Team
Lead Exposure Elimination Project
Our team
Dr Lucia Coulter
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director
Lucia is a medical doctor. She has worked in acute and emergency medicine and has clinical experience in low-resource contexts. She has published peer-reviewed research in the fields of public health and global health and holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
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Dr Clare Donaldson
Co-Executive Director
Clare was previously Chief Operating Officer at the Happier Lives Institute, a nonprofit think-tank. She is a trustee of Suvita, an organisation which works to increase uptake of immunisations to combat vaccine-preventable diseases in India. She has a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Cambridge and has published multiple peer-reviewed papers in international journals.
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Julia Berg
Head of Operations
Joseph Chreim
Program Manager
Nafisatou Cissé
Head of Program Partnerships
Tomos Davies
Chief Operating Officer
Dr Bal Dhital
Program Manager
Juliette Finetti
Director of Research and Strategy
Joel Fraser
Program Manager
Yujin Han
Program Manager
Dr Nasser Hassane
Program Manager
Nasser is a medical doctor and previously worked as a development counselor with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Niamey, Niger. He is one of the first scholars from Niger to be awarded a Chevening scholarship by the UK government. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Alexandria University, and a Master of Science from the University of Chester.
Hassam Khattak
Program Manager
Hassam has previously worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, working across industries and functions with a focus on strategy and implementation. They also have experience working with social impact firms ranging from public sector consulting to impact investing. Hassam holds Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford.
Victoria N Krauss
Program Manager
Before LEEP, Victoria worked in philanthropy, strategy consulting, and as a Counsel in the Litigation/Controversy practice of WilmerHale, an international law firm. Victoria holds an MSC in Art, Business and Law from the University of Glasgow (Christie’s Education) and an L.L.B/J.D. in Law and Politics from the University of Montevideo, Uruguay. She is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Srujith Lingala
Program Manager
Srujith was previously the Director of Business Solutions at Sight and Life Foundation, where he managed projects in global health, nutrition, and livelihoods. He has also held roles at J-PAL, The World Bank, and served as a fellow at Teach for India. Srujith holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Telugu.
Charlie Loudon
Program Director
Charlie was previously International Legal Adviser at Redress, an international advocacy NGO. Before Redress he was an associate at Freshfields, an international law firm, and a Steering Committee member of Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty. Charlie has experience working in the Middle East, India and Africa. He studied Law at Oxford and International Law and African Politics at SOAS.
Dr Scott Kaba Matafwali
Program Manager
Before joining LEEP, Scott worked as a Technical Advisor for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association. Scott has previously served as a lecturer at the Copperbelt University, and a pharmacist for the Ministry of Health and Board Member on the National Health Research Ethics Board in Zambia. Scott is a recipient of both the Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Zambia, Master of Science from Sheffield Hallam University, and PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr Guillermo Olmedo Mendez
Program Manager
Charlotte Potts
Program Manager
Philip Green
Paint Technologist (consultant)
Advisory board
Dr Jerome Nriagu
Advisor
Dr Nriagu is an environmental chemist, academic and researcher. He is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). Dr Nriagu is one of the most cited researchers in the field of environmental studies and was among the first to draw attention to emerging health risks associated with toxic metal exposure in Africa, including childhood lead exposure in Nigeria and South Africa. His field of research is transdisciplinary and covers the sources, behaviour and fate of toxic metals in the environment; risk science including exposure assessment, health effects and risk management; and environmental justice.
Professor Rose Kambarami
Advisor
Prof Rose Kambarami is a paediatrician, clinical epidemiologist, and Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Zimbabwe. She is an experienced researcher, trainer, manager and leader across many public health roles in Zimbabwe and the Southern African region, having been President of the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe and having presented and published widely on the topic of maternal, perinatal, newborn and child health. LEEP has been fortunate to benefit from Prof Kambarami’s vast expertise by forming a collaboration on the lead in paint project in Zimbabwe.
Nikita Patel
Advisor
Nikita Patel is the CEO and Co-founder of Fortify Health, an NGO aiming to improve lives by tackling anaemia and neural tube defects in India through the medium of flour fortification. Her focus on impact and cost-effectiveness lead to Fortify Health being awarded a GiveWell Incubation Grant. Nikita previously worked in global health communications at Malaria Consortium and as a Project Manager at Voenna Rampa Refugee Camp in Bulgaria.
Jack Rafferty
Advisor
Jack is a co-founder of LEEP and served as its co-director for more than two years. Jack was previously Director of the Refugee Policy Institute, an Australian based policy organisation. Before that, he worked as a consultant with enterprise and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in Philosophy and Environmental Science and has published peer reviewed research in international journals.
Board of directors
The Board of Directors of Lead Exposure Elimination Project, Inc consists of Anna Christina Thorsheim, Daniel Wahl, and Andrew Player.
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