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 impact—investing in people—for the long term. We plant the seed for brighter, healthier futures and transform “what if” into “what is.”
Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc
Chief Executive Officer
Bonaventure Ahaisibwe, MBChB, MPH
Regional Director for Innovation and Strategy
Irene Atuhairwe, RN, MPH
Country Director, Uganda
Erin Barr, MPA
Managing Director, Finance & Administration
Bassim Birkland, MD, MPH
Country Director, Zambia
Kelly Carpenter, MPH
Senior Program Manager, Country Operations
Meaghan Carroll
Chief of Staff
Gerald Maxi Chibwana
Finance and Administration Manager, Malawi
Patricia Egessa, MA
Senior Communications Manager
Helen Ewing, DHSc, MN, RN
Senior Director of Clinical Education
Augustine Juma Fannah, MPA
Regional Operations Manager
Leigh Forbush, MPH
Senior Program Manager, Country Operations
Kidist Gebre
Director of Human Resources
Esther Ijangolet
Administrative & Logistics Assistant, Uganda
Simbisai R. Kadye, ACCA
Finance and Administration Manager, Country Operations
Thombi Kaunda
Program Officer, Malawi
Frederica Massah Kella, MPH
Program Coordinator, Sierra Leone
Eleanor Liu, CPA
Senior Finance Manager
Douglas Lungu, MBA
Operations Officer
Julie Mann, CNM
Associate Director of Midwifery
Clelia Anna Mannino, PhD
Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Fola May, MD, PhD, MPhil
Associate Director of Internal Medicine
Kiran Mitha Masood, MD
Associate Director of Pediatrics
Tiwonge Tracy Moyo, MA
Country Director, Malawi
Thomas Chiverapi Msiska, MSc
Program & MEL Manager, Malawi
Prossy Nakattudde
Program Officer, Uganda
Sarah Nyirongo Ngoma RM, MPH, MBA
Clinical Education Advisor, Zambia
Allan G. Nsubuga
Senior Program & MEL Manager, Uganda
Eric Otim
Finance and Administration Manager, Uganda
Maureen Ries, MD
Associate Director of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Leandra Furtado Rivera
Development Coordinator
Thida Sam
Partnership Manager
Isha Beckie Sesay
Clinical Advisor, Sierra Leone
Caroline Snyder
Administrative Coordinator
Mustapha Sonnie, MSPH
Country Director, Sierra Leone
Dan Spearman
Senior Program Coordinator
Brittney van de Water, PhD, RN, CPNP
Associate Director of Nursing, Pediatrics
Kate York, PhD, RN, FNP
Associate Director of Primary Health Care and Community Health Nursing
Seed has a proven legacy of working closely with our partners —governments, academic and clinical institutions, associations and councils, coalitions, funders, and other organizations—to create durable change that improves care quality and strengthens health systems. Together, we respond to an urgent need for a bold, long-term movement that will save lives today while empowering the next generation of health professionals.
Board Chair, Consultant, Egon Zehnder Health
Consultant
Operating Partner, Kairos Group & Entrepreneur
Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health
President, John Snow, Inc.
Program Director, Child Relief International
Vice President, Delivery System Reform, The Commonwealth Fund
Advisory Board Chair, Former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Public Service Advocate & Non-Profit Board Member
Chair of SBI, Inc.; former US Ambassador to Portugal
Chief Executive Officer and President, Boston Private & Trust Company
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Georgetown University
Vice Chairman, Bank of America
Managing Partner, Brookfield Private Equity; former US Ambassador to the European Union
President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic
Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health
Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
Senior Vice President for CVS Health & Chief Medical Officer for Aetna
amfAR Board Member; former Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks International
Philanthropist & Advisor
Director, Schooner Africa Fund
Senior Advisor Emeritus, RTI International; former Director of the Peace Corps
Board Chair and Commissioner, Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health
Acting Registrar, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
Nursing Student, Muni University
Emergency Medicine Resident, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Lira University
Assistant Commissioner, Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health
Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University
Chief of Party, Strengthening Human Resources for Health Project - IntraHealth International
Director of Education, Ministry of Education and Sports
Executive Director, African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation
Professor of Internal Medicine, Makerere University
Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University and Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology