The Bridge2Aid Team

• Shaenna Loughnane

  Chief Executive

  Shaenna first started working with Bridge2Aid as a volunteer in 2006, and joined the team in 2011. She works with us on a part-time basis, with the rest of her time split between being a Freelance Consultant for small charities, being the Chair of Trustees for a small UK-based community charity and being on the Interim Advisory Board for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s faculty for Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare. Prior to working with Bridge2Aid she co-owned and managed 2 large dental practices in Gloucestershire. shaenna@bridge2aid.org

   

• Keith Du-Rose

  Financial Controller (part-time)

  Financial Controller Keith joined the team in May 2019. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989. He has worked in both practice and industry as an accountant for nearly 30 years. He also has over 20 years working in various roles in local charities outside of his working life. Keith@bridge2aid.org

• Annie Barrow

  Tanzania Programme Manager and Media Wizard (part-time) 

  Annie has been volunteering on our conference and trade show stands for over a decade and joined the team ‘properly’ in 2019. She has been involved in dentistry since 1986 and prior to discovering a love of all things digital and tech enjoyed a very happy career as a Dental Hygienist. Annie takes care of our social channels and digital communications. annie@bridge2aid.org

• Dr Nila Jackson Sibaba

  Nila is our key implementation partner in Tanzania.  He is a dentist and has worked as Regional Dental Officer for Mara, and is a member of the Tanzania Dental Association.

• Dr Martha Chipanda

  

  Dr Martha Chipanda is our key partner in Malawi and acts as our co-ordinator facilitating training of Dental Therapists and developing our network of Oral Health Promoters. Martha is National Oral Health Coordinator for Malawi Ministry of Health;

  Lecturer at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences; and Head of Dental Department, Mzuzu Central Hospital.

• Dr Wiston B Mukiwa

  

  Current Secretary of Dental Associate of Malawi, Wiston is a practicing dentist who is our ambassador and partner in the country. He has held the role of Principal of the Malawi College of Health Sciences, and was Secretary for Health and Population in Malawi where he was responsible for tackling a legion of health issues, including managing the impact of the HIV-Aids pandemic.

  Lecturer at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences; and Head of Dental Department, Mzuzu Central Hospital.