Our Team

A great mission attracts great people!  That’s certainly the case with Mercy Beyond Borders. Our Board, staff, and volunteers bring diversity, energy, compassion, resources and dedication to the challenge of “forging ways for women and girls in extreme poverty to learn, connect and lead”.

Click here to meet our Founder, Sr. Marilyn Lacey.

 

Board of Directors

  • Marilyn Lacey, RSM

    Founder & Executive Director

  • Amy Gonzales

    Board Chair

    VP, Global Learning & Development WOMEN Unlimted, Inc.

  • Kathy Vanderziel

    Board Vice Chair

    Senior VP, Capital Group, Senior Counsel (ret.)

  • Theresa Samuel Boko

    Secretary

    MA, MFT

  • Kevin Grimes

    Treasurer

    Professor & Co-Director, Stanford

  • Tarini Anand

    Board Member

    Head of Customer Engagement, Axiarete AI

  • Paul Kim

    Board Member

    Head of Strategy & Product Development, Aon Commercial Risk

  • Elyse Klein

    Board Member

    VP, Capital Group

  • Rocky Lin

    Board Member

    Managing Director, Beacon Pointe Advisors

  • Moses Makunje

    Board Member

    VP, Nuvation Bio

  • Stacy Markel

    Board Member

    Senior VP of HR, Nuvation Bio

East Africa Staff

  • Mary Noelina Nakabuye

    East Africa Director

  • Sr. Scholasticah Nganda RSM

    East Africa Alumnae Advocacy Director

  • Ahmed Abubakari

    Accountant

  • Nancy Alesio Apio

    Secondary Scholarship Coordinator

  • Consulate Dayo Ara

    Partner School Liaison

  • Judith Ayikoru

    University Scholarship Coordinator

  • Gloria Baatio

    Secondary Scholarship Coordinator

  • Molly Candiru

    Operations Support Officer

  • Stephen Ekriu

    Computer Tutor

  • Vina Alex Ileyo

    Nurse

  • Jude Lukwago

    Driver & Logistics

  • Tantine Masika

    Human Resource Manager

  • Lily Kiden Michael

    Alumnae Liaison

  • Agnes Moriku

    Principal Nurse

  • Nelson Omara

    Leadership Coordinator

  • Stella Iziku Ondoa

    Alumnae Liaison

  • Josephine Nataparach Peter

    Partner School Liaison

  • Sophie Valentino

    Health Educator

Haiti Staff

  • Fabienne Desilien

    Country Coordinator

  • Ben-Diego Audige

    Social Worker

  • Rose-Naica Beldor

    Alumnae & University Coordinator

  • Jean Claude Petit-Homme

    Driver & Logistics

  • Marc-Daiver Pierre

    ICT Instructor

  • Suzette Suzerlien

    Learning Center Matron

Malawi Staff

  • Brave Chimenya

    Finance and Logistics Coordinator

  • Memory Kawerenga

    Field Agent

  • Priscilla Maguire

    Social Worker

  • Atupele Munkhondya

    Scholar Onboarding Liaison

  • Abraham Mwabulambo

    Driver & Logistics

USA Staff

  • Marilyn Lacey, RSM

    Founder & Executive Director

  • John Dustman

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Lizzie Dalton, CFRE

    Director of Development

  • Geri Lanham

    Global Projects Manager

  • Julie Fulmer McKellar

    Executive & Development Associate