Dr Christine Martey-Ochola

She sits on the advisory board of the Philadelphia based World Health Care Infrastructures, an organization that partners with countries, NGOs, hospitals, and clinics to establish sustainable health care provision and health education, especially in the area of HIV/AIDS management.  In addition to fundraising, she advises on sustainable and culturally relevant methods of implementing successful HIV/AIDS programming in Africa.  She also sits on the board of the Logiri Women's group, of Wimagak village in Kenya, where she plays an integral role in programming, fundraising and linkages with external organizations. Dr. Ochola has also had extensive experience in Africa working with groups both in the urban and rural areas and has facilitated public-private partnerships between US and African organizations, in addition to coordinating rural youth entrepreneurial activities.

Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola, founder and current president of the US-Kenya Chamber of Commerce has had significant experience in facilitating trade and investment between the US and Africa.  Under her direction the chamber runs various trade missions into Africa and reverse trade missions into the US, assisted US company entry into Kenya (with increased employment), established reconnaissance missions, and also facilitated US business entry into the African market. She has developed strong ties with the public, private and Civil societies in multiple African countries and has also established an efficient and reliable network in Eastern and Southern Africa that assists in doing reconnaissance missions for companies seeking entry into those markets.  Dr. Ochola has presented at various events that focus on enhanced bilateral trade opportunities in the US and African emerging markets in addition to facilitating meetings between US based business professionals and potential partners.  She is a coach for African SME businesses seeking opportunities in the US market on topics such as: Doing business in the US, Packaging and product entry, Business to Business communication, Transparency and Communication, and US business culture and expectations.

Dr. Ochola has also had a successful career in the academe, teaching in the chemistry department at Villanova University.  She runs research in the areas of: cancer chemotherapeutics and controlled drug release, isolation of beneficial cancer chemotherapeutics from herbal infusions, impact of cigarette smoke toxicants on normal human lung cells, and the effect of nanoparticles on normal lung cells.  Dr. Ochola is a member of the business committee of the Philadelphia Mayor's commission on African and Caribbean Affairs, is on the advisory board of the Center for International Business Education and Research at Temple University's Fox School of Business, and is the senior outreach liaison and advisor for the Great lakes Region (East Africa) Health and Environmental Affairs division of FirstSource Worldwide.