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Our Team

We are proud to have excellent staff and partners.

We are mission and impact-driven and have deep technical expertise. We support staff who live in the countries or regions in which we work. We strive to create a fit-for-purpose workplace that is respectful, diverse, inclusive and supportive.

Our team of global health experts works with governments to help them implement evidence-based strategies that allow their people to lead the healthiest lives possible.

Resolve to Save Lives is led by Dr. Tom Frieden.

Executive Leadership Team

Dr. Renu Garg, MD MPH

Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular Health  •  U.S.

Jeannie Mantopoulos

Chief Operating Officer  •  U.S.

Amanda McClelland

Senior Vice President, Prevent Epidemics  •  Atlanta, GA, USA

Erin Sykes

Vice President, Communications  •  U.S.

Board of Directors

Dr. Indu Bhushan

Director  •  Former CEO, Ayushman Bharat

Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck

Director  •  Former Minister of Health, Senegal

Dr. Margaret Hamburg

Chair  •  Former Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine

Ms. Precious Matsoso

Director  •  Health Regulatory Science Platform, Wits Health Consortium

Dr. Farzad Mostashari

Secretary  •  Founder & CEO, Aledade, Inc.

Mr. Ben Silbermann

Director  •  Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Pinterest

Nigeria Board of Directors

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar

Dean of the University College London Faculty of Population Health Sciences and former Head of Tuberculosis at Public Health England  • 

Dr. Iruka N Okeke

Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow at University of Ibadan, Nigeria  • 

Strategic Advisory Board

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar

Sir George Alleyne

Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Rt Hon. Helen Clark

Fatima Hassan

Dr. Kelly Henning

Dr. Wilmot James

Dr. John-Arne Rottingen

Senior Leadership Team

Dr. Emmanuel Agogo

Nigeria Country Representative  •  Nigeria

Dr. Renu Garg, MD MPH

Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular Health  •  U.S.

Jeannie Mantopoulos

Chief Operating Officer  •  U.S.

Amanda McClelland

Senior Vice President, Prevent Epidemics  •  Atlanta, GA, USA

Rahul Mullick

Senior Vice President, Digital  •  India

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Policy and Advocacy  •  U.S.

Erin Sykes

Vice President, Communications  •  U.S.

Samantha Wolthuis

Vice President, Global Operations  •  U.S.

Cardiovascular Health

Bolanle Banigbe

Senior Advisor, Hypertension Control  •  U.S.

Daniel Burka

Director of Design, Technology  •  U.K.

Danielle Cazabon

Program Officer, Hypertension Control  •  U.S.

Dr. Laura Cobb

Director, Nutrition & Surveillance  •  U.S.

Dr. Renu Garg, MD MPH

Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular Health  •  U.S.

Jazmin Habbab

Program Associate, Cardiovascular Health  •  U.S.

Nicole Ide

Technical Advisor, Sodium and Surveillance  •  U.S.

Dr. Andrew Moran

Director, Global Hypertension Control  •  U.S.

Bolatito Ogbeide

Technical Project Manager, Simple  •  Nigeria

Dr. Kufor Osi

Technical Officer, Cardiovascular Health  •  Nigeria

Misu Tasnim

Director of Engineering, Simple App  •  U.S.

Prevent Epidemics

Jobin Abraham

Director, Learning and Capacity Development  •  U.S.

Serge Agbo

Senior Technical Advisor, Global Preparedness and Response  •  Senegal

Cédric Apercé

Legal Advisor  •  France

Amy Elizabeth Barrera

Consultant Senior Technical Advisor, Infection Prevention & Control  •  U.S.

Aaron Bochner

Senior Technical Advisor, Epidemic Intelligence Unit  •  U.S.

Abdoulaye Bousso

West Africa Senior Technical Advisor  •  Senegal/ The Gambia

Elodie Brandamir

Senior Program Management Advisor  •  France

Lauren Brown

Senior Technical Advisor, Epidemic Intelligence Unit  •  U.S

Cathy Cantelmo

Senior Technical Advisor, Domestic Financing  •  U.S.

Jenom Sunday Danjuma

Technical Officer, Nigeria  •  Nigeria

Okeoma Erojikwe

Technical Officer, Supply Chain Management and Logistics  •  Nigeria

Andrew Gall

Senior Technical Advisor, Epidemiology  •  U.S.

Kayla Jashinsky

Program Associate  •  U.S.

Todd Lazaro

Technical Manager, Learning and Capacity Development  •  U.S

Dr. Christopher Lee

Director, Global Preparedness and Response  •  U.S.

Hani Mahmoud

Technical Manager, Global Preparedness and Response  •  U.S.

Amanda McClelland

Senior Vice President, Prevent Epidemics  •  Atlanta, GA, USA

Celestina Obiekea

Technical Advisor, Laboratory Systems  •  Nigeria

Joseph Odu

Technical Advisor, Strategic Data, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning  •  Nigeria

Lyz Ortiz

Senior Technical Advisor, Prevent Epidemics  •  U.S.

Shefali Oza

Senior Technical Advisor, 7-1-7 Alliance  •  U.S.

Leena Patel

Senior Technical Advisor, Global Preparedness & Response  •  U.S.

Tyler Porth

Principal Technical Advisor, 7-1-7 Alliance  •  U.S.

Samantha Kozikott

Technical Manager, Global Preparedness and Response  •  U.S.

Anicia Santos

Solutions Architect  •  U.S.

Scott Teesdale

Senior Public Health Technologist  •  U.S.

Emem Udoh

Legal Advisor  •  Nigeria

Rabi Usman

Technical Officer, Health Security and Event-Based Surveillance  •  Nigeria

Julie Wahl

Program Management Advisor, Learning and Capacity Development  •  U.S.

Shared Services and Program-Enabling Units

Givanna Abraham

Operations Associate  •  U.S.

Aaron Acharya

Director, Global Operations  •  U.S.

Kelcie Bartek

Accounting Assistant  •  U.S.

Jessica Bonds

Media Officer  •  U.S.

Cecile Borkhataria

Communications Officer, Cardiovascular Health  •  U.K.

Jamie Carter

Product Designer  •  U.S.

Steven Chlapecka

Senior Media Strategist  •  U.S.

Bjorn Christianson

Senior Web Developer  •  U.S.

Anthony (Tony) Ciecierski

Vice President, Information Technology  •  U.S.

Jackie Connolly

Communications Design Lead  •  U.S.

Gabriella DeAbreu

Contracts Officer  •  U.S.

Diana Diaz

Communications Associate  •  U.S.

Maria El Koussa

Senior Advisor, Global Advocacy for Cardiovascular Health  •  U.S.

Robert Giliberto

Senior Program Finance Manager  •  U.S.

Laura Henderson

Research Compliance & Intregrity Specialist  •  U.S.

Elisha Ibrahim

Operations Manager, Nigeria  •  Nigeria

Felix Imafidon

Chief Technology Officer  •  Nigeria

Alexandra Laheurte Sloyka

Governance Manager  •  U.S.

Janine LaSalle

Senior Manager, Shared Services  •  U.S.

Gregory Lewis

Social Media Officer  •  U.S.

Ya Zhen Liang

Accounting Associate  •  U.S.

Jeannie Mantopoulos

Chief Operating Officer  •  U.S.

Cat Martin

Associate Legal Counsel  •  U.S.

Christine Collet Mendy

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO  •  U.S.

Melissa Mora

Operations Manager  •  U.S.

Mohammad Nia

Director, Human Resources  •  U.S.

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Policy and Advocacy  •  U.S.

Christopher Niziolek

IT Operations Manager  •  U.S.

Aina Ravelojaona

Controller  •  U.S.

Christina Scott

IT Support Coordinator  •  U.S.

Kalin Stovall

Manager, Strategy and Operations  •  U.S.

Erin Sykes

Vice President, Communications  •  U.S.

Robert Thompson

Senior Development Advisor  •  U.S.

Dr. Ioanna Trilivas

Director, Talent Acquisition & Development  •  U.S.

Maris Van de Roer

Senior Graphic Designer  •  U.S.

Samantha Wolthuis

Vice President, Global Operations  •  U.S.

Liz Zeller-Last

Human Resources Officer  •  U.S.

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