Meet the Team

Sr. Columba

Sister Columba John Thadey, SFCC

Sister Columba has been a teacher and counselor at Loyola High School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for 15 years. During this time, she also co-founded the Loyola Charity Fund to provide scholarships to underprivileged children.

She holds many leadership roles at the school. Her most prominent positions include being the coordinator of both the Boston College High School Partnership and the Jesuit Endowment Fund. Her religious community, the Sisters for Christian Community, recently named her the Regional Communication Coordinator for East Africa.

Sister Columba’s commitment to faith and service led her to found the Divine Mercy Centre.

Tanzanian Advisory Board

Dr. Andrew I. Binde

Former dean of SCTE University of Dodoma

Andrew Minja

Co-founder at Nexan Technologies Ltd, BSc (Hons) in Computing from African Leadership University

Mrs. Helen Mkama Lutege

MBA: Women Empowerment Solutions Tanzania

Mr. Mbogo Alexander Munubi

MBA, CPA

Fr. Valence John Kisaka

OFM: Parish priest at St. Bonaventure

U.S. Team

Alyson Rockhold

Communications Manager

Andrew Minja

Coordinator between Tanzanian Board and U.S. Team

Dave Van Tiem

Former Executive Vice President of Delta Insurance

Jeanne Van Tiem

English professor (retired)

Scott Painter

Rector of Grace Episcopal Church with degrees from Evangel University, University of Houston, and Seminary of the Southwest