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About Us

The ACE Health Foundation (est. 2016) connects global prosperity with responsible leadership. Operating from Greater Washington, D.C., we curate strategic, cross-sector opportunities for investors, senior policymakers, educators, elite athletes, and entrepreneurs, both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, our ACE Global Bridges program formally partners with national and international chambers to drive cross-border economic growth. By uniting these powerful leaders and institutions, ACE acts as a catalyst for legacy impact-harnessing top-tier success to build inclusive frameworks and expand future opportunities for emerging leaders and emerging markets globally.

Board Members
Pooja Chandra Pama

An Indian-born American investor, humanitarian, and philanthropist, Pooja Chandra Pama brings extensive international business experience across finance, healthcare, agriculture, and real estate. She champions entrepreneurship on a global scale, driven by a commitment to seamlessly integrating community-building with meaningful philanthropy. 

Pama is the founder and Chairwoman of the ACE Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting senior leaders and entrepreneurs worldwide. Through her Global Masterminds program, the ACE Global Leaders of Excellence Network and ACE Global Bridges, She creates powerful platforms for collaboration and innovation. 

As the Founder and Chair of ACE Global Bridges, she leads independent, private-sector diplomacy efforts to forge international strategic economic alliances and foster international stability. Pooja's philanthropic interests include education, economic empowerment, the arts, health, and humanitarian initiatives. Pooja resides in the Greater Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.

Jay Jacob Wind

Jay Jacob Wind is a global scholar, visionary accountant, author, athletic events governor, the go-to committed leader, and an excellence enthusiast who executes a task from start to end. 

As an innovator of many public and private sectors' IT accounting systems and programs, in the early 1970s, Jay's humanitarian passion inspired him to found the Association of Co-Op Housing and develop the co-op house accounting system at the University of Wisconsin, which still exists today.

Jay helped found Aplanatic Co-op Warehouse to serve all the small co-op grocery stores across the South. Jay designed numerous energy and environmental impact data, winning many awards for clients. His project for EPA with ICF involved solving a P vs. NP problem, is considered one of the seven Millennium Problems of Clay Mathematics.

Jay’s other accomplishments include being appointed the commissioner of Arlington County's Parks and Recreation Commission (two years as chair). Jay's advocacy for trees, won permanent funding for Arlington County’s Park Ranger program.

Our Team
  • Our Mission

    ACE's mission is to bridge open door collaborations for sustainable grassroots community empowerment.

  • Our Vision

    ACE envisions under-served people elevated to healthy, resilient, and empowered communities.

  • Our Work

    ACCESS - provides essential health services, education, vocational training, mentoring, and economic development opportunities.

    COLLABORATION - supports cultural-sensitive partnerships for relevant engagement with grassroots leaders and community stakeholders to develop, implement and govern community-led initiatives. Collaboration bridges established entities with grassroots leaders and community stakeholders.

    EMPOWERMENT - facilitates mastermind groups and offers leadership and entrepreneur economic development opportunities for grassroots community leaders and stakeholders.

    ACE's operating framework bridges and cultivates collaborations for established entities and grassroots leadership engagement and equity empowerment. ACE focuses on closing the equity gap by providing sustainable resources and building healthy and financially empowered communities for the world's underserved and under-resourced populations.

    ACE's collaborative framework promotes grassroots participation in strategizing and implementing win-win solutions. For example, in response to the devastating 2020 global COVID 19 epidemic, the ACE Health Foundation XAZA initiative, a collaborative framework, addressed India's disparities in access to essential resources and income loss. The XAZA initiative donated factory space outside of New Delhi, India, provided supplies, developed job opportunities, and produced masks. ACE distributed the masks worldwide to charitable organizations to raise funds for their projects and missions.

    ACE is committed to establishing collaborations and partnerships that embrace a holistic approach. Understanding the value of long-term planning that effectively transforms condition ACE services revitalize the grassroots thought leaders with a cohesive relationship for the communities.