Melissa T Ojemeni RN, PhD, is currently a program manager at Partners In Health co-leading the organization’s Global Nurse Executive Fellowship. She has over 15 years of clinical bedside nursing experience in the United States and internationally. Domestically she has worked in academic-teaching institutions primarily with adult medical surgical and cardiac clients living with chronic diseases. Internationally, she has worked in Rwanda, Tanzania and Haiti on health workforce and educational capacity building programs. Dr. Ojemeni has held adjunct faculty appointments at both Seattle Pacific University and Bellevue College teaching undergraduate nursing students in clinical, classroom and simulation lab settings. Her research interests lie in health services and health systems strengthening, human resources for health, capacity building and post conflict health reconstruction. Dr. Ojemeni holds a PhD from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, a Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution with a global health concentration from Arcadia University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree from Gwynedd Mercy University.

Board Member

Milka is currently a lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of science and Technology where she teaches courses in nursing leadership, global health, HIV/ AIDs & Reproductive Health and Biostatistics. Ogayo is the chairperson of Research Faculty, Kenya -Eastern, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) Chapter.  She is a PhD student with MSc, in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from University of Eastern Africa Baraton. Milka has undergone short trainings on Senior Management course from Kenya School of Government and County Leadership Management and Governance course from Strathmore Business School.

During her more than 15 years’ experience in health care industry, she worked as a nurse leader holding the position of deputy director nursing in a healthcare facility of Kenya, for 9 years.  She also coordinated health care quality improvement activities in the facility. As health care quality coordinator, she negotiated a collaboration between Giessen University, Germany, Maseno University and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), Kenya, on improving neonatal health in JOOTRH. Milka established a youth friendly clinic in JOOTRH with an aim of improving access to care by this group. Furthermore, she has provided consultancy services to various organizations on health care quality improvement and Programme evaluation.

Her interest is in nursing leadership, health care quality and research.

In her role as Chief Nursing Officer, Anne has assisted governments in resource-poor countries as they scaled-up care and treatment programs for HIV infected individuals. She advised CHAI on nursing issues, and worked with nursing leaders and educators in partner countries to design programs that enhance the role of the nurse.

She is an AIDS Certified Registered Nurse and developed and implemented a community-based HIV adherence program in Rhode Island, prior to her work in
global health. She is a cooperating faculty member of the Rhode Island College School of Nursing, where she received an honorary doctor of science degree in 2006.

 Dr. Sheila Davis is the CEO of Partners In Health (PIH). Previously, she served as the Chief of Ebola Response as she led PIH’s response efforts during the 2014 West Africa epidemic. She has been a nursing leader in the field of HIV/AIDS since the mid-1980s and served on the National Board of the Association of Nurses AIDS Care (ANAC). She was the co-founder of a small NGO that worked in South Africa and Boston from 2004-2010 on health projects, including a rural village nurse clinic.

Dr. Davis received her BSN degree from Northeastern University in 1988, her Masters in Nursing degree as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in 1997 and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with a concentration in global health in 2008 from the MGH Institute of Health Professions.  Dr. Davis was a an Adult Nurse Practitioner at the MGH Infectious Diseases outpatient practice for over 15 years. Currently she is Adjunct faculty at the UCSF School of Nursing and an affiliate member of Adriadne Labs. She was inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2008 and in 2009 was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of 12 Carl Wilken’s Fellows working on anti-genocide global efforts as part of the Genocide Intervention Network. She recently completed a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship as part of the 2012-2015 cohort.

Cory is the Director of Nursing at  Partners in Health (PIH), an international health organization dedicated to providing a preferential option for the poor in health care. She leads nursing efforts across all-sites, serving as a resource and mentor to colleagues who are leading patient care efforts. Cory holds a BS from the University of Maryland, a BSN from Simmons University and is currently enrolled in a DNP program.

A Global partner and member board of directors of Our Bodies Ourselves, she translated and published relevant chapters of Our Bodies Ourselves latest edition into Luganda for women in rural Uganda. She traveled across the country hosting women’s health discussions with rural women. Currently, she also serves as a member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) for Surrogacy 360, with the Center for Genetics and Society. Diana volunteered with Reach out Mbuya, an HIV/AIDS outreach organization in Uganda to prevent mother to infant transmissions. She founded and runs a teenage mother support group in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, for women who were born and grew up in camps during the Kony war and founded Amida Child Mother Vocational Training program to teach young mothers skills they can explore to support their families.

Trained in pandemic preparedness and response and as a trauma informed care provider, Diana’s first degree was from Makerere University Business School in Kampala, Uganda. She completed a direct entry MSN degree at Simmons University after her BS in biology at University of Massachusetts Boston. In 2018, Diana attended the Emerging Global Health Leadership symposium in London, UK.

Director of Communications and Administration

Lauren is a tropical medicine certified registered nurse, women’s health nurse practitioner, and sexual and reproductive health and rights specialist. She is passionate about global health and sexual and gender-based violence prevention and has conducted research in Chile on the role of advanced practice nursing. She lives and works in The Netherlands as an International Health Consultant. Lauren completed a Direct Entry MSN program at Boston College in May 2017 after obtaining a BS in Forensic Science and Biology. Later she completed a Master’s in International Health at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. She has volunteered with Physicians for Human Rights as a forensic medical evaluator and instructor, conducting forensic medical evaluations for asylum seekers and teaching at annual trainings. Previously Lauren served on the Board of Directors and developed and disseminated the GNC monthly newsletter to subscribers.