Leadership Team

Shittu Abdu-Aguye, MBBS, MPH

Chief of Party
Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria

Robert Ainslie, MA

Team Leader
Indonesia, Guatemala, Angola

Stella Babalola, PhD

Director, Research and Evaulation

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Sara Berthe, MPA

Team Leader
Burundi, Cameroon

Uttara-2025
Uttara Bharath Kumar, MHS

Team Leader
India, WISH2 (Eastern and Southern Africa)

Kirsten Böse, MHS

Team Leader
Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Niger

Jen Boyle, MA

Team Leader
Malawi, Liberia, Kenya

Andrea Brown Anschel, MSW

Team Leader
Sierra Leone, Nigeria

Arzum Ciloglu, MPH, DrPH

Director, Capacity Strengthening
Team Leader
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda

Stephanie Desmon, MA

Director, Public Relations and Communications

Patrick Devos, MA

Chief of Party, Communication for Improved Health Outcomes
CCP Country Representative
Mozambique

Issiaga Daffé, MD, MPH

Team Leader
Mali, Senegal

James Sulaiman Fofanah, MS

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
CCP Country Director
Sierra Leone

Cassandra Mickish Gross, MPH

Director, Business Development

Simon Heliso, DBA, MSc

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
CCP Country Representative
Ethiopia

Taiwo Johnson, MSc, MD

Director, The Challenge Initiative
Nigeria

Aoua Konare, MD, MPH

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
Mali

Daa’iyah Lang, MBA

Director, Finance and Administration

Faisal Mahmud, MBBS

Chief of Party, Bangladesh

Mamadou Mbaye, MA

Regional SBC Advisor, Breakthrough ACTION
CCP Country Representative
Senegal

Didier Kangudie Mbayi, MD, MPH

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
Democratic Republic of Congo

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Patrick Mbia, MS

Chief of Party
Cameroon

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Shannon McAfee, MPH

Team Leader
Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea

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Maritza Méndez, MPH

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
Guatemala

Grace Miheso, MPH

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
CCP Country Representative
Kenya

Glory Mkandawire, MPH

Chief of Party, Social and Behavior Change Activity
CCP Country Representative
Uganda

Protais Ndabamenye, MPH

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
Côte d’Ivoire

Waziri Nyoni, MSc

Chief of Party, Breakthrough ACTION
Tanzania

Jen Orkis, MHS

Team Leader
Ghana, Guyana

Tovo Ranaivomino, DSS

SBC Director, ACCESS Health Program
CCP Country Representative
Madagascar

Elizabeth Serlemitsos, MBA, MPH

Director, Breakthrough ACTION

Marla Shaivitz, MA

Director, Digital Strategy

Suruchi Sood, PhD

Director, Communication Science

Tara Sullivan, MPH, PhD

Director, Knowledge Management
Director, Knowledge SUCCESS

August Summers, PhD, RD, CHES

Team Leader
Baltimore

Hilaire Tokplo, MA

Senior Program Manager
Breakthrough ACTION
Togo

Sanjanthi Velu, PhD

Team Leader
Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, Ethiopia

Communities of Practice

Behavioral Economics and Human-Centered Design

Caroline Jacoby, MPH
Danielle Piccinini Black, MBA, MPH
Jennifer Orkis, MHS

Climate Action

Hunter Harig, MPH
Saori Ohkubo, MA, MBA

Digital

Marla Shaivitz, MA

Entertainment-Education

Caroline Jacoby, MPH
Cori Fordham, MPH
Benjamin Soro, MA

Family Planning

Sarah Harlan, MPH

Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion

Esete Getachew, MA

HIV

Beth Mallalieu, MPH
Benjamin Soro, MA

Knowledge Management

Ruwaida Salem, MPH
Rene Nkenyi, MPH, MGHS

Malaria

Gabrielle Hunter, MHS

Risk Communication and Community Engagement

Stephanie Clayton, MPH

WASH

Maria-Elena Figueroa, PhD

Youth

Brittany Goetsch, MA, MPH