Our Team

Africa Bridge’s US office is located in Oregon. Our Tanzania field office is located in Tukuyu, a small village in the Rungwe District. Meet our dedicated staff and board members below:

Tanzania Staff

Ponsiano Edward

Co-op Coordinator

Kelvin Ngonyani

Most Vulnerable Children Coordinator

Empowerment Facilitators

Femida Kapala

Mbambo

Daniel Joel

Katela

Julitha Mupwa

Kambasegela

Tuombe lukunga

Mbambo

U.S. Staff

John Worcester

Executive Director

Reola Phelps

Board Chair, Director of Development

Sharon Brabenac

Marketing & Communications

Barry Childs

Founder, Board Member Emeritus

Board of Directors

Reola Phelps, Board Chair | President, Headwaters Leadership Group
James Lindsay, Vice Chair | Sustainable Investment Professional
Don Schmidt, Treasurer | Retired Partner, Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt CPAs
Frank Brennick Jr., Lawyer | Strategy Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Barry Childs, Board Member Emeritus | Founder of Africa Bridge, Retired, Abbott Laboratories
Baraka Mtunga | Techpreneur software engineering, UhuruOne
Ben Pettigrew, Board member Emeritus, Past Board Chair, Co-Founder & COO/CFO SaludNow
Ashish Shah, Consultant Shah Patel & Company | Suntrek Investments Limited
John Worcester, Executive Director, Acting Secretary | Retired, Evraz North America

Africa Bridge Tanzania Board

Mathayo Mwakagamba, Board Chair | Architect, Mwaka Arch Consult
Alfred Mwakasangula | Retired Ward Councilor for Kisondela Ward, Region Government, Agriculture, Farming
Gerald Mgaya | Entrepreneur, Agriculture Business
Baraka Mtunga | Techpreneur software engineering, UhuruOne
Kenneth Lema | Medical Doctor Government and Private, TZ
Lwitiko Mwalukumba | Medical Doctor in TZ; Masoko Village MVC
Max Clary | Founder Organic Route NGO in Uganda
Kelvin Mosha | TZ Lawyer
Angel Mwakasangula | Student in Tanzania