Our Team

Africa Bridge’s USA office is located in Oregon. Our Tanzania field office is located in the Monduli Makuyuni Town, along Babati Road in Northern Tanzania.

Tanzania Staff

Robert Kibweja

Program Assistant and Driver

Ponsiano Edward

Co-op Coordinator

Kelvin Ngonyani

Field Manager

U.S. Staff

Sharon Brabenac

Executive Director

Barry Childs

Founder, Board Chair

Board of Directors

Barry Childs, Board Chair /Founder of Africa Bridge, Retired, Abbott Laboratories
Don Schmidt, Treasurer /Retired Partner, Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt CPAs
Mark Whiteley, Secretary /Customer Connect Project Support Adviser at the Financial Ombudsman Service
Frank Brennick Jr. /Lawyer, Elevance Health
Michela Calabrese /Sales Executive Tradin Organic
Brian Franklin /Public Relations/Communications Adviser
Gerald Mgaya/Agripreneur in TZ
Tinashe Muyambo /Actuary/CEO EFGH Singapore/KIN Africa Investments Limited
Shelby Nelson /Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Mosaic Microsystems LLC
Andrew Papandreadis/Founder, Entrepreneur, Volunteer, Pantheon Advisors LLC
Ashish Shah/Consultant Shah Patel & Company/Suntrek Investments Limited
Daniel Nilsson Sjolander /Venture Capital Investor, New System Ventures
Andrew Temu /Executive Chair & Consultant, Diligent Consulting LTD
TaShonda Tucker/Vice President, Human Resources BWT Logistics, Ace Data Ops, Consultant, Head of Culture