Executive DirectorLwala Community Alliance
As Executive Director, Ash Rogers leads the team and directs the vision of Lwala Community Alliance (Lwala). Lwala is a community-led innovator, targeting the multidimensional drivers of poor health in Western Kenya. Lwala is proving that locally driven solutions are uniquely positioned to transform systmes. As a Vanderbilt-affiliated organization, Lwala rigorously evaluates its work and has demonstrated a 64% decrease in under-5 mortality, 97% skilled delivery rate, and 300% increase in contraceptive uptake. Based on this evidence, the Ministry of Health has invited Lwala to expand its model and Lwala is enacted a growth strategy to impact how 1 million people access healthcare. Ash comes to Lwala from the Segal Family Foundation (SFF), one of Lwala’s most significant supporters and friends. At SFF, she served as Director of Operations, overseeing a $12m portfolio of 180 grantee organizations across 20 Sub-Saharan African countries. Prior to SFF, Ash was a Global Health Corps Fellow in Uganda focused on building management systems within a grassroots NGO. Ash has worked with organizations including U.S. State Department, Komo Learning Centers, and HELP International – the common focus being developing tools to support local social innovators. She holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University.