Having spent the past four years living and working in Sihanoukville, Cambodia as Project Manager for the Cambodian Children's Painting Project, Felix Brooks-church has extensive experience in managing community-based projects. Mr. Brooks-church also has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Oberlin College and a professional background in graphic design and photography. His international travels have taken him around the globe from Ibiza to India.

Molly comes to us from The Mountain Institute where she spent two years working in Nepal as a Princeton in Asia Fellow. She has significant experience conducting research on gender and human rights issues, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Political Science. Additionally, Molly has volunteer experience organizing publicity campaigns and advocacy programs focusing on cancer-friendly policies at the local and national levels.

Prior to PHC, Mr. Dodson was CEO or Chairman of six privately held companies and has served on the boards of 16 middle market companies in which he was also a private investor. Mr. Dodson has also worked for McKinsey & Company. He holds a BA in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford University.

From a Rwandan family, Mr. Gakuba was born and raised in Burundi. His family returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Mr. Gakuba completed his university education in Tanzania and has worked in Rwanda since that time. He has worked as a translator (English, French, Kinyarwanda) and as a project administrator in several non-profit organizations. His most recent positions have been with a Fulbright researcher, and with Hunt Alternatives Fund.

Mr. Gakuba founded and hosted a charitable call-in radio show to raise money for medical care for children. He is very active in his local church, in addition to volunteering with Every Child.

Before segueing into the non-profit sector, Mrs. Livergood worked at Walt Disney World for nearly six years. She has since spent the past five years managing events, volunteers, fundraising efforts, and programs for disadvantaged youth and children with life-threatening illnesses. Her interest in the field of international development was fueled by her experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Eastern Caribbean, as well as living and volunteering in Bulgaria. Mrs. Livergood has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Salisbury University, and a Master of Public Administration and Graduate Certificate of Nonprofit Management from University of Central Florida.

Martha holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, as well as a Master of Arts in International Development from Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She spent several years living and working in Malawi as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer, and honed her project planning and management abilities running The Brick Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting Peace Corps Volunteers to undertake additional projects during their service.

Prior to PHC, Ms. Rowe worked at Yale University School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health serving as Project Manager for the Ethiopia Hospital Management Initiative and the Liberia Healthcare Management Delivery System. She has also worked with a number of micronutrient specific projects including the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder and the Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service in addition to the National Institute of Health. Ms. Rowe holds a BA in Ethnobotany from Connecticut College and a MS / MPH from Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy and School of Medicine.

Board of Directors

Mr. Abbott is President and CEO of WGBH Boston. Before working at WGBH, Abbott served as Senior Vice President for Development and Corporate Relations at PBS (1992-1998). Prior to that, he spent five years in senior management with San Francisco public station KQED.

In addition to Project Healthy Children, he is a board member of American Public Television (APT) as well as public television's Major Market Group. He is a Trustee of the Boston Children's Museum, Arts Boston and an Advisory Council Member for Harvard University's Master of Liberal Arts in Management Program. Mr. Abbott holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mr. Bradach is a co-founder and managing partner of Bridgespan Group where he guides the development of the organization, its knowledge strategy, and the Bridgestar initiative, which seeks to increase the flow of talented leaders into and within the nonprofit sector. Additionally he writes, teaches and speaks extensively on topics relating to nonprofit strategy, business planning, and philanthropy.

Previously, Mr. Bradach had been a consultant at Bain & Company until he left to pursue his advanced degrees. He received his BA from Stanford University, and his MA in sociology and PhD in organizational behavior from Harvard University.

Stephanie Dodson is the co-founder of Strategic Grant Partners, a coalition of family foundations working to create positive futures for children and families in Massachusetts and nationally.

In addition to being a co-founder and current board chair of Project Healthy Children, Mrs. Dodson was involved in the creation of the Maranyundo Initiative and serves on the board for this all girls middle school and teacher training institute in Rwanda. She also serves as a trustee of Cambridge College. She previously worked in the computer industry and with the United Way and the American Heart Association. She holds a BA from Oberlin College and an MBA from Stanford University.

Doctor Rodriguez specializes in infectious disease and HIV medicine, with a focus on global issues. He has supported national health care programs for HIV, TB and malaria treatment and diagnostics in resource-poor settings for the US CDC's Global AIDS Program in Vietnam, the National Institutes of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Health Organization. Dr. Rodriguez served as the Chief Medical Officer for the William J. Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, with responsibility for the Foundation's programs to support delivery of drugs, diagnostics and clinical programs in 63 countries and launched the Foundation's operations research program. Most recently, he is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, where he helped launch the Global Health Delivery Project, and co-founder of Daktari Diagnostics, Inc., focused on the development of point-of-care diagnostics for global health. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale University School of Medicine.

Mr. Simon is a co-founder of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Peace Action Network and Chair of the World Presidents Organization (WPO) Presidents Action Network. He is particularly interested in youth empowerment issues, and is on the Board of Free the Children, Minga, and is active with Youth MicroCredit International and OneChild. Mr. Simon is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, Ashoka Support Network and Aspen Institute. Some of his other endeavors include involvement in microcredit with Accion International, Kiva.org, Unitus and the Microcredit Summit; in Middle East issues with OneVoice and Seeds of Peace; and in health with International Medical Corps. Mr. Simon is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Business School.