Board

Mohammad F. Kiani, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., Board Chairman and President

Dr. Kiani is a co-founder of Engineering World Health. He has an academic background in biomedical and electrical engineering and has received a number of scholarly research and teaching awards. Dr. Kiani is a recognized expert in the field of biomedical engineering research and education and is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology, at Temple University.

Catherine Peck, C.P.A., Treasurer

Cathy, a founding board member of Engineering World Health, has served EWH in various capacities from Treasurer to President. She brings more than 25 years of business and accounting experience to EWH as well as extensive non-profit service—both professionally and as a volunteer. Cathy served the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis as board member and Finance Committee Chair. Formerly employed by Perry-Smith & Co and by Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers) she is now self-employed as a CPA/consultant and business manager.

Robert A. Malkin, Ph.D., P.E.

A co-founder of EWH, Bob is now Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, North Carolina. Bob also directs the EWH-Duke Summer Institute Program. Previously, Dr. Malkin was the Herbert Herff Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The Joint Biomedical Program at the University of Memphis, Tennessee and The University of Tennessee. Before moving to Tennessee, Dr. Malkin was a professor of Electrical Engineering at The City College of New York and a member of the graduate faculty at The City University of New York and a research associate at Columbia University. Dr. Malkin received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Prior to attending graduate school, Dr. Malkin taught English in Thailand, worked at EM Microelectronics in Switzerland designing integrated circuits, worked for Cordis Corporation designing pacemakers and worked for Sarns Incorporated designing heart lung machines. Dr Malkin received the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1984. Dr. Malkin is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Malkin serves as an expert advisor to the World Health Organization’s Advisory Group on Healthcare Technology, Advisory Group on Innovative Technologies and serves on the World Health Organization’s subcommittee on medical equipment donations.

Corinna E. Lathan, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Lathan is Founder and CEO of AnthroTronix, Inc., a biomedical engineering R and D company. Her work on technology for children with disabilities has been featured in Forbes, Time, and the New Yorker magazines as well as led to such distinctions as Maryland's "Top Innovator of the Year," and one of MIT Technology Review Magazine's "Top 100 World Innovators.” She has also been named a Technology Pioneer and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Lathan is actively involved in educational outreach programs that empower women and minorities in engineering and science including the FIRST and VEX robotics programs. Dr. Lathan received her B.A. from Swarthmore College, and an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from MIT.

Staff

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Melissa Driver Beard, M.P.A., Executive Director and CEO

Melissa has held positions at the UN, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, and Prevent Blindness NC. Most recently, she was the executive director of NC AWWA-WEA, an organization with over 3,500 water and wastewater management professionals that is dedicated to providing clean water to improve public health and protect the environment. She also spent six years as the executive director of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors coordinating large events with surveyors and engineers. Her experience includes 15 years of work for nonprofits, along with skills in five languages, which makes her a perfect choice to head our organization.

Billy Teninty, C.B.E.T., Director of Biomedical Training

Billy joined the EWH team in fall 2009. He directed International Aid’s successful Medical Equipment Training (MET) program in developing nations for over a decade and is a certified biomedical equipment technician by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). Billy is acutely aware of the problems overseas hospitals face with medical equipment, having traveled extensively in developing countries to install and repair medical and x-ray equipment. He has first hand experience training nationals from Albania, Cameroon, Dem. Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Justin Cooper, M.S.E., BMET Country Coordinator

Justin manages the day-to-day operations of the BMET Training Program in Ghana and Honduras. He joined EWH in April 2009 as a Student Programs Coordinator, and is excited to now be involved in training BMETs abroad. Justin brings both technical and teaching experience through his work on equipment repair and assessment trips with EWH to Haiti and Ethiopia and as a graduate student in biomedical engineering at Tulane University.

Julie Pinto, B.S., Business Manager

Julie brings to EWH 20 years of Financial and Human Resource experience. She has worked for many various industries including automotive, real estate, printer and copier services, staffing, and not-for-profit. She has a BS in Finance from the University of Dayton in 1989. Originally from Rochester, New York, she moved to Cary in 2006 with her husband, Keith, and her two children, Nicholas and Elizabeth.

Heather Kraudel, B.S., Development Manager

Heather brings 7 years of experience in the nonprofit sector with her focus on event management and corporate relations. Heather started her nonprofit work in Washington, DC where she held positions with Georgetown University Law Center and the American Legacy Foundation, a public health Foundation created in 1999 out of the landmark Master Settlement Agreement between the tobacco industry, 46 state governments and five U.S. territories. Most recently she served as the Director of Special Events for the American Lung Association in Raleigh, NC where she managed large fundraising events and smaller donor cultivation events. Her experience makes her the perfect fit to help expand the reach of EWH on all levels.

Julien Benchetrit, B.E., Technology Development

Julien joined EWH in July 2010. He is responsible for the technology design work at EWH, including the Projects That Matter and Kits programs. Julien is an alumnus of the 2009 Summer Institute in Central America and recent graduate of Imperial College London with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. He brings hands-on experience with the technical challenges that face developing world healthcare and numerous technical and communication skills, including web development and fluency in English, French, and Spanish. He is the point person for EWH Chapters, EWH Kits, and the EWH Design Competition.