2023- 2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Frank is Global Lead for Learning Program Management at Amazon Web Services in Seattle, where he leads a worldwide team managing strategic programs in learning and development for AWS data center professionals. His professional expertise is in business development, product marketing, and project management; he holds an Agile Certified Practitioner qualification from the Project Management Institute, and a Certified Scrum Product Owner qualification from the Scrum Alliance. He is passionate about planetary health, “the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends”; to explore this interest he completed a BS in environmental science, and is currently enrolled in the master of public health (MPH) program at the University of Edinburgh, from which he holds a Postgraduate Certificate in that discipline.

Steven C. Shepelwich is a Senior Community Development Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch. Steven leads the Bank’s efforts to promote economic development and fair and impartial access to financial services in Oklahoma’s low- to moderate-income communities. Steven co-authored Engaging Workforce Development: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations. Previously, Steven worked with national organizations on expanding the roles of financial institutions in low-income communities, microenterprise funds, and affordable housing loan funds. Steven began his career by working internationally with microfinance, rural development, and refugee programs in Kenya, Burundi, and India for over six years. Steven is a member of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City where he leads the World Service Committee. Steven also chairs Rotary District 5750 Global Grants Committee and is past chair of the District’s Peace Fellowships Committee. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Steven holds a B.B.A in Marketing from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in Resource Development from Michigan State University.  He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

An educator for over 35 years, Mike has spent most of his professional life teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to students ranging from sixth graders to adults. Mike brings international experience to the MPI board, having lived and worked in Japan, Germany and Austria. A Rotarian since 1984, Mike has been a member of several Rotary clubs and is currently the President-elect of the Rotary Club of Federal Way, the international sponsor of Rotary’s first “Program of Scale”, Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia. Mike is an outdoor aficionado and spends much of his free time hiking Washington’s mountains, gorges and high deserts. Mike has a bachelor’s degree in German with a minor in Biology, a master’s degree in ESL, and an MBA.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to play a role in implementing our Program of Scale Grant and proud to contribute to the goal of significantly reducing the terrible impact of malaria on children, young mothers and everyone else in Zambia and beyond.”

Marsha is a trusted, accomplished leader who applies her collaborative skills in mobilizing actions and resources for working groups and service organizations e.g. Washington Global Health Alliance and various immigrant communities in the Pacific Northwest. Currently, Marsha is a Senior Solution Manager on contract at Microsoft. Her prior professional background focused on management consulting with Accenture for Microsoft as well as Nordstrom and several other major companies in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a Bsc degree in Business Administration. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, gardening in her backyard and community gardens, live music events and spending time with her two children.

Maureen Brotherton is a co-founder of Teens In Public Service (1997) and worked as its Founding Executive Director for over a decade.  She continues to serve on the TIPS’ Board of Directors. Maureen currently sits on Seattle University’s Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of Common Threads Project.  After her initial trip in 2005 with fellow Rotarians to Ethiopia to participate in the annual efforts to eradicate polio, she has continued involvement both there and in Northern Uganda. She is a past board member of the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund which supports Kristina Health Centre in Northern Uganda. Past service includes President of Seattle Rotary Service Foundation Board and continued membership in Seattle IV Rotary since she joined in 1999.  Maureen holds a BA in Society and Justice, from University of Washington and a Master’s in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University. Maureen and her husband, Joe, are the proprietors of Doe Bay Resort & Retreat located on Orcas Island.

Corinne Cavanaugh is a two-time marketing CEO, former tech employee, and Rotarian. She is dedicated to using digital media to raise awareness of preventable diseases and ultimately, improve global health outcomes. A Rotarian since 2013, Corinne is a former Seattle Rotary Vice President, District 5030 Social Media Chair, Rotary International Polio Plus Regional Ambassador, and recipient of the Rotary International Service Award for a Polio-free World. Returning for her second term as an MPI Board Member, Corinne is excited to engage in: advocacy and communication activities to support grant objectives and outcomes established with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, strengthening strategic partnerships, and succession planning. Corinne holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Henry Cogswell College. When she’s not providing marketing guidance to an organization’s executive team, Corinne can be found writing a commercial fiction novel.

Dr. William P. Hammond, is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Hematology and Medical Oncology, at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Bill is a board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Hammond serves as Secretary of the Board of Malaria Partners International. He began his board service at MPI in 2018, and is passionately interested in developing new approaches to the control of malaria

Katherine Matos ’08 is a legal and compliance professional who supports the development of biotechnology and novel therapeutics. She earned a B.E. in biomedical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2008, and a J.D. with a concentration in health law from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2011. Matos began her career at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, where she worked on healthcare fraud and anti-bribery cases, and was lead author of “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight.” Since leaving government service, Kate’s practice has expanded to include promotional rules for regulated products, global privacy, and market access work.

Matos has been active in Rotary for over ten years. She attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) program in District 7490, served as inaugural President of the e-Rotaract Club of District 7490 (2005-2006), and served as President of the Rotary Club of Kent (2020-2021, D5030). She has been the District 5030 RYLA Chair since 2020. Matos was recognized as Rotarian of the Year by the Rotary Club of Kent in 2020 and Rotarian of the Year by District 5030 in 2021.

Stacey Ogle is the President of Cole Graphic Solutions, Inc., a commercial screen print and digital print manufacturer of durable decals, signage, overlays, and other forms of custom graphics. Stacey and her husband/partner, Ed Ogle, have owned and operated the business for 30 years with the partnership of their skilled and dedicated team. Stacey has been a member of the Rotary Club of Tacoma #8 since 1990 and has been honored to serve as club Secretary, and Board Member several times as well as chairing and participating in several committees. Her current commitment is to the World Community Service committee which is where she learned of Malaria Partners International. Stacey traveled with Rotary to India in 2015 to visit Tacoma #8’s water projects and to participate in polio vaccinations and anticipates future travel to areas impacted by malaria. She has served as a board member for a number of Tacoma based non-profits and enjoys time with her family, church, skiing and enjoying a great community of friends.

Sala spent much of her professional career creating or managing affordable housing, including 14 years at the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. She served in the Peace Corps in Ghana in 1998-2000 and Ghana became her second home. In Ghana she has worked with health care providers and educators. In 2014 she co-founded a nonprofit, Grow Foundation for Ghana, and has been returning to Ghana for 2-4 months each year since 2013. Recipients of assistance from Grow Ghana include a college and a clinic of integrative medicine, a secondary school and art teachers in Kumasi. Sala has a passion for bringing better health to all people of Ghana and is looking forward to working with Malaria Partners International to eradicate or curtail malaria. Her desire to do this comes from face-to-face experience with friends and patients who she personally knows suffering from malaria. Sala was a member of Ballard Rotary in 2013- 2017 is now a member of University District Rotary. During a recent trip to Ghana she engaged with 5 Rotary clubs to bring them into this life changing initiative.

Dr. Thanassi hails from Seattle and the Lakeside School. She was a Biology and African studies major at Yale, went to Stanford Medical School on a Swahili scholarship, and worked in East Africa, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and South Africa on rotavirus and tuberculosis. She worked intimately around- and has always been interested in- malaria and tropical diseases, and Africa is her first and truest love.

Her VA career focus has been tuberculosis diagnostics and the medical, operational and financial considerations of mass testing programs. As such, Dr. Thanassi participates with and leads national experts from the CDC, major academic centers and lung associations to write national tuberculosis testing policy and guidance for the US’s 18M healthcare workers. She remains Stanford affiliated faculty and is a Senior Fellow in the Global Health institute. She would be honored to resume malarial disease work and to contribute to Malaria Partners Internationals wonderful mission.

Drake Zimmerman of the Normal Rotary Club, District 6490 started The Malaria Project on 1 July 1993when he saw a new medicine that cures malaria, artemisinin. He soon visited Rotary Foundation’s Polio leaders, USAID in Washington and WHO’s Malaria unit in Geneva.

Drake cofounded the Rotarian Action Group on Malaria now RAM-Global as Vice Chair/Liaison with AMP and other groups. AMP just celebrated the 2 Billionth net, November 2019. Drake joined Seattle-Based Rotarian Malaria Partners RMP board mid-2019, after helping the Rotarian Action Group restage. Together RMP and RAM-Global plan to “take malaria Rotary-wide, from Grassroots to Grasstops” by expand membership and participation.

Drake’s 26 year commitment continues with a vision for MalariaPLUS – using the data systems for malaria control to provide social networks and infrastructure to systematically provide deworming, micronutrients, safe water/sanitation and education for all. Drake says Rotarians’ legacy of help with Malaria control goes far beyond malaria.