Board of Directors

Timothy W. Bilodeau

Timothy W. Bilodeau

Chairman

Timothy W. Bilodeau

Chairman

Timothy W. Bilodeau is the founder and former Executive Director of Medicines for Humanity. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Bilodeau has spent the good part of his professional career working for nonprofit organizations involved in international health projects, including Catholic Relief Services and Por Cristo. He received a BA Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College, a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and an MBA from Stanford Business School. Most recently, Mr. Bilodeau was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Canisius College

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Thomas H. Bilodeau, III

Thomas H. Bilodeau, III

Thomas H. Bilodeau, III

Thomas H. Bilodeau, III, is a member/shareholder of the law firm, Rich May. Mr. Bilodeau concentrates on corporate, commercial, and securities law. He is a senior member of the Firm’s corporate practice and chairs the firm’s Investment Management Practice. His diverse practice reflects the firm’s broad client base and includes all aspects of the organization and operation of corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships and other business entities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, technology and commercialization transactions, the organization and operation of investment managers and private investment funds and related regulatory and compliance matters, contracts, secured transactions, and public and private financings. Mr. Bilodeau is a graduate of Boston College Law School (J.D., 1996, cum laude; recipient 1994 Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Scholastic Excellence) and Bowdoin College (B.A., 1990, Government and Legal Studies). He has been named in the 2006-2011 editions of Massachusetts/New England Super Lawyers.

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Margaret Brawley

Margaret Brawley, MPH

CEO & President

Margaret Brawley, MPH

CEO & President

Margaret Brawley is CEO and President of Medicines for Humanity. She combines a passion for working in the developing world with more than 20 years of experience in the field of international health in roles that include management, development, and program design. She has in-depth knowledge of and experience in maternal and child health (MCH), HIV and AIDS, and economic empowerment. Ms. Brawley has worked for large and small nonprofits for many years in the US and East Africa, including Kenya and Uganda. She founded and successfully developed an organization in Uganda for health communication initiatives. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, and a Master in Public Health from the University of Washington.

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Lynette Kluver

Lynnette I. Kluver

Lynnette I. Kluver

Lynnette Kluver has many years of experience caring for and advocating for children. She is a graduate of St. Cloud Technical College, with a degree in accounting. She is currently an active Managing Partner of a family owned equity investment company. She has always been active in local church and community organizations, including the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Club. During her active business career, she operated her own accounting services business. After her four children graduated from high school, she retired from the business world to dedicate time to provide foster care to 32 children over seven years. During that time, she was also an Advocate Representative, evaluating care and providing court representation for other foster children. She is very passionate about protecting and helping children who cannot help themselves.

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Sister Joyce Meyer, PBVM

Sister Joyce Meyer, PBVM

Sister Joyce Meyer, PBVM

Sister Joyce Meyer is a consultant to organizations that work with Sisters, particularly in Africa and Asia, and works part time for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.  Prior to this, she served as executive director of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, a grant making organization supporting the works of Catholic Sisters globally. A Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, she worked for five years as a missionary in Zambia where she taught college English and served as executive director for the Zambia Association of Sisterhoods. Following her time in Africa, Sister Meyer served in leadership in her congregation. She was president of the board of the Presentation Health System based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and served on the sponsorship board of the National Catholic Health Care Association. She helped establish the International Presentation Sisters Association, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations. Her education includes degrees from Marquette University and Catholic Theological Union at Berkeley.

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Thomas M. O’Neill

Thomas M. O’Neill

Thomas M. O’Neill

A graduate of Harvard and Harvard Business School, Thomas M. O’Neill has over thirty years of experience in finance. He is currently the Managing Director and Partner of Navigator Management Company, and an independent Trustee serving on the Board of Directors for the Federated Investors Fund Complex. Mr. O’Neill has also served as President and CEO of Fleet Investment Advisors. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Children’s Museum of Naples, FL.

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Joan M. Regan

Joan M. Regan

Joan M. Regan

Joan Regan brings a wealth of varied experience to the MFH Board. She combines an MSN degree in nursing and significant clinical hospital experience with several years of teaching experience as a member of the nursing faculty of several Massachusetts colleges. Ms. Regan also has more than ten years of experience in administration at the Roxbury Latin School, where she was Assistant to the Headmaster and Community Service Coordinator. In the latter role, she inspired and organized student fundraising efforts for MFH, and led student service teams to work at MFH projects in Jamaica. She has also served as a Board Member of Milton Affiliated Visiting Nurse Association and as Board Chair of St. Mary Academy. In 2015, Ms. Regan was named as a Docent of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.

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Cordelia “Kirk” Ryan

Cordelia “Kirk” Ryan

Cordelia “Kirk” Ryan

Kirk Ryan is the Executive Director of the Cordelia Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization that promotes human welfare by increasing access to education, health services, and cultural activities. Prior to that, she was Associate Development Director at Medicines for Humanity. Her efforts contributed directly to the growth of the organization, allowing MFH to significantly increase critically needed health services to the world’s most vulnerable children. Prior to her staff position at MFH, she worked for a non-profit where she specialized in development and organizational systems management. Kirk developed a passion for other cultures while earning a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Elon University.

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John Sadowsky

John Sadowsky

John Sadowsky

John Sadowsky is the Distinguished Professor of Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France. He has been a visiting lecturer at some of the world’s leading educational institutions in the US, France, Russia and Argentina. An internationally renowned business coach and inspirational speaker, Mr. Sadowsky does leadership conferences and seminars each year in 10 to 20 countries. He is also Chairman of Atlas Distributing, Inc. in Auburn, Massachusetts, where he was president and general manager from 1985 to 1995. For more than 25 years, he has served in volunteer positions for numerous local and national charitable organizations.

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David J. Sauer

David J. Sauer

David J. Sauer

David Sauer spent the better part of his early career working and leading Catholic healthcare organizations in the U.S. For the past 20 years, he has been engaged in fund raising (including Medicines for Humanity) and project design in education and healthcare, working with Catholic organizations in the developing world.

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Rev. Robert Vitillo

Rev. Robert Vitillo

Rev. Robert Vitillo

Monsignor Vitillo is the Head of Delegation in Geneva and Special Advisor on HIV and AIDS for Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based global confederation of national Catholic human assistance, social service and development organizations. He formerly served as the Executive Director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and has worked extensively in advocacy on international healthcare issues.

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Staff

Margaret Brawley

Margaret Brawley, MPH

CEO & President

Margaret Brawley, MPH

CEO & President

Margaret Brawley is CEO and President of Medicines for Humanity. She combines a passion for working in the developing world with more than 20 years of experience in the field of international health in roles that include management, development, and program design. She has in-depth knowledge of and experience in maternal and child health (MCH), HIV and AIDS, and economic empowerment. Ms. Brawley has worked for large and small nonprofits for many years in the US and East Africa, including Kenya and Uganda. She founded and successfully developed an organization in Uganda for health communication initiatives. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, and a Master in Public Health from the University of Washington.

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Kenneth Muko, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, MPH, PHD

Kenneth Muko, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, MPH, PHD

Program Director

Kenneth Muko, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, MPH, PHD

Program Director

Kenneth has a wealth of clinical credentials and a vast amount of field experience. Originally trained as a pharmacist, he holds a Doctoral degree in Public Health and two Masters Degrees in Pharmacy and in Public Health. He also has a strong background in Health and HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support projects. Prior to joining MFH, he worked as a Program Manager for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Cameroon, and later as Project Manager in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kenneth has authored and published several articles on health-related issues in peer- reviewed journals. His first-hand knowledge of the developing worldview enhances and expands our ability to join with partners to fight child mortality in impoverished communities even more effectively and with key insights.

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Kristen Fanfant, MPH

Kristen Fanfant, MPH

Program Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

Kristen Fanfant, MPH

Program Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

Kristen oversees all Medicines for Humanity projects in LAC. Prior to MFH, she developed and managed maternal/child health (MCH) projects in rural Africa and Haiti for an international NGO focused on human services. Her experience also includes developing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects and developing community-led healthcare solutions such as training community health workers to provide perinatal health services and immunizations to women and children. She is fluent is Haitian Creole and also speaks English and Spanish. Kristen holds a Master in Public Health degree as well as a Bachelor of Science in Applied Health degree with a Minor in Spanish.

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Dusson St. Jean

Dusson St. Jean

Coordinator – Program Services Haiti

Dusson St. Jean

Coordinator – Program Services Haiti

Dusson is a native of Sibert, a section of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where MFH has been working with The Daughters of Charity since 2012. After completing High School, Dusson was awarded a full two-year scholarship to Kentucky State University where he earned an Associate’s Degree in Electronics Technology.  Dusson has always had a passion to serve in the health field. In 2001, he began working with the Daughters of Charity at Lucelia Bontemps Health Center in Sibert. As the Archive and Data Manager, he modernized the record-keeping system and improved the health information system at the clinic.  Dusson joined MFH as the Haiti Country Coordinator in 2014.  In his own words, he loves his work because he has “a chance to save lives in Haiti – – including in my hometown.”

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Elisa Ventura Avila Zapata

Elisa Ventura Avila Zapata

Coordinator – Program Services Dominican Republic

Elisa Ventura Avila Zapata

Coordinator – Program Services Dominican Republic

Elisa’s background in management and accounting, combined with her experience in human resources and administration, provide MFH projects in the Dominican Republic with the kind of oversight and organization required to manage three very different programs. Although all three focus primarily of batey outreach (poor shanty villages in remote rural areas), the projects are the results of very specific community-focused goals formulated in conjunction with our partners in Quisqueya, Consuelo and Barahona. A native of San Pedro de Macoris, where she also earned her degree from Central Eastern University, Elisa has an in-depth knowledge of the region and a commitment to its people.

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Moza Flaure Alcius

Moza Flaure Alcius

Project Manager, Haiti

Moza Flaure Alcius

Project Manager, Haiti

Moza Flaure Alcius is a trained nurse and certified nurse-midwife. She graduated from Jeanne Mance de Canada Nursing School and studied midwifery with Midwives in Haiti. Moza has over 5 years of clinical experience and 3 years of hands-on project management with MFH assisted projects. Moza oversees the Repire Lavi Pou Timoun (RLPT) project in Haiti which works with 13 congregations of Catholic women to improve training on neonatal resuscitation, newborn survival, early childhood development, and train Community Health Workers.

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Olivia Ambang

Olivia Ambang

Program Assistant

Olivia Ambang

Program Assistant

Olivia works with Program Director Kenneth Muko in Medicine for Humanity’s Cameroon office. As a program assistant, she assists with the preparation of annual work plans for each project site, writes project reports, and conducts field visits to all project sites in Cameroon. Before joining MFH Olivia worked as the public health officer for a local NGO (Fobang Foundation) focused on HIV and malaria reduction amongst school children. She has a vast experience in recruiting, training and monitoring/evaluation of community health workers. She is a trained laboratory scientist and has two Master degrees in Public health and Community Care and Immunohematology from universities in Wales UK. She is fluent in both English and French.

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Frantz Jean Baptiste

Frantz Jean Baptiste

Program Assistant, Haiti

Frantz Jean Baptiste

Program Assistant, Haiti

Frantz assists Haiti Project Coordinator Dusson St. in the logistics and management of all MFH’s projects there. He was born and raised in Grand Goave, Haiti. Because of his passion to serve his community, he became very involved in his church and community service, providing translation services at a local clinic and teaching at the church school. He studied Business Administration at Université Autonome de Port-au-Prince (UNAP) and received his Bachelor’s degree in 2016. In addition to his work with MFH, Frantz is continuing his studies, focusing on International Business.

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Fanny Jimenez

Fanny Jimenez

Office Assistant (Dominican Republic)

Fanny Jimenez

Office Assistant (Dominican Republic)

Fanny works closely with Elisa Avila as the Office Assistant in Medicines for Humanity’s Dominican Republic Office. In the office, Fanny helps maintain project records and receipts, coordinates with partners to gather project data, and assists with reporting. She is a native of the Dominican Republic and speaks Spanish as well as some English. Fanny is also a nursing student at the Universidad Adventista Dominicana.

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Jean Wood

Jean Wood

Project Driver, Haiti

Jean Wood

Project Driver, Haiti

Jean Wood is MFH’s Project Driver in Haiti. He assists the team with logistics and transportation of materials and supplies to project sites and transports them to project visits. Jean Wood has over 10 years of experience as a driver for local and national non-governmental organizations in Haiti. Most recently he worked with Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health in Haiti) at that NGO’s main office in Haiti.

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Richard J. Weisberg

Richard J. Weisberg

Development Director

Richard J. Weisberg

Development Director

Dick became formally associated with MFH as a member of the Board of Directors in 1996. He currently oversees the MFH development office and the organization’s fundraising initiatives. He is a marketing executive with an extensive background in electronic media and communications. In addition to his development role at MFH, he serves as Managing Director of B/R Creative, which provides marketing strategy and branding campaigns to a roster of national and regional clients.

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Jennifer Martin

Jennifer Martin

Development Manager

Jennifer Martin

Development Manager

Jennifer began her career in the Peace Corps and eventually became an Emergency Nutrition Program Manager, working for an international aid agency. Most recently she was a Senior Grant Writer and Project Manager in the Development Department of Northeastern University in Boston.

Jennifer has worked and lived abroad in several countries where she provided assistance to underserved communities during crisis conditions. Some of these countries include Haiti, Sudan, Kenya, Angola, Niger, and Congo. She graduated with a B.A. in English and International Relations, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Massachusetts, earned an M.S. in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition (with a concentration in Humanitarian Assistance) from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts. She has also been a guest lecturer at Boston University and Tufts University teaching students about nutrition in complex emergency situations.

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Cassidy Quinn Bilodeau

Cassidy Quinn Bilodeau

Development Coordinator

Cassidy Quinn Bilodeau

Development Coordinator

Cassidy was first introduced to Medicines for Humanity through a family connection. Since then, she has developed a passion for the MFH mission and nonprofit work. Cassidy coordinates all MFH events and mailings, manages the donor database, and provides administrative support when needed. She has an extensive background in the marketing and communications field, and was as an associate editor/producer for the New England Sports Network for several years. As a result, she also provides multimedia and digital media expertise to MFH. Cassidy graduated from Boston University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

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Kelli Seaholm

Kelli Seaholm

Finance Officer

Kelli Seaholm

Finance Officer

Kelli handles the company’s bookkeeping and works closely with the Medicines for Humanity executive team to forecast and manage all revenue and expenses. She has 34 years of accounting experience working for multiple companies on the South Shore.

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