Evelyn Castle

Evelyn co-founded eHA in 2009. She served as Executive Director from 2009 to 2021, during that period she provided executive management for the entire organization as well as programmatic and strategic leadership in the framework of eHA's business development and relationship building. She also headed eHA’s office in Sierra Leone and provided thought-leadership for eHA’s strategic capacity building.

Evelyn’s efforts were key to raising over $35m in funding over eHA's first four years. In 2014/2015, she led eHA to triple staff capacity in 12 months and oversaw the organizational development of eHA’s expansion from 1 country to 4 countries including staff organization, restructuring, and program development.

Evelyn has received a number of awards including an Honorable Mention at the UC Berkeley Big Ideas Competition for Technology in Interest of Society, and a first place award with the Rick Hooper Scholarship Foundation on her thesis looking at Women’s Human Rights and Access to Health Care in Muslim Societies of Northern Nigeria. Prior to founding eHA, Evelyn acted as Fellow of the Global Information Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Evelyn read Health Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Walden University.