Daniella Foster is the Global Vice President and Head of Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability for Bayer’s Consumer Health Division. In this role, she is responsible for embedding sustainability into the fabric of the divisional business model, including strategy and ambition development, implementation and impact stewardship. This work focuses on empowering the transformation of everyday health for 100 million people in underserved communities around the world by 2030 through health literacy programs, access strategies and planet-friendly packaging.

A policy innovator and social entrepreneur, she has spent her career focused on actionable innovation in the government, business and non-profit sectors. Foster has worked across sectors leading initiatives to develop new brands and categories, grow small businesses, connect entrepreneurs to global supply chains, develop youth job skills and accelerate innovation.

Previously, Foster was the Vice President of Global Corporate Responsibility at Hilton, where she created and implemented programs that positioned Hilton as the industry leader in sustainable travel and tourism, launching its 2030 Goals agenda and securing the top ranking on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index among hospitality companies. Foster previously led global Corporate Affairs and Science Communications for the innovation hub of Mars, Incorporated. She also earned valuable public-sector experience at the U.S. Department of State, where she held roles of increasing responsibility and scope, and owned the Department's partnerships and social innovation agenda.

She is passionate about social entrepreneurship and serves as the Chairwoman of the Emergent Leaders Network, a non-profit she co-founded that provides scholarships and mentoring to community college students.

Foster is a board member of the United Nations Global Compact Network USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and serves as a Commissioner for the Global Business Coalition Education’s Youth Skills and Innovation Commission.

She holds an M.A. in Social and Public Policy from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Intercultural Communications and Business from Pepperdine University.