MGIC Branches & Affiliates (Country Offices)

Upon UMB's request, MGIC may establish country offices to meet UMB's research and programming needs. The MGIC Board is solely authorized to open and close MGIC country offices which may be international branches or affiliates acting on behalf of UMB and MGIC. If the MGIC Board determines a new country office is needed, it arranges the most appropriate legal presence for that context, which could be as an international branch, as a new legal affiliate incorporated as a separate company limited by guarantee, or through another locally appropriate mechanism as recommended by legal counsel.

International Branches

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Haiti
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Rwanda
  • Zambia

Affiliates

  • Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation – Botswana

MGIC's Board of Directors in the US (“parent Board”) governs MGIC business and affairs in all its country office locations. In countries where MGIC is registered as a separate affiliate, the MGIC Board of Directors has established a local board to govern in alignment with the parent Board.

Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation – Botswana

MGIC-Botswana is a company limited by guarantee and is an affiliate of MGIC.

Board of Directors

Louisa A. Peartree, MBA
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, School of Medicine
Board Chairperson, MGIC-Botswana

Man E. Charaut, Ph.D.
Global Director, Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity (Ciheb) & Director, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Institute of Human Virology (IHV), School of Medicine
Board Director, MGIC-Botswana

Lillian A. Okui, MBChB, MPH
Country Representative, Botswana
Board Director, MGIC-Botswana

Anna Schowengerdt
Assistant Vice President for International Operations
Board Director and Treasurer, MGIC-Botswana