Dr. Kerry is the co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, a non-profit organization focused on health systems strengthening and transformation through long-term investments and training of the health workforce. Under her leadership, Seed has helped educate more than 42,000 doctors, nurses, and midwives in seven countries, helping to improve health care for more than 76 million people. 

In June 2023, Dr. Kerry was appointed WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. She has spoken and written about the effects of climate change on human health and health systems and the need to integrate a health-centered response into climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. Dr. Kerry supported the UAE COP28 Presidency to shape the first-ever COP Day of Health on December 3, 2023 and continues to lead efforts globally to build advocacy around the impact of climate change on health and ensure equitable and just climate action.

As co-chair of a workstream on the World Health Organization’s Public Health and Emergency Health Workforce Roadmap, she is helping to galvanize consensus for investment in surveillance, detection, and treatment for the next pandemic. 

Dr. Kerry is a pulmonary and critical care-trained physician and the director of Global and Climate Health Policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also serves as the associate director of partnerships and global initiatives at the MGH Center for Global Health and directs the Global Public Policy and Social Change program at Harvard Medical School where she focuses on links between security and health. She has two children.

Andrew leads strategy, operations, and programming for Seed Global Health, ensuring the organization achieves its impact, growth, and performance goals.

Previously, Andrew served in leadership roles at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), including managing global financial operations and leading a multi-disciplinary team of experts to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health to introduce new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics into the public and private sectors, conduct market shaping for essential medicines, optimize health supply chains, and design health policy and strategy.

Andrew is a public health and management systems specialist with extensive experience leading evidence-based public health initiatives, corporate finance transformations, and organizational systems strengthening in several countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

 In 2020, Andrew was elected board chair of Uganda’s Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism, overseeing a budget of more than $800 million to support the fight to end HIV, TB, malaria, and COVID-19. Previously he served as chair of AIDS Development Partners in Uganda.

Andrew has a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Macalester College.

Sara Adelman supports the monitoring, evaluation, and learning team in designing and implementing systems to rigorously evaluate Seed’s work and facilitate learning across the organization. She also manages the organization-wide knowledge management initiatives at Seed. 

 Sara believes that building resilient health systems, those that are equitable and responsive to the needs of the most marginalized and to global pandemics, requires substantial investment in health care workers. She’s thrilled to support Seed’s work towards this mission. Sara’s prior experience in global health and development spans health workforce development, family planning and reproductive health, and gender equity. She’s held various roles encompassing program management, research, monitoring, evaluation, and health informatics working in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia for non-profits, in consulting, and for a start-up social enterprise.

Sara received a Bachelor’s degree in International Development from UC Berkeley and a Master’s degree in Public Health for Development from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Rose is accountable for planning, management, and guiding the financial operations at Seed’s financial headquarters in the US as well as all Seed’s operating countries. Collaborating with colleagues across the organization, her role is to ensure the financial operations continue to evolve to meet the needs of the organization and its strategic objectives. 

Previously, Rose was the director of finance and operations at Lwala community Alliance, where she led the growth, advancement, sustainability, and efficiency of Lwala’s financial systems for over five years. Prior to that she worked at ICW Global Secretariat as the finance and grants manager and at HJF Medical Research Inc. as the finance and administration manager. 

She has more than 18 years of experience developing financial systems and strategies, grants, and fund portfolio management for both international and local NGOs, and donor-funded programs. 

Rose is a certified public accountant, holds an MBA in strategic management and a BBA in finance and accounting. 

Brian will provide clinical and technical support to seed educators, partner sites, clinical, program and development teams. Brian is passionate about maternal, neonatal and child health, strengthening health education and quality improvement in health practice. His goal is to eliminate health inequities and he hopes to dedicate his career in service of this. Driven by the desire to impact the health of Ugandans at population level, Brian joined Seed in 2023.

Brian has a decade of experience ranging from clinical care, health education, health service leadership, quality improvement, disease outbreak investigation and response. Brian began his career as a medical officer at Uganda Martyr’s Hospital, Lubaga. He rose through the ranks to become head of obstetrics/ gynecology. He has mentored hundreds of health professionals and provided care to thousands of patients. He has been involved in quality improvement efforts of several health facilities across the country. Additionally, Brian has been involved in response to public health emergencies like outbreaks of COVID-19, Scabies, Anthrax and Ebola. Brian has done volunteer work with Wakisa Ministries, a teenage pregnancy crisis center in Uganda.

Brian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from Makerere University and a Master of Medicine degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Uganda Martyrs University. He is pursuing a Master of Public Health degree and a fellowship in Field Epidemiology at Makerere University.

Dorish supports various financial operations including accounting, budgeting, reporting, audit coordination at Seed.

She is a Certified Public Accountant with a master’s degree in business administration from Uganda Marty’s University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Kyambogo University.

Dorish has over eight years of working experience in financial management, grants management, audit, and risk management. She loves to dance and play football during her leisure time.

Irene Atuhairwe leads the Uganda team, ensuring country program, administrative, and operational integrity and represents the organization with key stakeholders.

Irene is passionate about strengthening the nursing and midwifery profession; health systems strengthening; maternal, neonatal, and child health, as well as, serving marginalized populations. She has 15 years’ experience in health programming. 

Irene joined Seed in 2019. She previously worked with Peace Corps, Uganda as the program specialist for the Global Health Service Partnership and later as the program manager. She led volunteer support and placement site development initiatives, maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and partner institutions. Prior to that, Irene was at the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau where she helped kick start the AIDS Care and treatment program for all catholic faith-based facilities in the country.  

In 2005,  Irene began working at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) where she initiated and aided patient support systems at the clinic and community level for the AIDS Relief Program. While at CRS, she worked on community-based programs for vulnerable children and pregnant women. Irene was the CRS lead for all nurse supported initiatives in HIV care in the western region and later for the whole country. 

Her career started as a volunteer at the Reach Out Mbuya Project, an initiative that provided HIV care, treatment, and support. Irene was responsible for providing continuous care for people living with HIV/AIDS. This included the provision of antiretroviral therapy as part of the task shifting initiative in HIV care for Uganda.

Irene holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in public health from Makerere University.

Marian is the program manager for Seed Global Health in Sierra Leone. She has over fourteen years of experience in public health and nutrition program development, management, and evaluation. Before joining Seed, Marian coordinated a nutrition partnership program for the UN and worked closely with the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat in the Office of the Vice President.

Marian has also managed primary health care and nutrition programs in under-resourced communities and served as a consultant on program evaluations and food distribution programs. She has also worked as a research assistant designing recipes and training women in the appropriate use of the food they grow to enhance good health and nutrition security. Prior to this, Marian worked in the teaching profession for almost ten years.

Marian is interested in working to solve the global burden of health and malnutrition in developing countries, especially for children under the age of two years, and pregnant and lactating women. As such, she has a special interest in managing programs to improve the health and nutritional status of women and children. She has worked in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and South Sudan.

Marian holds a Master of Science degree in public health nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a postgraduate diploma in international food and nutrition with a focus on food and nutrition security from the International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics education from the Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone.

Erin Barr leads Seed’s finance, administration, and human resources team responsible for implementing the infrastructure and systems needed to support the strategic objectives of the organization. 

Erin joined Seed in 2016 and has spent her professional career in global development, with a focus on management systems. Prior to joining Seed, she worked for John Snow, Inc. (JSI) supporting finance, administration, human resources, and new business development for various project offices in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. At JSI, Erin spent several months of each year based in project offices. Her early career was in Costa Rica where she ran the field office for WorldTeach which implemented programs in partnership with the Ministry of Education. 

Erin earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and theology at Boston College and a master’s degree in public administration and nonprofit management at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.

Erin is passionate about building systems and solutions to enable her colleagues’ success. When she is not working, you can likely find her deep in a forest or climbing a mountain.

Bassim Birkland leads Seed’s programming in Zambia.

A champion of primary care, you will find Bassim rounding the medical wards at a government hospital with students and residents as a physician educator, at his office at the University of Zambia where he lectures, or carrying out work related to Seed. He is a resident of Zambia, his wife’s home, where he has worked for years as a primary care physician and as a global health consultant to both public and private institutions.

Bassim’s professional interests include medical education and training. He has been involved in establishing new health professional training programs in Zambia. Bassim has years of experience with clinical teaching of health professionals in low-resource settings. He has held a faculty position at the University of Zambia since 2017 and currently coordinates the only family medicine training program in the country.

Outside of professional pursuits, Bassim serves on two community development boards. He has a Bachelor of Art in Psychology and a Master in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. He holds a Medical Doctorate from the Medical University of South Carolina. 

He enjoys spending time with his wife and toddler twins at their farm outside of Lusaka.

Courtney Bridgeo works on the development team at Seed Global Health, supporting the organization in expanding its network of supporters, partners and ultimately, Seed’s impact.

Courtney’s career has been spent managing international programs and engagement in global health.  Previous to Seed, she served as the Assistant Director of Strategy & Outreach at the Harvard Global Health Institute where she was positioned on the leadership team to provide strategic and creative planning across external relations, events, education initiatives, organizational strategy, and governance.  Prior to this, she worked at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in global health research and academic administration, gaining experience managing major international research projects, organizing global trainings and high-level events, and building long-term relationships with international partners in academia, government, and the non-profit and private sector.

Courtney earned a BSc in biology and business administration from Suffolk University. Courtney’s academic interests continue to weave a thread through her career, with global health now serving as a passion for her.

Kelly is dedicated to the support, coordination, and management of program operations in Malawi and Zambia as part of Seed’s program quality and management team. 

Kelly is passionate about and values community, equity, and relationship building in all facets of life. She brings over a decade of experience across disciplines. Kelly has spent her postgraduate career in the design and management of asset-based community development programs in Latin America. Before joining Seed in 2019, she spent four years in South and Central America spearheading local program initiatives in partnership with grassroots organizations, community cooperatives, and health facilities in rural and semi-urban settings. Most recently, Kelly served as a regional director. She was responsible for leading teams in building partnerships, establishing infrastructure, and overseeing operational expansion into Guatemala while closing out the same in Nicaragua.

She holds an MPH in Global Health Practice and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of South Florida. 

Meaghan Carroll supports the Executive Team with diverse administrative, strategic, and organizational functions essential to Seed’s mission, and manages special projects related to Seed’s needs and priorities. She works closely with the Board of Trustees, ensuring alignment around Seed’s strategic plan, enabling opportunities for impact, and coordinating closely with each committee to move the work forward.

Meaghan joined Seed in 2016 and has helped the organization through a rapid period of growth.  She started her career in public service as both a congressional intern in Washington, DC and Boston. This led to her work as the MA Scheduler and assistant to the state director for Senator John Kerry for many years. She took her skill set from the public sector and applied it to the private sector during her tenure with The Kraft Group, where she worked as the executive assistant to the Chairman and CEO. After that, Meaghan transitioned to higher education, where she worked as an executive assistant within Harvard University. Her depth of experience in the public sector, private sector, and higher education has given her a broad spectrum of knowledge to assist in all facets of Seed’s reach.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bridgewater State University.

In her downtime, Meaghan enjoys spending time with her growing family, checking out new restaurants, and exploring local hiking trails.   

Gerald Maxi Chibwana supports the Malawi team with finance and administration related matters to facilitate effective implementation of the country strategy.

Prior to joining Seed in 2019, Gerald spent 15 years in the hospitality industry. Most recently, he worked at Umodzi Park and Resorts where he held various management roles ranging from banqueting manager to group and convention manager to sales manager. Gerald was part of the core team involved in the opening of Umodzi Park and tasked with developing the company’s systems, processes, and procedures. He also worked for Sunbird Hotels, Protea Ryalls Hotel, and Crossroads Hotel, three of the leading hotels in Malawi. 

Gerald has vast experience working with clients like UNDP, US Embassy, IMF, and Standard Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Cyprus Institute of Marketing.

Gerald spends his free time with his girls and plays social football. He loves sightseeing and takes every opportunity to travel.

Chilekwa K. Chilekwa II, is a seasoned and accomplished research, monitoring, evaluation and learning expert. He supports the management of the research, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities and systems for the Zambia country team, oversees the collection, analysis, and management of all partnership monitoring data, leads data-driven learning and knowledge sharing, reporting and communications, and provides the training and support to key stakeholders.

Prior to joining SEED Health Global, Chilekwa served as director – monitoring, evaluation and learning for the USAID Scaling Up Nutrition Technical Project in Zambia and prior to that, he had served as the senior research manager for the BBC Media Action Zambia office.

Chilekwa holds a post- graduate diploma in M&E, Master of Arts in population studies (Demography), a Bachelor of Arts degree in demography, all obtained at the University of Zambia and a Post- Graduate Certificate in project management from the Association for Project Management (APM) Group in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Outside of professional pursuits, Chilekwa plays lead guitar in a band called ‘Midlife Crises’ composed of individuals in the medical field. He is the only non-medical person in the band. The band plays different music genres, including roots reggae, Congolese Rumba & Soukous, Zambian Kalindula music, highlife, jazz, neo- soul, blues, country, R&B, pop & rock and, other popular genres from the old school.

Andrea leads strategic communications for Seed Global Health, working with colleagues across the organization to tell the story of Seed’s impact to policymakers, governments, donors, and partners.

Previously, Andrea was associate director of communications at JSI, where she led strategic communications for a global health portfolio worth almost $1 billion and spanning 16 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Previously, she led public affairs for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Georgia and Azerbaijan. 

She has more than 15 years of experience developing communications strategies, including branding, messaging, and storytelling, for a wide range of international and local NGOs, government agencies, and donor-funded programs in more than 20 countries. 

Andrea has a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tufts.

In her free time, she loves to travel with her family, read novels, and fix up her old house.

Laura supports Seed’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team & program teams with best practices in program design, data collection & management, utilization-focused evaluation, and organizational learning.

Prior to joining Seed, Laura supported women’s small business development programs in Minnesota in a series of roles, most recently as a loan officer. Laura has also supported cross-cutting gender research at a variety of INGOs including Better Work, UN ESCAP, and Tufts/USAID in the areas of the post-Covid care economy, remittance practices, and zoonotic disease spillover in Africa, Asia, and the Levant.

Laura holds a Master’s degree in International Development from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy where she specialized in Design, Monitoring, & Evaluation.

Randall leads emergency medicine programming for Seed, focusing on recruiting, supporting educators, and advising and supporting partner institutions.

Over the past 15 years, Randall has had extensive international experiences in clinical care, teaching and supporting emergency medicine development in Haiti, Malawi, Ghana, Guyana, Zambia and Uganda.  Randall has been involved in EM development in Uganda since 2018.  He served as a Seed educator in Mbarara, and continued teaching remotely throughout the Covid pandemic.  In 2022 he assisted with HCW training in response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

Randall is a practicing emergency physician who has worked at a number of community teaching hospitals in TN and KY, and soon will be working at the San Carlos Apache hospital in AZ.

Helen Ewing designs, leads, and supports the clinical and training strategies and activities in nursing, medicine and midwifery across education, practice and policy. 

Helen has over 35 years of experience in healthcare and has spent the past thirty years in leadership, academic administration, and health profession education. She has experience in various leadership, academic, and clinical roles in Canada and the United States. Helen has also worked in resource-limited countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kenya, Liberia, and Rwanda.

Her research interests include issues affecting global health, quality of life of nurses, healthcare leadership, promoting evidence-based healthcare, online education, and academic integrity. Helen has a passion for quality student and faculty centered education and advancing healthcare professions and health systems locally and internationally.

She holds diplomas in nursing and business management and bachelor and master’s degrees in nursing, specializing in management and quality improvement. Helen earned her doctorate of health science from Nova Southeastern University specializing in international healthcare, proposing a model for the delivery of primary healthcare in rural India.

As director of advocacy and media, Tom drives Seed’s advocacy, media, and communications efforts to advance Seed’s policy positions and influence decision-makers, both at global and national levels.

Before joining Seed, Tom was associate director at freuds, a leading UK communications agency, leading global public health campaigns that shifted the dial on climate change and health, overcoming vaccine hesitancy in countries across Africa, and driving behavior change for those needing help for gambling addiction. He also led media and advocacy around the introduction of the R21 malaria vaccine.

Previously, Tom worked in communications in UK politics for over a decade, leading external communications for governmental departments including the Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry for Housing, and the Cabinet Office. In these roles, Tom advised secretaries of state, ministers, and senior civil servants on health and social issues including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, pay and retention for doctors and nurses in the NHS, and housing and homelessness.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and European politics from the University of Westminster in London. In his spare time, Tom is a devoted bookworm – preferring hard science fiction – and can often be found exploring the world, especially to escape the grim British winter.

Augustine Juma Fannah provides finance and administration support to all our partner country teams. 

Juma has over 12 years of experience working in finance and administration. Prior to joining Seed in 2019, he was a finance coordinator for MSF in Myanmar. Juma has worked in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and South Sudan as a finance and administration manager. In this capacity, he oversaw the implementation of policy and procedure. 

Juma has an Associate of Science in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, and an Master of Public Administration in Public Management.

He enjoys cooking with his girls and loves listening to gospel and country music.

Leigh Forbush manages program operations, administration, finances and logistics for Eswatini and Uganda as part of Seed’s program quality and management team. 

Leigh has spent her career designing and implementing global and domestic health workforce development initiatives. Her work, specializing in human resource for health capacity building, has taken her to Haiti, Liberia, Mexico, and Uganda. Leigh has experience creating and managing programming for a wide variety of health professionals and institutions. These include children’s health quality improvement collaboratives for public health professionals, psychosocial interventions for mental health providers, and community health initiatives for community health workers. 

She has a background in health education, community mobilization, and program management. Her interest in global healthcare delivery developed during her Peace Corps service in the Dominican Republic. Leigh has pursued this passion through positions at Partners In Health, Boston Medical Center, and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, among others. 

Leigh received her Bachelor of Art from Vanderbilt University and her Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health.

Kidist Gebre provides strategic guidance and leadership in the development of human resource policies that promote maximum effectiveness at Seed and support our mission.

As the director of human resources, Kidist oversees all aspects of the human resources function and establishes the direction for the full complement of core human capital programs, policies, and services. Before joining Seed in 2020, Kidist was a human resources manager at a global architecture software company. She was responsible for all aspects of human resources including the alignment of the broader employee base with corporate strategy for North America. 

Kidist holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from University of Massachusetts. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management.

Afi is global communications manager at Seed, where she leads our strategy and storytelling efforts across our four partner country programs. Afi has 10 years of experience designing and executing marketing campaigns for technology, higher education, non-profit organizations, and advertising agencies. She is passionate about building strong and successful brands, leveraging her areas of expertise in public relations, product marketing, social media management, customer experience, and event management.

Most recently at Ogilvy, Afi developed and managed campaign strategies across Africa for leading brands such as Standard Chartered Bank, PLC, Lifebuoy (Unilever), Bolt Ghana, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She played a pivotal role in the rebranding of Hubtel, where she held numerous positions including mobile campaigns manager, product marketing manager, and communications and PR manager. Afi has also held communications positions at Ohio University and the Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program (now Aspire) at Harvard University.

Afi has a bachelor’s degree in French and a master’s degree in communication and international studies.

 Outside of work, Afi is an introvert and enjoys trying different kinds of food. Her speckled grey hair and singing abilities are excellent conversation starters. She is easily calmed by butterflies and loves creative writing, but at the heart of everything, she is a wanderlust storyteller who enjoys crafting impressionable campaigns that resonate with target audiences.

As business development officer, Samantha identifies and builds relationships with mission-aligned new partners who support Seed’s work. She has more than five years of experience in grants fundraising, partnership management, and program development and has helped raise millions of dollars in funding for international NGOs and social enterprises based in Africa and the United States.

Most recently, Samantha was a business development manager at Sanergy, where she was responsible for growing the organization’s pipeline, developing donor engagement strategies, and managing multi-year grants from donors including UNICEF, the French Agency for Development (AFD), and USAID. She also has held fundraising roles at Healthright International and CARE USA.

Samantha has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Queen’s University and a master’s degree in public health from Emory University.

Matthew Haldeman guides family medicine programming for Seed by recruiting, supporting, and mentoring global health-minded family medicine physicians.

Matthew joined Seed as a family medicine educator from 2020-2022, helping to launch Zambia’s first-ever family medicine residency program by serving as a faculty member at University of Zambia Family Medicine. Passionate about point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and its use in low-resource settings, Matthew nurtured the growth of POCUS in the residency program, which now uses POCUS regularly.

Matthew is also a global health faculty and assistant professor of family medicine at University of South Carolina School of Medicine, where he teaches full-spectrum family medicine.  His research interests include novel applications of POCUS and the impact they can have in low-resource settings.

Matthew is also an avid hiker, climber, and gardener.

Esther Ijangolet manages the Seed Uganda front office.

Before joining Seed, Esther worked as an Administrative Assistant with the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders’ Initiative on Health and HIV/AIDS in Africa for 5 years.

She has over 5 years experience in office administration, procurement, and logistics. Over the course of her career, Esther has gained an invaluable skillset and expertise in navigating challenging situations.

Esther is passionate about her work. She enjoys interacting with her colleagues as well as the organization’s partners and stakeholders.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from ESLSCA International Business School, Uganda and a diploma in business studies from Makerere University Business School.

Simbisai supports country operations’ finance and administration functions including in-country corporate administration, financial management, and subgrants management.  She also manages special projects related to organizational needs.

Before joining Seed in 2021, Simbisai worked as the Financial Management Expert for the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). While there, she supported the implementation of national and regional capacity-building projects across Africa. Prior to her time at ACBF, Simbisai worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative and served as the Project Accountant for Crown Agents.

Simbisai holds a Masters in Financial Management from Edinburgh Business School, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes, and completed ACCA qualifications. 

When she is not working, she enjoys jogging, hiking, and gardening.

Musa provides finance and administration support for our office in Sierra Leone and is responsible for financial accounting and reporting, as well as managing special projects related to organizational needs and priorities. 

Musa has a decade of experience supporting international NGOs and corporate institutions in various capacities, including as payroll manager, grant financial accountant, and finance and administration coordinator.

Musa holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone and a Bachelor of Science degree in applied accounting from the Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone.

Virginia supports the finance management of the Zambia office including reporting, budgeting, accounting, and auditing.

Prior to joining Seed, she worked with Tearfund as regional accountant for the Southern and Eastern Africa (SEA) region supporting Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania country offices.

Virginia is a fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) with over 12 years’ experience in the NGO sector managing all aspects of accounting and finance including budgeting, compliance, capacity building, accounting, and audit.

In her free time, she likes to travel, take walks and read.

Thombi supports the Malawi team in fulfilling partner commitments and exploring new approaches and systems to support educators and meet Seed’s strategic goals.

Thombi joined Seed in 2018 and uses her energy, passion, and skills to enhance organizational operations and communication efforts in our fast-paced country office during a time of rapid growth. Prior to Seed, she worked with two international banks in Malawi, namely Standard Bank and Ecobank Plc, and one local bank in different junior and senior positions. Thombi has vast experience in the financial sector including sales and marketing, operations, administration and finance, credit and risk management, and foreign trade dealings.

She has a degree in financial services with a specialty in treasury and international trade from the University of South Africa and a master’s degree in Business Administration from UNICAF University, Cyprus.

Godfrey is a human resources generalist at Seed, based in Kampala, Uganda.  He has extensive expertise in both operational and strategic HR functions. His experience spans talent acquisition, compensation, learning and development and performance management.

Prior to joining Seed, Godfrey coordinated HR services for the Uganda country team of the USAID: Strategic Information Technical Support Project. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Makerere University.

Throughout his career, Godfrey has implemented HR solutions across various countries in Africa including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC.

Outside of his professional life, Godfrey is a passionate Formula One enthusiast who enjoys relaxing with a good sitcom and spending time with friends and family.

Douglas has more than 10 years of experience working in finance and operations, including for USAID-funded awards. Prior to joining Seed in 2021, he was a finance and administration manager for SOCHA Zambia, where he oversaw all aspects of operations, finance, procurement, HR, and administration. Before that, he worked for Zambia Law Development Commission, PACT Zambia, and John Snow, Inc. In these roles, he oversaw compliance, financial reporting, audit management, capacity management, and strategy.

Douglas has a deep passion for promoting high-quality education among under-privileged rural children. He is an educational advocate in his rural district of Lusangazi, Eastern Province, where he is championing the inclusion of adult literacy in public schools and supporting two primary schools that he attended as a child. Douglas is writing a soon-to-be published autobiography entitled Letters from my Mother in honor of his mother, who raised him as a single parent and continues to influence his life.

Douglas has Doctor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from ZCAS University in Lusaka and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from University of Lusaka. He also has a post-graduate diploma in teaching/lecturing methodology, and a diploma from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Association of Accounting Technicians (MAAT).

He enjoys reading books, traveling, and watching documentaries and boxing. He also is learning to play the guitar and keyboard.

Anthony Mafabi is a driver and supports the administration and logistics function for Seed Global Health in Uganda.

Before joining Seed, he worked with the U.S. Peace Corps in Kampala, supporting communities in the areas of agriculture, education, economic development, and health. He also served as a logistics officer at Matrix Uganda Limited, a pharmaceutical company.

Anthony has a certificate in defensive driving from Smith System and Uganda Standard Driving Agency. 

He enjoys farming, loves spending time with family, listening to music, and reading.

As midwifery technical advisor at Seed Global Health, Richard works with our partners to improve midwifery education and practice in Malawi.

He is a public health specialist with more than 10 years of experience in health systems strengthening, monitoring and evaluation, implementation research, and project management. He has led quality improvement projects, contributed to the development and alignment of the monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework for the midwifery-led ward model, and leads all the MEL efforts including data analysis, related to Seed’s midwifery-led ward partnership.

Richard holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery.

Julie Mann guides midwifery programming at Seed. In addition to recruiting midwifery educators, she advocates and supports maternal health initiatives within our partner institutions. 

Julie’s journey in maternal health began in Burkina Faso while in the Peace Corps. It is there that she witnessed her first maternal death and subsequently discovered her passion, her vocation. She promised herself that she would devote her career to delivering high-quality maternal health care and addressing the disparities in care that exist for women in maternal and reproductive health.  

She has worked as the co-director of women’s health for Partners in Health in Haiti and as a MGH Global Health Nursing Fellow at Lira University in Uganda. Julie has also practiced midwifery in the rural southwest while living on Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. 

Julie practices midwifery at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she serves as the assistant director of midwifery and project manager of quality improvement on the labor and delivery unit. 

She received her master’s in midwifery from Yale University. Julie has been recognized as a Fellow in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School and Mount Auburn Hospital and is currently pursuing her MPH at Johns Hopkins University.

Pacharo supports the Malawi country team to deliver impactful outcomes, providing thought leadership and Seed policy outreach. She ensures seamless implementation of seed partnerships that are aligned with strategic national goals  and serves as the primary liaison with institutional leadership, adeptly identifying and nurturing innovation opportunities.

Before joining Seed Global Health, Pacharo was the acting director of health programs at Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM), where she led the health services, training and programs team. Previously, she was the training manager responsible for coordinating all the 11 pre-service training institutions within the CHAM network.

She has 18 years of experience in project management, strategic partnership development and healthcare leadership gained through her tenure with the ministry of health and various non-governmental organizations in Malawi.

Pacharo holds a Master of Public Health in global health from the University of Melbourne, Australia, a University Certificate in midwifery and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Malawi.

In her free time she loves to travel with her family and read novels.

Fola May directs internal medicine programming at Seed and is focused on connecting internists around the globe.

Fola has participated in global health programs in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa. She has been part of the Seed team since 2012. In addition to her role at Seed, Fola is an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA and a co-director of the UCLA Center Global Health Program. She oversees a research team that conducts studies to understand and address health care disparities domestically and internationally.

Fola graduated from Yale University with a degree in biology. She attended the University of Cambridge to study international systems of health care delivery before matriculating to Harvard Medical School. She trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Fola then joined the UCLA Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program, completing a fellowship in gastroenterology at UCLA and a PhD in health policy and management from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Kiran Mitha Masood guides pediatric programming for Seed, focused on recruiting, supporting, and connecting pediatricians around the globe. 

Kiran has spent her professional career focusing on vulnerable children, particularly in under-resourced areas of Africa and South America. Her early career concentrated on caring for underserved children domestically. 

Kiran’s first role with Seed was in 2013 as a pediatric educator teaching at Gulu University’s Faculty of Medicine. After completing her service, she transitioned into the role of regional director of programs and partnerships, overseeing all Seed operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Since returning to the US, Kiran has led Seed’s engagement in global child health. In addition to her role at Seed, Kiran is a faculty member at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and leads the UCLA partnership in Peru. She also serves as a mentor to trainees interested in careers in global health. She has also previously worked in Ethiopia and Guatemala.  

She completed her medical education at the University of California, San Diego, where she helped serve the local uninsured population, persons living with HIV, and the immigrant Ethiopian community. This emphasis continued during her pediatric residency at UCLA within the community health and advocacy track and a fellowship in community medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Madalitso works with Seed partners and colleagues to support the planning, management, and success of Seed’s work in Zambia.

Madalitso brings deep experience in public health and social science research, with expertise in qualitative and quantitative analysis and partnership management. Previously, she helped plan and manage research studies at Zambart (a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine-affiliated research institution in Zambia), working closely with international researchers from the University of Toronto, SHM Foundation, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and other institutions. She also has experience in grant proposal development and post-award management. 

She is passionate about adolescent health and has contributed to published research focused on adolescent mental health, sexual and reproductive health, HIV, and digital health. 

Madalitso holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies from the University of Zambia.

Madalitso loves to travel and sing. She enjoys baking on weekends with her two children.

As director of measurement evaluation and learning (MEL), Gaspar is responsible for developing a strategic vision and measurement frameworks for Seed’s programs.
With more than 14 years of experience in global health, Gaspar specializes in monitoring, evaluation, learning, adaptive management, and research. His expereinces encompasses reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, family planning, malaria, HIV, capacity development, and health system strengthening.

Before joining Seed, Gaspar served as the monitoring evaluation and adaptive management director for Jhpiego in Liberia. In this role, he supported capacity strengthening at Liberia’s Ministry of Health, specifically in health information systems, data quality assurance, and training. Previously, Gaspar worked in Tanzania, where he held director roles overseeing monitoring, evaluation, and research for various international organizations including Jhpiego and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Gaspar is a Ph.D. candidate in implementation science at Vrije University Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in epidemiology and applied biostatistics. Throughout his career, Gaspar has led more than 20 operations research studies as a principal investigator and has published more than 12 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.

In his free time, Gaspar enjoys running and swimming. He values spending quality time with his wife and their three children.

Lauren McKown is Seed Global Health’s Chief Partnerships Officer. At Seed, Lauren works with global health NGOs, private sector partners, leading international foundations, government leaders, and bilateral and multilateral financing institutions to advance the global health workforce, championing support for strong health systems that improve patient care and save lives.  

Lauren has over a decade of experience forging strategic partnerships and building innovative programs that advance social impact and equity, both domestically and internationally. She has coached, advised, and supported both large global organizations as well as dozens of emerging social enterprises and nonprofits over her career, from her time collaborating with global development innovators and entrepreneurs at MIT, to forging new national philanthropic pathways for local news at The GroundTruth Project, through its award-winning Report for America program. Lauren began her career at Pathfinder International, managing communications for multi-million-dollar USAID-supported health systems strengthening projects spanning over a dozen countries globally.  

Lauren has been a featured speaker at MIT, Ashesi University, the New England News & Philanthropy Summit, OECD NetFWD’s Annual Conference, and as part of the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition. Her work has been featured by Inside Philanthropy, Poynter, MacArthur Foundation, USAID, Rewire News Group, and more.  

Lauren has served on multiple nonprofit boards, from a Boston-based hunger relief organization ensuring fresh nutrition for those who need it most, to a national nonprofit fighting to protect local journalism and our democracy.

As director of information systems, Peter leads the planning, management, and guidance of all information systems and processes at Seed Global Health, including ERP, CRM, HRIS, survey tools, communication, program management, and collaboration platforms. Peter has decades of experience in the not-for-profit and nongovernmental organization (NGO) space with deep knowledge of systems, cybersecurity, and service management.

Prior to joining Seed in 2023, Peter led the IT department at Pathfinder International, an international NGO specializing in sexual and reproductive health and rights. During his early career, Peter worked in engineering, television production, theater, and music.

Peter has a bachelor’s degree in engineering and applied science from Harvard University.

Fauve manages Seed’s digital content strategy and online presence across our website, social media platforms, and digital publications.

She has more than seven years of experience in communications and social media. Previously, Fauve worked in the UK Parliament as the digital communications manager for the Speaker of the House of Commons, creating and sharing social media content for the Speaker.

Previously, Fauve worked in the UK civil service in press, media, and social media roles, and for the U.S. embassy in London, developing and creating content for the U.S. ambassador and corporate social media accounts. Her work included supporting U.S. cabinet-level and presidential visits to the UK.

Fauve has a bachelor’s degree in politics and international studies and a master’s degree in international security from the University of Warwick.

Outside of work, Fauve enjoys running, cooking, and exploring new places at home and abroad.

Ernest leads Seed’s engagement with the Ministry of Health in Malawi to support integration of health service delivery at the primary and secondary levels of care.

Ernest joined the Seed team from the Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE) at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). At KUHeS, he managed the Zomba Research Site, supervising multiple studies, drafting manuscripts for publication, and serving as a liaison officer between TRUE and its partners.

Ernest also coordinated a joint funded WHO/UNICEF project through the Paediatric and Child Health Association (PACHA), where he was part of a team that conducted a neonatal care situation analysis with the Malawi Ministry of Health, donors, and partners.

He is a fellow at the Consortium for Advanced Research and Training in Africa (CARTA) and Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH). Ernest holds a master’s degree in public health from the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) and just completed a doctorate in public health at the same institution.

Ernest enjoys playing volleyball and watching soccer in his spare time.

Thomas Msiska supports the Malawi team in the development of strategic partnerships to advance medical, nursing, and midwifery education, practice, and policy in the country.

Thomas currently oversees Seed Malawi’s medical and mental health partnerships. He has collaborated with teams across the organization to develop key partnership documents including long-term partnership plans, annual partnership plans, annual budgets, monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, and output trackers. Thomas also supported the country director in the development of memorandums of understanding for Malawi partnerships.

Before joining Seed, he worked with a number of international and local nonprofits. Thomas focused on partnership development, program implementation and monitoring, tracking work plans and budgets, and assessing progress towards achievement of goals. He also has experience in coordinating external evaluations for projects.

Thomas has a Master of Science in Management Studies with a focus on health systems organisation and management. 

Martin Msukwa leads the design, development, and implementation of programs at Seed Global Health.

Previously, Martin was a project director at ICAP at Columbia University in Pretoria, South Africa, where he led 12 complex public health projects in eight countries. He also served as a regional clinical advisor on the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation project (a learning network of more than 21 countries), leading the quality management community of practice and playing an important liaison role to network partner countries.

Martin is a public health professional with 20 years of experience in HIV program planning, development, implementation, and management, ten of which were in senior management roles in various countries in Africa. He is a skilled program implementer with an inquisitive mind and a passion for building quality health systems and improving the lives of individuals, families, and communities.

Martin’s technical expertise in HIV; maternal, newborn, and child health; sexual and reproductive health; quality improvement; and systems strengthening and his management skills and constructive problem-solving approach have contributed to project excellence, stakeholder engagement, systems strengthening, and lasting impact to the populations he has served.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and a Master of Public Health degree. He is certified in project management for development professionals at levels 1 and 2.

Prossy Nakattudde supports the Uganda Team across a range of program and partnership activities in service of Seed’s strategic goals. 

Prossy joined Seed with over 10 years of experience in health facilities and community-focused programs and has a long excellent record in health systems strengthening and stakeholder engagement. She previously worked with Johanniter International Assistance, Uganda as the Country Projects Coordinator for Emergency Health, WASH, and Nutrition. Prossy was responsible for developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with the projects implementing partners, health institutions, and other stakeholders while managing donor and partner relationships at all levels. She also supported exchange medical, public health, and nutrition fellows; intern students; and volunteers as an identified way of improving human resource in emergency/ refugee settlements. Prossy previously worked with Plan International-Uganda and Lutheran World Federation in closely related roles.

She is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Public Health at Clarke International University. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Kyambogo University, a post graduate diploma in project planning and management, a certificate in monitoring and evaluation from Uganda Management Institute, and is a certified community development and leadership professional who majored in women and gender issues at George Mason University.

As partnership and grants officer, Jackie is an integral member of the Seed development team. She works collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to support Seed’s mission while maintaining compliance with philanthropic partner and organizational requirements.

Jackie is a passionate and experienced professional with expertise in grants management, partnership management, and public health. Jackie comes to Seed with a wealth of experience working with national and international partners and has managed large-scale, multinational projects funded by different donors. 

Jackie has a Bachelor of Science in environmental health science, a Master of Business Administration, and a Master of Science in population and reproductive health.  

Outside of work, Jackie loves to mentor women and young people and enjoys cooking up a storm in her kitchen.

Sarah Ngoma works closely with Seed educators, clinical site staff, and midwifery faculty to facilitate the implementation of midwifery activities and advocates for better midwifery practice in Zambia. She leads in data collection, management, tracking progress, and reporting for regular learning and sharing.

Sarah has over 20 years of experience working in capacity building for health providers in sexual reproductive, maternal, child, newborn, and adolescent health. She has worked with local and international NGOs providing technical support and capacity development for individuals and organizations. She has experience developing tools and conducting organizational performance self-assessments.

Prior to joining Seed, Sarah worked with Pact Zambia for six years as a Capacity Development Specialist where she facilitated individual and organizational performance assessments, developed institutional strengthening plans, and monitored implementation of activities until they improved their performance to graduate to prime recipients of USAID funding.

She is a public health activist and an advocate for better midwifery education and practice in Zambia. While working in the NGO space she has been a passionate midwife. Sarah volunteers in the Midwives Association of Zambia where she currently holds the position of Association President. She is a trainer in essential midwifery competences.

Sarah holds an MPH from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and an MBA-Management from Assam Don Bosco University in India. She graduated with a PhD in Public Health and Health Promotion in August 2022. Her thesis was: Midwifery: a public health agenda.

Anda Nyondo provides technical and clinical support to all partnerships and educators in Malawi. This includes providing thought leadership on interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine, nursing, midwifery and other disciplines in the health sector, assisting in identifying areas of most meaningful impact on country priorities, and development of strategic partners for education, practice and policy. 

Prior to joining Seed, Anda worked as the District Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Neno District Health Office.  Her roles included leading planning and implementation of nursing and midwifery services, supporting quality improvement, leading reproductive, maternal and new-born health programs in the district,  mentoring and coaching health care workers and leading integrated supportive supervision program. 

Having worked in the public health system for over 14 years, Anda has experience working in hard-to-reach areas with limited resources, which has helped her understand the health inequalities that exists among vulnerable populations. This exposure has ignited her passion to contribute to increasing availability of quality health services that are accessible and acceptable to everyone including the marginalized and vulnerable populations. 

Anda holds a BSc in Nursing, University Certificate in Midwifery and a MSc in Reproductive Health from the University of Malawi, Kamuzu College of Nursing. 

As director of policy, Dr. Oketcho work across Seed and our partner countries to advocate for strong health workforce policy initiatives nationally, regionally and globally.

He is a public health specialist with decades of expertise in human resources planning and management. As chief of party for the USAID Human Resources for Health (HRH) project in Uganda, Dr. Oketcho was instrumental in supporting strategic, evidence-based HRH policy, planning, and management at the Ministry of Health and various districts in Uganda between 2007 and 2019.

Previously, Dr. Oketcho worked with the EU-funded Developing Human Resources for Health project as a senior human resources for health advisor; served as country director for AMREF in Uganda; and also worked as assistant commissioner of health services heading the department for human resources development at the Uganda Ministry of Health.

Dr. Oketcho is a medical doctor trained at Makerere University, with a master’s degree in community health and a postgraduate diploma in public health.

Eric Otim provides finance and operations support to all the country offices in the areas of financial accounting & reporting oversight, ERP system deployment and maintenance, budgeting & budgetary processes, policy review, development & implementation as well as training teams in the various areas around finance & operations.

Eric has over ten years of invaluable experience in corporate finance, accounting, and administration. He has worked in both for profit and nonprofit organizations as well as a pro bono consultant for small and medium-sized enterprises. Prior to joining Seed in 2018, he was the country finance and administration officer for Farm Radio International, a communication for development organization with headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, and country offices in East and West Africa. In this role, he was responsible for financial accounting and reporting, budgeting and budget tracking, development and review of policies and procedures, payroll management, statutory compliance, and administration and logistics. He supported the implementation of  multi-donor funded projects from funders such as DFID, FAO, Irish Aid, GAC, and Rockefeller Foundation. Eric also had intermittent temporary assignments to the regional office in Arusha, Tanzania to support quarterly, annual planning, and audit exercises.

Eric has a Bachelor of Commerce with a finance and accounting concentration from Makerere University Business School.

He is a team player, outgoing, detail-oriented, and proficient in building and maintaining professional relationships. Eric loves traveling and enjoys playing basketball and beach volleyball.

Leandra Furtado Rivera supports Seed’s development strategy in the US and globally.

Leandra has spent most of her professional career working in higher education development, most recently at Harvard University and Boston University. Her dedication to advocacy and international development has led her to serve in a variety of settings across the world.

Leandra is passionate about her Azorean heritage and volunteers as director of the NextGen Leadership Fellowship of the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States, an organization which advocates for the interests of Portuguese-Americans. 

Leandra holds a BS in Psychology and an MA in Human Services from Southeastern University. She most recently completed a master’s degree in international relations at Harvard University.

Isha Beckie Sesay provides support to Seed Educators and faculty at clinical sites. She is also responsible for data collection and analysis.

Beckie has over fifteen years of clinical and community health experience, working as a clinician in the capacity of a community health officer. Prior to joining Seed, she worked with the National AIDS Control Program as a community health officer in charge of the HIV unit attached to the Holy Spirit Hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Beckie was responsible for providing care to people living with HIV and collecting, collating, and analyzing data for reporting.

She has worked in several districts in Sierra Leone as an in-charge of various health centers, providing health care services and mentorship. Beckie has also worked in health care facilities in The Gambia.

Beckie is a graduate of the Paramedical School in Sierra Leone (now School of Community and Clinical Sciences). She holds a certificate and diploma in public health and is awaiting convocation for a bachelor’s degree in public health in March 2022.

As Human Resources Generalist, Ruhi works cross-functionally with Seed’s clinical and country teams to monitor, manage, and support the employee lifecycle for Seed educators.

Prior to Seed, Ruhi worked in operations and human resources management. She spent six years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), most recently as a Senior HR Representative in the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science and prior to that at MIT Housing and Residential Services.

Ruhi graduated from Northeastern University with a Master’s degree in nonprofit management and she has a Bachelor’s degree from Bemidji State University in Minnesota.

Caroline Snyder  supports Seed’s administrative functions in the US and globally.

Caroline has spent her professional career focused on political engagement and advocacy. She most recently worked on Democratic Campaigns through the 2020 election season at Blueprint Interactive. 

Her prior experience related to global health and policy includes internships with Cornerstone Government Affairs, the Office of Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Fidelity Investments, conducting research on health policy, political engagement, and advocacy. 

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government & Politics and Communication Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.

As finance manager, Helen is responsible for expense claims, vendor transactions, U.S. payroll, and other finance projects.

Helen’s accounting expertise spans across the medical, academic, and private sectors. Prior to Seed, she was the grants financial administrator at LifeBridge Health, a multi-hospital company in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was responsible for system-wide grants management and audits.

Before moving to Maryland, Helen worked at Harvard University where she was the associate director of finance and accounting at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. In her role, she managed grant compliance for a multi-year USAID-funded project dedicated to decentralizing Ethiopia’s financial systems.

Helen has a master’s degree in business administration from Suffolk University, and is a certified public accountant.

Mustapha Sonnie leads the Sierra Leone team and Seed’s programming in the country.

Mustapha has spent his professional career as a public health specialist focusing on control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases. For over 13 years, he managed the USAID-funded End Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa and Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases program in Sierra Leone with an emphasis on sustainability and national ownership. Mustapha worked directly with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, the national neglected tropical diseases program, and partners. He has also provided technical support to neglected tropical diseases programs in Northern Nigeria and Zambia.

Early in his career, Mustapha worked as a sexually transmitted infections control officer, designing and managing health promotion efforts. He was also as a health trainer, organizing trainings on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections prevention among vulnerable groups.

Mustapha holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

Dan Spearman coordinates efforts for recruiting and hiring physicians, nurses, and midwives as Seed Educators and orchestrates orientation prior to their departure to our partner countries.

Dan joined Seed in 2018, transitioning into global health after starting his professional career in higher education. His dedication to international development, relations, and advocacy resulted in his interning with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston, conducting sustainable development research in Cuba, and serving twice as a delegate with Humanitarian Affairs Asia at the United Nations in Thailand. 

Prior to Seed, Dan worked at Plymouth State University as the global engagement study away specialist. He managed institutional partnerships, academic field study programs, and advised students on study abroad opportunities. Dan holds a BA in Political Science with a minor in biology and peace and social justice studies from Plymouth State University.

Geofrey supports the management of the monitoring, evaluation and learning activities and systems for Uganda country team; overseeing the collection, analysis, and management of all partnership monitoring data, as well as leading data-driven learning, knowledge sharing, reporting and providing the training and support to key stakeholders. 

Geofrey has over seven years of extensive experience in providing technical monitoring and evaluation (M&E) support in health-related projects such as USAID SUSTAIN, RHITES SW with URC and EGPAF respectively. He has also worked at Population Services International providing M&E support to the DISC project in Uganda. He is an alumnus of the Global Health Corps Fellowship at Raising Voices, Uganda. 

Before joining Seed in 2024, Geofrey was a program MEL officer at Amref Health Africa providing all the technical M&E related support to several projects under the RMNCH program.  

Geofrey holds a Masters of Epidemiology from Airlangga University in Indonesia, a Post Graduate Diploma in monitoring and evaluation from Uganda Management Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University in Uganda 

He is a team player, always positive to learning new knowledge and skills.  Off work, he loves traveling, playing and watching football. 

Andrew is a medical doctor and public health specialist. He brings more than five years of experience in global health, health systems strengthening, and health economics and policy to his role as research program manager.

Most recently, Andrew led a team from Uganda and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in London to conduct an emergency care needs assessment in six of Uganda’s regional referral hospitals. The assessment focused on health financing, workforce, equipment, infrastructure, and data collection and use tools. Previously, Andrew worked for Uganda’s Ministry of Health, supporting safe motherhood initiatives to reduce maternal and newborn mortality.

Andrew has also served as a cluster coordinator in Uganda’s North and Eastern regions for Reproductive Health Uganda, where he supported districts and health facilities with mentorships, capacity building, research, and data use in sexual and reproductive health.

Andrew has a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from Gulu University and a master’s degree in public health from Uganda Martyrs University. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in health economics and policy from Brunel University in London.

Editor Twongirwe plays a crucial role in enhancing financial operations in Uganda.

Before joining Seed, Editor worked as a finance and administration assistant with Christian Blind Mission, an international Christian development organization, that is committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest communities of the world. Editor previously worked as a finance officer with Inter-aid Uganda, a UNHCR-funded program committed to improving the lives of refugees and host communities in Uganda and as a trainee associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has more than four years of experience in financial management, financial reporting, and budgeting and forecasting.  She is passionate about her work in not-for-profit settings and proud of the contributions that NGOs make towards positively impacting the lives of under-resourced communities. 

Editor holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Kyambogo University, Kampala and is currently on the path to earning a Certified Public Accountant (CPA license) from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda.

Brittney van de Water guides pediatric nursing at Seed, recruiting and supporting pediatric nurse educators for our partner institutions.

Over the past decade, Brittney has focused her career on providing care to children and families in low resource settings with high burdens of disease. She joined Seed in 2016 after serving as faculty at Mzuzu University in Malawi as part of the Global Health Service Partnership. In addition to her role with Seed, Brittney is an instructor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In this capacity, she conducts tuberculosis research with a focus on implementation science and translating evidence to practice for TB programs in rural South Africa.  

Brittney is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and works clinically at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown, Massachusetts. She received her PhD from Duke University School of Nursing in 2017 and completed a doctoral certificate in global health through the Duke Global Health Institute. 

She is from Ipswich, Massachusetts and splits her time with her husband and two young children between the U.S. and South Africa.

Kate York guides primary health care and community health nursing at Seed, recruiting and supporting nurse educators for our partner institutions. 

Kate proudly joined the nursing team at Seed in 2016 and has expanded her role from community health nursing to include primary health care and mental health nursing. She was a faculty member at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during the 2014/2015 academic year as part of the Global Health Service Partnership, her first interaction with Seed. During this time of teaching nursing students in Tanzania, she was a Fellow in Global Clinical Education through Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kate is also the director of Global Health Nursing and an assistant professor of clinical nursing at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing along with being a certified family nurse practitioner. She works in global community health and primary health care settings and teaches community/public health nursing and global health. Kate works to create academic partnerships with schools and colleges of nursing at higher education institutions internationally and sustains these relationships through mutually beneficial activities. 

Her interest in global health developed during her doctoral studies when she researched community-based programming for a neglected tropical disease. This experience, coupled with her time living and working in Tanzania, shaped her philosophy of global study abroad for nursing students – one that requires interaction with student nurses and nurses in host countries in a meaningful and sustainable way.