburgh and joined Global Links in 2000, where she became Executive Director in 2018. Today, she leads a staff of 20 employees and more than 4,000 community volunteers. Under her direction, Global Links continues its focus on large-scale international medical programs focusing on primary care and maternal and infant health. Since 2015, Ms. Garcia has also led the creation and expansion of Global Links’ Community Partners Program, which supports other non-profit organizations by providing the medical materials, mobility aids, and home medical equipment that organizations need to better serve their clients and patients. As of 2019, the program served 7000+ Western PA neighbors in need. Ms. Garcia serves on the Advisory Board of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, she is a founding member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and serves on the board of the Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister Cities Partnership. She was named one of Pittsburgh’s “40 under 40” in 2013.