Will Hetzler is an entrepreneur and experienced executive. He joined the Bouldering Project as Chief Growth Officer in September 2021. Before the Bouldering Project, Will cofounded Zipline, a California-based multinational automated logistics company. Zipline was founded on a mission to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital supplies, and the company now operates the fastest, most reliable autonomous drone delivery service in the world. At Zipline, Will…
Dr. Iheanacho is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Adjunct), Yale University School of Medicine and Chairman of Psychiatry, Trinity Health of New England/Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut. He is the Director of Yale Global Mental Health Program and leads the HAPPINESS project which integrates mental health into primary care and non-psychiatric medical centers in low resource settings. Dr. Iheanacho is a board certified General Adult Psychiatrist and Addiction Psychiatrist whose…
Nafisa Jiwani is the Managing Director for Global Health Initiatives at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), America’s development bank. As a Managing Director, Ms. Jiwani serves as a senior policy adviser for the agency, providing guidance and leadership on policy and transactional matters focused on Global Health. Additionally, Nafisa is spearheading DFC’s Health and Prosperity Initiative, which seeks to mobilize capital to strengthen health systems and improve resiliency…
Kayembe-Kitenge Tony is a Physician Toxicologist at the Toxicology Unit, University of Lubumbashi and Academic Secretary of the Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, the doctoral school of Lubumbashi, DCR Congo. His research interest are in clinical and environmental toxicology, teratology: in particular reproductive health, congenital malformations in children, and spirometry in African children. He is the medical director of the Service National hospitals in Katanga. He is also a founder…
Lillian is a Partner based in Paris, where she advises on sustainable and impact-based commercial strategies for emerging markets, and operational efficiency. She has experience in global health, trade and industrialization policy, job creation policy, inclusive business models, access to finance, and digital transformation across the Africa region. Lillian’s most recent work includes supporting Ethiopia’s Ministry of Trade and Industry to revamp their industrialization policy to ensure swift and steady,…
Emilie Koum Besson is a health economist with a wider breadth of experience in health in complex humanitarian emergencies, geospatial analytics, pharmaceutical systems strengthening and human resources for health policies. She is also a scholar activist working to advance gender equity and anti-racism in health science, promote ethical and decolonial research practices and bridge the gap between researchers, policy makers and communities, especially in Africa. In 2022 she led the work…
Dr. Isabel Madzorera is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, in the division of Community Health Sciences. Dr. Madzorera is a nutrition epidemiologist with interests in the intersection of food systems, nutrition and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The goals of her research program are to utilize advanced nutrition epidemiologic methods to assess diet quality as a key modifiable risk…
Zamo Mbele is a registered clinical psychologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently practices as a senior psychotherapist and is a senior supervisor at Tara H. Moross Hospital and at the WITS Donald Gordon Medical Centre. Zamo has worked in both the private and public sector of South Africa’s mental health services and has more than a decade’s experience within the South Africa public mental health space; as a clinician…
Angèle Mendy holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the internal and international Mobility and Migration of health professionals and their impacts on the provision of health care to populations. She a former Takemi Fellow in International Health (2020-2022) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she currently supports Dr. Jesse Bump’s research on the historical roots of health…
Professor Justice Nonvignon is a Health Economist and public health researcher with extensive experience in teaching and mentoring students. His main areas of teaching and research experience include economic and impact evaluation of population, health and nutrition programmes and health financing. His research work spans multiple countries in Africa. Justice currently serves as the Acting Head of the Health Economics Programme (HEP) at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…