SEAD Team Members
Michael H. Merson, M.D., Founder of the Duke Global Health Institute
Michael H. Merson is the founding director of the Duke Global Health Institute and the Wolfgang Joklik Professor of Global Health at Duke University. He joined the Duke faculty in November 2006. Dr. Merson was named Vice Chancellor for Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Affairs in March 2010. Most recently, Dr. Merson was named the interim Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Strategy and Programs at Duke University in June 2011.
Dr. Merson has served in advisory capacities for UNAIDS, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, World Bank, Doris Duke Foundation, World Economic Forum, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and on several NIH review panels and advisory committees. He is a member of the Commission for Smart Global Health Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Merson has received two Commendation Medals from the U.S. Public Health Service, the Arthur S. Flemming Award for distinguished government service, the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Medal and two honorary degrees and is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Merson has served in advisory capacities for UNAIDS, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, World Bank, Doris Duke Foundation, World Economic Forum, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and on several NIH review panels and advisory committees. He is a member of the Commission for Smart Global Health Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Merson has received two Commendation Medals from the U.S. Public Health Service, the Arthur S. Flemming Award for distinguished government service, the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Medal and two honorary degrees and is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the National Academy of Sciences.
Krishna Udayakumar, M.D., MBA, Executive Director of IPIHD, Co-Principal Investigator, SEAD
As Head of Global Innovation for Duke Medicine, Dr. Udayakumar is responsible for the development and implementation of global strategy as well as global business development for Duke Medicine. Dr. Udayakumar also serves as Executive Director of the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery, a recently launched non-profit organization affiliated with Duke Medicine that seeks to support innovators to scale and replicate successful healthcare delivery solutions globally. Working directly with entrepreneurs around the world as well as supporters from industry, academia, foundations, and governments, the IPIHD seeks to facilitate the growth of transformative models of care across developing and developed economies.
Catherine H. Clark, Director of CASE i3, Fuqua School of Business, Co-Principal Investigator, SEAD
Cathy Clark () is Director of the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) and a professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. A former impact investor who has managed both foundation and private investment funds, Cathy helped develop the standards for B Corporations, taught and directed a research program at Columbia Business School for nearly a decade, and has worked across the government, nonprofit and private sectors for over 20 years to promote social change through entrepreneurship. She is a leading authority in social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and impact assessment. She has consulted to many impact investing funds and foundations and is co-author of The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (Wiley, October 2014).
Sarah Gelfand, Deputy Director, Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD)
Sarah Gelfand is the Deputy Director for the USAID funded Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) – a Duke University collaboration to create an ecosystem –focused accelerator model for supporting and scaling global health social enterprises. She is also the Deputy Director for IPIHD. In this role, she provides strategic and operational leadership across IPIHD’s activities. Prior to joining IPIHD, Sarah was a founding director of the Global Impact Investing Network, a non-profit organization focused on scaling the impact investing industry. Sarah previously worked in product development, business development, and strategic planning with several technology companies. Sarah has also previously conducted public health research in malaria, HIV/AIDS, and cancer, among other areas. Sarah holds a BA in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and an MSc in Statistics from the University of Washington.
Matthew T.A. Nash, Center Director, Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD)
Matt Nash is the Center Director of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), a USAID development lab for scaling innovations in global health. Formerly the executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, Matt is currently the Special Project Director for Social Entrepreneurship at Duke. Matt leads the Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership program for Duke Continuing Studies and he has been a visiting lecturer at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy. A returned Peace Corps volunteer, Matt has extensive domestic and international social and public sector experience in social entrepreneurship and social enterprise, strategic planning, organization development, performance measurement, governance, business process transformation, and leadership development.
David T. Robinson, J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Professor at the Fuqua School of Business
David T. Robinson is a J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Professor at the Fuqua School of Business. He is one of the country’s leading academic experts in the fields of entrepreneurial finance and private equity. His research has appeared in leading academic journals in economics and finance and has been covered widely in the media. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital/Private Equity in the daytime MBA program at Duke University, two of the most popular elective courses at the school. He is an award-winning teacher, consistently ranked among the top professors at Fuqua.
Jeffrey L. Moe, Ph.D., Executive in Residence and Adjunct Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Jeffrey Moe joined the Health Sector Management program, the Fuqua School of Business, in 2001. His research interests include new R&D incentives for neglected tropical and infectious disease research; identification, scaling and replication of global health care delivery innovation and health care financing and payment reforms in the US health care market.
Kim Bardy Langsam, Program Director, Research Evaluation and Student Engagement at SEAD
Kimberly Bardy Langsam is the Program Director of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD). Kim manages the research and evaluation agenda for SEAD, working with faculty, staff, and students to build the knowledge base around scaling innovations in global health. Additionally, Kim oversees SEAD’s student engagement activities, working with a student advisory council to identify ways to inspire and engage the next generation of development professionals who will bring innovative thinking to their work. Kim was previously a Health Development Officer in the Office of HIV/AIDS at USAID where she worked on PEPFAR’s supply chain management initiatives and worked closely with USAID Missions and multilateral partners.
Carrie Gonnella, Program Director, Innovator Support and Impact Investing at SEAD and Case i3
Carrie Gonnella is the Program Director of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) and CASE i3. Carrie manages the relationships between SEAD and our innovators, including connecting them with resources, coordinating programmatic activities, and the development of publications and partnerships. Carrie is a Duke alumna who graduated with an MBA from Fuqua and an MEM from the Nicholas School of the Environment in 2013. Carrie’s past work experience includes serving as a Teach For America Corps Member in the Bay Area of California, working as a Climate Corps Fellow for Environmental Defense Fund, and working on special projects at B Lab.
Kyle Munn, Program Coordinator, Communications and Marketing at CASE and SEAD
Kyle leads the charge for communications and marketing at SEAD as Program Coordinator. After living in Japan for four year as an ESL instructor, Kyle first joined Duke University working for the Master of International Development Policy program at the Sanford School of Public Policy. She now works with SEAD on communications, marketing, and event coordination including organizing the annual SEAD Summit and Symposium.
Andrea Taylor, MSW, Research Program Manager at IPIHD
Andréa Taylor is the Research Program Manager for the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD), a non-profit organization affiliated with Duke Medicine. Andréa manages the research and knowledge development agenda at IPIHD, which is designed to capture knowledge and best practices from the cutting edge of healthcare innovation in order to improve care delivery and facilitate system change. IPIHD knowledge products and events include in-depth profiles on Network innovators, case studies, articles and white papers, policy briefs, innovator tool-kits, webinars, policy roundtable events, conference presentations, study tours, and program evaluation.
Patricia Odero, East Africa Regional Director, SEAD
Patricia leads the SEAD East Africa initiative. In this role she is building partnerships in East Africa with funders, universities, corporations and SEAD innovators in an effort to ultimately strengthen the local ecosystem for innovation. Patricia is an accomplished health professional and has experience working with a wide range of stakeholders across Kenya. Prior to joining IPIHD/SEAD Patricia worked with Futures Group a global health consulting company. Patricia previous work experience spans the breadth of the health care value chain and she has experience in health systems strengthening, health insurance and clinical practice in the private and public sectors. Patricia has Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Nairobi and an Executive MBA from Strathmore University.
Anne Katherine Wales, Project Manager at IPIHD
Anne Katharine Wales is the Project Manager for the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD). Her role involves managing various programs that provide capacity building services, mentorship and connection to capital to IPIHD’s inspiring innovators.
Sylvia Sable, East Africa Project Associate at IPIHD
Sylvia works with innovators in East Africa to provide capacity building and business support and helps manage SEAD East Africa program activities. Prior to joining that role, Sylvia served IPIHD as a Graduate Intern, Graduate Research Fellow and then Research Analyst. She has a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University and a master’s degree in global health from Duke University.
Kellie Auman, Project Associate at IPIHD
Kellie Auman is a Project Associate for IPIHD. A Durham native, Kellie has worked in other areas within Duke University before joining IPIHD in 2011. Her role involves managing general communications, the IPIHD website and members platform as well as overall coordination and execution of large events/conferences and webinars.
Logan Couce, Project Associate at IPIHD
Logan supports SEAD innovators primarily with capacity building and business support. Prior to IPIHD Logan was an early employee in several social sector startups, and worked as an organizational development and strategy consultant for a wide variety of organizations, ranging from for-profit startups to public sector institutions.
Logan Couce, Project Associate at IPIHD
Pat Massard is the assistant for SEAD. Pat assists with the numerous logistics of the SEAD Program, including event planning, finances, student engagement, and innovator support. Pat has worked at Duke since 2011 and came to CASE and SEAD from the School of Medicine.
Bonny Moellenbrock, Executive Director of Investors' Circle
Bonny Moellenbrock is the Executive Director of Investors’ Circle, the oldest, largest, and most successful early-stage impact investing network in the world. Since 1992, IC has propelled over $165 million into 270 enterprises dedicated to improving the environment, education, health, and community. Bonny is also the Executive Director of SJF Institute, a nonprofit that has been connecting inspiring, and accelerating impact entrepreneurs since 2001.
Rachele Haber-Thomson, Director of Operations at Investors' Circle
Rachele Haber-Thomson is the Director of Operations for Investors’ Circle. She manages the deal flow process, organizational infrastructure and leads special projects. Prior to IC, Rachele worked with Bridges Ventures, a social venture capital fund in London, and Jalia Ventures, a minority-focused impact investing initiative. Rachele has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, with a focus on Social Enterprise, Finance and Strategy, and a BA in French and Economics from the University of Rochester.
