Eric Ha President and CEO
Eric serves as President & CEO of Medical Teams International. Prior to serving at Medical Teams, Eric served as Chief Operating Officer at International Justice Mission. He brings over two decades of experience in human rights, international development, and organizational leadership to his daily work with Medical Teams. Prior to the International Justice Mission, Eric practiced law at Sidley Austin LLP, a full-service global law firm. Eric holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School and Bachelor of Arts with Special Honors in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area with his wife, Liz, and their three children.
Lauren Taylor Chief of International Programs
Lauren comes to us with a background in international relief and development, experience working in fragile contexts, and bringing a passion for moving people out of trauma and suffering into healing, wholeness, empowerment, and opportunity. Lauren’s most recent assignment is National Director of World Vision International’s Jerusalem/West Bank/Gaza program, where she has served for the past five years. Lauren has also worked at the regional level in a technical leadership role, overseeing a Development, Learning & Impact team. Additionally, she brings experience at a headquarters level, managing technical specialists (including health), country program mangers and grant proposal and report writers.
Tricia Caldwell Chief Development Officer
Tricia is a people-first leader with an impressive history in sales and marketing, having served in high-impact leadership roles for more than 20 years. With an MBA from George Fox University, Tricia spent most of her career developing the for-profit side of business, leading teams at Starbucks and Stash Tea. She joined Medical Teams International in March of 2020 just as the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading across the world. Over the past few years, Tricia’s leadership has proved invaluable in several different roles within the organization, the most recent of which is Interim Vice President of Marketing and Development.
Sam Wehbe Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Finance
Humanitarian aid vehicles and services were a familiar sight for Sam as a child growing up in war-torn Lebanon in the 80s, so when he joined Medical Teams in 2022, it was a full-circle moment. Sam has more than 17 years of international development experience in various sectors. In addition to leading the functions of finance and accounting, Sam led change management efforts, established finance departments in multiple countries, designed financial and operational workflow processes, and headed risk mitigation initiatives. His career took him to several exciting international posts in Turkey, Ghana, Iraq, and Lebanon, and he oversaw the financial management of development programs in Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Rwanda, and Madagascar. Sam lives with his wife, three children, and their dog, Pepper, in Maryland.
Joe DiCarlo Interim Director, US Programs
Joe is a 25-year veteran of Medical Teams, coming alongside the organization during our emergency response to Hurricane Mitch in 1998 in Honduras. Joe played a critical role in building our reputation in disaster response with innovative and highly effective programming and has been instrumental in developing international program alliances with partners around the world.
Maggie Weaver Director, Human Resources
With more than 15 years of expertise in HR and Operations, Maggie is a people and systems focused leader who prioritizes culture, process improvement, and capacity building to equip organizations to leverage the full power one of their most valuable assets – their people. Maggie, who has held Director, Vice President and Founder roles, describes herself as a serial entrepreneur who has built businesses and organizations from the ground up wearing nearly every hat. These experiences have been foundational to understanding the pivotal role HR serves as an enabling function to business success. Maggie, who proudly hails from the great state of Montana, holds a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Montana.
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