Obalafoundation.org: Officers

Officers

Olanrewaju Soremekun, M.D. M.BA

Text Box: Olan is a co-director of Obala Foundation. After secondary school in Lagos, he moved to the U.S. where he completed a medical degree and masters in business administration at Columbia University. He is currently a Harvard Medical Clinical Fellow and Emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Olan has prior management experience in the pharmaceutical industry where he worked in business development and strategy.

Kenolisa C. Onwueme, M.D. Ph.D.

Text Box: Kenolisa is a Clinical Fellow of Harvard Medical School in the Internal Medicine program of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a founding member and co-director of Obala Foundation. Prior international experience includes work in Nigeria and South Africa and Papua New Guinea.

E-mail: kenolisa@obalafoundation.org

E-mail: olan@obalafoundation.org

Malije C. Onwueme

Text Box: Malije is a co-founder of Obala. Her professional international experience is extensive and includes work in Johannesburg South Africa, Durban South Africa and Kenya. As functioning Executive Secretary she coordinates fund-raising and partner/site identification.

E-mail: malije@obalafoundation.org

Kathy Tignor

Text Box: With years of experience at Wall Street firms, Kathy brings human resource planning and expertise to Obala. As Development Director she manages fundraising, event planning and corporate outreach for the organization.

E-mail: kathy@obalafoundation.org

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