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Our Team

Our team consists of highly-skilled professionals who are dedicated to improving health outcomes. For us, healthcare is not just about providing a quick fix. It’s about generational impactinvesting in peoplefor the long term. We plant the seed for brighter, healthier futures and transform “what if” into “what is.”

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Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc

Chief Executive Officer

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Sara Adelman

Senior Measurement and Learning Manager

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Brian Agaba MBcHB, MMed

Clinical Advisor, Uganda

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Bonaventure Ahaisibwe, MBChB, MPH

Managing Director, Impact & Innovation

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Irene Atuhairwe, RN, MPH

Country Director, Uganda

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Erin Barr, MPA

Managing Director, Finance & Administration

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Bassim Birkland, MD, MPH

Country Director, Zambia

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Courtney Bridgeo

Associate Director of Development

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Kelly Carpenter, MPH

Senior Program Manager, Country Operations

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Meaghan Carroll

Chief of Staff

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Gerald Maxi Chibwana

Finance and Administration Manager, Malawi

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Andrea Dickson

Senior Director of Communications

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Laura Euller

Measurement Analyst

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Randall Ellis

Associate Director of Emergency Medicine

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Helen Ewing, DHSc, MN, RN

Senior Director of Clinical Education

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Augustine Juma Fannah, MPA

Regional Operations Manager, Sierra Leone

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Leigh Forbush, MPH

Senior Program Manager, Country Operations

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Kidist Gebre

Director of Human Resources

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Matthew Haldeman

Associate Director for Family Medicine

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Amanuel Haile

Accounting Manager

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Esther Ijangolet

Administrative & Logistics Assistant, Uganda

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Simbisai R. Kadye, ACCA

Finance and Administration Manager, Country Operations

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Musa Kamara

Finance Officer

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Thombi Kaunda

Program Officer, Malawi

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Eleanor Liu, CPA

Senior Finance Manager

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Douglas Lungu, DBA, MBA

Operations Manager

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Julie Mann, CNM

Associate Director of Midwifery

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Fola May, MD, PhD, MPhil

Associate Director of Internal Medicine

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Kiran Mitha Masood, MD

Associate Director of Pediatrics

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Lauren McKown

Managing Director of Development

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Thomas Chiverapi Msiska, MSc

Program & MEL Manager, Malawi

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Prossy Nakattudde

Program Officer, Uganda

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Sarah Nyirongo Ngoma RM, MPH, MBA, PhD

Clinical Education Advisor, Zambia

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Allan G. Nsubuga

Senior Program & MEL Manager, Uganda

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Anda Nindi Nyondo

Acting Country Director, Malawi

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Eric Otim

Finance and Administration Manager, Uganda

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Maureen Ries, MD

Associate Director of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Leandra Furtado Rivera

Donor Engagement Officer

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Thida Sam

Partnership Officer

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Isha Beckie Sesay

Clinical Advisor, Sierra Leone

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Ruhi Sharma

Human Resources Generalist

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Caroline Snyder

Administrative Coordinator

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Mustapha Sonnie, MSPH

Country Director, Sierra Leone

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Dan Spearman

Senior Program Coordinator

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Brittney van de Water, PhD, RN, CPNP

Associate Director of Nursing, Pediatrics

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Kate York, PhD, RN, FNP

Associate Director of Primary Health Care and Community Health Nursing

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our Boards

Board of Trustees

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Dede Orraca-Cecil, MPH, JD

Board Chair, Consultant, Egon Zehnder Health

Tom Fry, MBA

Venture Advisor

Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc

Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health

Joel Lamstein, MBA

Former President, John Snow, Inc.

Patty O’Hayer, MBA

Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Government Relations & Strategic Partnerships

Her Excellency Toyin Saraki

Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Ndeye Fatu Koroma, MA

Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit Sierra Leone

Kara Weiss, MFA

Executive Director, Child Relief International

Advisory Board

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Ambassador Anthony Gardner, JD, MPhil, MFin

Advisory Board Chair; Managing Partner, Brookfield Private Equity; former US Ambassador to the European Union

Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland

Public Service Advocate & Non-Profit Board Member

Anthony DeChellis, MBA

Chief Executive Officer and President, Boston Private & Trust Company

The Honorable Mark Dybul, MD

Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Georgetown University

Anne Finucane

Chairwoman, Rubicon Carbon

John Halamka, MD, MS

President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic

Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc

Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health

Donna Langley

Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP

Senior Vice President for CVS Health & Chief Medical Officer for Aetna

Bill Roedy, MBA

amfAR Board Member; former Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks International

Alexandra Roedy

Philanthropist & Advisor

Cynthia Ryan, MA

Director, Schooner Africa Fund

Aaron Williams

Senior Advisor Emeritus, RTI International; former Director of the Peace Corps

Ambassador Louis Susman, LLB (Chair Emeritus)

Former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Senator William Frist, M.D. (Emeritus)

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader

Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, JD (Emeritus)

US Ambassador to Brazil

Uganda Advisory Board

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John Baptist Waniaye, MBChB, MSc

Board Chair and Commissioner, Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health

Ms. Christine Nimwesiga, RM, MPH, MNS, DHSMT, BNS, RN

Registrar, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council

Edward Kumakech, MSN, MPH, PhD

Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Lira University

Richard Mugahi, MBChB, MPH

Assistant Commissioner, Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health

Rose Chalo Nabirye, MPH, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Vincent Oketcho, MD, MCommH

Chief of Party, Strengthening Human Resources for Health Project - IntraHealth International

Jane Egau Okou, PhD

Director of Education, Ministry of Education and Sports

Francis Omaswa, MBChB, MMed, FRCS, FCS

Executive Director, African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation

Professor Nelson K. Sewankambo, FUNAS, MBCHB, MSC, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC)

Professor of Internal Medicine, Makerere University

Julius Wandabwa, MBChB, MMed, PhD

Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University and Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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