Patricia Nzilu-Chamia is a program officer for Somalia program, youth development, leadership, reconciliation & livelihoods, responsible for program design, implementation, evaluation, and coordination. Patricia has more than 26 years of technical experience in program development and management of Non-Governmental and Faith Based organizations in Kenya, Regional and International settings. has provided leadership and spearheaded implementation of multi-stakeholder, multi-partner donor funded programs in Health and Wellbeing, Peace and reconciliation, Governance, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Water and Sanitation, Advocacy and Accountability, Education and Social protection sectors.
Lydia Murugi Nyaga is the Program Officer for AFSC's South Sudan program.
Benard Adudah is an all-rounded program management professional with over 10 years’ experience in Program management and Administration. He joined AFSC as a Program Officer supporting the Somalia Program project funded by Bread for the World (BftW), from Wadhwani Foundation where he was the Program Manager supporting projects geared towards accelerating economic development by driving job creation in emerging economies, entrepreneurship, innovation, and skilling. He previously was the Assistant Programmes Manager with the National Fund for the Disabled of Kenya.
Project Management Expert (MSc in Project Management, a member of the Project Management Institute, PMI) with about 23 years of work experience, with thirteen (13) years of extensive international experience in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention.
Ndikumasabo Nadine serves as a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning officer at AFSC’s Burundi program. She joined AFSC in April 9th, 2021 and has worked with 2 Internationals Organizations as M&E person or project officer for around 14 years before joining AFSC. She has been involved in promoting the culture of evaluation in her country since 2014 in Nation Network of Evaluators (RNEB: Reseau National des Evaluateurs du Burundi). This has enabled her to represent her country in evaluation international events such as FIFE (French International Forum of Evaluation), AFREA (African Evaluation Association) forums. She is a mother of 3 beautiful children.
Pierre Nyabenda serves as a Program Assistant for AFSC Burundi Program and has been on staff with AFSC since 2018.
Elysee Nibitanga was the program manager for AFSC Burundi. She contributed to the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting of program projects, focusing on good management of the organization’s resources and evidence-based results.
A native to the gulf coast of Florida, Liz has been a West Virginian by choice for a decade. Working first with the AmeriCorps VISTA program in the areas of youth leadership development and community health work, for the past 8 years, Liz has spent her time working for the AFSC as the youth program director in the southern coalfields. Her work is guided by the belief in the power of youth organizing to make long-term change for the common good. In her spare time, she is an avid reader/listener, movie-watcher, printmaker, and dog-adventurer. Liz graduated from the University of Richmond in 2013 with a BA in French Honors.
Rickey French is AFSC's Program Coordinator for the Appalachian Center for Equality in West Virginia.
Julián Andaya is the Emerging Leaders for Liberation Program Director.