Secretariat

LEADERSHIP

Teji Rakhra-Burris

President & CEO, GGMC

  • Research Program Leader, Sr, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
  • Co-Founder, MeTree&You, Inc.
  • Biography
  • USA, North Carolina

Ludy (Ludivine) de Menten, Ph.D.

Program Manager, G2MC

  • Autoimmune (AIP) and Nutrigenomics Certified Health Coach, Healthy with Ludy
  • Spain

FINANCIAL & ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT

Hannah Kennel, M.M.B.

Administrative Program Manager, GGMC

  • Global Inside Sales Manager, Premier Consulting 
  • USA, North Carolina

Farah Tekbali

Program Coordinator, GGMC

  • USA, Arizona

Ytina Mangum, M.S.

Finance Director, GGMC

  • Director of Administration and Finance, General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
  • USA, North Carolina

Sharelija Lawrence, M.B.A, M.S.W.

Bookkeeper, GGMC

  • Permanency Planning Supervisor, Wake County Health and Human Services
  • USA, North Carolina

COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Cemal Tepe, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Technology Services Director, GGMC

  • Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland Global Campus
  • USA, North Carolina

Meredith Towery, M.S., M.B.A.

Communications Director, GGMC

  • Communications Manager, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
  • USA, North Carolina

Chris Nelson

Communications Specialist, GGMC

  • Program and Communications Coordinator, Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation
  • Communications Specialist, Medical Minds Matter
  • USA, Nebraska

PROJECT MANAGERS

Latifa El Hadri, Ph.D.

Project Manager, Workforce & Training Core Committee, GGMC

  • Global Health System Strengthening, Consultant
  • Former Visiting Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology in Duke University’s Medical Center
  • Member, French Alliance and International Students Organizations
  • Founder, Moroccan Association of NC
  • USA, North Carolina