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Antoine is Founder and President of Komo Learning Centres a Ugandan NGO that supports youth programs, operates a health clinic (NamaWellness) and a large-scale Community Health Worker (CHW) program. He has lived in Burundi, is married to a Burundian and personally funds many start-up NGOs in Africa. He also serves as a Board member for the Segal Family Foundation and several community-based, African NGOs.
Pauline Picho Keronyai is the Executive Director of Nama Wellness Community Centre (NAWEC), a pioneering Ugandan NGO that has transformed community health systems to serve over 586,000 people annually across Mukono and Buikwe districts through a network of 1,466 professionalized Community Health Workers. Under her leadership since 2015, NAWEC developed the evidence-based proCHW "4S model" (Skilled, Salaried, Supplied, Supervised), achieving a 93% functionality rate and earning the GAVI CEO Award for exceptional immunization coverage.
Dr. Marx is the Medical Director of Nundu Deaconess Hospital in Nundu, DRC. Dr. Marx was born at the Nundu Hospital and was raised only seven kilometers from the hospital. He returned to be Medical Director at the request of the Bishop of the Nundu region to “rebuild” the hospital. He previously served as Deputy Health Director at the Van Norman Clinic in Bujumbura, Burundi (a GFF partner hospital). Dr. Marx was awarded the 2017 Master’s Award for Professional Excellence from Brown University for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of maternal and neonatal care in developing countries.
Dr. Innocent Nukuri (MD, MPH) is an accomplished, resourceful medical doctor and public health expert with over 14 years of experience working with international organizations such as the World Bank, international NGOs, and Ministries of Health in Africa. Proven track record in collaborating with key stakeholders to design and implement effective public health programs. Areas of expertise include health policy and management, health financing and economics with expertise in Result-Based Financing (RBF), disease surveillance and preparedness, and quality of care.
Eve previously served as Director of Operations at the Segal Family Foundation, where she oversaw the foundation’s grantmaking activities to over 200 grantee partners across Sub-Saharan Africa. She now advises and supports philanthropic organizations on their Africa grant making strategies. Through this work, she oversees Partners for Equity’s Africa grassroots portfolio as well as managing Segal Family Foundation’s impact investing portfolio. Eve also serves on the advisory boards of Segal Family Foundation, Fundi Bots and Africa Visionary Fund.
Anubha is the Projects Director at the DAK Foundation, a private foundation based in Australia. DAK focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and Asia in three areas – women’s health programs, focused on birth injury repair and family planning, restorative eyesight surgery and the distribution of medical equipment with a special focus on oxygen systems. She serves as a Director for Partners for Equity an Australian foundation serving supporting the disadvantaged in Asia and Africa.
Marnie oversees the DAK Foundation’s medical equipment programs, partnering with health networks across Asia and Africa to help increase their efficiency and quality of service through provision of basic medical equipment and biomedical program support. She serves as a Director for Partners for Equity an Australian foundation serving supporting the disadvantaged in Asia and Africa.