Senior Staff

Africare's Senior Management Team

 

 

Dr. Darius Mans President   President's Corner>>

Dr. Darius Mans is the president of Africare where he is responsible for the leadership and growth of our multicultural organization. Dr. Mans came to Africare in 2010 with over 30 years of development experience.  Prior to joining Africare, he served as acting chief executive officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

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Ukeme Falade Chief Financial Officer

Ukeme Falade is the chief financial officer of Africare where she is responsible for the financial activities, management and budgeting of the organization.

Falade has more than 20 years of progressively responsible and vital knowledge of information systems, enterprise resource planning system implementations and nonprofit financial management, and remains instrumental in leading organizations through start-up, turnaround and growth modes.

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Kendra Davenport Chief Development and Communications Officer

Kendra Davenport is Africare’s chief development and communications officer.  In her role, Mrs. Davenport spearheads a comprehensive development program to ensure that Africare continues to grow through careful cultivation and diversification of individual, corporate and foundation support, and the development of new partnerships. Mrs. Davenport is also responsible for the management and strategic direction of Africare’s online and print publications, and media and public relations.

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Eric Lundgren Director of Business Development and International Programs

Eric Lundgren is the director of business development and international programs at Africare where he manages a portfolio of international initiatives and works closely with our African country offices. Prior to joining the DC headquarters team, Mr. Lundgren was the Africare country director in Mozambique from July 2010 until December 2012. 

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Basseydou Kamagate Controller

Basseydou Kamagate is the financial controller of Africare where he is responsible for financial management activities including cash management, financial reporting, general and grants accounting, payroll and tax requirements. In his role he ensures that Africare’s financial transactions, policies and procedures meet corporate objectives and regulatory requirements, and he has overall responsibility for the selection and implementation of new financial accounting systems.

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Dianne J. Forte Director of the Office of Agriculture, Food Security, Enterprise and Gender

Dianne J. Forte is the director of agriculture, food security, enterprise and gender at Africare.
Ms. Forte has over 30 years of management experience, 24 of which have been in international development, working to eliminate hunger and poverty and toward strengthening civil-society in conflict zones.

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Dr. Kechi Achebe Director of Health and HIV/AIDS

Dr. Kechi Achebe is the director for the Office of Health & HIV/AIDS at Africare.  She is responsible for coordinating Africare’s technical assistance throughout Africa in the area of health and HIV/AIDS, which includes maternal and child health, reproductive health, polio eradication, malaria control and treatment, health systems strengthening and infectious disease prevention and control including, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.

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J. Margaret Burke Director of Management Services

Maggie Burke joined Africare in 2006 as the director of management services. She is the senior procurement, contracts and compliance officer, and manages the organization-wide security program.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Burke served as the vice president of administration for ACDI/VOCA, an international nongovernmental organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Before joining ACDI/COVA, Ms. Burke spent over 15 years in senior management roles in the private sector.

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Jean E. Denis Director of Management Information Systems

Jean E. Denis is the director of information system at Africare where he oversees the operation of the corporate information system, software and hardware operations, system security and management of the IT personnel and consultants.

Mr. Denis has worked in the development field as an IT professional for more than 20 years and before being promoted, served as an information systems specialist spending three years in Rwanda as an administrative officer for Africare.

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Africare's Senior Management Team is based out of our international headquarters in Washington, D.C. To reach Africare's Africa-based staff, please visit Where We Work.