H.O.P.E. Leadership Team
The heart and soul of H.O.P.E. lies in Borgne, where we have a staff of 30 people who work for H.O.P.E. and our partners, the Haitian Ministry of Health and PEPFAR.
Leading the staff in Borgne is an astonishingly well-equipped and highly responsive team of health professionals and visionaries.
In the U.S., we have an all-volunteer Board. We are a lean operation, fueled by commitment to the Sante Nan Lakou model, or Haitian Solutions to Haitian Challenges. .
Chief Medical Director
Dr. Thony Voltaire, M.D.
Chief Medical Director
Dr. Thony Voltaire (Dokte Thony) received his midical degree in Family Medicine from the Universidad Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, Cuba in 2006. Dr. Thony wears many hats and shoulders many responsibilities. A brilliant doctor, innovator and tireless advocate for his community, Dokte Thony can be seen regularly riding his motorcycle to the mobile clinic. To get there he crosses a thigh-deep, river and is equally adept to fixing the hospital electrical system as to fixing broken bones.
"I was born on the side of the road as my mother went to market in Borgne."
Dokte Thony has dedicated his life to the community in which he was born. He has been Medical Director of HOPE since 2007. During his tenure, Dokte Thony has managed the medical and administrative operations of the catchment are of 80,000 community members, the majority of which subsist on less than $2/day.
Under his leadership, H.O.P.E. has implemented a three-tier health system praised by Paul Farmer and regarded as among the best in rural Haiti. Dokte Thony manages the community hospital in Fond la Grange, the health center in Bertrand, weekly day-long mobile clinics and week-long mobile hospitals in remote areas (only accessible by primitive walking paths) and a network of community health and outreach workers.
With an outstanding background in Public Health, he is passionate about serving the community he calls home. Dokte Thony believes his work is not done until every person in the community of Borgne has access to top-quality, medical care. He has been the key leader in H.O.P.E.'s development and is widely loved and respected.
Meet the H.O.P.E. Team
Franceline Horace
Director of Human Resources and Finances
Jonas Gerar
Chief H.O.P.E.
Administrator
Dieusel Codio
Director of Nursing
Harold Augustin
Chief Lab Technician
Board of Directors
Shields Sundberg
Leadership, Board Chair
Coordinator of Global Citizenship and International Education, The Madeira School & Educational Consultant
Dr. Thony Voltaire
Leadership, Operations Director, H.O.P.E.
Medical Director,
Alyans Sante Borgne Hospital
Erin Green
Leadership, Interim Executive Director
Freelance Writer & Environmental Researcher
Carol de Nysschen, Ph.D.
Development, Director of Development
Chair, Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, S.U.N.Y Buffalo
Kate Conway-Turner, Ph.D.
Community Education
President, S.U.N.Y Buffalo
Hillary Mickell
Development
Dean and Regional CEO,
Northeastern University
Kelly Myers
Outreach, U.S.A Administration
H.R. Director, Rochester Optical
Jim Myers, Ph.D.
S.E.E. Team, Grants
Rochester Institute of Technology, Associate Provost, International Education and Global Programs
Michel Cassignol
Rochester Office Operations ManagerProgram Manager - Retired
Mike Shields
S.E.E. Team, Community Visioning
Founder & Partner, E-Logic
Patrick Pierre
S.E.E. Team, Community Visioning
Community Development Activist
Sosthenes Pierre-Phillippe
Development, Treasurer
Tax Auditor, New York State Department of Taxation
Steve Burgart, DDS
Alyans Sante Borgne, Dental Director
Tim Dye, Ph.D.
Community Health, Grants,
Community Visioning
University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Wynne Graham
S.E.E. Team, Community Visioning
JD Candidate, Yale Law School