Member Task Forces
In order to enhance our ability to adapt and address emerging issues, CCIH transitioned from Working Groups to a new structure of time-limited Task Forces in 2023.
The first Task Force to launch in 2024 is the Membership Task Force, with the following goals:
- Engage organizational members who are new, minimally engaged, or lagging (unpaid dues and no engagement) to help them connect, maintain membership, and increase engagement.
- Learn and provide a model for CCIH to use in the future to retain and strengthen membership.
If you have ideas for additional task forces, please contact Kathy Erb at kathy.erb (at) ccih.org
Technical Advisors
All former Working Group Co-Chairs agreed to stay on as Technical Advisors for CCIH in their areas of expertise.
Community-Based Prevention and Care Technical Advisors
 | Ruth Kayima, MPH Ruth Kayima is Health and Gender Coordinator for East Africa for World Renew and provides technical support for teams and partners in the design and implementation of community-based programs. She holds a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Public Health from The Makerere University College of Health Sciences. |
 | Henry Perry, MD, MPH Henry Perry is Senior Associate in the Health Systems Program of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has a long-standing interest in community health, community empowerment, equity, primary health care and community-based delivery of evidence-based interventions. His primary research interest concerns the impact of community-based primary health care programs on health improvement. |
Data and Mapping Technical Advisors
 | Edwin Sam Asirvatham, PhD Edwin Sam is a Technical Advisor with the Health Systems Research India Initiative. He holds a PhD in Health Systems & Policy and a Post-Graduate degree in Health Management. He has over 20 years of experience in public health. His specific areas of interest include analysis of health systems performance, public-private collaboration in health, development of health reform strategies and policies that lead to overall effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in health services. |
 | Barbara Campbell, RPh, CCN Barbara Campbell, RPh, CCN is Executive Director of the Dalton Foundation, where she develops and implements strategic programs and partner relationships to support health system strengthening in contexts in which the organization works. She served in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and subsequently worked in Haiti for over five years. Barbara also serves as Vice President of the CCIH Board of Directors. |
Integration of Faith and Health Technical Advisors
 | Judith Johnson-Grant Rev. Judith Johnson-Grant is an ordained and accredited minister of the Jamaica Baptist Union with twelve years of experience as a congregational pastor. She is a postgraduate researcher in the field of Faith and Health through the University of the West Indies and has worked at the nexus between the two both locally and regionally. She is a member of the National Advisory body for Alzheimer’s and Dementia, STRiDE Jamaica and the Global Health Platform, World Council of Churches. |
 | Jason Paltzer, PhD, MPH Jason Paltzer is the Senior Director of Research and Innovation for Kingdom Workers. He is experienced in health promotion, disease prevention, community development, teaching and assisting community-based global health organizations with participatory assessment and evaluation methods. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Baylor University. |
Health of Women and Children Technical Advisors
 | Allison Flynn, MPH Allison Flynn is Senior Program Advisor for Health & Nutrition, World Relief. Ms. Flynn is currently based in Malawi where she provides technical support to World Relief’s family-centric health and nutrition portfolio at the global level with specific emphasis on programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Allison holds an MPH from University of Illinois at Chicago with concentrations in Global Maternal and Child Health and Community Health Sciences. |
 | Paul Mosley, MPH Paul Mosley has an MPH from the George Washington University and serves as Country Director for Mennonite Central Committee in Ethiopia. Until recently he has worked coordinating health programs for MCC in Tanzania, including a care group based maternal and child health project the among Maasai, reduction of FGM among high prevalence communities in Northern Tanzania, and improving health outcomes for people with albinism who are diagnosed with skin cancer. |
Leadership and Governance Technical Advisors
 | Vuyelwa Tenjiwe Sidile Chitimbire, MSc, MBA Vuyelwa Tenjiwe Sidile Chitimbire is the Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Association of Church Related Hospitals (ZACH). She has more than 30 years’ experience in the health sector. She specializes in the management, planning, appraisal and reform of the health sector, including systems analysis, change management, institutional strengthening and project management. |
 | Perry Jansen, MD, MPH, DTMH Perry Jansen serves as Vice President at African Mission Healthcare. AMH works with mission hospitals to strengthen human, physical and organizational infrastructure toward becoming teaching hospitals. Perry spent 16 years in Malawi and is founder of the Malawi non-profit, Partners in Hope (PIH). PIH is one of the largest providers of HIV treatment and institutional capacity building in the region. |
Legacy Staff
 | Ray Martin, MPH, Executive Director Emeritus Ray Martin served as CCIH Executive Director from 2000 to 2014. In a 25-year career with USAID, he was Chief of the Health, Population, and Nutrition offices in Africa and Pakistan. He also worked several years with The World Bank. Ray’s international career began as a Mennonite volunteer in Africa. In October 2012, Ray Martin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association. |