Our Team
Executive Team
Dan Kelly, MD, is founder and executive director of Global Action Foundation. Dan is also co-founder and chairperson of Wellbody.
Dan received his AB from Princeton University and MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is an internal medicine resident at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dan’s passion for helping underserved populations grew out of his work as Spanish translator for Princeton’s free clinic and administrative lead for Albert Einstein's student-run free clinic. Dan left for Sierra Leone with the support of Albert Einstein’s Global Health Fellowship after his third year of medical school. The incredible need in Sierra Leone compelled Dan to partner with Dr. Mohammed Barrie to serve the health needs of its amputated civilians.
Yachtz Radcliff Winch is co-founder and finance director of Global Action Foundation.
Yachtz is Principal of U.S. Infrastructure & New Energy Economy Hedge Fund and formerly vice-president of investments at Maxim Group, LLC and Managing Director of ARjENT
Zack Howitt is Technology and Communications Director.
Zack is currently a student at Drexel University. He has had several years of consulting experience at Deloitte and with various other profit, non-profit, and government entities. He also helps manage the GAF Website.
Rachel Ross, MD, PhD, is Volunteer Coordinator.
Rachel Ross graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Biological and Environmental Engineering. She received her MD and PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is a psychiatry research track resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mohamed Bailor Barrie, MBChB, is co-founder and executive director of Wellbody. He graduated from Sierra Leone’s only medical school in 2003. Dr. Barrie worked for the Ministery of Health and an NGO Hospital as a medical officer. He also taught pharmacology for the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences.
His passion to serve his country people developed from an opportunity to attend medical school while friends with similar backgrounds could not. Dr. Barrie comes from a poor Sierra Leonean village family.
John Woehrle is director of Pride of Lions, a feature documentary about the people of Sierra Leone. John is founder of Leonean Educational Organization (LEO) and co-founder of Kposowa Foundation. LEO is the Sierra Leonean implementing partner of Kposowa Foundation, a US non-profit based in California.
Sheila Buerkle, MBA, has 15 years of experience on the business team in commercial operations in the pharmaceutical industry, and has worked in business development and fund raising for close to ten years.
Jane Kern, CPA
Advisory Board
Kathy Kelly, Co-Founder
Allan Mayfield, MBA
Lanny Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H
