Our Team
Umoja Staff - U.S.
Denise Soltis, Executive Director
Amanda Bailey, Administrative Coordinator
Umoja Staff - Kenya
Linda Olasya, Interim Project Director
Jerry Owaka, Project Officer
George Onango, Field Officer
Carolyne Anyango Opiyo, Field Officer
Lydia Ester Digo, Field Officer
Beatrice Atieno Osir, Assistant Field Officer
Victoria Akinyi Okoth, Assistant Field Officer
Norbert Ouko, Librarian
Dominic Otieno Nodong'a, Library Assistant
Brian Otieno Owino, Library Assistant
Erick Otieno Otieno, UTTTI Lead
Sharon Akinyi Odhiambo, UTTTI Staff
Kennedy Odhiambo Nyamboga, Driver
Brian Ochieng Onyango, Project Assistant
Consolater Awuor, Project Assistant
Board of Directors
Board Officers
Angela- Chairperson – Chairperson
Pharmacist, Faculty and Assistant Dean at Bulter University, Retired May 2025
Multiple visits to Kenya
Adele Hoskins – Secretary
Retired Librarian
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Multiple visits to Kenya
Tonia Hassinger – Treasurer
Retired Social Worker
Regular visitor to Kenya
Board Members:
Carol Frohlich
Retired Musician
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Visited Kenya.
Debroah Lyons
Doctorate in Nursing, Master’s in Nursing Leadership, Registered Nurse
Second Presbyterian Church
Joyce Peipert
Retired Pediatric Dietician
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Sarah Wagner
Nurse
Regular visitor to Kenya in Eldoret
Second Presbyterian Church
Kristin Johnson
Instructor of Biology
Former North United Methodist Church Member
Visited Kenya.
William Merserve
Background in Financial Guidance and Social Cause Commitment
Kenya Connection
Second Presbyterian Church
Michelle Smith
Retired Entomologist
Partner Congregations
The Umoja Partnership brings together people of diverse faiths and backgrounds, united to serve a purpose bigger than ourselves. We welcome any congregation or group interested in joining our mission.
Our U.S partners:
- Alhuda Foundation
- All Souls Unitarian
- Congregation Beth El Zedeck
- Hindu Temple of Central Indiana
- Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
- Iqra Center/Muslim Alliance of Indiana
- New Restoration Outreach Christian Center
- North United Methodist
- Northminster Presbyterian
- Second Presbyterian
- St. Louis de Montfort Catholic
- St. Luke’s United Methodist
- St. Pius X Catholic
- Tabernacle Presbyterian
Our Kenyan partners:
- African Inland Church
- Miracle Centre
- Anglican Church of Kenya
- Roman Catholic Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- God’s Last Appeal
- Israel Nineveh
- Legion Maria
- Mercy Holy Ghost Church
- Pentecostal Assembly of God
- Lakeside Church of Christ
- Redeemed Gospel Church
- Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Voice of Salvation