GE Healthcare Foundation, year one: On choosing a mission and nonprofit partners

Abigail Epane-Osuala currently serves as the President of the GE Healthcare Foundation. She is a global leader known and recognized for leading large-scale organizational transformation in support of people and culture. She is a highly accomplished senior human resources executive, whose experiences across various human resources disciplines in diverse industries, including more than 25-year career in human resources spans a breadth of executive leadership: Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Health Care, Insurance Broker/Risk Management, Hospitality, and the Judicial System. Her focus is on providing advice and counsel to C-Suite executives on managing all things human capital with an emphasis on equity and inclusion throughout. Abigail is Six Sigma Black Belt certified and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and her MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey.

Ash Rogers is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lwala Community Alliance. Lwala matches community-led change with university-backed research and evaluation to advance quality health for all. Ash has overseen a 14-fold increase in annual revenue, exponential reach of the model, increased diversity in board membership, and publication of many peer-reviewed studies. Prior to Lwala, Ash was the Director of Operations at Segal Family Foundation, overseeing a $12m portfolio of 180 grantees. Ash is a Global Health Corps alum and serves as a board member of the Community Health Impact Coalition, Orkeeswa School, and Komo Learning Centres. The through-line of Ash's work is shifting power and money so that local leaders go from local impact to system-level change.

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

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