Founders

Prof Desiree LaBeaud
Stanford University
Dr. Desiree LaBeaud, Co-Founder and Executive Director MD, MS, is Professor is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist. She is one of the few pediatric arbovirologists in the world, conducting research into the epidemiology, natural history, and the impact of climate change on global health aspects of arboviral diseases, primarily among mothers and children.

Prof Francis Mutuku
Technical University of Mombasa
Prof. Francis Mutuku, Co-Founder and chairman, is an Associate Professor of Public Health at the Technical University of Mombasa. Prof Mutuku has twenty years of experience studying the biology and ecology of malaria vectors.

Dr. Bryson Ndenga
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Dr. Bryson A. Ndenga - Co-Founder, is a research officer at the Center for Global Health Research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kisumu, Kenya. Dr. Ndenga has experience in both larval and adult ecology of mosquitoes in western Kenya.
Board of Advisers

Randi Shafton

Prof Cosmas Munga

Jeff Chow

Prof Charles Mbogo

Violet Saena

Bonnie Mbithi
Team & Staff

Juma Nasoro
Program Manager

Betty Ngosi
Communications Lead

Agnes Kasyoka
BSF Farm Manager

Said Lipi
Management Committe

Christine Lucas
Adminstrator

Beatrice Wandili
BSF Farm Operations

Riziki Jasso
Management Committe
