Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer was appointed in June 2006 to lead the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a historic $1.2 billion, five-year initiative to control malaria in Africa. Prior to his appointment, he served as Executive Director of the humanitarian organization World Relief, as a Senior Fellow with the Navy’s Strategic Studies Program at the Naval War College and as Deputy Director for Operations in the National Military Operations Center on the Joint Command Staff.