Who We Are

Dr. Nathaniel T. Blama Sr.

Board Chairman

Dr. Nathaniel T. Blama Sr joined our board in 2020 and brings over 20 years of experience as a Humanitarian, Environmentalist, Developer, Policymaker, Musician, Philanthropic, Nationalist, and a Social worker. Dr. Blama was appointed by the President of Liberia in 2018 as Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where he secured funds to acquire 6 new vehicles and over 100 motorbikes to empower the Agency's Environmental Compliance monitoring across all 15 Counties of Liberia. He led a team of Parliamentarians to Accra on a South-South Policy exchange on the ratification of the Paris Agreement in June 2018, which gave Liberia the opportunity to continuously receive financial support from the EU and other developed countries for climate action. Under his leadership, Liberia received an approved US$22 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to scale up investment and technology transfer in Liberia and ten other developing countries. Prior to serving as Executive Director, he held several positions including Deputy Executive Director, Chief Technical Advisor to the Management Team, and Program Coordinator for the UNDP/GOL Energy and Environment Program.

Hon. Alexander N. Duopu

Co-Chairman / Financial Affairs

Hon. Alexander N. Duopu is a financial expert with over 20 years of experience. He holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Liberia, a Master of Science in Accounting (2007), and a Master of Business Administration in Accounting (2009) with emphasis in Finance from Strayer University, Pennsylvania, USA. He served as Chief Accountant at the National Investment Commission (NIC) in Liberia (1997–2005), Investment Accountant at PNC Global Investment Servicing (2005–2010), Financial Consultant at JFK Medical Center, Liberia (2010–2011), and Head of Secretariat/Officer in Charge at Liberia's Financial Intelligence Unit (2012–2014). He also served as Associate Professor at the University of Liberia, Cuttington University, and United Methodist University. In 2018, he was appointed by the President of Liberia as Deputy Minister of Instructions at the Ministry of Education.

Amb. Leo E. Tiah

Founder & Executive Director / Secretary

Amb. Leo E. Tiah is the Founder and Executive Director of the Youth Network for Positive Change (YOUNETPO). He is an astute youth advocate and activist who has dedicated over a decade to youth development through capacity building, program design, high-level representation, mentorship, and coaching. His leadership has enabled YOUNETPO to secure grants from international organizations including FHI360, Plan International, EANNASO (Tanzania), ACT Africa (Accra), the Global Fund, USAID, EPA, and the Pan African Think Tank (USA). He is the recipient of the Emerging Climate Activist of the Year award (2021), was named Youth Advocate of the Year (2022, Accra, Ghana), and was awarded the prestigious Kwame Nkrumah Medal of Honor for Transformational Leadership in Africa. He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Management, is a distinguished fellow of the Africa Institute of Public Administration, and was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Public Administration (DPA-Honoris Causa) in recognition of his meritorious service to humanity.

Mrs. Fatu M. Kamara Foster

Board Member

Mrs. Fatu M. Kamara Foster is a public health professional with a Master's degree in Public Health and a Bachelor's in Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience in program development, implementation, and management across humanitarian emergency and development settings, with excellent skills in implementing HIV/AIDS-related projects among key, vulnerable, and priority populations — contributing significantly to Liberia's progress toward the 95-95-95 global HIV target. She also has extensive experience implementing Malaria, health system strengthening, and sexual reproductive health and rights programs, with a clear understanding of gender equality and human rights. She has managed large grants including a Global Fund award exceeding US$10.6 million, and has proven excellence in budget formulation, risk management, internal controls, quality assurance, and donor reporting across The Global Fund, USAID, DFID, EU, and UN agencies.

Martin B. Mugerwa has been a member of the Board of YOUNETPO since 2021 and has nearly 10 years of experience implementing and managing Behavior Change and HIV-related programs and life skills instruction, along with considerable experience in human rights programming, campaigning, and advocacy. Martin currently serves as Country Director at Youth Alive Liberia, an organization that works with children, adolescents, and young adults ages 9–35 to lead healthy and proactive lifestyles. He has successfully fundraised for civil society organizations through proposal writing and project appraisals from donors such as UNICEF, AJWS, UNAIDS, UN Women, and Kvinna till Kvinna, with recent funding directed toward epidemic control and linkage of key populations into HIV care and treatment, funded by USAID through PEPFAR and implemented by FHI360. In November 2018, Martin was recognized in London by the Trust Conference as one of the 60 leading activists across the world at the forefront of the fight for Human Rights.