Board of Directors
MAJENGO CANADA
Paul Axelrod
Interim Board Chair
Paul is a professor emeritus and former Dean of the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto. As an administrator and educator, Paul helped initiate a program involving Canadian teacher candidates in Kenya. He joined the Majengo Canda Board in in 2015.
Seanna Connell
Director
Seanna works in community-engaged arts in under-resourced and under-served communities both locally and globally within the not-for-profit/charity sector. She has travelled to Majengo several times.
Elizabeth Murphy
Treasurer
Elizabeth is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA). She first visited Majengo Children’s Home in 2013, and again in 2019. She joined the Majengo Canada Board in June 2017.
Matt McKissock
Director
Matt founded the Warren Majengo Foundation in 2009, and initiated a U.S. fundraising campaign at that time. He continues to be involved in all aspects of Majengo and visits twice a year.
Heidi Wiebe
Director
Heidi has lived and worked in the Canadian Arctic as a regional planner since 2002, managing organizations and capacity building initiatives. Heidi volunteered at Majengo Children’s Home from February 2013 to December 2014, coming to us through ICA CANADA. She joined the Majengo Canada Board in October 2015, and visits Majengo once a year.
Janet Mckelvey
Advisor to the board
Janet is a businesswoman, and philanthropist. She has raised and disbursed more than $3.5 million to families in need in communities across Canada in her role as executive Director of Canadian Tire’s Foundation for Families. She has chaired and been Director of such boards as the Toronto Public Library Foundation, Shaw Festival Board of Governors, Developing World Connections, and since October 2015, Majengo Canada.
Lynn Connell
Founding President, Majengo Canada
An artist, activist, and community volunteer, Lynn co-founded the Majengo Children’s Home in 2008, spearheaded fundraising initiatives in Canada, and started Majengo Canada. She has visited Majengo on numerous occasions.
WARREN MAJENGO FOUNDATION
Alicia Brewster
President
Alicia works in marketing and business development for a global law firm in the Washington, DC area. She acts as the board secretary for Warren Majengo Foundation and is involved in fundraising, event management and other strategic initiatives for the organization. She first visited Majengo Children's Home in 2013 and returns once a year.
Matt Moore
Vice president
Matt works as an engineering executive for a global truck parts manufacturer spitting his time between Jamestown NY and Sweden. Matt Moore was introduced to the project by Ian Ashbaugh in 2010.
Matt Mckissock
Secretary
Matt got involved in the Majengo project right from the beginning, just as Lynn Connell was moving all of the initial children into their first modest home. He founded the Warren Majengo Foundation in 2009 to help support Majengo from his hometown, Warren, PA, and continues to be involved in all aspects of Majengo. Matt and his family typically visit Tanzania twice a year.
Ian Ashbaugh
Treasurer
Ian is a pharmacist and is employed at Warren General Hospital. After traveling with Matt McKissock in March 2009 to Tanzania to experience, firsthand, the Majengo Children’s Home, he became an ardent supporter of the cause and is a board member for the Warren Majengo Foundation. Ian and his family visit the Majengo Children’s Home annually.
Monica Edmiston
Director
Monica owns a full-service, marketing studio in Cornelius, North Carolina. As the Marketing Director, she is involved in strategic planning, concept development, and creative design execution for the organization’s marketing and communication efforts. Monica’s first visit to Majengo Children’s Home was in 2015, and she returns bi-annually.
MAJENGO STAFF
Simone Lee Hamilton
Executive Director, Majengo Canada
Simone has two bachelor degrees, in Art History and in Education, as well as a postgraduate certificate in Marketing. She began volunteering for Majengo in 2011 and has since spent considerable time in Tanzania teaching, participating in program development, and providing on the ground support. Her time in Canada is spent in fundraising and project planning.
Jenna Yango Leonard
Development Coordinator
Jenna joined the Majengo Canada team in November 2020. She has extensive experience, both in Canada and abroad, in financial management, program development and fundraising. She will assist the Executive Director in marketing, grant procurement and donor relations.
Emily Onuffer
Executive Director, Warren Majengo Foundation
Emily spent 20 years working for McKissock Real Estate and Appraisal School. She started as a Customer Service Representative and worked her way up through the company until she became the Product Director of Appraisal Education. In 2016 she resigned her role at McKissock to begin full time work at WMF. She spends her time fundraising in Warren, PA.
All Majengo Canada and Warren Majengo Foundation board members are unpaid.
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