“Therefore my challenge to each of you... is that you ask yourself what you can do to make a difference. And then take that action, no matter how large or how small. For our children have a right to peace.”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicki Tiffin works in health informatics, health genomics and bioinformatics approaches to investigating disease in African populations, including work in data governance and ethics within Africa. She has a PhD in Molecular Genetics and a Masters in Public Health, specialising in Epidemiology. She is an Associate Professor in the Division of Computational Biology and the Data Integration platform of the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa) at the University of Cape Town, where she leads a research group that explores the intersection of data from these different domains and how they might be ethically harnessed to better understand the disease state. She also works on secondment to the Western Cape Provincial Health Department assisting with infrastructure and governance for the Provincial Health Data Centre, a health information exchange which manages routine health data for the Western Cape Province.
Nicki Tiffin
Philomène Luyindula is a women’s empowerment activist, French teacher, translator and author. She is part of the Congolese diaspora in South Africa.
Philomène Luyindula
Gayle McWalter is one of the co-founders of the Adonis Musati Project and has served as both treasurer and Chairperson of the AMP Board of Directors since 2007. Gayle has a background in Education and is trained as both a Foundation Phase Educator and Remedial Educator. Gayle also has training in administration and bookkeeping, and has used her skills voluntarily to assist South African communities for over 20 years.
Gayle McWalter
Camilla Rose is an attorney and mediator, and practises as Rose Attorneys, and Crux Mediation Services. Camilla launched her career providing legal representation to refugees via a university law clinic in 2002, and has since worked in both public interest and private law capacities. Camilla has a passion for human rights, non-violent communication (NVC), mindfulness and holistic legal practice, and joined the Board in 2018.
Camilla Rose
Chairperson
Doris Wyne is from Kenya and has a degree in International Business Administration. Her background is in banking where she has worked for 23 years in different capacities, customer service,operations, portfolio manager and private banking.
Doris is currently working on empowering and mentoring teenagers at Rustenburg Girls High school.
She enjoys engaging with people from different backgrounds and has a heart for foreigners and vulnerable people in SA.
Doris Wyne
Gahlia Brogneri is the Director and Co-Founder of the Adonis Musati Project. She has worked in the Education and NGO sectors since 1987, and specifically with refugees and asylum seekers since 2007. Gahlia is passionate about developing sustainable and empowering programmes for vulnerable people, and holds an Honours Degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education.
Gahlia Brogneri
AdvisorS
Sally Guttmacher, PhD, is Professor of Public Health at New York University, Senior Technical Advisor for HealthRight International, and an Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. In addition to teaching and research, she is a consultant to the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company in the area of Medical Education, evaluating proposals to increase the use of vaccines in underserved areas to prevent infectious diseases. Dr. Guttmacher’s primary research interests are in the areas of reproductive health and the health risks encountered by cross-border migrants in Cape Town, South Africa. She has been the Principal Investigator of a number of research projects and has published two textbooks.
Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp is a Professor at Sonoma State University and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Cape Town, and an author and advocate for immigrant and refugee rights. She has written about migration and citizenship in Mexico and the United States, as well as refugees in South Africa. Her published work appears in historical, legal, public health and cultural studies journals. Theresa holds a Ph.D. from Georgetown University and a M.Phil. in Human Rights Law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
Dr. Marc Mendelson, PhD, is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town. Marc is Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance, South African lead for Antimicrobial Resistance on the Global Health Security Agenda, co-chair of the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme, and co-author of the South African Antimicrobial Strategic Framework. He is the current President of the Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa, and President-Elect of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. Marc's focus is on national and international policy around access, appropriate use and innovation to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Marc Mendelson