Meet Our Board

MAUREEN SIMMONDS, VICE CHAIR

Maureen Simmonds is a healthcare executive with over 20 years of leadership experience in health plan operations and process improvement for managed care organizations. She has an MBA in Healthcare Administration and is Green Belt Certified. Maureen and her husband, Denzil, live in Reston, VA and have two adult children. Maureen and her husband love to travel, play golf and spend time with family and friends. Maureen's passion is giving back and making a difference in the lives of others.

Manuel Guzman, Treasurer

Manuel Guzman is president of CAS, a global organization with a proven history of leveraging scientific information to empower discovery. Prior to joining CAS in 2013, Manny held various executive positions within the information industry including President of Thomson Learning, Career & Professional Group. He has a B.S. in accounting and an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University. Manny is passionate about helping others succeed, reaching their full potential while contributing to a better world for all.

Susanne Kandel, SECRETARY

Susanne Kandel is General Counsel for Radius Global Infrastructure. Susi got her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. She joined the Global Camps Africa Board in January 2020.

Ruth Friedman

Ruth Friedman is a lawyer who has spent her career representing men and women on the US’s death rows. She was most recently the founding director of the Federal Capital Habeas Project, a program that became a national center for policy, strategic advocacy and direct representation in post-conviction proceedings for individuals on federal death row. Ruth previously represented condemned prisoners at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work in capital punishment grew from a desire to address the role race and poverty play in the implementation of criminal justice in the United States and elsewhere. Ruth has been an avid supporter of Global Camps Africa since volunteering at Camp Sizanani in 2022.

DAVID GALLEGOS

David Gallegos, Senior Vice President of Consulting Services at Optum Advisory, is an entrepreneurial, results-oriented healthcare executive with over thirty (30) years of healthcare operations and technology experience. Mr. Gallegos is proficient in strategic planning, program management, organizational development, transformational technology modernization, and innovative sourcing relationships. He has experience working with hospitals, health insurance companies and large integrated delivery systems. He has expertise in startup environments,turnaround operations, and post-merger integrations. As a former board member of the Private Sector Technology Group (PTSG) and the Healthcare Executive Group (HCEG), Mr. Gallegos is committed to transforming healthcare so that it more equitably serves patients and beneficiaries with improved quality at reduced costs and friction.

ALAN GOLDING

Alan Golding is a global finance and strategy executive with more than two decades of experience driving transformation, innovation, and performance across both private sector and mission-driven organizations. A former C-suite leader, he has built a career turning complex challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth and measurable impact. 

Alan currently serves in a senior strategy and operations leadership role at the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency, where he helps guide the strategy and operational management of the Bank’s global research and data programs that shape development policy worldwide.  Earlier in his career, Alan held senior finance roles in the private sector, including managing finance operations for South Africa’s largest health insurer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he also helped lead procurement initiatives that enabled developing countries to secure more than $250 million in critical medical equipment and PPE. 

Originally from South Africa, Alan brings a deep personal commitment to expanding opportunity and leadership for young people across the African continent. Outside of work, Alan has chaired the board of a bilingual charter school and represented the United States at three Masters Field Hockey World Cups—experiences that reinforce his belief in the power of teamwork, resilience, and leadership. 

DR. SABRINA KITAKA

Sabrina Kitaka is a Ugandan pediatrician and adolescent medicine practioner who currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at Makerere University. She is a founder and co-director of the Adolescent Health Clinic at the Mulago National Referral Hospital. She offers technical advice to the Ministry of Health in Uganda through the Adolescent Technical Working Group, the National Pediatrics ART Subcommittee, and previously the Uganda National Immunization Technical and Advisory Group (UNITAG). She is a trainer of trainers for Adolescent Health with the World Health Organization Afro Region and has trained health care workers in Namibia; Mauritius; Sierra Leone as well as Post graduates and Pre-service Trainees in Uganda. She co-founded the Society of Adolescent Health in Uganda with Dr. Betsy Pfeffer from Columbia University in 2012. She was the inaugural recipient of the Majid Sadigh Global Health Award for Women in Science excelling in International Global Health awarded in September 2024 in Danbury Connecticut USA. She is a member of the African Adolescent Health Consortium which recently was awarded with the Neinstein Health Care training Award of Excellence at SAHM 2026. Her goal is to see every single adolescent achieve their fullest potential and transform their communities.

FRITZ SEVING

Fritz Seving has been a catalyst for positive change and forward thinking in the Maine camp community for several decades. A camper from the age of 7, he became a staffer at Camp Robin Hood at 15 and worked at camp through his college summers and recruiting in the winter. Fritz began his career with Fernwood in 1989. Making sure to keep Fernwood’s founding principles in the forefront, he inspired and excited children to grow and learn during their summers at camp. He served as President of the Maine Summer Camps from 2003-05 and is its current Treasurer, having served for nearly twenty years. He was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Youth Camp Association (MYCA) and is an active member of that board. Fritz has been a board member of the Association of Independent Camps (now CODA) and is an advisory board member of the Maine Camp Experience organization. He is also The Halsey Gulick award winner in 2013, given by the Maine Youth Camping Association to recognize people who have distinguished themselves in the field of organized youth camping in Maine.