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Board of Directors
Brian Fix
Board Chairperson
Brian is an international lawyer who has spent decades as a partner of a leading global law firm advising companies and governments on infrastructure development, joint ventures, and public-private partnerships, particularly throughout Africa (both Anglophone and Francophone) and Eastern Europe. Having spent half his career in Europe as both an American and French lawyer, he also advises companies on corporate acquisitions, restructuring and joint ventures. A strong supporter of NPR Radio, he is also passionate about the potential of radio and other media in tackling key social issues around the world.
Paul Maguire
Board Treasurer
Paul has been a part of Developing Radio Partners for the past six years. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Managing Director, of Maguire Hegarty, LLC Littus. He splits his time between the United States and Ireland.
Jack Allison
Board Member
Jack is an experienced physician who is Past President of the American College of Emergency Physicians; the First Presiding President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine; and a frequent contributor involving public health issues internationally, including Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and South Africa. His avocation is writing/recording public health songs and jingles for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa. Dr. Allison has been honored by receiving the John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award from ACEP; the Distinguished Medical Alumni Award from UNC-SOM; and the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the State of North Carolina.
Memory Banda
Board Member
Memory is a child rights and development professional with experience in child protection, girl centered advocacy and youth leadership. A result oriented leader and advocate who successfully led a girl’s movement against child marriages that contributed to the change of law that criminalizes child marriage. An international motivational speaker with excellent public speaking featured at TED talk, United Nations General Assembly, Freedom Forum among many. Memory lives and works in Malawi.
Terry Dunmire
Board Member
Terry is an investment banker and attorney whose focus is on international business development. He currently serves as Chairman and Principal of the August Group, an investment group focusing on technology investments in sub-Saharan Africa; and is on the Board of Directors of RippleNami, Inc. and Power7 Corporation. Terry was responsible for the privatization programs and procedures for Nigeria (BPE) and Egypt (PEO) as well as a strategic advisor for business development. He is currently an advisor to the Morven Center at the University of Virginia and a member of the Atlantic Council.
Kate Cummings
Board Member
Kate is a collaborative team leader and program director for humanitarian response and international development initiatives as well as non-profit management. Bridging resources and local expertise, Kate aims to facilitate systems change in the humanitarian sector towards community-driven solutions and collective well-being. Since 2010, Kate has been working in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, integrating trauma resiliency skills and a strategic lens to her focus on accountability to affected populations, partnership building and community engagement.
Troy Etulain
Board Member
Troy is a technology for development and social innovation expert with 21 years' experience in 35 countries. Experience designing and implementing more than $100 million of media and technology for development programs, including strategies for the United Nations and USAID. Now focusing work and research on innovations in last-mile connectivity, digital identities, digital finance, machine learning, remote sensing and health technology innovations.
Ambassador Jeanine Jackson
Board Member
Ambassador Jackson was twice a U.S. Ambassador -- in Burkina Faso and Malawi. In Malawi, she led a $250 Million development, governance and security assistance program. As Ambassador to Burkina Faso she oversaw girls education, health and U.S. military security cooperation programs. Other diplomatic postings include Afghanistan, Kenya, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Switzerland and Washington. Ambassador Jackson received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Honor Award for her work in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Kevin Klose
Board Member
Kevin is a professor and Former Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland; President of NPR (1998-2009), led NPR to the largest audience gain in its history - 30 million weekly listeners. Previously, Kevin served successively as director of U.S. international broadcasting, overseeing the United States Government's global news networks (1997-98); and director and president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), broadcasting to the former Soviet Union and Eurasia
Donatella Livia Lorch
Board Member
Donatella is an award winning journalist with more than thirty years of experience - having served as East Africa Bureau Chief at the New York Times, and worked for The Washington Post, Newsweek, NBC News, National Public Radio and National Geographic Explorer. Dony also served as director of the Knight International Press Fellowship. She is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Rich McClear
Board Member
Rich has managed media development projects in rural Minnesota, Alaska, Central Europe, and the Balkans. He has worked on projects in the Middle East and North Africa, South Sudan and the Caucuses helping media outlets, networks and associations develop strategic and business plans and acting as a trainer in media management, planning, and journalism. Rich started in community radio with its strong two-way citizen involvement.
Deborah Mesce
Board Member
Debbie is a former program director for international media training in International Programs. Mesce coordinated PRB’s training of journalists in developing countries. Since joining PRB in 2000, she has worked with journalists in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to help them strengthen and raise the profile of their reporting on population issues.
Angelina T. Njiwa
Board Member
Angelina is a professional media trainer who currently lectures at the Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ). She trains Student Journalists in Broadcast Media and Development Communication. She has worked as a lead advocate for child rights, a television production supervisor, producer, editor and presenter for Zodiak Television, an administrative manager and head of production at Calvary Family Broadcasting Network. Angelina holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic College (now MUBAS)