Jan 2020 – Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Geli Ecosystems Group is a professional environmental consulting organization that seeks to build the capacity of communities and nations toward resilience, sustainability, and equity that takes into account the environment that nourishes us and our future generations.
• Geli’s approach is unique; we seek to develop flourishing community ecosystems by building the eight dimensions of capital in every community: human, cultural, spiritual, social, political, natural, financial, and infrastructure. Our goal is to help communities take care of themselves and their future generations while caring for the environment.
• THE GELI CREED
• ♦ We are all children of God
• ♦ We are one race called humanity
• ♦ We are proactivists for equal justice and human security
• ♦ We cherish and uphold the principle of unity in diversity
• ♦ We are individuals, families and communities that are the DNA for resilient, sustainable and well lived lives
• ♦ We believe in one linked circle of life that connects local and global ecosystems on a shared and finite planet
• ♦ We create and share knowledge, skills and capital to build flourishing communities and nations
• ♦ We are compassionate keepers of our neighbors
• GELI EXPERTISE
• ► Managing complex emergencies; post-disaster rebuilding
• ► Investing in underserved populations to achieve healthcare equity
• ► Investing in women-led and youth-led social ventures and small businesses
• ► Creating innovations and entrepreneur opportunities for climate-smart human development
• ► Maintaining a global early warning system for refugees and genocide
• ► Advising community and national leaders in management, communications, and partnership-building
• ► Training in culturally competent diplomacy and leadership
• We do not have to choose between a healthy environment and economically-prosperous communities. If done properly, we can have both. If you are looking for professional environmental consultants with a holistic approach, contact us.
• info@geli-ecosystemsgroup.com
• 240-840-7118

Jan 2020 – Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos · United States

• Uzima MindMatters is a faith-enabled, grassroots, community-based partnership to individuals, families and communities in promoting mental wellbeing as an integrated component of overall physical, mental and spiritual health. We tailor our responses to our clients’ needs by listening closely to their values, cultures, context, and experiences to build “Community Ecosystem Capacity.”
• As a physician with extensive experience with communities in crisis, I have recognized a tremendous need to equip ordinary people with the skills to nourish their mental well-being in order to function optimally and create healthy families and communities. Education about basic physical and emotional health and wellness helps people feel empowered, thus building the courage and capacity to reach out to spread health and wellbeing to their broader communities. In this way, whole societies are improved organically.
• Our areas of focus:
• ► Community Ecosystem Capacity: Building health and wellbeing by finding ways to enrich the eight forms of capital in every community: human, cultural, spiritual, social, political, natural, financial, and infrastructure
• ► Center for Excellence: Providing information on health matters in easily-understandable forms for non-medical individuals in order to build health literacy, data literacy, and language and cultural competence
• ► Innovation Lab: Working with experts in a variety of fields to develop new ideas to advance healthcare and healthcare literacy
• ► Mandela Mini-Medical School: Providing exceptional mental health education
• Contact us to partner with your organization or community to promote mental wellbeing as an integrated component of overall physical, mental, and spiritual health.
• info@uzima-mindmatters.org
• 202-812-7561

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Gaithersburg, MD

• With my medical knowledge as a doctor and my extensive experience in population health strategies, strengthening community partnerships, patient engagement, and community health needs assessments, I advised Adventist HealthCare on a variety of critical issues regarding community health and equity of care.
• Responsibilities and achievements:
• ► Advised on system-wide population health strategies towards improving quality of care, population health, and reducing per capita cost in Adventist Healthcare
• ► Conducted community engagement to establish modes of achieving equity and reducing health disparities among vulnerable communities
• ► Co-drafted a multi-faceted community health improvement plan to improve health outcomes for communities
• ► Consulted over fifty senior level internal and external stakeholders towards building strategic partnerships in Montgomery County
• ► Conducted review of over 100 scholarly articles on community health and population health, to be summarized and published in a book, "A Post-Covid-19 Healing Mandate"

Jan 2007 – Jan 2017 · 10 yrs · Washington, D.C., USA

• As Co-Founder and Coordinator of Rwanda National Congress and New Rwanda National Congress (2010-2017), I led a 10,000-member global network of citizens, activists, NGOs, journalists, and scholars for promoting trauma-informed national healing, human rights, peace, security, and good governance in Rwanda.
• ► Engaged extensively among policymakers and human rights organizations in Africa, Europe, and North America, leading to a realistic posture of the international community, including USA and UK, toward Rwanda’s human rights situation
• ► Conducted over 100 speaking engagements and interviews to local and international media, including Voice of America, BBC and multiple print and internet channels
• ► Started and operated three internet community-based radios with over 70,000 listeners per week, Radio Itahuka, Radio Ihuriro, and Radio Ishakwe, to promote human rights in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of central Africa
• ► Authored four books, Healing a Nation, Urgent Call, Intabaza and Voices from Exile: Readings in Rwanda’s Contemporary Protest Movement
• ► Co-authored a very influential paper, Rwanda Briefing, which was a realistic assessment of Rwanda in the eyes of Rwandans and the international community; wrote over 100 articles and op-eds that were published in social and international media
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• As Vice President for Global Affairs for Pangaea Global Aids Foundation (2007-2009), promoting prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa, I built partnerships among Global Health stakeholders working on HIV/AIDS. Issues tackled and conquered included:
• ♦ Maternal, new-born and child health
• ♦ Building leadership and managerial capacities at community and institutional levels
• ♦ Bridging the first and last miles in the global supply-chain of healthcare products and services
• ♦ Monitoring and evaluating the impact of international aid
• ♦ Innovations in financing global health for neglected tropical diseases and emerging infectious diseases

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs · Berkeley, California, United States

• As visiting scholar and lecturer at Berkeley, I developed and taught a graduate-level class on Introduction to Business and Technology for Sustainable Development, whose takeaways were:
• ♦ Understanding of the key business and development challenges facing the developing regions in the 21st Century
• ♦ Appreciation of the link between sustainable business and sustainable development
• ♦ Analysis, from theory and practice, of the link between technological innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable business in the developing world
• ♦ A spectrum of sectoral opportunities for sustainable business in developing countries
• ♦ Insights into the policy and reform environment that shapes business and technology development in the developing regions
• ♦ Introduction to aid, trade and foreign direct investment as tools for developing the capacity to do business for sustainable development
• ♦ Knowledge of best practices in public-private sector partnerships for sustainable development
• ♦ Insights into leadership and managerial challenges in developing sustainable business in the developing world
• In addition I was Co-Director of "Bridging the Divide," a program promoting diffusion of technology innovations to developing nations.
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• Besides my work at Berkeley, I was visiting professor at the University of Idaho in 2011, where I developed and taught an undergraduate course, Interdisciplinary Course on Health, Security and Development, with the following takeaways:
• ♦ Nature of fragile, failed, failing and post-conflict states
• ♦ The health, security, and human development nexus
• ♦ Cultural intelligence across sectors, cultures and boundaries
• ♦ Impact of 21st Century networks of non-state actors
• ♦ Partners in nation-building: communities, government, civil society, academia, business and international organizations
• ♦ Research agenda in global health, security and human development
• ♦ 21st Century Diplomacy: Managing and Leading in a complex, uncertain and dangerous world

Jan 1996 – Jan 2004 · 8 yrs · Kigali, Rwanda

• Following the establishment of a new government in Rwanda, I was chosen as ambassador to the United States, with accreditation to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina (1996-1999), then became Chief of Staff to the President of Rwanda (2000-2004). In this capacity, I was chief advisor to the president in matters of strategy, budget and operations and ran the day-to-day business of the Office of the President.
• Responsibilities and achievements:
• ► Diplomatic architect of Rwanda-USA and Rwanda-UK relations in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, translating into annual aid flows of $156 million (FY 2012) and £ 97 million respectively
• ► As the Chief Transformation Officer for the Government of Rwanda, supervised the elaboration of the country’s strategic Vison 20/20 to make Rwanda attain middle-income status by 2020
• ► Architect of Rwanda’s foreign direct investment strategy, which has doubled; mobilized the first $50 million recovery credit from the World Bank; led effort in the elaboration of the first post-1994 World Bank-Rwanda Country Assistance Strategy; led efforts that culminated in $810 million debt cancellation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• ► Solicited and obtained 100 full scholarships, worth $500,000, for Rwandan youths in US colleges
• ► Architect of Rwanda’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy that has reduced national HIV prevalence from 11% to the current 3.1%
• ► Recruited over 100 technical staff and advisors for the Office of the President and built the first computerized local area network for the entire President’s Office, including the Cabinet Office
• ► Co-ordinated all aspects of the President’s foreign and domestic engagements, including speeches and Presidential Briefs for cabinet sessions; negotiated Secretary of State Albright’s and President Bill Clinton’s visits to Rwanda

Jan 1990 – Jan 1995 · 5 yrs · Rwanda

• As medical doctor, Director for Diplomacy from 1991 to 1993, and Secretary General from 1993-1995, I was a key figure during a pivotal and tragic time in my nation’s history, and was instrumental in trying to negotiate peace and provide humanitarian aid to the suffering citizens of my country.
• Responsibilities and achievements:
• ► Led medical teams during civil military operations in the combat zones, treating civilians and wounded soldiers
• ► Supervised the humanitarian, civil and diplomatic response to the Rwanda crisis of 1994
• ► Led a diplomatic effort at the African Union, the United States, Europe, and the United Nations
• ► Negotiated at Rwanda’s Arusha Peace Process, Tanzania, which established a ceasefire and briefly ended the armed conflict between the Government of Rwanda and RPF
• ► Led the effort to set up the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 50-member Ceasefire Monitoring Group, the 50-member United Nations Observer Mission Rwanda-Uganda, and the 2,548-strong United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)
• ► Co-ordinated all aspects of setting up of the transitional government that undertook nation-building from scratch in the aftermath of the civil war and genocide of 1994