Leadership

Svetha Janumpalli

Founder and CEO

Pratyush Agarwal

Co-Founder and COO

Mubarak Bawa

Operations Director

Nura Muhammad

Stakeholder Relations Director

Dhanasiddharth Selvam

Director of Technology

Jobel De Rosas

Director of Finance

Vanessa Sabido

Program Manager

Benjamin Isaac

Security Director

Khaly Zira

HR Director

Senior Managers

Gladys Muriithi

Compliance Coordinator

Ahmad Liadi

Operations Coordinator

Mustapha Kabir

Operations Coordinator

Ibrahim Rabiu

Operations Coordinator

Stephen Brian Purdie

Data Protection Officer

Liz Hixson

Senior Communications and Development Associate

Kirsten Bunkeddeko

Program Manager

Kennedy Theman

Expansion Coordinator

Aliyu Idris

State Field Manager

Abdulazeez Abdullahi

State Field Manager

Avindia Musa

State Field Manager

Bello Bello

State Field Manager

Kozah Bognet

State Field Manager

Yusuf Umar

State Field Manager

Salihu Abubakar Garba

State Field Manager

Yusuf Yahaya

State Field Manager

Ibrahim Kabiru

State Field Manager

Abubakar Sadiq

State Field Manager

Tijjani Usman

Audits and Investigation Manager

Abdulmalik Danmaliki

Audits and Investigation Manager

Abdulwahab Yusuf

Senior States Partnerships Manager

Richard Esitime Ndifreke

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Joshua Galarosa

Accounting Manager

Additional Team Members

Our team consists of over 3,200 staff—with more than 2,800 team members based in Nigeria.

Below you will find a snapshot of other positions within the organization that play important roles in implementing our cost-effective, high-impact program.

  1. Accountants | 6
  2. Assistant Expansion Managers | 6
  3. Assistant Field Managers | 186
  4. Assistant HR Manager | 2
  5. Assistant Security Manager | 1
  6. Auditors | 62
  7. Auditors (Level 2) | 10
  8. Communications Associate | 1
  9. Console Agents | 111
  10. Console Supervisors | 21
  11. Developers | 9
  12. Field Managers (Level 1) | 33
  13. Field Managers (Level 2) | 6
  14. Field Officers (Level 1) | 2,125
  15. Field Officers (Level 2) | 169
  16. Field Officers (Level 3) | 36
  17. Field Operations Support | 1
  1. HR Officers | 7
  2. IT Support | 13
  3. Monitoring and Evaluation Officers | 8
  4. Monitoring and Evaluation Officers (Level 2) | 3
  5. Monitoring and Learning Officer  | 2
  6. Monitoring and Learning Officer (Level 2)  | 1
  7. Program Assistants | 12
  8. Program Associate | 1
  9. Safety and Security Officers | 8
  10. Senior Accountants | 2
  11. Senior Auditors | 7
  12. Senior Console Supervisors | 6
  13. Stakeholder Relations Managers | 2
  14. Stakeholder Relations Officers | 10
  15. Supply Side Officers | 10
  16. Transcribers | 267

Joining the Team

As we continue to scale up our program, we are always hiring for various positions. Check out our Breezy HR profile to learn more information about current job openings and to apply.

Current Job Openings

Government Partners

Advisors

Alhaji Aminu Danmalam

Alhaji Aminu Danmalam (DanMalam din Dutse) retired from his position as the Director of Primary Healthcare of Jigawa State with over 21 years of experience in public health. He also served as a District Head of Aujara (Dutse Emirate Council). During his four years as a member of the Jigawa State Health Sector Reform Forum, he actively participated as a catalyst in the reform and transformation of the state health sector into a decentralized and integrated district health system. He was trained in health system development in Galilee, Israel, and as an International Health Consultant at the University of Liverpool.

Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab

Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab is a medical doctor and public health/health systems expert with over 20 years experience in the health sector. He is currently the Senior Health Advisor with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat. Previously, he was a Director of Public Health in the Yobe State Ministry of Health, a State Team Manager, Deputy National Programme Manager, and, subsequently, the National Programme Manager of the Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria/Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PRRINN/MNCH). He also worked as the Deputy Country Director/Programme Director Essential Medicines with the Clinton Health Initiatives (CHAI).

Praveen Seshadri

Praveen is a technology entrepreneur with a PhD in Computer Science. He was the founder and CEO of AppSheet, a startup that created a leading no-code application platform. After AppSheet's acquisition by Google, he has held the role of Distinguished Software Engineer at Google. Earlier in his career, he was a professor at Cornell University and an executive at Microsoft. Praveen is engaged with nonprofit efforts that address education in India, immunization in Africa, and prison reform in the USA.

Jeffrey Paul Leniger

Jeff brings many years of nonprofit leadership and public finance expertise to New Incentives. In his prior journeys, he worked as an executive and director in youth welfare charities/NGOs such as Urban Peak, Tennyson Center for Children, and Second Wind Fund, and is a longtime individual donor at GiveWell. His personal and professional passion is building an impactful career at the most impactful organizations—his favorite phrase might be “cost-effective”! Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and contributes to audit and tax evaluation on the Audit Committee. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and contributes to reviewing and monitoring the organization’s anti-fraud controls. He is thrilled to provide strategic value to the New Incentives team.

Alhaji Aminu Danmalam
Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab
Praveen Seshadri

Strategic Consultants

Anna Heard
Karen Levy
Michael O’Neill

Karen Levy

Karen Levy is a founding partner of Fit for Purpose, an Africa-focused strategic and technical advisory practice focused on helping leaders in global development scale the impact of their work. She is an international development professional with over 20 years of experience living in Kenya and working in Africa and Asia. A serial social entrepreneur, Karen has an extensive track record of bringing evidence-based programs and organizations from concept stage to scale. Karen has served as an advisor and mentor to New Incentives since 2017.

Michael O’Neill

Michael O’Neill is a recognized leader in international safety and security risk management, having begun his professional career in 1995. He is a highly respected global thought leader and strategist in the development and professionalization of international NGO safety and security risk management. Michael is the Chair of the International NGO Safety and Security Association (INSSA). He served as the Director of Global Safety and Security and as a Senior Adviser at Save the Children from 2002 - 2017.

Anna Heard

Anna Heard is an independent consultant providing guidance on monitoring and evaluation. Anna served as a Senior Evaluation Specialist at International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), where she first provided quality assurance on IDinsight’s impact evaluation of New Incentives. Anna has been working on topics related to global public health since 2004, with a focus on monitoring and evaluation and impact evaluation.  Anna holds a doctorate (and masters) in Global Health and Population from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BA in biology from Williams College.

Board

Salina Yeung

Salina is a finance professional with extensive experience in financial management and reporting, investments oversight, and financial planning and analysis. Salina is a strategic thinker and gained her diverse perspectives from working in public accounting, private industry, and investment firms and from providing volunteer services to various nonprofits. She is passionate about making the world a better place and hopes that her contributions result in a positive impact. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

Michael F. Thomas

Michael is a professional with more than 16 years of leadership experience in the vaccine industry and NGO sector and as a consultant and adviser. He is currently Principal at Global BioStrat, LLC, a vaccine advisory firm serving public and private organizations throughout the world. Until 2019, Michael was Director of Supply and Demand at Gavi, with responsibility for vaccine implementation and market-shaping activities. While at Gavi, he was engaged in immunization program planning and vaccine-related procurement in support of eligible low- and middle- income countries in coordination with Gavi’s alliance partners. Previously, he was Senior Managing Director at Red Team Associates, where he directed client projects in support of vaccine commercial expansion. Michael has served as Head of US Vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline and Senior VP/General Manager at Merck Vaccines, where he launched several new vaccines and managed the commercial operations in the US and globally. Michael has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Patrick Stadler

Patrick is a Director at the NGO incubation program Charity Entrepreneurship and mentor to evidence-based startups. Previously, he was a political adviser for Switzerland’s economic development agency, where he participated in the negotiations on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. He also worked on strategic communications in the context of peacebuilding and mediation at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs in New York. Patrick was a co-founder and is currently chair of the board of New Incentives.

Jeffrey Paul Leniger

Jeff brings many years of nonprofit leadership and public finance expertise to New Incentives. In his prior journeys, he worked as an executive and director in youth welfare charities/NGOs such as Urban Peak, Tennyson Center for Children, and Second Wind Fund, and is a longtime individual donor at GiveWell. His personal and professional passion is building an impactful career at the most impactful organizations—his favorite phrase might be “cost-effective”! Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and contributes to audit and tax evaluation on the Audit Committee. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and contributes to reviewing and monitoring the organization’s anti-fraud controls. He is thrilled to provide strategic value to the New Incentives team.

Svetha Janumpalli

Svetha is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Incentives, an organization she started in 2011 after doing research with faculty at the Center for Effective Global Action to evaluate leading conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs). She built New Incentives, a nonprofit that provides cash incentives to increase uptake of routine immunizations, as a way to introduce the nonprofit sector to CCTs because they are among the most well-studied evidence-based development tools in the world. With her background in impact evaluation and field research, Svetha has brought together policymakers, development researchers, and NGO partners to create a scalable intervention that is now known to be one of the most cost-effective ways to save a life. Svetha has 15+ years of international development experience, was highlighted as a Changemaker by the Clinton Global Initiative, was named a Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Social Entrepreneur, and participated in Y Combinator in 2016. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Global Studies and Economics from the University of Minnesota. Svetha’s visionary and ethical leadership drives New Incentives’ ability to meet complex challenges and remain transparent, accountable, and data-driven.

Pratyush Agarwal

Prat is the Co-Founder and COO of New Incentives. Prat leverages a diverse background in business strategy, project management, and team leadership, working closely with staff members, partners, and other stakeholders to streamline processes, optimize resources, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and effectiveness. He’s played a key role in growing the New Incentives team from a start-up of 10 people to over 3,000. Prior to joining New Incentives full-time in 2016, Prat worked at technology startups, helping them to achieve product-market fit, while continuing a lifelong commitment to nonprofit innovation. Born and raised in Nepal, Prat graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in Economics. While an undergraduate, he led the Student Initiative for International Development while starting his first company, and in 2016 he participated in Y Combinator. For nearly 15 years, he has been helping businesses and nonprofits innovatively scale. He is relentlessly passionate about driving organizational excellence and has been instrumental in growing New Incentives, which now has thousands of employees and reaches millions of infants each year.

Michael O’Neill

Michael O’Neill is a recognized leader in international safety and security risk management, having begun his professional career in 1995. He is a highly respected global thought leader and strategist in the development and professionalization of international NGO safety and security risk management. Michael is the Chair of the International NGO Safety and Security Association (INSSA). He served as the Director of Global Safety and Security and as a Senior Adviser at Save the Children from 2002 - 2017.

Karen Levy

Karen Levy is a founding partner of Fit for Purpose, an Africa-focused strategic and technical advisory practice focused on helping leaders in global development scale the impact of their work. She is an international development professional with over 20 years of experience living in Kenya and working in Africa and Asia. A serial social entrepreneur, Karen has an extensive track record of bringing evidence-based programs and organizations from concept stage to scale. Karen has served as an advisor and mentor to New Incentives since 2017.

Alhaji Aminu Danmalam

Alhaji Aminu Danmalam (DanMalam din Dutse) retired from his position as the Director of Primary Healthcare of Jigawa State with over 21 years of experience in public health. He also served as a District Head of Aujara (Dutse Emirate Council). During his four years as a member of the Jigawa State Health Sector Reform Forum, he actively participated as a catalyst in the reform and transformation of the state health sector into a decentralized and integrated district health system. He was trained in health system development in Galilee, Israel, and as an International Health Consultant at the University of Liverpool.

Salina Yeung

Salina is a finance professional with extensive experience in financial management and reporting, investments oversight, and financial planning and analysis. Salina is a strategic thinker and gained her diverse perspectives from working in public accounting, private industry, and investment firms and from providing volunteer services to various nonprofits. She is passionate about making the world a better place and hopes that her contributions result in a positive impact. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab

Dr. Ahmad Abdulwahab is a medical doctor and public health/health systems expert with over 20 years experience in the health sector. He is currently the Senior Health Advisor with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat. Previously, he was a Director of Public Health in the Yobe State Ministry of Health, a State Team Manager, Deputy National Programme Manager, and, subsequently, the National Programme Manager of the Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria/Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PRRINN/MNCH). He also worked as the Deputy Country Director/Programme Director Essential Medicines with the Clinton Health Initiatives (CHAI).

Michael F. Thomas

Michael is a professional with more than 16 years of leadership experience in the vaccine industry and NGO sector and as a consultant and adviser. He is currently Principal at Global BioStrat, LLC, a vaccine advisory firm serving public and private organizations throughout the world. Until 2019, Michael was Director of Supply and Demand at Gavi, with responsibility for vaccine implementation and market-shaping activities. While at Gavi, he was engaged in immunization program planning and vaccine-related procurement in support of eligible low- and middle- income countries in coordination with Gavi’s alliance partners. Previously, he was Senior Managing Director at Red Team Associates, where he directed client projects in support of vaccine commercial expansion. Michael has served as Head of US Vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline and Senior VP/General Manager at Merck Vaccines, where he launched several new vaccines and managed the commercial operations in the US and globally. Michael has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Salina Yeung
Michael F. Thomas
Patrick Stadler
Jeffrey Paul Leniger
Svetha Janumpalli
Pratyush Agarwal

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