Staff

Kim Koporc, MPH, MBA, Director

Kim has over 20 years experience in international health and development. As Director of Children Without Worms (CWW), she provides strategic oversight and liaises with program partners and recipients of the donated mebendazole to promote comprehnsive control of STH. Before joining the program, Kim served as a project manager for several programs of The Task Force for Global Health, including the Public Health Informatics Institute, the U.S. Wild Poliovirus Laboratory Containment Program, and the Malarone Donation Program. Prior to that, Kim worked for four years as a consultant, specializing in international health in East and West Africa. She also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, West Africa, where she established a district-wide water and sanitation health program.

Kim received her Masters of Public Health from Tulane University and her Masters of Business Administration from Emory University.

Meklit Berhan, MPH, Senior Program Associate

Meklit provides technical, communication, and managerial support to CWW. She liaises with STH control programs of recipient countries and other partners to facilitate the donation and distribution of mebendazole and to ensure the implementation of comprehensive and sustainable STH control programs. Prior to joining CWW, Meklit worked with Macro International, Inc. providing monitoring and evaluation technical support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global AIDS Program and supporting strategic information capacity building activities in countries funded by PEPFAR.