Project HOPE CEO and leadership

A recognized global health leader, Dr. Tom Kenyon has long been at the forefront of responding to some of the world’s deadliest epidemics and long-term health challenges. Before returning to Project HOPE in 2015 as the CEO, Dr. Kenyon held numerous senior global health leadership positions over a 21 year career with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to be full time with programs, Dr. Kenyon became Chief Health Officer at Project HOPE in July, 2019.

Dr. Kenyon worked for 22 years on the front lines at the country level, including Grenada, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, and Ethiopia, as a pediatrician, researcher, epidemiologist, and team leader. He was a key player in CDC's mobilization against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014, and has spent most of his career engaged with countries in the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS, TB, and child mortality.

He also held two senior executive level global health positions in the U.S. government, including Principal Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from 2006-2008, and as the Director of the CDC Center for Global Health from 2013-2015, where he oversaw CDC’s global health work in 65 countries. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kenyon served as Regional Director for Africa at Project HOPE, as Director of Communicable Diseases for the Chicago Department of Health, and as a practicing pediatrician in Tucson, Arizona.

Cinira Baldi is a VP, Chief Development & Communications Officer at Project HOPE and is based in Millwood, Virginia. She has worked as Director, Retail Sales, Marketing & Operations at CENTURYLINK, INC; Director, Marketing Communications at CENTURYLINK, INC; and Channel Manager, Retail Stores at Qwest Wireless. Cinira studied at Barry University and GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.

Sergey Nikolin is a Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer at Project HOPE and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. He has worked as Financial Controller at PartnersGlobal, Deputy Controller at USAID - US Agency for International Development, and Staff Senior Accountant at Various Companies / Private Sector. Sergey attended Moscow State Academy of Press between 1989 and 1995 and California State University, East Bay between 1996 and 1998.