SHE is a lean, non-hierarchal organization with direct communication lines.
Current Core Team
Elizabeth Scharpf
Founder and Chief Instigating Officer
Elizabeth is an entrepreneur who has spent most of her professional career starting up ventures or advising businesses on growth strategies in the health care industry. She has spent time as a strategic management consultant at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy as well as stints at the Clinton Foundation and the World Bank in Asia and East Africa, respectively. Elizabeth has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA in international development from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. Despite all the academic acronyms, she thinks her best education has come from talking with those sitting next to her on buses around the world.
Julian Kayibanda
Chief Operations Wizard
Julian is a Rwandese who was born and raised outside of her country but returned after the genocide to participate in the rebuilding of her country. Most recently, she helped start-up and lead operations for a successful coffee business in Rwanda. She went to university in India, and although she holds a Bachelors degree in Finance, she has a passion for women's issues which explains her involvement with SHE as the head of operations. She likes watching movies, reading books, and collecting coins--but not all at the same time.
CeCe Camacho
Vice President (VP) of Everything and Maker of Magic
CeCe is the go-to person at SHE for anything and everything from spearheading fundraising initiatives to instituting operational systems. The power of investing in girls and women inspires CeCe to drive things forward. Currently, CeCe splits her time between SHE and raising her vivacious daughter. CeCe brings project management, operations and a strong understanding of international health and education issues to the organization. Previously CeCe worked for Waynflete School in Portland, Maine, overseeing their summer programs. She is the former director at the Cornell Public Service Center where she oversaw the K-12 programs. She also worked for the International Women's Health Coalition's Africa program, promoting girls' and women's reproductive health and rights in Nigeria and Cameroon. CeCe served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in both Yemen (Middle East) and Gabon (West Africa), working on maternal and child health projects and coordinating women in development initiatives. CeCe has a Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. CeCe loves to run up hills, make art, take long walks with her family, and drink tea. Sewing and learning how to write French are on her "to do"list.
Fatima Sabar
SHE Fellow
Fatima is a student at Stanford University where she is pursuing degrees in Biology and Political Science. She splits her time between coursework and SHE and bridges the academic and development gap by bringing knowledge from the classroom into the field in Rwanda. Fatima has worked as a volunteer in various health settings – from nursing homes in St. Louis to free clinics in San Jose. The idea of helping women start their own businesses to improve their communities’ health and absenteeism is a powerful one, and it drives Fatima to be entrepreneurial in making things happen. She most enjoys being out in the field talking with the women and girls that we work with.
Founding Team Members: Hannah Poole, Hannah Brice, Bernice Huang
Board
Michelle Clayman
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer of New Amsterdam Partners LLC
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer of New Amsterdam Partners LLC, an institutional money management firm in New York. Ms. Clayman has been published in the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Investing and NYSSA Financial Professionals' Post . She is a frequent commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg and other financial media. In addition, Ms. Clayman sits on the Boards of the Society of Quantitative Analysts (of which she is a past President), and The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, and is a volunteer for the CFA Institute.
Maya Rockeymoore
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore leads Global Policy Solutions, a Washington, DC-based policy firm that works to create and advance social change strategies for the world. Working with non-profit organizations, governmental entities, and socially-responsible corporations, GPS manages programs and initiatives funded in excess of $13 million.
An Adjunct Professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University, Dr. Rockeymoore has also served as the Vice President of Research and Programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), Senior Resident Scholar at the National Urban League, Chief Of Staff to Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Professional Staff on the House Ways and Means Committee, and as a CBCF Legislative Fellow in the office of Congressman Melvin Watt (D-NC) among other positions.
Kathryn Corro
Kathryn is a co-founder of ZangZing, LLC, a group photo sharing service. Prior to ZangZing, Kathryn was part of the initial team that formed Rockpoint Group, LLC, a real estate private equity firm. At Rockpoint Group, Kathryn oversaw fundraising and investor relations. Prior to Rockpoint Group, Kathryn worked at Westbrook Partners, a real estate private equity firm, focusing on acquisitions, asset management, and investor relations. Kathryn graduated from Wellesley College.
Jean Nganji
Jean Nganji was born in Rwanda but now lives in the US for the last 20 years. His background is in computer software and system analysis with companies that cater to health care solutions such as Amicas Inc./Merge Healthcare Inc. and Dictaphone Corp./Nuance Communications, Inc. He currently works at Kronos Inc., a global workforce management solutions company.
Jean is an advisor on a couple of projects that take him to Rwanda every year: the annual Rwanda film festival and Sager Ganza, a micro-finance program for women.
He is on the board of many US based organizations that create linkages and empower communities. His belief is that each community is fruitful and with the right approach, tools and strategies, it has the capacity to solve its own problems.
Elizabeth Scharpf
Founder and Chief Instigating Officer
Elizabeth is an entrepreneur who has spent most of her professional career starting up ventures or advising businesses on growth strategies in the health care industry. She has spent time as a strategic management consultant at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy as well as stints at the Clinton Foundation and the World Bank in Asia and East Africa, respectively. Elizabeth has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA in international development from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. Despite all the academic acronyms, she thinks her best education has come from talking with those sitting next to her on buses around the world.
Core Technical Partners
Teams of professors and students at the following institutions have been working on the research
and development of a low-cost, high quality, eco-friendly sanitary pad for Rwanda and beyond.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- North Carolina State: Dr. Marian McCord, Dr. Lucian Lucia, Dr. Med Byrd, Dr. Russell Gorga,
and the Senior Design Class - Kigali Institute of Science and Technology: Dr. Teresa A’Kenga
Current Advisory Board
- Sonya Thomas, Strategic Partnerships, Bain Consulting
- Dr. Anuradha Naidu, Public Health Interventions, Down State Hospital
- Dr. Marni Sommer, Health and Education Specialist, Columbia University
- Kavitha Sekhar, Consumer Marketing and Distribution Specialist, Reckitt Benckiser
- Dr. Marian McCord, Textile Engineering Expert, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill and North Carolina State.
- Dr. Lucian Lucia, Pulp and Paper Science Expert, North Carolina State
- Dr. Teresa A’Kenga, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda
- Tanine Alison, Political Director, Brave New Films
- Charles Glorioso, Legal Advisor, Alston Bird LLP
Additional Contributors
The following individuals have also significantly contributed to SHE with their expertise
- Emily Davila, Co-founder of Global Youth Coalition On AIDS, Lutheran Office for World Community
- Peggy Goldwyn, Author and Board Member of Americans for UNFPA
- Cheryl Perkins, CEO of Innovation Edge, former Chief Innovation Officer of Kimberly Clark
- Odette Mukazi Mutanguha, National Coordinator FAWE Rwanda
- Katie Orenstein, Founder and Director of The OpEd Project
- Gordon Carey, Managing Director of Strategic Consulting at IMS Health
- Nora Mahoney, Attorney
- Srilu Ravi, Attorney Alston Bird
- Judy Amorosa, Attorney Alston Bird
