REFUGE PLACE INTERNATIONAL - Key Persons


Ann Marie Kimball

Job Titles:
  • Physician
Ann Marie is a physician and epidemiologist. A strategic adviser for Rockefeller Foundation, she served as technical and strategic lead for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surveillance strategy formation, and as a senior program officer with the foundation. She served as professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health where she is now emerita. Dr Kimball founded and directed the APEC Emerging Infections Network, and led research and training programs in Peru and Thailand. She is a fellow in the American College of Preventive Medicine and member of the National Biosurveillance Advisory group, Centers for Disease Control

Ballah Davis - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Senior Management Team

Cecelia Howard

Job Titles:
  • Administrator - RPI Central

Chris Tokpah

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President of the Board
  • Partner at the Consulting Firm, Center for Research
Chris is a partner at the consulting firm, Center for Research, Evaluation and Policy. He is Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness at Delaware County Community College and adjunct faculty at Delaware Valley University

Gary Myers

Gary Myers MD/MPH/FACS trained as a vascular and general surgeon devoted exclusively to international medicine 2002 to 2013. He worked for four years for the Swiss Section of Doctors Without Borders. He has had four working missions to Liberia as a surgeon and two trips to Monrovia as an instructor at A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine

Jack Wilson

Jack was a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in Liberia (1962-64) He was a Peace Corps administrator in Sierra Leone and Fiji, followed by a career as a public administrator in environmental protection in Ohio and Kentucky for many years

James Balz

James MD/FACS is surgeon with 20 years private practice in Oregon. He served in the Navy for six years teaching surgery, and as the attending surgeon for two fleets. He worked with MSF for several years, including in Monrovia

Jeneve Bainda

Job Titles:
  • Maternal and Child Health Supervisor

Jim Says Suah Jr. - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Senior Management Team
  • Program Manager

John Berestecky

John is a professor of microbiology at the University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College. He has a long association with Liberia, working as a microbiologist in the Peace Corp, working at the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, and since 2013 has worked part time as a visiting professor with the University of Liberia Biology Department

John M. Lamin Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Infrastructure Manager

Kate Fernandez

Kate has worked in malaria research labs for several years and is currently working at the Victorian Department of Health in Melbourne, Australia in the COVID-19 response

Lara Olson

Lara has degrees in Medical Technology and Nursing. She is a Co-Founder of the NGO Gathering Together and lives in South Africa

Mosoka Fallah - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the Senior Management Team
  • President of the Board
Mosoka is the founder and CEO of Refuge Place International. He recently served as the Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia. He is a visiting scientist at Harvard Chan School of Public Health and is the Principal Investigator in Liberia of an NIH-sponsored cohort study of Ebola survivors

Nimely W. Weah

Job Titles:
  • Pharmacist
  • Supervisor

Nirmal Ravi

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board
Ravi, MD/PhD has worked in global public health since 2005. He has worked with various international organizations such as The Carter Center, WHO and PATH and is currently directing the establishment of a primary care clinic network in Northern Nigeria that combines affordability and quality

Prince T. Pakalah

Job Titles:
  • Officer in Charge - Low Cost Clinic

Rachel Lewis

Rachel holds an MA in International Development and MBA in Consumer Marketing. She has several years experience in the nonprofit sector prior to her current position in corporate consumer marketing. She is currently a brand manager at King Arthur Flour an employee-owned, B Corps based in Vermont

Samuel Brima

Job Titles:
  • Community Health Worker
  • Supervisor

Shane Olson

Shane has a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. He is a co-founder of the NGO Gathering Together and lives in South Africa

Tamba Kettor

Job Titles:
  • IT Technician
  • Supervisor

Varney Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Board
Varney is an attorney at law, admitted to practice law in Washington, District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court. He is the Managing Attorney at Taylor Law Firm in Washington, DC.

Yamah K. Ballah

Job Titles:
  • Vaccinator Supervisor