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
 

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD

Shawn Hervey-­-Jumper is a native of Boston Massachusetts and attended Oakwood University followed by medical school at the Ohio State University College of medicine, graduating magna cum laude. He is a neurosurgeon in training at University of Michigan and has achieved numerous academic, research, and teaching awards including the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honors society, Landacre research Honors society, Phi Kappa Phi honors society, National scholars honor society, and the Arnold G. Coran teaching award. His clinical and research interest are in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of malignant central nervous system tumors, the delivery of oncologic care to diverse populations, and in healthcare policy. He has numerous scientific publications and has authored several book chapters. With a commitment to community health and injury prevention he narrated and appeared in “ Shattered Dreams” a diving injury prevention video which was the recipient of 3 national awards including the 2009 Cine Golden Eagle award and the 2010 Telly Award. Throughout his journey, Dr Hervey-­-Jumper has recognized the influence that quality education and mentorship has had in his life. He recently co-­-founded “STAT-­- Residents in the Classroom”, a program aimed at supporting the local underfunded public education system through providing direct assistance to science, math, and technology teachers.