Gates Foundation Debuts Ombuds Program

Bathabile Mthombeni, Caitlan Hendrickson, and Alnoor Maherali are the first Ombuds for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest charitable foundation. They will serve 3,000 staff and contingent workers at the BMGF headquarters in Seattle and offices in Washington, DC, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom. Their services will be provided under a contract with MWI in Boston, which requires adherence to IOA standards.

Mthombeni is currently the Ombuds for Binghamton University and the past Associate Ombuds at Columbia University. Hendrickson is an Ombuds for FEMA and the former Ombuds for the University of Arizona. Maherali recently served as an inaugural Ombuds for CVS. All three have been out-sourced Ombuds for other MWI clients. (Link to public info to be provided when available.)

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