Mark Smolinski was on the startup team for the Skoll Global Threat Fund (SGTF), an initiative founded by Jeff Skoll in 2010 to confront threats imperiling humanity by seeking solutions, strengthening alliances, and spurring actions needed to safeguard the future. As the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Global Health at SGTF, Mark's work laid a foundation for Ending Pandemics, an independent entity which spun off in 2018. As President of Ending Pandemics, Mark is leading a team that co-creates tools for early detection, advanced warning, and prevention of pandemic threats in emerging infection hotspots.