Nicholas Institute Board of Advisors

Virginia Sall
As co-founder and director of Sall Family Foundation, Ginger Sall has studied and worked in not-for-profit organizations for over 20 years. Her focus is on complex local-to-global organizations addressing global health, conservation, and the environment—especially where these intersect to support healthy, sustainable lives for people in the developing world.

Sall also serves on the boards of directors for World Wildlife Fund–U.S. and CARE USA. She is a co-founder and trustee of Cary Academy, an innovative middle and high school in North Carolina. Sall volunteered for La Leche League to help mothers in her community breastfeed their babies; she also served on the board of La Leche League International (1995–2002), chaired the organization (2000–2002), and represented La Leche League International at the United Nations (2002–2008). She also served on the board of the School of Nursing Foundation at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1991–2001). Currently, she is an external advisor to the Carolina Breastfeeding Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sall has worked as a systems programmer, software developer, technical consultant, and statistical software trainer. She holds a BA in physics from Rice University and studied biostatistics at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.