Our Team
Staff
Denise Soltis, B.S. Pharm, MSGH
Executive Director (U.S.)
Leonard Otiende
Umoja Project Director (Kenya)
Jeremiah "Jerry" Owaka
Umoja Project Officer (Kenya)
George Onyango
Umoja Field Officer (Kenya)
Linda Olasya
Umoja Project Deputy Director (Kenya)
Carolyne Anyango Opiyo
Umoja Field Officer (Kenya)
Board of Directors
Officers:
Dr. James Lemons, M.D. – Chairperson
Riley Hospital; Indiana University Health Physicians; Indiana University School of Medicine – Professor of Pediatrics
Second Presbyterian Church
Evans Machogu – Treasurer
Indiana School of Medicine, Riley Hospital -Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Native of Kenya
Board Members:
Todd Daniels-Howell
Indiana University – Associate Dean for Collections (retired)
North United Methodist Church
Adele Hoskin
Librarian (retired)
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Joyce Peipert
Pediatric Dietician (retired)
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Carol Frohlich
Musician (retired)
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Saimir Qalliu
Colliers International – Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director
Al Huda Foundation
Catherine Reese
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. – Attorney
Second Presbyterian Church
Taylor Luster
Indiana University School of Medicine – Student
Kristin Johnson
Cecil College – Chemistry Lecturer and Laboratory Instructor
Formerly North United Methodist Church
Tonia Hassinger
Social Worker (retired)
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