Executive Director: Leslie Stroud-Romero - Leslie joined Uganda Village Project in 2013. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Washington. Leslie is originally from the Seattle area but currently living in Uganda. Before moving to Uganda she was employed at PATH, a global health nonprofit. At PATH she worked with individual and institutional fundraising as well as supporting the donor travel program. She is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Malawi and Uganda, where she built the capacity of community-based organizations and implemented several economic development and health projects for orphans and people living with HIV/AIDS.
	Managing Director: Kait Maloney - Kait has a B.S in Community and Public Health from Truman State University in the US. Additionally, she studied at the James P. Grant School of Public Health in Bangladesh and then received an MPH in Global Health: Design, Monitoring and Evaluation from George Washington University in the US. Before joining the UVP team, she coordinated field work and data collection for a large quantitative research project on a conditional cash transfer program in Zomba, Malawi. Kait is excited to make the move from research to program implementation and management in her work with UVP.
	Assistant Director / Program Manager: Patrick Tulibagenyi - Patrick has a diploma in social administration and project planning from the Institute of Business and Language Studies. He is currently studying towards a degree in mass communication at Busoga University. He has held a number of diverse jobs including manager of a radio station and secondary school teacher. Patrick has been responsible for coordination of all our shallow wells since 2008. He works with the community, the mason, the district water office and its engineers, the local government officials for the village, and our intern teams to ensure the success of each well construction project we undertake.
	Assistant Director / Program Manager: Maureen Nakalinzi - Maureen has worked with Uganda Village Project as a volunteer in the past on the HIV program, researching the supply chain and the distribution of ARTs, as well as working with health centers to develop resources. Maureen most recently worked for the Uganda Rural Fund in Masaka, where she has worked in a number of rural projects geared towards improving rural livelihoods. These projects included women’s empowerment, HIV/AIDS, safe water, a rural savings and credit scheme and child sponsorship.
	Program Coordinator: Titus Obbo - Titus is a graduate of Makerere University with a degree in Human Resource Management. He also holds a diploma in Secondary Education from Kyambogo University and a Certificate in officer’s administrative law from Law Development Center Makerere. He has experience as a classroom teacher and with community development and public health in Iganga District. He joined UVP in 2009 first as a volunteer and then coordinating the Mod-Pot and Dispenser project. He is currently pursuing further studies towards an MBA.
	Program Coordinator: Loy Tumusime - Loy, one of UVP’s fistula success stories, is our Fistula coordinator. Able to speak to patients about the fears and realities surrounding the surgery, she is an inspiration for the possibilities of life after recovery.