Casey Santiago founded Kangu after working at the pioneering microfinance crowdfunding website, Kiva, and having wonderful children of her own. She also serves as the Program Director of Technology and Innovation at the Results for Development Institute. Casey began her career at Deloitte and has advised non-profits, corporations and donor agencies including Doctors without Borders, Institute for OneWorld Health, Bristol Myers-Squibb, and USAID. Casey has worked in Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo and Zambia. She holds a BA magna cum laude from Wellesley College, an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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One morning over coffee, Nikki told Casey... "since I live in a house full of men I insist that all our pets are girls." Nikki lives in New York City with her husband, Dave, her two sons - enthusiastic, joyful little dudes named Max and Zach, and their 75-pound, female yellow lab - Bubbles. Prior to life in the Big Apple, Nikki received her BA in Journalism from Michigan State University. Over the course of her seventeen year career, Nikki has worked for several consumer brands including Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Sony, Morgan Stanley, Discover Card and Miller Brewing Company. Her responsibilities across these roles spanned television advertising development, marketing communications, public relations, crisis communication, and events programming.

Kristen Kane is a mother of two and an education entrepreneur. She helped establish Amplify, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp. focused on education technology, and served as its founding COO. Prior to that, Kristen worked at the Federal Communications Commission developing strategies for applying broadband technologies in the education, healthcare, and energy sectors. In the Bloomberg administration, Kristen served as COO of the New York City Department of Education and led the new small schools and charter school initiatives. Earlier in her career, Kristen worked in equity research at JPMorgan.  She holds an MBA and Certificate in Public Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Yale.

Mrs. Erika Mouynes, is the General Legal Counsel at Fintech Advisory, Inc. since joining in October of 2013, is responsible for the full range of legal and regulatory matters affecting the company and its members. Prior to joining Fintech, Mrs. Mouynes has worked for: Shearman & Sterling LLP, the Government of Panama, and the Panama law firm Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee. Mrs. Mouynes holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate Law from New York University Law School, a Post Graduate Degree in Business and Finance from Stern School of Business at New York University, and holds a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in International Relations from Berkeley Law School at University of California, where she studied as a Fullbright Scholar. Mrs. Mouynes holds a Licenciatura en Derecho (Law Degree) from the University Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama, graduating magna cum laude, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with Emphasis in Finance from Latin-American University of Science & Technology in Panama, graduating magna cum laude.

Maya Hardigan is currently the Director of Clinical Innovation at Pfizer, Inc., and serves on the Board of Directors at Kangu.org. Prior to Pfizer, Maya was a healthcare management consultant with Booz & Company. Maya’s work has primarily focused on identifying growth strategies and operational improvements for healthcare-oriented companies and managing the associated implementations. Maya received her bachelor’s degree at Duke University in Biology and Psychology, and her MBA from Columbia Business School.

Lauren Arnesen serves as the Director of RMNCH Programs at Kangu, and also serves the World Health Organization and UNICEF on neonatal health issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining Kangu Lauren worked with various global health organizations, including UNAIDS and PPFA, and served as an AmeriCorps health member at a community clinic in the Seattle area. She received her B.A. in mathematics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and M.P.H. in epidemiology and global health from Columbia University. Lauren has studied and worked in more than 10 countries across the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.

Tricia Bolender is part of the founding team and serves as an Advisor Kangu. As Faculty at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Tricia partners with governments in low- and middle-income countries around health financing and systems improvement. Additionally, Tricia Bolender advises Fortune 500 companies, governments, multilaterals, major foundations, nonprofits, and impact investors around strategy and impact as a global health consultant. She received her BA from Harvard University, MBA and MA in International Affairs from Columbia University, and has worked in India, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.

Sarah Samarasinghe has more than 10 years in nonprofit management, development, and executive search. Her experience includes senior leadership positions at City Year New York and Beginning with Children Foundation. A seasoned fundraiser, Sarah has raised tens of millions of dollars for NYC nonprofits over the course of her career. Currently, Sarah is a candidate developer for pbr Executive Search. Sarah earned a BA from the University of Colorado and an MBA with a concentration in nonprofit management from George Washington University. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two sons.

Jessica Jackley is the CEO and co-founder of ProFounder. She was one of the co-founders of Kiva, and was CMO of Kiva before founding ProFounder. Jessica received her MBA from Stanford. She is an educator (USC, Stanford) and speaker, with expertise in social enterprise, crowdfunding, microfinance, small business. Jessica also has extensive international experience.

Mazeda Hossain is an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with experience in public health research, development and humanitarian aid work in Africa, Europe and Asia. She has a background in epidemiology and reproductive and sexual health research. Mazeda has extensive experience leading research projects among vulnerable populations (asylum seekers, trafficked women, conflict-affected) and technical expertise in designing, conducting and analyzing mixed-method impact evaluations of complex interventions. Prior to joining the LSHTM, she worked in development and humanitarian aid programs in West Africa and supported a US-based program working with women peacebuilders from conflict-affected settings.

Veronica Ades is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine. She has served as an obstetrician-gynecologist on several Doctors Without Borders (MSF) missions, including in Irbid, Jordan, and in South Sudan. Veronica has also previously worked for one year at a rural district hospital in Uganda while doing research on malaria in pregnancy. She is originally from New York City, graduated from Wellesley College and received her medical degree from the State University of New York at Downstate in Brooklyn, New York. She did her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York.

Cameron is currently the Provider Partnerships Fellow at Kangu, and is also an MS Candidate in the Graduate Program for Nonprofit Management at the New School.  Before working with Kangu, she graduated from the University of California in San Diego in 2009 with a B.S. in Environmental Systems.  Following graduation, she worked for the U.S. Peace Corps for two years as an Environmental Project Manager in rural Tanzania.  Her work focused on facilitating and designing small-scale community projects, including the establishment of a women’s income-generating group, life skills courses at a village secondary school, and a girl’s empowerment conference.  Through her work with Peace Corps, she discovered the nature of the challenges that women face in different parts of the world, and she became inspired to engage in effective and sustainable strategies to ensure that women and girls are getting the education and healthcare they need to live happy and healthy lives.

Teryll Hopper, affectionately called la Gringa, is a communications and project management consultant. Teryll helps clients across the global health, nonprofit, real estate, and technology sectors to identify their audience and figure out what to say and where to say it. Whether it’s managing a robust editorial calendar or planning the content for a major event, Teryll makes sure every detail is covered. When she’s not working with clients, you can find her running the trails inside and outside of San Francisco and planning her next international adventure.

Suma joined Kangu in October 2014. She holds a MPH from Columbia University with a focus on participatory research methodology. As Community Engagement Fellow, Suma curates content for Kangu's Facebook and Twitter accounts to drive donors to fund mamas on Kangu.org. She has committed her professional life to social justice work, from working as a community organizer in India to serving as an educator in D.C. Public Schools. Suma is passionate about the intersection of social justice, health communications, and public health. She also enjoys going to concerts, crafting, inventing useless gadgets, and writing silly songs.

Julie Bailey is a Kangu volunteer who works in technology transfer at Columbia University. Her interest in the intersection of technology and sexual and reproductive health makes Kangu the perfect volunteering opportunity for her. Julie received her BA in International Affairs and Development from George Washington University and completed a Fulbright fellowship in Kolkata, India.