Staff & Representatives

Countries indicated are principal locations and do not indicate citizenship

Executive Team

Marilia Bezerra

Co-Executive Director

United States

Kasee Ithana

Co-Executive Director

Namibia

Henri van Eeghen

Co-Executive Director

United States

Victor Adejoh

Country Director, Nigeria

Nigeria

Katarina Czarniak

Managing Director

United States

Daniela Nascimento Fainberg

Senior Advisor

Brazil

Hisham El Rouby

Regional Director, Arab World, & Synergos Senior Fellow

Egypt

Jackie Kazantzis

Director, Finance and Operations

United States

Len le Roux

Managing Director, Southern Africa & Synergos Senior Fellow

Namibia

Ferne Mele

Director, Program Planning & Monitoring

United States

Marlene Ogawa

Acting Country Director, South Africa

South Africa

Abera Tola Gada

Regional Director, Synergos, & Synergos Senior Fellow

Ethiopia

Jamie Webb

Director, Development and Marketing

United Kingdom

Arab World

Hisham El Rouby

Regional Director, Arab World, & Synergos Senior Fellow

Egypt

Bangladesh

Esha Husain

Partnership Lead, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Obaidul Fattah Tanvir

Communications Manager, Drowning Prevention Partnership

Bangladesh

Saaz Hussain

Partnership Assistant, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Brazil

Daniela Nascimento Fainberg

Senior Advisor

Brazil

Silvia Morais

Director, Brazil

Brazil

Laura Deckers

Associate  for Learning Services, Brazil

Brazil

Sarah Siqueira

Relationship Associate, Philanthropy

Brazil

Daniela Weiers

Operations Manager, Brazil

Brazil

Ethiopia

Abera Tola Gada

Regional Director, Synergos, & Synergos Senior Fellow

Ethiopia

Nuredin Kemal

Project Manager

Ethiopia

Zemzem Mohammed

HR Analyst

Ethiopia

Roben Nedasa

Finance Manager, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Kelem Solomon

Program Manager, Institutional Capacity Building

Ethiopia

Fanuel Teklegiorgis

HR Senior Expert

Ethiopia

Gifty Yoseph

Assistant to the Regional Director and Gender Focal Person

Ethiopia

Namibia

Kasee Ithana

Co-Executive Director

Namibia

Len le Roux

Managing Director, Southern Africa & Synergos Senior Fellow

Namibia

Nigeria

Victor Adejoh

Country Director, Nigeria

Nigeria

Philip Etim

Development Manager, Nigeria

Nigeria

Victoria Fajemilehin

Policy Advisor, Nigeria

Nigeria

South Africa

Len le Roux

Managing Director, Southern Africa & Synergos Senior Fellow

Namibia

Marlene Ogawa

Acting Country Director, South Africa

South Africa

Constance Monatla

Senior Coordinator, South Africa

South Africa

Program Coordinating Group

Chong-Lim Lee

Director, Programs Systems & Knowledge

United States

Ferne Mele

Director, Program Planning & Monitoring

United States

Global Philanthropists Circle

Marilia Bezerra

Co-Executive Director

United States

Katarina Czarniak

Managing Director

United States

Melissa Durda

Senior Director, Philanthropy

Czech Republic

Neeti Gadgoli

Associate, Collective Action & Communications

Kurt Peleman

Belgium

Tarlin Saye

Associate, Global Philanthropists Circle

Czech Republic

Natasha Tariq

Director, Philanthropy

Jamie Webb

Director, Development and Marketing

United Kingdom

Executive Office

Marilia Bezerra

Co-Executive Director

United States

Kasee Ithana

Co-Executive Director

Namibia

Henri van Eeghen

Co-Executive Director

United States

Claudia Abate-Debat

Senior Advisor, Philanthropy

United States

Development & Communications

Ferne Mele

Director, Program Planning & Monitoring

United States

Anna M. Ginn

Senior Advisor

United States

Ashley Gosnell

Manager, Development

United States

John Tomlinson

Director, Communications

United States

Operations

Jackie Kazantzis

Director, Finance and Operations

United States

Ma. Virginia Briones

Director, Global Human Resources and Operations

United States

Medina Olalekan

Associate, Human Resources & Operations

United States

Countries listed are principal locations and may not indicate citizenship.