The People Behind the Work
Founders & Board
LUGF was founded by a small, deeply experienced group who have worked together across more than a decade of field practice, research, and publication — bringing together public health, malaria elimination, leadership and organisation development, quality improvement, and community strengthening. The Foundation is incorporated and managed in South Africa.
LUGF was founded by a small, deeply experienced group who have worked together across more than a decade of field practice, research, and publication — bringing together public health, malaria elimination, leadership and organisation development, quality improvement, and community strengthening. The Foundation is incorporated and managed in South Africa.
Precious Chitapi
Precious is the driving force behind LUGF's day-to-day operations. Based in Harare, she founded Precious Innovations, a Zimbabwean organisation that has been central to the design and implementation of the LEAD Framework in Zimbabwe since its inception. She has provided both project administration and programme supervision across the OPTIMISE HIV integration project and the malaria elimination programmes. She is a co-author on multiple peer-reviewed publications.
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Professor Dr Roland Gosling
Roland is an internationally recognised global health scientist and malaria elimination specialist. He has held positions at the Malaria Elimination Initiative at UC San Francisco, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and serves through Pelumbra Limited. His foundational research into the management and programme gaps that slow malaria elimination — published in The Lancet and leading journals — directly shaped the intellectual origins of LEAD. He brings rigorous epidemiological and policy expertise to the Foundation's Board.
Dr Joseph Murungu
Joseph brings deep expertise in quality improvement and public health implementation, developed through his work with HEALTHQUAL at UC San Francisco's Institute of Global Health Sciences. He has been central to implementing and evaluating the quality improvement components of LEAD across Zimbabwe and Namibia, and has contributed to methodology, project administration, and co-authorship across multiple published studies.
Professor Dr Roland Gosling
Roland is an internationally recognised global health scientist and malaria elimination specialist. He has held positions at the Malaria Elimination Initiative at UC San Francisco, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and serves through Pelumbra Limited. His foundational research into the management and programme gaps that slow malaria elimination — published in The Lancet and leading journals — directly shaped the intellectual origins of LEAD. He brings rigorous epidemiological and policy expertise to the Foundation's Board.
Dr Joseph Murungu
Joseph brings deep expertise in quality improvement and public health implementation, developed through his work with HEALTHQUAL at UC San Francisco's Institute of Global Health Sciences. He has been central to implementing and evaluating the quality improvement components of LEAD across Zimbabwe and Namibia, and has contributed to methodology, project administration, and co-authorship across multiple published studies.
Public Officer
Public Officer
Dr Rudo Sanyanga Hungwe
Water Resources Management
Rudo is an Aquatic Ecologist who also specialises in Environmental and Social Safeguards . Rudo has extensive experience supporting donor-funded programmes across Zimbabwe and the Southern African region. Her work spans the water, agriculture, infrastructure, and rural development sectors, with expertise in environmental and social impact assessments, gender and social inclusion, occupational health and safety, and safeguards compliance. She has contributed to a wide range of regional and national initiatives involving development projects, and institutional strengthening in her areas of expertise. As Public Officer for LUGF, Rudo supports the Foundation’s governance and accountability functions. Her experience working with multidisciplinary teams, government institutions, development partners, and local communities brings valuable oversight to the organisation’s work.
Dr Rudo Sanyanga Hungwe
Water Resources Management
Rudo is an Aquatic Ecologist who also specialises in Environmental and Social Safeguards . Rudo has extensive experience supporting donor-funded programmes across Zimbabwe and the Southern African region. Her work spans the water, agriculture, infrastructure, and rural development sectors, with expertise in environmental and social impact assessments, gender and social inclusion, occupational health and safety, and safeguards compliance. She has contributed to a wide range of regional and national initiatives involving development projects, and institutional strengthening in her areas of expertise. As Public Officer for LUGF, Rudo supports the Foundation’s governance and accountability functions. Her experience working with multidisciplinary teams, government institutions, development partners, and local communities brings valuable oversight to the organisation’s work.
Founding Members
Founding Members
Professor Peter Case
Peter is a Professor of Organisation Studies with appointments at the University of the West of England's Bristol Business School, James Cook University in Australia, and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is one of LEAD's principal architects — contributing the organisation development and participatory action research methods that give LEAD its distinctive participatory character.
Dr Amanda Marr Chung
Amanda is a global health researcher and implementation scientist based at Stanford University. She has been the lead researcher across LUGF's published body of work — leading the OPTIMISE project and authoring or co-authoring studies in BMJ Global Health, PLOS Global Public Health, Malaria Journal, and other leading journals. Her work brings the rigour of academic research to the practical realities of health system implementation, ensuring that what LUGF learns in the field contributes to the global evidence base.
Professor Peter Case
Peter is a Professor of Organisation Studies with appointments at the University of the West of England's Bristol Business School, James Cook University in Australia, and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is one of LEAD's principal architects — contributing the organisation development and participatory action research methods that give LEAD its distinctive participatory character.
Dr Amanda Marr Chung
Amanda is a global health researcher and implementation scientist based at Stanford University. She has been the lead researcher across LUGF's published body of work — leading the OPTIMISE project and authoring or co-authoring studies in BMJ Global Health, PLOS Global Public Health, Malaria Journal, and other leading journals. Her work brings the rigour of academic research to the practical realities of health system implementation, ensuring that what LUGF learns in the field contributes to the global evidence base.
Professor Jonathan Gosling
University of Exeter
Jonathan is Emeritus Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter Business School, and one of the world's leading thinkers on leadership development in complex settings. He was lead author of the landmark 2014 UCSF report that called for management to be placed at the centre of malaria elimination — and went on to co-design and deliver the LEAD Framework across its earliest implementations.
Tatenda Ruwuyu
Tatenda is a marketing and communications expert with over ten years of experience working across a wide range of sectors — including non-governmental organisations, manufacturing, banking, mining, and health. She brings strategic communications expertise to the LUGF team, helping to ensure that the work of the Foundation reaches and resonates with the audiences who need to hear it.
Professor Jonathan Gosling
University of Exeter
Jonathan is Emeritus Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter Business School, and one of the world's leading thinkers on leadership development in complex settings. He was lead author of the landmark 2014 UCSF report that called for management to be placed at the centre of malaria elimination — and went on to co-design and deliver the LEAD Framework across its earliest implementations.
Tatenda Ruwuyu
Tatenda is a marketing and communications expert with over ten years of experience working across a wide range of sectors — including non-governmental organisations, manufacturing, banking, mining, and health. She brings strategic communications expertise to the LUGF team, helping to ensure that the work of the Foundation reaches and resonates with the audiences who need to hear it.