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
 
             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
 
             Administrator  
 
  Tarja Virtanen
 

Abidah Cheira

Ms. Abidah Cheira is a Registered Nurse working in the radiology department of Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Ms. Cheira is an excellent networker and possesses extraordinary abilities to procure medical equipment from various sources in the US for shipment to Kenya, and an uncanny knack for grass roots organization and mobilization. Ms. Cheira also has wide ranging connections in Kenya which allows RJW to provide our partners efficiencies that they would otherwise not have access to. Ms.  Cheira’s passion for helping those less fortunate than herself is a hallmark of the RJW mission.