Our Team
A committed group with deep healthcare, East Africa, and technology expertise to drive change in the region.
Jessica Vernon, CEO
Stanford, Fulbright, Innovations for Poverty Action, McKinsey
Medicine, economics, scaling field operations
Jenny Cheng, CTO
MIT, Google, Warby Parker
Software engineering, data science, product
Dorcas Masatia, Operations Director
U of Nairobi, Evidence Action, Innovations for Poverty Action
Scaling field operations, data & analytics, public health
Vinay Gopinath, Sr Software Engineer
VTU, GreeceVol, Mija Software, GapSquad
Android, web, product
Ruth Namai, Senior Associate
Mount Kenya University, Evidence Action, Innovations for Poverty Action
Marketing & sales, data management, customer training and field research
Victor Okoth, Senior Associate
Chuka University, KEMRI/CDC, Kenyan Institute of Management
Medication quality validation, public health, supply chain management
Board of Directors
Amrita Ahuja
Co-founder & Board Chair, Evidence Action
Catherine Howell
Former Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain, Barclays Africa
Jessica Vernon
CEO & Co-founder, Maisha Meds; Stanford Medical School
Maeve Magner
Former CEO for largest privately-owned 3PL in Africa
Megan Huchko
Associate Professor of OB/GYN and Global Health at Duke University
Nick Singer
Strategy Manager, Medtronic, Emerging Markets Healthcare Systems