Our Staff & Board

African Services reflects the communities we serve with staff and board members representing more than a dozen countries and speaking twice as many languages.

This dedicated team has diverse experience to meet the changing needs of the African community and training in the fields of medicine and nursing, epidemiology and biostatistics, social work, law, education, community organizing and advocacy, program evaluation, and communication. Together, they have made African Services a trusted partner in the African community and an ally to people living with HIV around the world.

Board of Directors

Honorary Chairs HRH Prince Ras Mengesha Seyoum & HRH Princess Aida Desta

Directors

Asfaha Hadera, Founder & Co-Executive Director
Kim Nichols, Co-Executive Director

Staff

Aba Taylor, ESOL Program Coordinator
Adama Traore, Outreach Worker
Ado Lemou, Assistant Coordinator, Testing Center & Early Intervention Services
Aida Diallo-Diagne, HOPWA TB/HIV Housing Coordinator
Alice Clomegah, Coordinator, Testing Center & Early Intervention Services
Alpha Kassogue, Health Educator/Medical Interpreter
Amadou Diao, Coordinator, Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative
Amanda Lugg, Community Advocate & Program Coordinator, Independent Living Skills
Andrea Panjwani, Supervising Attorney
Anthony Chaneyfield, HOPWA Housing Coordinator
Bakary Tandia, HIV Case Manager & Policy Advocate
Catharine Bufalino, Communications Director
Chitra Aiyar, Staff Attorney
Claudette Francois, Senior Case Manager
Coumba Gueye, Receptionist
Daouda Ndiaye, Outreach Worker
Evariste Akpele, Family Case Manager
Getachew Fikremariam, Paralegal & Client Advocate
Ibrahima Cisse, Peer Counselor
Irma Jimenez, HOPWA Housing Assistant
Jessica Prud'homme, Supervising Social Worker, Family Case Management
Marie Lopy, Health Educator
Michael Washington, Fiscal Manager
Mulusew Bekele, Director of Health Programs
Muna Hamouie, Office & Food Pantry Coordinator
Njoya Hilary Tikum, Paralegal
Puneet Rao, Administrator
Sharon Makoriwa, Development Associate
Sombo Mweemba, Peer Counselor
Sonia Ndiaye, Medical Interpreter
Sean Bettinger-Lopez , Staff Attorney
Sean Brennan , Assistant Director of Health Programs
Wudenesh Molla, Family Case Manager