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Ambassador Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (chair) retired from the US Department of State following a distinguished diplomatic career of more than 20 years. Her posts included US Ambassador to Niger, Senior Inspector in the Office of the Inspector General, and positions at the National Security Council, in Mexico City, and the Office of NATO Affairs at State.
Randal Teague (secretary) is an attorney with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Washington, DC, with special interest in international development and related finance. He is a former chairman of the US Agency for International Development’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.
Dyanne Hayes (treasurer) is the former Vice President of Programs at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation with responsibility for all grant making activities. She was the chief architect of the West African Water Initiative and directed the Foundation’s trachoma and deaf-blind child initiatives. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Hayes created and directed a national corporate contributions program for a publicly traded health care corporation.
Dr. Peter Bourne is a visiting scholar at Green College, Oxford (United Kingdom), and Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George’s University, Grenada. Dr. Bourne was special assistant to the president for health issues during the administration of US President Jimmy Carter and served as assistant secretary general at the United Nations.
Julius Coles is a distinguished veteran diplomat with 28 years of service to the US State Department including senior positions in the U.S. Agency for International Development. Mr. Coles has been President of Africare, a leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa. The first Director of Howard University’s Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, he is now Director of Morehouse College’s Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. Among his many awards are the 2007 James Madison Medal and the 2010 Africa Lifetime Achievement Award, both from Princeton where he earned his Masters of Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — a prominent and innovative development professional.
Dr. Donald Hopkins is Vice President of The Carter Center, where he is responsible for oversight of all health programs at the Center. Previously, Dr. Hopkins served as deputy director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He also serves on the board of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Logan Nakyanzi is an executive producer at Air America Radio, an international radio network airing 24-hour programming. Previously, she was producer for Air America Radio’s “The Majority Report”, a three-hour broadcast airing nightly, Monday through Friday. At Air America Radio, she has also produced for “The Al Franken Show” and “The Randi Rhodes Show.” She started her career in broadcasting at ABC NEWS television.
Tricia A. Smith (LLD) is an esteemed attorney in Cardiff by the Sea, California.
Dr. Rita Steele (PhD) is a retired Clinical Psychologist in private practice—treating patients and consulting to various organizations—for 27 years. Assistant Professor at San Jose State University, she taught psychology on the undergraduate and graduate levels for over 10 years. She was instrumental in raising funds for HDI’s pilot project for the rapid prevention of obstetric fistula in Bankilare, Niger and is a fundraiser and strong advocate for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula.
Roger Tutt worked for the British Diplomatic Service with overseas postings in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and at the British Mission to the United Nations. His retirement interests include public health issues in Africa.
Dr. Anders Seim (executive director) is the founder of Health & Development International. Dr. Seim formerly worked for the World Health Organization and in private practice as a family physician in Norway before assuming full-time duties as executive director of HDI.
(February 2011)