The Team

Our team has over experience in local, national, and international not-for-profits, foundations, government agencies, and social media companies. We have developed industry-leading approaches and programming to support the use of online data and tools to accomplish mission-based outcomes. 

Sohail Agha

Sohail has more than 20 years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating field-based programs in reproductive health, maternal and child health, immunization, and HIV/AIDS. Between 2015 and 2022, at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), he led the integration of social norms, behavior change and continuous program improvement approaches to BMGF programs. His focus has been on developing tools and approaches that can be understood and adopted easily by field-based practitioners and on mentoring them to implement these approaches in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.  

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Sarah Francis

With 25 years of experience designing and implementing innovative digital campaigns, Sarah knows how to bring people together for a cause.

At Upswell, she helps clients design and implement social campaigns to achieve their missions, from global health to disaster relief. Her goal, in every engagement, is give clients the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed on their own.

Drew Bernard

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in both the tech and the nonprofit fields, Drew is a rabid advocate for using technology to create a healthier, more just and joyful world.

At Upswell, Drew is focused on innovation and new initiatives, including the Behavioral Insights Lab.

Lisa Foster

Lisa Foster has over 20 years’ experience in the corporate, foundation, and non-profit sectors, leading social media, global health and political democratization programs across Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.  She most recently served as Program Manager, Global Public Policy for Facebook, where she led a global team responsible for developing partnerships to demonstrate the value of Facebook to advance health, small business growth, job creation and digital skills. Lisa was instrumental in creating and launching the Health Products team as a part of Facebook’s Social Good initiatives.  

Ifeanyi M. Nsofor

Ifeanyi is a public health physician and global health thought leader. For 24 years, he has worked in global health delivery, health research, health communication, health advocacy, digital health and global health thought leadership. He has led more than 30 researches across several African countries. In 2015, he co-led the evaluation of the African Union's intervention to end Ebola across West Africa. He is a Senior New Voices Fellow at the Aspen institute, Global Atlantic Fellow at George Washington University and Innovation Fellow at PandemicTech. He has been interviewed by The New York Times and other top media outlets.