Founders  
 
  Awori J. Hayanga, MD, MPH (Chair)
  Suzzanne W. Gitata
 
             Board Members  
 
  Andrew L. Owiti  (Executive Director)
  Thomas E. Keane, MD
  Matthew J McGirt, MD
  Sonia Eden, MD
 
             Advisory Panel  
 
  John L Tarpley, MD
  Jon Weingart, MD
  Christine Grogan, MBA
  Rebecca Thornton, PhD
  Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc
  Jennifer Filip Waljee, MD, MPH, MSc
  Clare Muhoro, PhD
  Vincent M. Cimmino, MD
 
             Officer  
 
  Abidah Cheira
  Ted James, MD
  Malaika Awori - Gunther
  Aaron Abarbanell, MD
 
             RJW Health Policy Scholars  
 
  Oluseyi Aliu, MD
  Cedric V Pritchett, MD, MPH
  Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD
 
             Ground Logistics and Operations  
 
  Joshua Lwala
 
             Administrator  
 
  Tarja Virtanen
 

Thomas E. Keane, MD
tkeane@rjwfoundation.org

Thomas Keane MD is a Chicago native who graduated with degrees in mechanical engineering and English Literature from the University of Illinois. After working as a business consultant for Ernst & Young, he completed an MD at Albany Medical College, a surgery internship at Johns Hopkins, a radiology residency at New York Presyterian Cornell, and a vascular-interventional fellowship at Johns Hopkins, where he was the chief fellow. He has served as a clinical assistant professor at Johns Hopkins, as Senior Medical Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Health & Human Services, and is currently a voting member of the US Council for Graduate Medical Education (www.cogme.gov) in Washington, DC. He is a practicing interventional radiologist who specializes in providing care to rural and underserved populations.