Our Team

Our team is comprised of multi-disciplinary professionals who believe in bringing high quality health care to people in the most need. Our diverse perspectives and expertise are essential as we turn complex challenges into new opportunities and sustainable success.

Christian Amolo

Health Assistant

Manda Dinkel

Board Member

Patty Hooley

Board Member

Ted Hooley

President and CEO

Jean Privat Kanguité

Operations Coordinator

Sarah Mintz

Vice President

Kate Moser

Board Member

Jacques Ndegue Bebe

Medical Director

Libby Novacheck

Treasurer

Stella La Reine Nzambi

Pharmacist

Solomon Odoudou

Security Guard

Andrew Pitts

Board Member

Tom Rafter

Board Member

McJoe Robersome Agomi

Groundskeeper

Emmaus Sangeles

Nursing Student

Bonnie Sherod

Secretary

Hugues Yangué Yawa

Security Guard

Health Assistant

Christian Amolo

Christian Amolo is a trained health assistant who has worked over ten years in a health center setting. Employed by the Central African Ministry of Health, Christian supported doctors, midwifes, and nurses in providing clinical care in government-run structures. In addition to providing medical care, Christian was trained in community health outreach and health administration and recently served as the head of a rural health post.

Board Member

Manda Dinkel

Manda Dinkel is a certified public accountant (CPA) who has spent more than 15 years serving nonprofit clients. Manda is currently a Director at SingerLewak LLP, a full-service business assurance and advisory CPA firm. The Firm specializes in the nonprofit industry and serves over 300 nonprofit organizations headquartered in California and Colorado. Manda has also served in the accounting department at Colorado Children’s Hospital as well as being an internal auditor for a Healthcare Insurance Company. In addition to her professional experience, Manda has served on several non-profit Board of Directors including Day of Caring, Metro Volunteers and Denver Gives. Manda has presented at the Colorado CPA Society’s Non-profit Conference on technical accounting issues affecting non-profit organizations. Manda provides firm-wide training for staff as well as clients and their boards.

Board Member

Patty Hooley

Patricia Hooley graduated from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN with a BA in Biology and Spanish. She worked in medical sales before changing careers to becoming a homemaker and raising 5 children. She served for two years as vice president and president of her local Council of Catholic Women (’15-’17), and currently serves as Executive VP of The Cathedral High School Foundation Board, St. Cloud, MN (’14-present).

President and CEO

Ted Hooley

Ted Hooley is a humanitarian health professional with ten years of experience working in management roles with non-profit organizations. He graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a Master’s in Global Human Development, and previously from Saint John’s University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. His experience in the field of humanitarian health includes working on health programs in the Central African Republic and West Africa during the Ebola crisis. Other experience in the humanitarian health sector includes consulting experience for Liberia’s Ministry of Health on community health policy and health sector financing and implementing innovative health financing mechanisms in fragile states.

Operations Coordinator

Jean Privat Kanguité

Jean Privat Kanguité received his bachelor’s degree in Marketing and master’s degree in Organizational Management. After his studies, he worked for six years in the private sector in his country, the Central African Republic. In addition to his degrees, Jean has taken courses on the Management of Humanitarian Crises and Natural Disasters. Jean work began work as Senitizo’s administrator in Bangui, CAR in 2019 and since the beginning of 2022 in the role of Operations Coordinator.

Vice President

Sarah Mintz

Sarah has more than 15 years of experience driving impact with organizations across non-profit, private and international development sectors. Sarah is currently Program Director for Aceso Global, a non-profit organization that provides strategic healthcare advisory services to strengthen health systems and achieve affordable, high quality healthcare in emerging markets. Sarah’s experience also includes supporting social entrepreneurs around the world while working with Ashoka and helping low- and middle-income countries strengthen their education data systems while working with the World Bank. Sarah co-founded KnowledgeBeat, a non-profit organization that delivers interactive health and education programs to children in Zambia. Sarah has a BS from Northwestern University and an MA in Global Human Development from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Board Member

Kate Moser

Kate Moser graduated with a BA in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado and a BS in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She has spent her career as a pediatric nurse in the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Kate cares for patients in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and serves as a nurse educator for the CICU. Additionally, she is part of an audit team that monitors nursing quality indicators and she serves on the hospital’s MAGNET redesignation committee. Kate lives in Denver with her husband and two young children.

Medical Director

Jacques Ndegue Bebe

Dr. Jacques Ndegue Bebe brings over seven years of medical experience in the Central African Republic in his role as Senitizo’s medical director. He has worked all over the Central African Republic with several other medical NGOs, as well as serving as a medical director for a pharmaceutical company in Bangui. His passions include maternal health care and serving poor, rural communities.

Treasurer

Libby Novacheck

Libby Novacheck graduated from the College of St. Benedict-St. John’s University in St. Joseph, MN with a BA in Economics. Since graduation, she developed a career in Project Management within the Technology sector supporting healthcare and financial systems for various companies. Libby’s leadership and organizational skills led her to organize events, projects, and volunteer work with hospice, cystic fibrosis, and environmental focused organizations. She currently resides and adventures in Golden, Colorado with her husband and dog.

Pharmacist

Stella La Reine Nzambi

Stella La Reine Nzambi is a trained health assistant who has worked in both administrative and clinical roles at health centers in the capital of CAR, Bangui. Before beginning her role as pharmacist at Senitizo’s health center, she performed similar duties as a pharmacist in one of Bangui’s largest urban clinics. She also has worked as a health assistant in the pediatric ward of another clinic in the capital city.

Board Member

Andrew Pitts

Andrew Pitts is a pediatrician currently working for Children’s Hospital Colorado in the emergency department, as well as the University of Colorado, School of Medicine, as a Senior Instructor teaching medical students and residents. He attended medical school at the University of New England, and has also led several different non-profit boards.

Board Member

Tom Rafter

Tom Rafter is an IT Healthcare Professional at Boulder Community Health where he focuses on quality reporting and population health programs with a deep focus on data analytics. Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Colorado, Boulder where he was a member of the CU Freestyle Ski Team. Tom also serves on the board of directors for the Colorado chapter of Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS), as membership chair.

Groundskeeper

McJoe Robersome Agomi

McJoe Agomi is Senitizo’s groundskeeper at the health center and neighboring staff housing property. He was born and raised in the village where the clinic is located, Sakoungou, and has worked in his role since 2019.

Nursing Student

Emmaus Sangeles

Emmaus Sangeles is the first recipient of Senitizo’s tuition support program for promising young health care students. He has finished two out of three years of his nursing degree program and has completed two practical internships at Senitizo’s clinic. Upon completion of his studies, Senitizo will incorporate him full-time into our health staff team in a new role as nurse.

Secretary

Bonnie Sherod

Bonnie Sherod received her BS in nursing and worked as a registered nurse for 35 years before retiring in 2013, specializing in maternal and child health. She last served as a public health nurse for Washington County, Minnesota where she conducted home visits to pregnant and parenting teens and families of children with disabilities. She also frequently volunteers in her Stillwater, MN community.

Our Team

Christian Amolo

Health Assistant

Manda Dinkel

​Board Member

Patty Hooley

​Board Member

Ted Hooley

​President and CEO

Jean Privat Kanguité

Operations Coordinator

Sarah Mintz

​​Vice President

Kate Moser

​Board Member

Jacques Ndegue Bebe

Medical Director

Libby Novacheck

​Treasurer

Stella La Reine Nzambi

Pharmacist

Solomon Odoudou

Security Guard

Andrew Pitts

Board Member​

Tom Rafter

Board Member

McJoe Robersome Agomi

Groundskeeper

Emmaus Sangeles

Nursing Student

Bonnie Sherod

Secretary

Hugues Yangué Yawa

Security Guard

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Christian Amolo

Manda Dinkel

Patty Hooley

Ted Hooley

Jean Privat Kanguité

Sarah Mintz

Kate Moser

Jacques Ndegue Bebe

Libby Novacheck

Stella La Reine Nzambi

Solomon Odoudou

Andrew Pitts

Tom Rafter

McJoe Robersome Agomi

Emmaus Sangeles

Bonnie Sherod

Hugues Yangué Yawa

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