Our Teams
The Adara staff come from all walks of life. They share the same determination to bring quality health and education services to people living in some of the world’s remotest places.
Adara Development
Global Leadership Team
Madeline Vaughan
Chief Executive Officer
Brooke Magnusson
Global Health Director
Daniel Kabugo
Uganda Country Director
Kimber Haddix McKay
Senior Advisor – Innovation & Best Practice
Pralhad Dhakal
Remote Community Development & Nepal Country Director
Sarah Lecoutre
Chief Financial Officer
Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Team
Anna Cunningham
Clinical Programmes Manager
Caroline Akomolot
Maternal Health Trainer
Christine Otai
Newborn National Trainer
Cornety Nakiganda
Community Midwife
Emmanuel Harerimana
Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant
Evangeline Dittman
Administration Manager (USA)
Frank Migadde
Executive Assistant
Grace Nalumu
Programmes Manager Uganda
Heidi Nakamura
Senior Clinical Advisor
Hilda Namakula
Clinical Educator
Hope Asiimah
Finance Assistant
Josephine Mbabazi
Office Administrator (Uganda)
Margaret Nabaweesi
Social Worker
Molly MacGuffie
Clinical Programmes Manager
Noelle Simpson
Global Health Manager
Racheal Hope Baluka
Housekeeping & Administration Assistant
Samuel Semakula
Early Intervention Coordinator
Sandra Azoora
Finance Clerk
Solomon Ndozereho
Driver
Remote Community Development Team
Angjuk Lama
Nepal Programme Manager
Bimala Nepali
Office Cook
Dhana Shahi
Junior Technical Assistant
Gagan Rokaya
Agriculture Coordinator
Hem Lata Ale
Office Coordinator
Kanjok Lama
Education Manager
Kelsang Tsering
Amchi, Tibetan Medicine
Kumari Shrestha
Office Cook
Kyamma Lama
Health Coordinator
Menuka Rai
Health and Medical Manager
Mun Bahadur Thapa
Office Dai
Nutup Lama
Office Messenger
Pasang Sherpa
Kathmandu and Ghyangfedi Projects Manager
Pema Choedon
Community Nurse
Pema Ramla Lama
Youth Supervisor
Purna Bahadur Tamang
Office Gardener
Pushpa Bam
Bookkeeper & Office Manager
Ramesh Bhandari
Technical Assistant
Resham Bahadur Khatri
School Social Worker & Logistics Coordinator
Shankhar Shrestha
Office Driver
Sonam Tsomo
Finance Officer
Sunita Thapa
Finance Manager
Surya Bahadur Tamang
Office Messenger
Tsering Punor Lama
Office Didi
Programmes/Innovation, learning & evaluation team
Beatrice Niyonshaba
Uganda Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager
Caitlin McGrath
Senior Programmes Manager
Daniel Silver
Monitoring & Evaluation Manager
Shubhadra Shahi
Nepal Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Storai Sadat
Senior Business Analyst – Programmes
Partnerships & Communications team
Jessica Kubowicz
Senior Partnerships Manager
Lauren Swift
Partnerships Manager
Laura Broker-Towart
Communications Officer
Madalyn Busby
Communications Manager
Rosie Gallagher
Partnerships Manager
Operations team
David Walker
Head of Information Technology
Lizzy Enright
MinterEllison Ambassador (Legal)
Miriam Sadler
Administration Manager/ People and Culture Coordinator
Robyn Farrell
Head of Legal
Therese Ring
CRM Data Entry Officer
Finance team
Maricris Doble
Financial Controller
Nancy Shrestha
Senior Accountant
Nixi Patel
Deliotte Ambassador (Finance)
Shraddha Sapkota
Accountant
Adara Development Board
Audette Exel AO
Chair of all Adara entities
Andrea McCormick
Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Dawa Lama Thapa
Director of Adara Development (Nepal)
Derek Stapley
Trustee of Adara Development (UK)
Dr Cyril Engmann
Director of Adara Development (USA)
Dr Peter Waiswa
Director of Adara Development (Uganda)
Edith G Conyers
Trustee of Adara Development (Bermuda)
Ilana Atlas AO
Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Jo Brennan
Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Kate Vacher
Trustee of Adara Development (UK)
Ken Finch
Director of Adara Development (Uganda)
Philippe Rouja
Trustee of Adara Development (Bermuda)
Richard West
Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Sharmila Onta
Director of Adara Development (Nepal)
Shelia Brown
Trustee of Adara Development (Bermuda)
Susan Burns
Director of Adara Development (Uganda) Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Thomas R Dickson
Director of Adara Development (USA)
Tom Glynn
Director of Adara Development (USA)
Uddhav Raj Poudyal
Director of Adara Development (Nepal)
Yangchen Lama
Director of Adara Development (USA)
Adara Stewardship Council
Active champions and former directors of Adara Development comprise the Adara Stewardship Council
Laini Liberman
Former Director of Adara Development (Australia)
Richard Houghton
Former Director of Adara Development (UK)
Adara Partners
Panel Members
Adara Partners crosses competitive boundaries and brings together some of the most senior leaders in the corporate advisory industry who jointly lead engagements as Panel Members. Undiluted access to these individuals working collaboratively on a mandate is not otherwise available in the market.
Core Adara Partners team
Audette Exel AO
Chief Executive Officer
Andrea McCormick
Director and Senior Advisor
Claire Guttentag
EY Ambassador
Lizzy Enright
MinterEllison Ambassador
Melissa Rourke
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Kristi Cashman
Associate Director Corporate Advisory
Peter Graf
Debt Specialist
Robyn Farrell
Head of Legal
Adara Advisors
Audette Exel AO
Chief Executive Officer
Andrea McCormick
Director and Senior Advisor
Claire Guttentag
EY Ambassador
Lizzy Enright
MinterEllison Ambassador
Sarah Lecoutre
Chief Financial Officer
Robyn Farrell
Head of Legal