Adjunct Faculty
Kaakpema Yelpaala, Adjunct Professor
Education
- MPH, Yale School of Public Health
- BA, Brown University
Expertise
Global health, health information technology, mobile technology for development, social entrepreneurship, public-private partnerships, scale-up planning, international NGO management, health systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS
Professional Profile
- Advisory Council Member, Chief Technology Officer-State of Colorado (2012-present)
- Adjunct Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2010-present)
- Founder and CEO, access.mobile (2010-present)
- Senior Advisor, Digital Development Communications (2009-present)
- Consultant, Dalberg Global Development Advisors (2008-2010)
- Recruiting Manager- Human Resources Strategy and Global Outreach, Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative/Clinton Climate Initiative (2007-2008)
- Program Manager, Agricultural Finance and Cooperative Capacity Building, Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative-Rwanda (2006-2007)
- Technical Advisor, Ethiopia Hospital Management Initiative (HMI), Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (2005-2006)
- Consultant, Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative-Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Bahamas (2005-2006)
- Project Co-Lead, CHAI-Government of Ghana Procurement Memorandum of Understanding of HIV/AIDS Commodities (2005)
- Analyst, Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative-Tanzania (2004-2005)
- Co-Founder and President, Network for the Improvement of World Health (2001-2008)
- Consultant, Diakonia Compassionate Ministry-Kisumu, Kenya (2005-2006)
- Luce Environmental Fellow, Watson Institute of International Studies, Brown University (2003).
Courses
- Practical Applications in Global Health
- Mobile Technology for Development