OHW-NG Leadership

Leadership Team

Woutrina Smith

Woutrina Smith, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Chief of Party/Project Director
William Bazeyo

William Bazeyo

Executive Director, AFROHUN 
Vipat

Vipat Kuruchittham, MEng, MSIE, PhD

Executive Director, SEAOHUN
David Wolking

David Wolking, MSc

Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director
Elizabeth Leasure

Elizabeth Leasure

Financial Operations Lead
Oladele Ogunseitan

Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD, MPH

Training & Empowerment Lead
Susan Michaels Strasser

Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Tracking & Assessment Lead
Ndola Prata

Ndola Prata, MD, MSc

Gender Working Group Lead
Alexandra Zuber

Alexandra Zuber, DPH, MPP

Organizational Sustainability Lead

  • Brian Bird Outbreak Working Group Lead (UC Davis)

  • Bruce Struminger vCoP Working Group Lead (ECHO Institute UNM)

  • Jutta Lehmer vCoP Coordinator (ECHO Institute UNM)

  • Mac Farnham SEAOHUN Regional Liaison (UC Davis)

  • Jaber Belkhiria AFROHUN Regional Liaison (UC Davis)

  • Karen Saylors West Africa Support (Labyrinth Global Health)

  • Fatima Oliveira-Tsiouris ICAP Tracking & Assessment Coordinator (ICAP Columbia)

  • Getachew Kassa Competency Assessment SME (ICAP Columbia)

  • Omar Romero-Hernandez Organizational Sustainability SME (UC Berkeley)

  • Federico Castillo Environmental Economist SME (UC Berkeley)

  • Margarita Martins Organizational Sustainability SME (UC Berkeley)

  • Peter Daszak (EcoHealth Alliance)

  • Jon Epstein EHA Africa Lead (EcoHealth Alliance)

  • Kevin Olival EHA SE Asia Lead (EcoHealth Alliance)

  • Ava Sullivan EHA Training Lead (EcoHealth Alliance

  • Suzan Murray Wildlife Health SME (Smithsonian Institution)

  • Koss Mensah Global Health SME (American Society for Microbiology)

  • Christopher Widmer ProMed SME (ISID/ProMED)

  • Kirsten Gilardi East Africa Support (UC Davis)

  • Tierra Smiley-Evans East Africa Support (UC Davis)

  • Jennifer Lane Experiential Learning SME (UC Davis)

  • Jane Fieldhouse Outbreak Metrics SME (UC San Francisco)

  • Jennifer Larr Subawards Coordinator (UC Davis)

  • Mary Kearney Global Operations Coordinator (UC Davis)

  • Will Swain SEAOHUN Support (UC Davis)

  • Amanda Crump Gender and Nutrition SME (UC Davis)

  • Ana Zepeda Gender and Empowerment SME (UC Davis)

  • Martin Smith Pedagogy SME (UC Davis)

  • Michael Wilkes Professional Development SME (UC Davis)