StrongMinds Board of Trustees
Meet the StrongMinds Trustees, Directors, and Advisors
Board of Trustees
UNITED STATES
Elena Anfimova has spent most of her career in finance, focusing on emerging markets and technology. After graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, she held several notable roles, including CEO of Crelia Capital—a fintech and advisory firm she founded—M&A Manager at UST, and Portfolio Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.
Elena teaches Investment Management at KMBS, the business school of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has an extensive record of volunteer leadership. At Razom for Ukraine, a New York–based human-rights organization, she helped design and co-found a US$10 million grant program. Based between New York and Ukraine, Elena has served as a volunteer member of the StrongMinds Finance Committee since 2018.
Jeanne Esler is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialization in behavioral medicine, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. She lives west of Boston, MA near the city of Worcester. She received her BA from Northwestern University in Chicago and her doctoral degree from The State University of New York in Albany. She completed the Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University in 2021.
Jeanne is the president and co-founder of the Esler Family Foundation, a philanthropy focused on mental health programs, youth leadership, and educational and economic opportunities through the lens of racial and gender equity. The foundation worked with World Vision on economic development projects in Malawi and with StrongMinds on mental health treatment for women with depression in Uganda and Zambia.
Jeanne currently serves on the Mental Health Advisory Panel and the Board of Trustees for StrongMinds. She is also involved with Mindful Philanthropy, serves on the boards of Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll), and the Worcester Education Collaborative, and is involved in projects with the Nativity School of Worcester. In 2022, Jeanne, along with her husband John, received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award from the United Way. They were chosen to be part of the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50: Most Influential People” for their philanthropic efforts.
Rehmah Kasule is an international award-winning serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, philanthropist, strategist, social-impact investor, business-development consultant, and thought leader in gender empowerment. She is a donor advisor who supports Lever for Change grantees in enhancing strategy, scale, sustainability, communications, and storytelling. Rehmah is also an expert judge for the MacArthur Foundation and for the US$250 million Pivotal Ventures Women’s Mental and Physical Health Competition. Most recently, she served as Director of Development, Foundations, at Western University. She founded CEDA International and Kids Voice Global, a development platform whose content reaches more than 20 million children worldwide, and has empowered and mentored over 280,000 children, youth, and women to find their voices, take charge of their lives, and lead change in their communities.
A 2019–20 Senior Fellow of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, Rehmah sits on the boards of Right To Play and StrongMinds. She is active in global networks such as the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Vital Voices Global Partnership, and the African Development Bank. Rehmah brings international expertise in strategic planning; philanthropy and fundraising; executive leadership and talent development; design thinking and knowledge creation; and gender, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Ann MacDougall’s career spans legal and operational roles on both sides of the Atlantic. She served as president of Encore.org (now Co-Generate), a national nonprofit that promotes encore careers for the greater good. Previously, she was chief operating officer of Acumen Fund, a global venture-capital nonprofit, where she oversaw worldwide operations, strategy, and expansion. Earlier, Ann was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, rising to become general counsel of PwC US and a member of its Management Committee; she also spent five years in Paris as global deputy general counsel.
In 2013, Ann was a Fellow in the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, a year-long program that prepares experienced executives to take on new social-sector challenges. She holds a BA, cum laude, from Tufts University and a JD, cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School.
Ann currently serves on two corporate boards and holds several nonprofit board and advisory roles. Through a partnership with the OpEd Project, she has sponsored nine cohorts of 20 fellows to hone their public voices and place op-eds on prominent platforms worldwide. Cohort themes have included second-act careers with purpose, the climate crisis and climate justice, and basic legal rights for women and girls.
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 the Executive Director of Operations and Analytics for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Foundation. He specializes in nonprofit management, fundraising, executive leadership, marketing, and volunteer management. Before joining NJIT, Jim was a senior consultant at Graham-Pelton Consulting and held leadership positions at Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) and United Way.
He maintains his CFRE credential and holds an MBA in Management from Monmouth University and a BA in Business from Muhlenberg College. Jim believes strongly in the mission of StrongMinds and feels that mental health is too often a forgotten need.
Carol Squire has served as a StrongMinds trustee since 2017 and is the current Board Chair. After 35 years of creating and leading nonprofit organizations in Africa and the Indian subcontinent, she returned to the United States to weave together the themes, teachings, and experiences of a full and fortunate life. She now channels her passion and energy into developing and leading workshops that integrate leadership, emotional literacy, and Fourth Way Work—an ancient spiritual path periodically revived by Sufis and Fourth Way teachers, notably G. I. Gurdjieff.
When she is not traveling to lead retreats, you can find Carol teaching, gardening, reading, or kayaking at Whidbey Akhaldans, her personal retreat center on Penn Cove in Coupeville, Washington.
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 Wang is currently an advisor to the winners of the Elevate Prize. Previously, she was co-founder, partner, and Chief Operating Officer of IDinsight, spending eight years in Zambia. Esther has also served as a Partner at The Bridgespan Group and began her career at Bain & Company. She co-founded a social enterprise on the Tibetan Plateau and has helped lead several not-for-profit organizations. She is now based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Esther holds joint BS/BA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School. She has been a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar. Esther served as co-chair of the Alumni Council of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership and sits on the Boards of Directors for Govuka and StrongMinds.
Dana Ward is an international public-health and development expert with 35 years of experience, predominantly in Africa and Asia. He has served as a country representative for Population Services International and as chair of the board of an international school in West Africa. A founding supporter of StrongMinds, Dana now works for the Vermont Department of Health in Waterbury, Vermont.
He holds an MBA from New York University and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University. His interests include social marketing and mental health.
Paul Watford 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 Katana (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 Okware holds a Master of Medicine degree in Psychiatry from Makerere University and is currently a Senior Medical Officer at Uganda’s Ministry of Health. He has more than five years of experience delivering mental, neurological, and substance-use (MNS) health care at a national referral hospital, and three years at the national level developing training materials, guidelines, policies, and strategic plans; training students and health-care professionals; coordinating programs; and providing mentorship.
His current key responsibilities include contributing to policy formulation, participating in the deployment of mental-health professionals, serving as secretary to the Mental Health Working Group, providing technical support to health facilities and other partners—with an emphasis on integrating mental health into primary health care—and offering technical support to partners delivering MHPSS services in refugee settlements.
Dr. Jane Frank Nalubega (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at the Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences, the University of Kisubi, and Bristol College of Management and Health Sciences. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a practicing mental-health consultant with expertise in children with chronic mental-health conditions. As a clinical gero-psychologist, she is passionate about mental health and quality of life among the elderly.
Dr. Nalubega actively coaches and mentors professionals involved in mental-health initiatives and related research, and she has held executive-level management roles for more than twenty years, both locally and internationally. She served as Vice-Chairperson and, subsequently, Chairperson of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Mulago Centre Advisory Committee for eight years. She is currently Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for RACOBAO—a community-based organization serving refugees and other vulnerable populations in eight districts of Uganda—acts as a pro-bono mental-health advisor, is a member of the Uganda Clinical Psychologists Association, and serves as Vice-Chairperson of the Uganda Catholic Mental Health Experts.
Kizito holds a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Makerere University. He has more than 16 years’ experience treating survivors of torture, gender-based violence (GBV), and war trauma, primarily using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), trauma-focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT-T), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). He is skilled in group, couple, and individual modalities—both manualized and non-manualized—and is a trained, supervised, and certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) practitioner.
Kizito has designed, facilitated, and supervised numerous mental-health capacity-building programs and is currently completing a three-year clinical capacity-building project for ALIGHT in southwestern Uganda. He has extensive experience working with refugees and host-community nationals, and he has co-authored several clinical research publications.
Jeanne Esler is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral medicine, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. She lives west of Boston, Massachusetts, near the city of Worcester. She earned her BA from Northwestern University in Chicago and her PhD from the State University of New York at Albany. In 2021, she completed the Advanced Leadership Initiative program at Harvard University.
Jeanne is the president and co-founder of the Esler Family Foundation, a philanthropy focused on mental-health programs, youth leadership, and educational and economic opportunities viewed through the lens of racial and gender equity. The foundation has worked with World Vision on economic-development projects in Malawi and with StrongMinds on mental-health treatment for women with depression in Uganda and Zambia.
She currently serves on both the Mental Health Advisory Panel and the Board of Trustees for StrongMinds. Jeanne is also involved with Mindful Philanthropy, sits on the boards of Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) and the Worcester Education Collaborative, and supports projects with the Nativity School of Worcester. In 2022, she and her husband, John, received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award from the United Way and were named to the Worcester Business Journal’s “Power 50: Most Influential People” list for their philanthropic efforts.
Dr. Joan Sarnat [PhD]
Joan Sarnat was licensed as a psychologist in 1977 and maintains a private clinical and supervisory practice in Berkeley, California. She is a Supervising Analyst, a member of the faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), and part of its Group Process faculty. Joan teaches and supervises psychoanalytic candidates and leads numerous supervision-training workshops in the broader mental-health community. She authored Supervision Essentials for Psychodynamic Psychotherapies (2016) and, with Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea, co-authored The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach (2001). Her supervisory work with a psychology practicum student is featured in the DVD Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervision (2015).
An early supporter of StrongMinds, Joan continues to contribute enthusiastically. Her philanthropic aim is to extend psychoanalytically informed mental-health treatment to the wider community, and most of her grantee organizations emphasize interventions grounded in psychoanalytic understanding. StrongMinds is exceptional among them because it offers a short-term, manualized intervention; Joan was persuaded to include the organization in her portfolio by its exemplary leadership and commitment to rigorous outcome data.
Dr. Ravi Paul is a consultant psychiatrist at Silver Lining Health Care, the University Teaching Hospital, and Chainama Hills Hospital. He is also a senior lecturer and Head of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia. His subspecialty is neuropsychiatry, with interests that include addictions counselling, alcohol and substance-use disorders, art therapy, clinical psychiatry, cognitive-behavioural therapy, delirium, dementia, dermatology (skin-lightening and acne management), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), electroencephalography (EEG), epilepsy, general medicine, group therapy, neurological disorders (including Parkinson’s disease), pregnancy-related mental health, psychosocial and educational counselling, psychotherapy, sexual dysfunction, substance-abuse rehabilitation, and weight management.
Dr. Paul has participated in UNODC harm-reduction workshops in Zambia and, in 2021, chaired a session on cultural adaptation of mental-health interventions in Africa for the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMRI). He is a life member of the Indian Psychiatric Association (since 2005) and the Neurological and Psychiatric Society of Zambia (since 2011). He also belongs to World Pharmacists (since 2013), the International Brain Research Organization (since 2013), the Psychological Association of Zambia (since 2017), the Association for Psychological Science (since 2017), and the American Academy of Neurology (since 2017).
Rosco Kasujja is passionate about mental health, evidence-based interventions, and their cultural fit within the Ugandan context. He holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and has worked in the mental health field since 2009. Rosco previously served as a senior lecturer in the Department of Mental Health at Makerere University, where he published widely on mental health topics. He is currently the Director of Innovations at StrongMinds Global. He is also a certified trainer in Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups (IPT-G) through the International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy.
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.
Dr. Morawej 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, as well as depression, stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and catatonia.