Our Leadership
Our leadership team is a dedicated and passionate group of engineers, clinicians, researchers, and device manufacturers committed to ending preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals.
Steering Committee
Msandeni Chiume
Kamuzu Central Hospital
Malawi
Abiy Seifu Estifanos
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia
Chinyere Ezeaka
University of Lagos
Nigeria
Joy Lawn
LSHTM
Global – The United Kingdom
William Macharia
Aga Khan University
Kenya
Nahya Salim Masoud
Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences
Tanzania
Maria Oden
Rice360
Global – United States
Kara Palamountain
Northwestern University
Global – United States
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Rice360
Global – United States
Country & Multi-disciplinary leaders
Mehiret Adillo
Addis Ababa University, SLL360
Ethiopia
Aba Asibon
NEST360 Technical Advisory Team
Global – Ghana
Christine Bohne
Rice360
Global – Tanzania
Fitsum Woldegabriel Belay
Hawassa University
Ethiopia
Sara Desai
NEST360 Technical Advisory Team
Global – United States
Gurmesa Tura Debelew
Emory University
Ethiopia
Queen Dube
WHO
Malawi
Abebe Gebremariam
Emory University
Ethiopia
Edith Gicheha
Rice360
Global – Kenya
Lisa Hirschhorn
Northwestern University
Global – United States
Mariam Johari
Rice360
Tanzania
Kondwani Kawaza
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Malawi
Danica Kumara
NEST360 Technical Advisory Team
Global – United States
Honorati Masanja
Ifakara Health Institute
Tanzania
Cathy Magombo
Rice360
Malawi
Araya Medhanyle
Mekelle University
Ethiopia
Robert Miros
3rd Stone Design
Global – United States
Theresa Mkandawire
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
Malawi
Elizabeth Molyneux
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital
Global – United Kingdom
Martha Mulerwa
Rice360
Global – Uganda
Jonah Musa
Northwestern University
Nigeria
Samuel Ngwala
Rice360
Malawi
Opeyemi Odedere
Rice360
Nigeria
George Okello
Rice360
Kenya
Dick Oranja
Hatch Technologies
Global – Kenya
Cate Paul
NEST360 Technical Advisory Team
Global – Tanzania
Natasha Rhoda
Global – South Africa
Mekdes Shifeta
Ethiopia