Board of Directors

Matthew Craven, MD
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Matthew Craven is a founder of SIC and spent two years beginning in 2002 working full-time in Tanzania to develop the organization’s model of service provision and volunteer programs. He initiated SIC’s mobile Counseling and HIV Testing service, helped to develop the Community Health Worker program, and was Project Manager for the translation and publication of the Swahili edition of “HIV, Health, and Your Community”. Matt served as SIC Executive Director from 2002 until he graduated from medical school in 2008. He is now a Resident Physician in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a fellow in Global Health Equity. In this capacity he splits time between Boston and work in Haiti and Rwanda with Partners in Health. Matt holds a BA in Economics and an MD, both from Stanford University.

Karen Milch, MPH
Board of Directors

Karen has been involved with Support for International Change since the summer of 2003, when she served as a volunteer with SIC’s inaugural program. She returned to Tanzania in the summer of 2004 to work as SIC’s Volunteer Programs Manager, and then became Operations Manager in 2005, serving in this position until the end of 2006. Karen currently works as the Program Manager for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Trinidad and Tobago, where she supports the government’s HIV/AIDS treatment program. Karen holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University, and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins.

Luke Bradford, MD
Board of Directors

Luke Bradford first became involved with SIC in 2004 while visiting his old school friend Matt Craven in Arusha. Impressed and moved by the work he saw, Luke established SIC UK to fundraise and build awareness within Britain. SIC UK now teaches about HIV/AIDS in British high schools helping to train future leaders in international health. It has a strong fund raising wing and recruits volunteers for the Tanzanian programs. In 2005, whilst working in the Solomon Islands as part of his medical training, Luke saw the need for intervention to prevent an epidemic of HIV in the Islands. As a result he worked with the local health system and the Solomon Island government to establish a pilot program in the archipelago. Luke holds a BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology and a BM in Medicine, he currently lives and practices in New Zealand.

Phil Bokovoy
Board of Directors

Bio coming soon.

Dave Nelson
Board of Directors

Dave Nelson first worked with SIC on a consulting project in 2009-2010. As part of this project, he helped SIC develop a strategy to expand services to additional districts in Tanzania. Dave is Founder and President of EveryFit, a startup company developing wearable sensor products to motivate people to exercise. He recently graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he studied entrepreneurship. Prior to Sloan, Dave worked for four years as an investment analyst at Prudential Capital Group and achieved the CFA designation. Dave holds a BBA degree (finance emphases) from the University of Michigan.

Erica Mackey
Board of Directors, Jan 2011

Since joining the SIC staff in 2006, Erica Mackey has succeeded at making a significant impact on SIC’s mission. Shortly after graduating University of California, Los Angeles with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ms. Mackey joined the SIC management team in Tanzania. A major factor contributing to her desire to return to Tanzania was the consistent, trusting relationship that SIC builds with the communities they with work with. She has been able to contribute to these relationships as the Volunteer Programs Manager, Operations Manager, Babati District Manager and as SIC’s Executive Director and will continue to do so as a member of the board. In the fall of 2010 Erica left her position as SIC’s Executive Director to expand her capacity to impact our global community through a social entrepreneurship focused MBA program at Oxford. Erica is proud to be living proof that SIC is developing the next generation of leaders.

Lindsay Whiddon
Executive Director

Lindsay’s involvement with SIC began when she was a proud part of SIC’s inaugural volunteer program at UCLA in 2004. Prior to her role as Executive Director, she held various staff positions with Support for International Change, including Development Manager and US Operations Manager. She also previously served alongside several other organizations advocating for global health and sustainable development. Lindsay received degrees in Communications and Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. With this broad experience, she continues to emphasize a strong commitment to SIC’s vision.