Dr. Sandro Galea

JSI Board Chair, Executive Committee (Chair)

Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health, Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Sandro Galea is a physician, epidemiologist, and author, and serve as the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health, and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives. He previously held academic and leadership positions at Boston University, Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Academy of Medicine. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature and is a regular contributor to a range of public media, about the social causes of health, mental health, and the consequences of trauma. He has been listed as one of the most widely cited scholars in the social sciences. Galea served as chair of the Boston Board of Health, of the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Galea has received several lifetime achievement awards. He holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto, graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Glasgow and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Hafiz Adamjee

Finance and Audit Committee (Chair)

Head of Compliance (retired), Novartis

Hafiz Adamjee, retired, was previously an executive at Novartis, a leading multinational pharmaceuticals company. In his 17 years in the pharmaceuticals industry, he held a range of senior global roles including in finance, strategic sourcing, ethics and compliance, supply chain management, and manufacturing in the U.S. and Switzerland. Prior to Novartis, Adamjee was a partner at a leading global management consulting firm, focusing on core strategy, innovation, and change management (the latter two for which he received corporate awards). He has an MSc from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BSc in electrical engineering from Brown University. Adamjee chairs JSI’s Board Finance and Audit Committee.

Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin

Executive Director, Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program

Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin is the executive director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program and a visiting faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as of March 2024. Tadesse served as the minister of health of Ethiopia from March 2020 to February 2024 after serving as state minister of health from November 2018. As a minister, she spearheaded the COVID-19 and other emergency responses, such as conflict and drought, coordinated the National Task Force, and helped her country navigate the pandemic with resilience. During her tenure, she was credited with approaching the pandemic as not only a challenge but also as an opportunity to build the health system. She forged strong partnerships bringing together diverse stakeholders in the local, regional, and global health architecture to strengthen crucial health system pillars. Before joining the Ministry of Health, Tadesse served as program director at the University of Michigan’s Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) where she partnered with institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda, to increase the quality of reproductive health services and training. She was also the project director of USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program at Jhpiego-Ethiopia, and CEO and vice provost of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, where she led the hospital services and academic reforms.

Topsy Kola-Oyeneyin

Finance and Audit Committee (Member)

Partner, Augmentum

Topsy Kola-Oyeneyin is a systems change leader and transformation expert who has over 20 years of global experience enabling Fortune 500 and government leaders to execute ambitious growth programs. She leads Augmentum, Independent Investors & Value Creation Partners, where she facilitates capital injection for high-growth businesses and partners with them to maximize value creation through business restructuring, business model innovation, and digital transformation. Previously, Kola-Oyeneyin was a partner at McKinsey & Company for several years and served as the inaugural co-lead of its payment practice for Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She has also held various executive roles in the financial services sector, including leading the design and implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s payments transformation program Cashless Lagos. Kola-Oyeneyin is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Monica Valdes Lupi

Managing Director for Health, Kresge Foundation

Monica Valdes Lupi is the Managing Director for Health at the Kresge Foundation, where she leads initiatives to improve health systems for underserved populations. She previously served as a Senior Fellow at the de Beaumont Foundation and as a Senior Advisor to the CDC Foundation, where she led pandemic response and recovery efforts for local health departments. Valdes Lupi was formerly the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission and Deputy Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, overseeing city-wide emergency medical services and state public health hospitals. She also served as the inaugural Chief Program Officer for Health Systems Transformation at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. She holds a JD from the Dickinson School of Law, an MPH from the Boston University School of Public Health, and a BA from Bryn Mawr College.

Alina Rocha Menocal

Leadership and Governance Committee (Member)

Director, Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice

Alina Rocha Menocal is an expert at bridging the divide between research and policy, particularly in the realm of governance, from a political economy perspective. Her work contributes to more informed and effective engagement strategies among international development stakeholders, with a focus on governance and institutional transformation, state and peace building, conflict dynamics, political settlements, anti-corruption initiatives, democratization, and political economy analysis. Rocha Menocal is the director of the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice, which is hosted at the University of Birmingham. She is also senior research associate in politics and governance at ODI and principal at the Policy Practice. Originally from Mexico, Rocha Menocal is based in London, England.

Nneka Mobisson

Leadership and Governance Committee (Member), Finance and Audit Committee (Member)

Co-founder and CEO, mDoc

Nneka Mobisson is a leader in quality improvement and population health management. An expert in the intersection of technology and wellness, she brings a wealth of experience in digital health, underscored by a specialized focus on artificial intelligence. A pediatrician by training, Mobisson was previously the executive director for Africa at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a leading global health organization focused on health care quality where she still serves as a faculty advisor. She also worked for the Connecticut Hospital Association and McKinsey & Company. Mobisson is co-founder and CEO of mDoc, a social enterprise that integrates proven methodologies in quality improvement and behavioral science with technology to optimize the self-care experience for people living with chronic health needs. She is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Michael Useem

Leadership and Governance Committee (Chair)

Faculty Director, McNulty Leadership Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Useem is faculty director of the Leadership Center and McNulty Leadership Program and William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or co-author of Boards That Lead, Investor Capitalism, The Leadership Moment, The Edge: How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead, and The Leader’s Checklist. Useem’s university teaching includes courses on management and leadership, and he offers programs on leadership and governance for managers in the U.S. and abroad.