Staff — GAIA Global Health

GAIA Malawi

GAIA Malawi is an independent, local non-governmental organization, working to improve access to healthcare via nurse training programs and mobile health clinics in remote, rural areas. The GAIA Malawi staff is 100% local/Malawian, 53% female, and 34% nurses. GAIA Malawi is supported by GAIA U.S. with funding and technical support.

Joyce Jere

Country Director

Nelson Khozomba

Programs Manager

Lucy Munthali

Deputy Programs Manager

Billy Kandoje

Finance and Administration Manager

Chifundo Chomanika

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Coordinator

Anna Mviha

Senior Nurse

Austin Chilunje

Finance Officer

Austin Gondwa

Senior Driver

Bridget Mwangolemba

Nurse Aide

Caroline Bonongwe

Nurse Aide

Catherine Moses

Office Assistant

Clever Mulatho

Ground Laborer

Daniel Chirombo

Senior Driver

Doreen Nserebo

Mobile Clinic Nurse

Edna Bolokonya

Community Outreach Nurse

Edward Banda

Handy Man

Ellen Chisale

Nurse Midwife Techncian

Eric Kalipinde

Driver

Esnart Masiano

Nurse Midwife Technician

Eunice Msungama

Nurse Midwife Technician

Fatuma Phiri

Office Assistant

Favour Matiki

Nurse Aide

Gift Double

Ground Laborer

Gift Faziri

Ground Worker

Gladys Chirimba

Community Outreach Nurse

Governor Manyamba

Ground Laborer

Harold Lameck

Driver

Innocencia Mnelemba

Administration and Fleet Management Officer

Kasonkanji Loti

Driver

Lonely Mtemang'ombe

Clinical Officer

Luke Majalanga

Ground Laborer

Mary Ching'anda

Community Outreach Nurse

Matias Chinguwo

Assistant Accountant

Mercy Chirwa

Nurse Midwife Technician (Clinic Incharge)

Mercy Nasekwa

Community Health Worker

Meriem Laviwa

Ground Laborer

Mwandida Chinangwa

Community Health Worker

Mwandida Segula

Community Health Worker

Peter Mkwezalamba

Driver

Robert Awali

Clinic Nurse

Stella Banda

Nurse Aide

Sungeni Waliwa

Nurse Aide

Susan Mphande

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Tereza Mangame

Nurse Aide

Violet Mwapasa

Nurse Aide

Wilfred Zinyongo

Driver

Charles Chikadewa

Nursing Officer

George Bvomera

Driver

Goodson Kazembe

Driver

Elias Kaunde

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Gladys Lameck

Senior Accountant

Innocent Sajiwa

Projects Coordinator

Hope Bowa

Procurement Officer

Luseshelo Simwinga

Maternal Neonatal Child Health Sustanability Coordinator

Janice Padambo

Community Outreach Nursing Officer

Mphatso Phiri

Team Leader

James Seleman

Clinical Officer

George Chagaluka

Consultant Pediatrician, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre

Nanzen Kaphagawani

Principal Lecturer, Malawi College of Health Sciences Zomba Campus

Phindile Chitsulo Lupafya, Deputy Chair

Program Policy Officer, Nutrition (World Food Programme) Lilongwe

Jones Masiye

Deputy Director Preventative Services in the Ministry of Health

Josiah Chidya Mayani

Research Pharmacist, College of Medicine Johns Hopkins Research Project Blantyre

Eunice Ndingo

Senior Examiner, Reserve Bank of Malawi, Blantyre

Alfred Marcolino Nhlema

Banking and Finance Specialist

Ivan Weinberg

U.S. Board Representative

Dorothy Mercy Zimba, Chair

Project Accountant, Malawi Housing Corporation, Blantyre

GAIA US

US Board Bios

Todd Schafer

Executive Director

Cristin Klein

Director of Development & Communications

Molly Brostrom, MPP

Program & Grants Manager

Alina Aslanian, MPA

Program & Grants Manager

Doug Bozick

Director of Finance

Hannah Graykowski

Operations Officer

Philip Arscott

Independent Contractor, Redwood City, CA.

Jim Cashel, Chair

Businessman, Sonoma, CA.

John Cullison

Retired Bank Executive

Bob Daily

Television Writer & Producer, Los Angeles, CA.

Phil Darrow

Retired Real Estate and Environmental Lawyer, Denver, CO.

Lisa Deal

Nurse and Community Volunteer, Atherton, CA.

Erin Fish

Sales and Marketing Advisor and Community Volunteer, Kentfield, CA.

Brian Frantz

Retired USAID Senior Foreign Officer, Rockville, MD.

Joel Goldman

National Director of Social Impact and Influencer Engagement, Santa Monica, CA.

Kaboni Gondwe

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Seattle, WA.

Michael Gottlieb

Physician and Immunologist, Pasadena, CA.

Galym Imanbayev

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Palo Alto, CA.

Nina Kola

Research Physician, Princeton, NJ.

Zander MacQuitty

Product Manager at Datagrid AI, Palo Alto, CA.

Timi Most

Businesswoman & Community Volunteer, Menlo Park, CA.

Ashley Paff, Vice Chair

RETIRED INVESTMENT BANKER & COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, KENTFIELD, CA.

Andy Pflaum

Software, open source, and ag-tech startup advisor, Portola Valley, CA.

Mel Sahyun

Chemist, Santa Barbara, CA.

Ellen Schell

Retired former GAIA Director of International Programs, RN, PhD, FAAN, San Francisco, CA.

Azmat Siddiqi

Engineer, Saratoga, CA.

Ivan Weinberg

Attorney, Larkspur, CA.

Global Advisory Council

Roland Buelow, PhD

Scientist and Silicon Valley biotech entrepreneur.

Stacy Donohue

Philanthropy professional with experience at Omidyar Network, Luminate, and as a consultant to the Gates Foundation.

Chris Grover, MD

Obstetric surgeon serving underserved U.S. communities and teaching medical professionals at Rwanda’s University of Global Health Equity.

Sue Hendrickson

Attorney specializing in technology and biotech intellectual property, with international human rights experience. Former executive director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

Michele Sacconaghi

Professional with experience in government, technology, and corporate philanthropy. Former Peace Corps volunteer supporting maternal and child health in Togo.

Geoffrey W. Smith

Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and Board member focused on unmet needs in biomedicine and health, including in developing countries.

Dilys Walker, MD

UCSF professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences focused on improving maternal and newborn health in resource-limited settings worldwide.

Medical Advisory Board

Melanie Norris, MSN, CPNP, CTH®

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group

Dean Winslow, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chair of Medicine at Stanford University

A. Eugene Washington, M.D.

Chancellor Emeritus for Health Affairs, Duke University & President and CEO, Duke University Health System

Paul Volberding, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

Jean L. Richardson, DrPH

Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine

Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D.

Professor of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Director of the UCLA Center for World Health

Sir Richard G.A. Feachem, Ph.D.,D. Sci.

Professor Emeritus of Global Health, UCSF, Founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

William L. Holzemer, Ph.D.

Dean Emeritus, School of Nursing, Rutgers University

Jay A. Levy, M.D.

Research Virologist and Professor Emeritus of Medicine, UCSF

Nancy S. Padian, Ph.D.

Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Former Executive Director of Women's Global Health Imperative, UCSF