Sarah is a seasoned business leader who spent 14 years in tech—at a startup, Google, and most recently as a Vice President at Intuit, where she held senior leadership roles in Strategy, Business Operations, and Product. Born and raised in Kenya, and the daughter of a nurse who runs a clinic in rural eastern Kenya, Sarah is passionate about leveraging technology to improve access, efficiency, and equity in healthcare across Africa.

Paul starts your BandaGo journey, walks with you and makes sure you enjoy every step. Before joining Banda he worked as an adult educator. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

His healthcare hero is Joseph, a retired ‘trained on the job’ medical personnel who used to circumcise boys at his rural home at Ithanga village, Masii Machakos county.

Julie does whatever Steve asks her to do! In the early years before joining Banda Health, Julie put her passion for helping people through technology to use as an education-focused, data systems engineer. After spending a few years volunteering as an NGO Treasurer in Kenya, she returned to the USA and fine-tuned her passion to simply focus on adult learning.

Julie’s healthcare hero is the on-call ortho surgeon whose name she can’t remember, but whose skills saved her foot after a car accident.

Ian facilitates the growth of effective partnerships that address the pressing social concerns of the communities where Banda client clinics work. Before joining the Banda Health team, Ian practiced as a social justice and environmental lawyer in Australia.

Ian’s personal healthcare heroes are Dr Norval & Dorothy Christy, an ophthalmologist & nurse who spent 50 years restoring eyesight to vulnerable communities in Pakistan & China.

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Theano is a pediatrics nurse from Australia who brings energy and enthusiasm as our clinical impact coordinator. She’s been a lecturer, research coordinator and humanitarian and now works with Banda Health predominantly in Nairobi slums. She says “Africa is in her blood.” Her healthcare hero is Australia Obstetrician Dr Katherine Hamlin who worked in fistula repair in Ethiopia.

Margaret Gibson is the Director of Development at BLESS.world. She has spent the past 12 years helping build strategic, innovative, mission-minded organizations that impact the most complex problems of our day. Previously, she was Director of Operations at CrowdHealth, a healthcare technology startup. Her prior professional fundraising experience includes Living Water International, The Gospel Coalition, and The Source for Women.

Ann is a seasoned leader with 12+ years of experience in strategy, innovation, and operational excellence. She was the Senior Director of Strategy and Alignment for Global Impact at McDonald’s Corporation. Before that, she was a Director of Strategy & Innovation for Global Delivery, where she spearheaded new operating models and digital products. Ann began her career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, advising clients on growth strategies and innovation.

David’s personal healthcare heroes are the doctors, nurses and physical therapists in his own family.

Kevin is a passionate data enthusiast. He ensures that Banda Health can tell a story through their data. His vision is to serve as a gatekeeper for Banda’s data so that stakeholders can understand data and use it to make strategic business decisions. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Strathmore University.

Kevin’s personal healthcare hero is all the doctors and nurses giving it their all during the pandemic.