Constance Shumba is a global health expert and is passionate about advancing the rights of communities as co-producers of change and creating safe and enabling environments that empower them to maximize their health potential. She is a dynamic cross-cultural leader, who optimizes efficiency through effective strategies and delivers results in line with global performance standards. […]
Dr. Richard Wamai earned his Ph.D. in international health and development from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Prior to joining Northeastern he was a research fellow in the Takemi Program in International Health at Harvard School of Public Health. Before that, Dr. Wamai was a researcher at Oxford University (UK) Department of Social Policy. His […]
Frederick Ochieng’ is the third born of Margaret and Erastus Ochieng’s six children born in Lwala. He attended Alliance High School in Kikuyu, Kenya (just outside Nairobi) and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in May 2010 and completed residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt […]
George Srour is the co-founder and Chief Dreamer of Building Tomorrow, Inc. (BT). Under Srour’s leadership, Building Tomorrow has constructed over 80 schools in Uganda and launched the Thriving Schools program which is now active in over 400 rural primary schools throughout the country. In total, Building Tomorrow reaches over 103,000 students daily and has […]
Gladys Onyango is an international development professional, based in Nairobi with experience across Sub Saharan Africa. She holds degrees from a Bachelors of African Studies from Wellesley, a post- graduate certificate of Political Science & Public Administration from University of Nairobi, and a Masters of Development Practice, Population Health & Social Policy from UC Berkeley. […]
Melizsa Mugyenyi is the Chief Executive Officer of the Graça Machel Trust. In this role, she provides leadership for the expansion of the organization’s Pan African programming, to take its work of social and economic transformation to greater scale and impact. Melizsa is a daughter of Africa, originally from Uganda and currently residing in Kenya. […]
