Team PATA
Members of Team PATA contribute to delivering on the mission and vision of the organisation through a culture of transparency, accountability, trust, and mutual respect. They use their competence and skills in the consistent, orderly ownership of tasks through to the delivery thereof, and PATA invests in their growth as individuals and team members.
As a small team, they leverage success through collaboration with funders, partners and stakeholders, whose satisfaction and shared success is paramount.
The Team PATA structure includes a core executive, programming and operations team, primarily located in Cape Town, South Africa, who are supported by Country Representatives and Technical Advisors located throughout the region, facilitating in-country representation, technical support, training and local programme implementation.
Gayle Northrop
President, Northrop Nonprofit Consulting
Faculty, UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA
Dr Shaffiq Essajee
Senior Advisor, HIV Section, UNICEF Programme Division, USA
Dr Patrick Oyaro
Chief Executive Officer of Health
Innovations, Kenya
Yumna Gamieldien
Finance Director, TB/HIV Care Association,
South Africa
Dr Nandita Sugandhi
Product Introduction Coordinator, OPTIMIZE at ICAP, Columbia University, USA
Sharifah Nalugo
JCRC, Uganda
Youth Advisory Panel
Phakamani Moyo
United Bulawayo Hospital,
Zimbabwe
Ange Fouakeng Mereille
Chantal Biya Foundation,
Cameroon
Sharifah Nalugo
JCRC, Uganda
Grace Ngulube
Zalewa Clinic, Malawi
Ariel Nyamba
Khalembelembe Clinic, DRC
Moses Rutatina
Baylor, Uganda
Technical Advisory Panel
Dr Elvin Geng
USA
Dr Mo Archary
South Africa
Dr Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha
Nigeria
Professor Lucie Cluver
South Africa/United Kingdom
Dr Nandita Sugandhi
USA