DonateBen Plumley
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Plumley is Chief Executive Officer of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. Ben’s particular expertise is in mobilizing partnerships between public, private, and community sectors, developed over 20 years in the global fight for AIDS.
Ben Cheng
Managing Director
Ben Cheng is the Managing Director of Pangaea and leads the Pangaea’s overall operations, including strategic planning, organizational development and business development.
Carla Dillard Smith
Senior Director, Community Relations
Carla Dillard Smith joined Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation as Senior Director, Community Relations. Prior to joining Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, Carla served as Deputy Director at CAL-PEP where she managed strategic partnerships resulting in HIV resources in local communities, launched and participated in the implementation of fourteen community based HIV/AIDS prevention and education projects leading to national best practice models. Carla doubled as the agency’s Research Director serving as coordinator and principal investigator on several collaborative behavioral studies and publications.
Megan Dunbar, DrPH, MPH
Vice President of Research and Programs
Dr. Megan Dunbar, Vice President of Research and Programs at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, has primary responsibility for the planning, execution, oversight, and monitoring of Pangaea research and evaluation, technical assistance related activities and policy initiatives. Megan is a leader in global HIV efforts among women and youth. Her background and expertise is in designing and evaluating interventions that address the social and economic factors which increase HIV vulnerability, such as gender-based violence and inequities in educational and economic opportunities for girls and women. Formerly with the University of California, San Francisco, Megan has spent nearly a decade leading initiatives in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, where she lived for several years.
Natalie Otten
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, Natalie Otten is responsible for managing all accounting and financial systems and functions, including internal and external reporting and the development and implementation of Pangaea’s operating budget. She works closely with the CEO and Managing Director on all of the Foundation’s strategic decisions and acts as a liaison between the Board of Directors and CEO on all financial related matters.
Olivia Chang
Research and Program Manager
Olivia Chang is Research and Program Manager at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. She provides support across projects and to in-country partners in the areas of data collection, management and analysis. In addition, Olivia supports both the implementation of Pangaea programs and development of research and program grants and publications.
Barrot Lambdin, PhD, MPH
Director of Implementation Science
Dr. Barrot Lambdin is Director of Implementation Science at Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, and is an Affiliate Assistant Professor within the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Djibrine Mainassara
Program Intern
Djibrine Mainassara works primarily with the Manager, Executive Office, providing administrative support to Pangaea’s projects. Djibrine is a community development professional with 10+ years of nonprofit experience and specialization in project management, accounting, financial analysis and cross-cultural communication.
Prior to join Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, he was in Niamey, Niger at Group For Research and Technology Exchange (GRET), a French international non-profit as a Project Manager. He also worked with the Theater of the Oppressed to increase community awareness around HIV and STDs, young women education, hygiene and forced marriage. Djibrine Mainassara worked as the Executive Director at the Nigerien Professional Microfinance Institutions Network (ANIP-MF), where he published the first newsletter of this organization as well as developed training annual program and provided event and program coordination. He has a Master’s in macroeconomics from Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, and is fluent in French, Zarma, Hausa and Tamajec.
Imelda Mudekunye-Mahaka
Country Coordinator
Imelda Mudekunye-Mahaka is the Country Coordinator of Pangaea's operations in Zimbabwe, including management of the newly established Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust office. Imelda supports the implementation of Pangaea programs, as well as serves as Director of the SHAZ! Project, a study that has been working with adolescent girls to address structural factors that put them at risk for HIV through economic empowerment and HIV/AIDS life skills education and integrated social support. Imelda‘s first degree is Social work and she is currently studying for a Masters in Development Studies.
Sabine Niewiadomski
Program Manager
Sabine Niewiadomski is Program Manager for Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. Sabine supports the implementation of Pangaea programs, as well as development and advocacy initiatives, and acts as a liaison with external partners, including international agencies, the United Nations, and private funders.
Angela (Nikki) Smith
Executive Assistant
Nikki Smith oversees office management and administrative services for Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation. Nikki serves as the Executive Assistant to the CEO, as well as general support to all of Pangaea’s program managers. She has been with Pangaea since September 2011.
Ifeoma C. Udoh, PhD
Research Director – Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Dr Ifeoma Udoh is Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, and the Research Director for Pangaea’s Oakland NIH study. Ife has extensive experience in implementing international and domestic HIV/AIDS programming and monitoring and evaluation activities in low resource settings around the world, including the Caribbean, Asia, and the United States. She currently leads Pangaea’s projects in the Dominican Republic, China and Oakland, California.