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Alwyn Andrew-Mziray tragically passed away in March of 2011. Alwyn was an emergency medicine trained physician with profound interest in international medicine. He had significant management experience, having spent time in healthcare banking on wall-street at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, and thereafter as a healthcare consultant at Huron Consulting. He also served as principal at the private equity group Bio-Equity Partners, which focused on global pandemics. Alwyn co-founded WAMATA - USA, a non-governmental organization that works with people affected by HIV/AIDS; and the Lake Tanganyika floating health clinic an organization that focuses on the healthcare needs of the marginalized people of the Lake Tanganyika basin. He also sat on the board of Operation Smile in New York. Alwyn trained in emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital- Columbia and Cornell, where he received the prestigious Augustine D'Orta award. Alwyn received the combined MD/MBA from the University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Business where he concentrated on healthcare management and policy, entrepreneurship and finance. He obtained his BA in chemistry with honors from the University of Chicago. Alwyn was an avid skier, show jumper and polo player who spoke Swahili, English, Spanish, French, Kipare with native fluency. He was also a classical scholar with particular interest in the writings of Catullus, Cicero and Gaius Julius Caesar. He was a Fellow of the third class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-East Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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