Dr. Jerome Mafeni as the Organization’s Chief Executive Officer. He is a Health Professional with specialization in Peadiatric Dentistry and a strong background in Public Health. Prior to Joining ACHAP he held a dual position with RTI International in Nigeria; serving as the Senior Technical Advisor and the Nigeria Country Director for the Global Health Group.

Dr Mafeni brings with him decades of experience in complex project development and project management in developing countries. His background includes program design, monitoring and evaluation strategies, policy analysis, strategic planning, information communication technologies, economic management, and research. His past career portfolio include being Executive Director of the “Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative” - AHNi (the country affiliate of FHI360) while serving simultaneously as the Director of Health Policy and Systems Management in the FHI360 Nigeria Country Office.

In June 2006 he was elected to Chair the Country Coordinating Mechanism of the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), where under his leadership major grants in excess of US$250 million were restored back to Nigeria. He led Nigeria in developing a US$1.8 billion proposal for the Global Fund Round 8 version for all three diseases, Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS, which resulted in the approval of over $800 million for five years to address Health Systems Strengthening and massive scale-up of malaria programs to reach the entire population. This is the highest amount approved for any country by the GFATM.

Dr. Mafeni also worked as the Country Director for the Futures Group in Nigeria from 2000-2009, where he headed the POLICY and ENHANSE Projects that provided the bulk of USAID funded technical assistance for all policies, plans, and legislations that were developed in Health and related areas during the period. He also had a two-year stint from 1998 with the WHO Inter-Country Centre for Oral Health for Africa (ICOH) as Assistant Director for Research and Administration, a post that was reserved for him in perpetuity for his contributions to the growth of the Centre.

In his role as the CEO of ACHAP he will be responsible for overseeing the Organization’s transition to its next phase of Program implementation and growing the Organization’s footprint in Southern and Eastern Africa.

Dr. Frank Mwangemi is ACHAP’s Executive Officer Programs. He is a public health specialist with more than 20 years of experience in medical practice and 15 years’ experience in management/ oversight and provision of technical assistance in public health programs in the areas of program design, planning and implementation of HIV prevention treatment and care including public –private partnerships in HIV/AIDS care and treatment, Malaria treatment and control, TB and TB/HIV collaborative and integrated services, Sexual and reproductive health, maternal, neonatal and child health. Has a vast experience in program integration having played a key role in integration of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health and HIV/ Non-communicable diseases in Kenya, he is currently a member of the WHO technical working group for integrating HIV with other chronic diseases.

Mr Busang has been with ACHAP since 2003. Mr Busang has been instrumental in a number of evaluation studies conducted by ACHAP and the Government as well as development of manuscripts published in peer review journals. Prior to joining ACHAP, Mr Busang has worked for the Botswana Harvard Partnership for HIV/AIDS Research and Education (BHP) as a trainee data manager where he had the opportunity to analyse the National ART for the first 300 pilot patients as part of his Master Degree Research Project. He has also worked for the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in the Demography Unit and before being transferred to the Census Office as part of the nucleus staff for the 2001 Population and Housing Census. He developed the 2001 Census Enumerators Manual, and the Tabulation Plan. He holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Botswana and currently pursuing PHD in Statistics. He has over 20 year’s technical experience in the field of Statistics, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation. He has provided leadership of teams in these areas throughout his entire working life.

Dr Seipone is a medical doctor and Public Health Specialist having acquired a Doctor of Medicine, Masters of Public Health and Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and is well recognized for her leadership in Health especially in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care. She left the Ministry as a Deputy Permanent Secretary and the Director of Health Services after 20 years of dedicated service, whose role was to ensure quality of health services through the development and implementation of health care policies, standards and regulation of health services within government and private sector.

She has Executive Leadership and Risk Management training with a proven record of good leadership and management especially in development, execution of strategy, building effective teams, strategic partnerships and implementation of quality Public Health Sector programs. She is a firm believer in individual and community empowerment in delivery of health care supported by strong health systems that provide quality health outcomes.

In her role as a member of the National AIDS Council and Chairperson of the UN Health and HIV Sector Coordinating Component GROUP (CCG) and Deputy Chairperson Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), she opened opportunities to network internationally to lobby for regional support at SADC. She also opened networking opportunities at the U.N, North and South America including China and Brazil in the south to south cooperation support and resource mobilization for the health sector including showcasing Botswana’s achievement in the control of HIV/AIDS and primary health care.

She is the former Chairperson of the Food Control Board and Health Research Development Committee. She was also a board member of Bureau of Standard Council, Health Professions Council and the Botswana Harvard Partnership Board, Chemical Weapons Prohibition Board and former additional member of a high ranking Committee responsible for establishment of the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital. Dr Seipone is also a former chairperson of the Health and HIV Component Coordination Group of the Government, UN Programme.

Prior to the current position, Dr Seipone held several portfolios within the Ministry of Health and Wellness internationally including Deputy Permanent Secretary, Health Services, National PMTCT Program Manager, Public Health specialist in several units such as Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit and AIDS/ STD and Medical Officer, Princess Marina Hospital.

In her role as the CEO of ACHAP she will be responsible for overseeing the expansion of ACHAP’s services offering in broader public health and the organisation’s growing footprint in southern Africa.

Ms. Thato Pelaelo has over 8 years’ experience in both the private sector and NGOs. Her experience covers Accounting, Auditing and USG Grants Management Administration. Prior to her appointment at ACHAP, she worked as the Finance and Assets Manager with Tebelopele Voluntary Counselling & Testing Centres. Her portfolio included amongst others grants management and administration, developing and implementing the financial management and procurement systems of Tebelopele. Ms. Pelaelo was also responsible for providing strategic financial direction for the organization’s investments to ensure growth and viability.

Ms. Pelaelo is a Chartered Accountant having served her articles with Price Waterhouse Coppers; she also holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting with the University of Botswana. She has attended the following courses; USAID Rules and Regulations; Grants and Cooperative Agreements, Financial Management for US Government Funding and Grants Management for Grantees.

Rachel Jackson is the Assistant Director Business Development at ACHAP. Rachel lead's ACHAP's Business Development/ Expansion Strategy which includes grant, consultancy and training/capacity building projects in the health and development space with a focus on Southern Africa.

In her previous role at ACHAP, she was responsible for developing and managing programmatic contracts and grants. During her time at ACHAP she has led the development and launch of performance based contracts and payment mechanisms, including the launch of a mobile payment method for mobilizers.

Prior to joining ACHAP, she worked with the HIV Team at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She coordinated grant processes for HIV related projects, working closely with the Gates Foundation’s India and China offices and was instrumental in the management of consortium grants for the Avahan project.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Seattle University, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.

Mr. Blessed Monyatsi is a Social Development, Health and Administration expert with special skills in development and management of health programs and more than 15 years of continued work on HIV/AIDS and TB. Blessed has very strong skills in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of large health programmes and capacity building. Blessed has worked extensively on HIV/AIDS, TB and social development providing technical support to national level programmes as well as support for community level programming. Mr Monyatsi holds a Bachelors degree in Social Work, and MA degrees in Business Administration and Development Studies.

Mr. Williams has over 20 years experience in health programming, socio-economics and research. His work cuts across the commercial private sector that includes community based research and private sector consulting for government, the United Nations, EU supported projects and non-governmental organisations. Williams commenced his career in 1993 that led to the development of Botswana’s first social marketing programme (BSMP). The BSMP under his guidance gave birth to several long standing preventative health programmes which resulted in the creation of health commodities and services specifically designed to resonate with the Botswana market. These products and services include Voluntary Counselling and Testing services, the promotion of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programmes, and generic HIV prevention programmes for youth. A major aim behind all his health programming has been to achieve a reduced dependency of these programmes on external funding and improved cost recovery.

He has experience and exposure from the east and southern Africa region. He has both consulting and programme work experience from Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia where he spent five consecutive years as a private consultant. Williams now heads ACHAPs newly founded Consultancy Unit. The unit was created with a vision to be an internal revenue generating engine that uses, among others, ACHAPs rich internal intellectual capital base as an income generating source.

Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Economics) from the University of Botswana (1995) and the Masters Degree of MBA (Health, Population & Nutrition) in developing countries from the Centre for Health, Planning and Management; Staffordshire, England (2006).

Makgabana- Dintwa has 15 years work experience in the HIV/AIDS field; 5 of which were in HIV clinical trials BHP; 7 years in the mining sector (Debswana) and later US funded projects focused on project management, capacity building and research. Makgabana has solid background in communication for behavioural impact through her health education and promotion, Psychology and Public Health background. She has grown up the ranks from a Counsellor/Health Educator at Botswana Harvard Partnership to a HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Officer at Debswana, later to join Peace Corps as Program Manager coordinating capacity building initiatives with District AIDS Coordinators offices through-out Botswana. Makgabana-Dintwa then joined University of Botswana (Faculty of Medicine) were she coordinated and facilitated Health Systems Research and ethics training, conducted and supported research projects within the Faculty and did consultancy work. Makgabana-Dintwa strengths are project management and coordination; training and capacity building, conducting research especially qualitative research.

Mr Kabo Monare is the organization’s Social Behaviour Change and Communications Manager. He is responsible for managing ACHAP’s Social Behaviour Change, Internal and External Communications, stakeholder and brand management. He is also responsible for the overall media management, public relations and implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility program for the Corporation.

With close to two decades of public, private sector and Non-government organizational experience, Monare is an expert in the areas of corporate, broadcast communications, advocacy, public relations and brand management. Monare is also a passionate filmmaker with documentary, narrative and experimental filmmaking experience. He is committed to succeeding through effective implementation, strong analytical and decision-making skills with a passion for innovative communications strategies.

Monare holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Media and Film from Towson University and a Master in Business Administration in International Business from Amity University.

Mrs. Elizabeth Moshi is a Trainer, behaviour change, gender and HIV prevention expert. She has over 29 years’ experience in HIV/AIDS, behavior change communication, community engagement, capacity building and training. Elizabeth has hands-on experience in implementing community capacity enhancement and HIV programming in Botswana, and similar interventions in East and Southern Africa. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Adult Education and a Master of Arts degree in Development Studies specializing in Women and Development. Her education includes several short courses on behaviour change communication.

Mr. Mooketsi Ramakele is an accomplished strategic planner with over 12 years of strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, research and data analysis experience. He has an outstanding record in strategy and organization planning, performance management, research design, and program planning.

He is certified at the master level as a balanced scorecard professional. He is adept at developing systems to support evidence-based decision making for leadership and management. Mr. Ramakele has a Master’s degree in Research and Evaluation from the University of Botswana (2014)

Milidzani Tsheko has over fourteen years of experience in human resources management, twelve of which she has served as human resources generalist in a non-governmental setting and two years in a private sector specialising in recruitment. She has an understanding and ability to analyse and interprete labour laws and relating with management and employees by addressing their demands and grievances.

Ms. Tsheko has the ability to develop and implement human resources strategies and initiatives. She also has the capability of overseeing and managing a performance management system that drives a high performance culture. Milidzani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Labour, Organisational Psychology and Human Resources Management from the University of Cape Town.

Milidzani Tsheko has over fourteen years of experience in human resources management, twelve of which she has served as human resources generalist in a non-governmental setting and two years in a private sector specialising in recruitment. She has an understanding and ability to analyse and interprete labour laws and relating with management and employees by addressing their demands and grievances.

Ms. Tsheko has the ability to develop and implement human resources strategies and initiatives. She also has the capability of overseeing and managing a performance management system that drives a high performance culture. Milidzani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Labour, Organisational Psychology and Human Resources Management from the University of Cape Town.