StrongMinds Board of Trustees
Meet the StrongMinds Trustees, Directors, and Advisors
Board of Trustees
UNITED STATES
Elena has spent most of her career in finance. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 2004, her notable roles included serving as a Director for UST, a global digital solutions company, and as the former CEO of Crelia Capital. Elena has a robust history of volunteer service with organizations such as Kiva, New York Cares, and Razom, a disaster and humanitarian relief organization for Ukraine. Elena is a certified transformation/hypnotist trained at the HCH Institute and currently leads Your Inner Wisdom, where she provides hypnotherapy services. Based in New York, Elena has also served as a volunteer financial advisor for StrongMinds for more than three years.
Jeanne is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with specializations in behavioral medicine, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders and lives west of Boston, MA. She attended Northwestern University in Chicago for her BA, received her doctoral degree from SUNY Albany (in NY), and completed her Internship and Post-Doc Fellowship at Brown University Medical School. In 2021, she completed the one-year Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University and co-chairs the Harvard ALI Boston Coalition Network. Jeanne is also the President and Co-Founder of the Esler Family Foundation, a philanthropy that has been involved with mental health programs, youth leadership, educational and economic opportunities through the lens of racial and gender equity, as well as preserving democracy. Their foundation is engaged with StrongMinds on mental health treatment for women experiencing depression in Uganda and Zambia. Jeanne serves on the Mental Health Advisory Panel for StrongMinds, the Advisory Panel for StrongMinds America, and the Board of Trustees. She is also on the board of Mindful Philanthropy, an organization with the mission of catalyzing impactful findings in mental health, addiction, and well-being. Locally, she serves on the board of the Worcester Education Collaborative and is involved in projects with the Nativity School of Worcester. In May 2022, she and her husband, John, were honored by receiving the Alexis de Tocqueville Award from the United Way. In 2022, Jeanne and John were chosen to be part of the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50: Most Influential People” for their philanthropic efforts.
Rehmah is a senior fellow at the Harvard Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI). Prior to ALI, Rehmah Kasule founded and was the president of Century Entrepreneurship Development Agency, a Ugandan nonprofit that has helped over 38,000 youth and women pursue equality and economic development opportunities. Ms. Kasule is also a member of the Parliament of Buganda Kingdom and has earned multiple global awards recognizing her social impact leadership. She is currently developing the PLUS+AFRICA Apprenticeship and Leadership Institute, an incubator to prepare young people for jobs, promote enterprise development, create links with the private sector, and work with government to strengthen labor market systems that will transform Africa’s workforce.
Ann’s career has spanned legal and operating roles, and she has worked both in the U.S. and Europe. She is currently the Co-Founder/CEO of Dunollie Fund and the Senior Advisor (formerly President) of Encore.org, a national non-profit that promotes encore careers for the greater good. She was previously Chief Operating Officer of Acumen Fund, a global venture capital fund, and oversaw Acumen’s worldwide operations, strategy, and expansion. Before joining Acumen, she was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she rose through the ranks to become General Counsel of PwC US and a member of the Management Committee. During her 17 years at PwC, MacDougall also spent five years in Paris as Global Deputy General Counsel. In 2013, MacDougall was a Fellow in the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, a year-long program to prepare experienced executives to take on new challenges in the social sector. She holds a B.A. cum laude from Tufts University and a J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. She currently sits on two corporate boards, Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Atmos XR. In her volunteer capacity, she sits on the Audit Committee of the Lycée Français de New York and the Advisory Boards of Equality Now and Global Citizen Year. She also co-leads two journalism fellowships, in partnership with the OpEd Project.
Sean Mayberry, Executive Director and Founder of StrongMinds, is a former diplomat and social marketer who believes there are simple and cost-effective interventions that can improve mental health, an area that is often overlooked when addressing poverty in the developing world. For years Sean implemented successful HIV/AIDS and malaria programs in Africa and saw firsthand the struggles of the mentally ill. In 2013, he founded StrongMinds with the goal of ending the depression epidemic on the subcontinent. Previously, Sean was the Chief Operating Officer at VisionSpring, where he helped lead the nonprofit’s partnership with BRAC, and a country director for Population Services International in the Democratic Republic of Congo and India. He holds a BS degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Emory University.
Jim Rude is a Senior Consultant at Graham-Pelton Consulting, specializing in non-profit management, fundraising, non-profit executive leadership, marketing, and volunteer management. Prior to joining Graham-Pelton Consulting, he was the Director of Development and Communications for Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) and led the fundraising efforts for United Way, increasing new funding sources and donor cultivation. Jim has an MBA in Management from Monmouth University and a BA in Business from Muhlenberg College. He believes strongly in the mission of StrongMinds and feels that mental health is too often a forgotten need.
Carol Squire is the Executive Director of Good Cheer, an innovative nonprofit integrating food bank services, organic farming, recycling of previously owned goods, and school and community outreach, which serves the population of southern Whidbey Island in Puget Sound in Washington State. She has spent the last ten years as a management consultant, focusing on creating strategies to strengthen organizations and teams. Prior to that, she worked in the field for PSI, including as Country Director in India. Before working for PSI, she founded a professional development organization, ECOFORM, for corporations in Africa and grew the enterprise to 200 employees. The non-profit arm of this organization worked with bilateral and multilateral donors. She joined the StrongMinds board because she feels mental health is a basic human right that is not available to most women in Africa. As she explains, “Nothing else is possible for an individual or their family without good mental health.”
Annika Sten Pärson has 25+ years of leadership experience across the telecom, media, retail, and consumer goods industries. A decade ago, Annika intentionally shifted her focus when she became the CEO of a non-profit mental health clinic in New York City. Through this experience, she became acutely aware of the gravity of mental health issues, the dire lack of funding, and the far-reaching implications on both individuals and society at large. In 2021, Annika harnessed her professional and personal experience to co-found The Inner Foundation. The Inner Foundation is committed to investing in solutions that strengthen inner health and address the pressing challenges of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Inner Foundation adopts a blended finance approach by operating as an impact investor and grant giver, uniting both for-profit and non-profit solutions in a diverse portfolio of over 20 investments on three continents: Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and North America. Annika serves on several boards, including First Close Partners, Strong Minds, Braive, and Ashoka Nordic, among others. Additionally, Annika co-founded 1825 Therapy Center for Young Adults, an affordable therapy clinic in Stockholm, where she currently chairs the board and regularly volunteers as a therapist.
Esther opened IDinsight’s first office in Zambia and lived in Lusaka for eight years, where she helped steward the rapid growth as a co-founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Head of External Partnerships. She has also lived and worked in Eswatini, India, Cambodia, Uganda, Ghana, and China. She will soon be based in Nairobi, Kenya. Previously, Esther was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company, a co-founder of a social enterprise in the Tibetan Plateau, and co-led several not-for-profit organizations. Most recently, she was a partner at the Bridgespan Group. Esther holds joint BS/BA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. She also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. Esther was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar. Esther serves as co-chair of the Alumni Council of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and on the Board of Directors for Govuka and StrongMinds. She is also an advisor to The Agency Fund and Mighty Ally.
Dana Ward is an international public health and development expert with 35 years of experience, predominantly in Africa and Asia. In his various roles, he has served as Country Representative in five countries with Population Services International and was chair of the board of an international school in West Africa. He currently works for the Vermont Department of Health in Burlington, Vermont. Dana has an MBA in marketing from New York University and holds a Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. His areas of interest include social marketing and mental health. He is impressed by StrongMinds’ unique, cost-effective, scalable approach that can treat millions of African women.
Paul is a senior financial executive whose background includes manufacturing, utilities, transportation, real estate, and not-for-profit experience. He served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Music Institute of Chicago, where he was responsible for the financial operations of the organization, facilities management, human resources, and payroll. He began his career as a Mechanical Engineer for a public utility company and then transitioned to manufacturing and transportation, where he gained analytical experience with responsibilities in financial reporting and analysis, auditing, and management presentation, human resources, compliance, and controls. He also served as an educator at the City Colleges of Chicago, where he taught Accounting, Business, and Finance. Paul earned his MBA in Finance and Management Policy from Northwestern University, his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University, and his BA in History from the University of Rochester. For twelve years, Paul served on the Board of Trustees for St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Massachusetts, and on the Board of the Civic Orchestra of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Ancona School in Chicago, IL, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Center in Skokie, IL, and Planned Parenthood of Illinois in Chicago, IL. He lives with his family in Chicago, where he enjoys cooking, music, film, books, and travel.
Milly (MPH, MA, MBA) is a public health specialist and internationally recognized community leader who has worked in different fields of social development. She was at the forefront of efforts to campaign for access to HIV treatment in Uganda and throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Her efforts resulted in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in 2002. Milly was a founding member of the Board of the Global Fund representing communities affected by diseases in the developing world, where she co-chaired the Monitoring and Audit committee. Milly co-founded the Pan-African AIDS Treatment Movement (PATAM). She was the founding Country Director for The International AIDS Alliance in Uganda, where she pioneered the decentralization of AIDS care in more than 30 districts in Uganda. She worked as a Regional Representative for Eastern and Western Africa for Bausch and Lomb, a Pharmaceutical Company that specialized in producing eye care products. She currently is a co-chair of the Community Working Group for the Microbicide Trials Network, a consortium of global researchers and community members looking at new HIV prevention interventions, a UNAIDS Consultant for Eastern and Southern Africa. She has provided technical support to several organizations working in different areas of public health, including those working with key affected populations like commercial sex workers and people who have sex with people of the same gender identity. She has worked with programs that support children, such as Tearfund in Zambia and Retrack International in Uganda. Her special interests include focusing on access to care issues for marginalized and vulnerable individuals and communities. She has written on several public health-related issues, including capacity building, stigma, and discrimination, as they affect access and uptake of existing healthcare services.
Board of Directors
Uganda
Milly (MPH, MA, MBA) is a public health specialist and internationally recognized community leader who has worked in different fields of social development. She was at the forefront of efforts to campaign for access to HIV treatment in Uganda and throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Her efforts resulted in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in 2002. Milly was a founding member of the Board of the Global Fund representing communities affected by diseases in the developing world, where she co-chaired the Monitoring and Audit committee. Milly co-founded the Pan-African AIDS Treatment Movement (PATAM). She was the founding Country Director for The International AIDS Alliance in Uganda, where she pioneered the decentralization of AIDS care in more than 30 districts in Uganda. She worked as a Regional Representative for Eastern and Western Africa for Bausch and Lomb, a Pharmaceutical Company that specialized in producing eye care products. She currently is a co-chair of the Community Working Group for the Microbicide Trials Network, a consortium of global researchers and community members looking at new HIV prevention interventions, a UNAIDS Consultant for Eastern and Southern Africa. She has provided technical support to several organizations working in different areas of public health, including those working with key affected populations like commercial sex workers and people who have sex with people of the same gender identity. She has worked with programs that support children, such as Tearfund in Zambia and Retrack International in Uganda. Her special interests include focusing on access to care issues for marginalized and vulnerable individuals and communities. She has written on several public health-related issues, including capacity building, stigma, and discrimination, as they affect access and uptake of existing healthcare services.
Anne is an IT professional with 22 years of experience under her belt. She was Team Leader for the Technical Support Section in the IT Operations Department at Bank of Uganda, where she has served in positions of increasing responsibility since 2000. Throughout her career, she has honed not just her technical skills but also received grounding in leadership and governance, communication skills, project management, problem-solving, and people skills, among others. In her time at the Bank, she was at the helm of implementing several cutting-edge payment system technologies, notably working with a colleague in 2010 to implement a new payment system messaging technology (SWIFTNet) and being the only bank worldwide that was able to implement the solution without consultancy services from the vendor. Anne has built her career on integrity, generosity, empathy, and hard work, values she believes are critical for professional success and personal fulfillment. Outside of the workspace, Anne enjoys good music, expressing her creativity through gardening, cooking, and handicraft, as well as seeing the world around her. Her life’s desire is to leave a lasting legacy, and few things give her as much joy as empowering those facing significant life challenges to overcome them and grow into their full potential.
Mariam is an ambitious finance professional with a strong track record of delivering top performance over the past 15 years. She is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She possesses a wide spectrum of experience in assessing and building the organizational capacity of local non-government organizations (NGOs) at the community, national and international levels in the areas of grants and contracts management, finance, administration, and human resource management across the health, education, agriculture, and human rights sectors. Ms. Lutakome is familiar with the rules and regulations of all major donors supporting Uganda, e.g., USG, EU, SIDA, CIDA, and DFID. Mariam is a freelance finance management consultant. Previously Mariam worked as Finance Management Specialist on the JSI/TA-NPI project to ensure that all twelve CDC and HRSA grantees developed sound financial, administration, and sub-partner management systems to effectively manage resources, adopt best practices and comply with their national regulations as well as USG funding requirements. Under this project, she worked in east and southern Africa, in particular Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and South Africa, conducting training, providing one-on-one technical support, and developing customized TA to meet the needs and capacity of each partner. Prior to this position, she was the Finance Unit Manager of the EU-Civil Society Capacity Building Program, which promoted an inclusive and empowered society in Uganda by strengthening the capacity of local communities and civil society organizations (CSOs)for social accountability, as well as strengthening “downward accountability” performance of local governments. She has also worked as Grants Accountant for the Human Rights Fund, which is the present-day Independent Development Fund.
Sean Mayberry, Executive Director and Founder of StrongMinds, is a former diplomat and social marketer who believes there are simple and cost-effective interventions that can improve mental health, an area that is often overlooked when addressing poverty in the developing world. For years Sean implemented successful HIV/AIDS and malaria programs in Africa and saw firsthand the struggles of the mentally ill. In 2013, he founded StrongMinds with the goal of ending the depression epidemic on the subcontinent. Previously, Sean was the Chief Operating Officer at VisionSpring, where he helped lead the nonprofit’s partnership with BRAC, and a country director for Population Services International in the Democratic Republic of Congo and India. He holds a BS degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Emory University.
Paul is the Founder and Managing Director of Capital One Group, a marketing communications firm with operations in Uganda and Kenya. With twelve years of marketing communications experience, Paul has been a brand custodian for major local, regional, and international brands in East Africa. During this time, he has contributed to various game-changing communication campaigns in various industries in the NGO sector, telecoms, manufacturing, retail, leisure, hospitality, beverages, professional services, banking, insurance, and semi-autonomous Government bodies. Paul holds a Diploma in Public Relations from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) in the UK and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) UK. He also holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Makerere University and a Certificate in Oil & Gas Studies from Makerere University Business School. Paul’s ultimate mission in life is to position brands for market growth and help these brands communicate better to their key stakeholders.
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Board of Directors
Zambia
Tina is a mental health specialist with over a decade of experience promoting mental health awareness, working with a diverse array of private and public organizations across England and Zambia. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and in Children and Young People’s Services. Tina is also a qualified Trainer and Assessor in Health and Care and a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Frank is the Country Director for StrongMinds in Zambia Zambia. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic development, management, growth, sustainability, and external representation of our operations in Zambia. Prior to joining StrongMinds, Frank spent fifteen years working in sub-Saharan Africa on health, education, and environmental issues, serving as Deputy Director of Restless Development Tanzania and Country Director for Restless Development South Africa. He has a BA in history from the University of Sheffield.
Yande is a lawyer, women’s rights specialist, and activist with eight years of experience in the international development sector. She is an advocate of the High Court of Zambia and is committed to protecting victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. As a safeguarding expert, Yande works with various international organizations to strengthen policies and procedures. She holds an LLB in Law from Oxford Brookes University and an LLM in International Law from the University of Westminster.
Sean Mayberry, Executive Director and Founder of StrongMinds, is a former diplomat and social marketer who believes there are simple and cost-effective interventions that can improve mental health, an area that is often overlooked when addressing poverty in the developing world. For years Sean implemented successful HIV/AIDS and malaria programs in Africa and saw firsthand the struggles of the mentally ill. In 2013, he founded StrongMinds with the goal of ending the depression epidemic on the subcontinent. Previously, Sean was the Chief Operating Officer at VisionSpring, where he helped lead the nonprofit’s partnership with BRAC, and a country director for Population Services International in the Democratic Republic of Congo and India. He holds a BS degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Emory University.
Chewe is a Senior Programs Manager at D-tree International. Over the past 10 years, he has led multiple teams across Restless Development, PsycHealth, and Marie Stopes International. Aside from mental health, Chewe is passionate about gender equality, policy development, and women empowerment. He is an Atlas Corps Fellow and Chevening Scholar. Chewe holds a Master of Science degree in Management and International Business from Leeds Beckett University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Zambia.
Hellen is the Founder and Executive Director of the Media Initiative for Women in Zambia (MIWoZ). As a seasoned journalist and human rights advocate, Hellen’s passion has guided her to write for local and international NGOs. She currently serves on the National AIDS Council (NAC), MISA Zambia, and Women Aiding Women Board of Directors. Hellen is also a member of the Institute of Directors of Zambia (IoDZ) and past chairperson for the MISA Region (SADC) and Zambian chapter. Of her many accomplishments, Hellen’s work has generated professional interest in media policy, regulation, internet governance, and media development ecosystems.
Nick has been a board member since July 2023.
Mental Health Advisory Panel
Global
Dr. Kenneth is a graduate with a Master of Medicine in Psychiatry Degree of Makerere University and currently a Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health in Uganda with over 5 years’ experience in MNS health care provision at a national Referral Hospital and 3 years at National level in development of; training materials, guidelines, policies and strategic plans, training students and health care professionals, coordination of programs, mentorship. His Current Key Responsibilities include contributing to policy formulation, participation in deployment of mental health professionals, serving as secretary to the Mental Health Working Group, providing technical support to health facilities and other partners with emphasis on integrating mental health into primary health care and finally, offering technical support to partners delivering MHPSS services in refugee settlements.
Jane Frank is a Senior Lecturer at Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences, University of Kisubi and Bristol College of Management and Health Sciences. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology. She is a practicing Mental Health Consultant with expertise in Children with chronic mental health conditions. As a Clinical Gero-Psychologist she is very passionate about mental health and quality of life among the elderly. She is actively involved in coaching and mentoring professionals involved in initiatives related to mental health and associated research, has been a manager at executive levels for more than twenty years both locally and internationally. She served as Vice Chairperson and subsequently, Chairperson for The AIDS Support Organization [TASO] Mulago Centre Advisory Committee for 8 years. Currently she is the Chairperson Board of Trustees for RACOBAO, a community-based organization serving refugees and other most vulnerable populations in 8 districts of Uganda, acts as a mental health advisor on a pro-bono basis, a member of Uganda Clinical Psychologists Association and the vice chairperson of the Uganda Catholic Mental Health Experts.
Kizito has a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology of Makerere University. He’s been in clinical practice for over 16 years treating torture, GBV and war trauma using mainly CBT, NET, Trauma-focused ACT (ACT-T) and EMDR. He is experienced in using group, couple, and individual models – manualised and non-manualised. He is a trained, supervised, and qualified EFT Therapist. He has experience in developing, facilitating, and supervising Mental Health capacity building programs and is currently completing a 3-years clinical capacity building program for ALIGHT in Southwestern Uganda. He is experienced in working with refugees and nationals/ host communities. He has been involved in clinical research and therapeutic interventions development – co-authored several publications here.
Jeanne Esler is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with specialization in behavioral medicine, anxiety, depression and eating disorders and lives west of Boston, MA near the city of Worcester, MA. She went to Northwestern University in Chicago for her BA, received her doctoral degree from SUNY Albany (in NY). She completed the Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University in 2021. Jeanne is President and Co-Founder of the Esler Family Foundation, a philanthropy involved with mental health programs, youth leadership, educational and economic opportunities through the lens of racial and gender equity. Their foundation worked with World Vision on economic development projects in Malawi, and with StrongMinds on mental health treatment for women suffering from depression in Uganda and Zambia.
Jeanne currently serves on the Mental Health Advisory panel and Strong Minds America advisory panel for StrongMinds. She is also involved with Mindful Philanthropy, serves on the boards of Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll), the Worcester Education Collaborative, and is involved in projects with the Nativity School of Worcester. In 2022, with her husband John they received the Alexis deTocqueville Award from the United Way and were chosen to be part of the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50: Most Influential People” for their philanthropic efforts.
Joan was Licensed as a psychologist in 1977, she is in private clinical and supervisory practice in Berkeley, California. She is a Supervising Analyst, a member of Faculty at The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), and a member of the Group Process Faculty. She offers teaching/supervising of psychoanalytic candidates and runs many supervision training workshops in the broader mental health community. Her scholarly focus for 30 years has been to develop a relational model of psychodynamic supervision. She has authored Supervision Essentials for Psychodynamic Psychotherapies (2016), and co-authored, with Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea, The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach (2001). Her supervisory work, supervising a psychology practicum student, appears in a DVD, Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervision (2015).
Joan was an early supporter of StrongMinds and continues to contribute enthusiastically. Her general philanthropic project is to extend psychoanalytically informed mental health treatment to those in the broader community. Her choice of grantee organizations has primarily emphasized interventions informed by psychoanalytic understanding. SM has been exceptional among her grantees because it is a short-term, manualized intervention. She has been convinced by the organization’s extraordinary leadership and its devotion to providing outcome data to extend her philanthropic focus to include SM.
In Advisory Board meetings she tends to focus on the needs of group leaders for training and support; and, also, on the potential downside of diluting the intervention too much in an effort to treat more people.
Paul is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Silver Lining Health Care, University Teaching Hospital, Chainama Hills Hospital and a Senior Lecturer, Head of Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Zambia. He has specialized in neuropsychiatry with interests in Addictions Counselling, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Art Therapy, Clinical Psychiatry, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Delirium, Dementia, Dermatology (Skin Lightening & Acne Management), ECT, EEG, Epilepsy, General Medicine, Group Therapy, Neurological Disorders, Neurology, Parkinson’s Disease, Pregnancy, Psychosocial & Educational Counselling, Psychotherapy, Sexual Dysfunction, Skin Lightening, Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and Weight Loss. He has been in involved in Harm reduction workshops UNODC in Zambia, the African Mental Health Research Initiative [AMRI] where he chaired the session on Cultural adaptation of interventions for Mental Health Disorders in Africa (2021). He is a Life member of the Indian Psychiatry Association since 2005, Neurological and Psychiatric Society of Zambia since 2011. A member of World pharmacists since 2013, International Brain Research since 2013, Psychological Association of Zambia since 2017, Association of Psychological Science since 2017 and American Academy of Neurologists since 2017.
Rosco is passionate about mental health, the various interventions in the field of mental health and their cultural fit within the Ugandan context. He has a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He has worked with Makerere University at the Department of Mental Health as a Senior Lecturer and has written various publications as a researcher. He is currently the Director for innovations at StrongMinds Global and has worked within the Mental Health field since 2009. He is a certified trainer for Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups by the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups.
Gregory studied human medicine at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; Clinical Psychology at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda and Public health at Euclid University, Banjul Gambia. He works with the World Health Organization in Nigeria as a Vaccine Preventable-Disease (VPD) Technical Officer. His areas of interest are immunization for children and adults, disease surveillance, and outbreak response. He also supports the introduction of new vaccines and the evaluation of post-vaccine introductions.
Zahra is a Tanzanian psychiatrist and lecturer at Kairuki University in Dar es Salaam. Her work revolves around patient care, teaching, and mental health research. She is particularly passionate about neuropsychiatry and exploring the connections between HIV and mental health. Depression, stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and catatonia, among others.