Josh Ruxin

Josh Ruxin, MPH, PhD (born June 15, 1970) is an American businessman, writer, and founder of Health Builders (formerly the Access Project), which applies a business management approach to public health systems for economic growth and development. He is the author of A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda.

Personal life

Ruxin was born on June 15, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio. As of 2012, he lives in Kigali, Rwanda, with his wife and three children. In 2008, Ruxin and his wife Alissa opened Heaven Restaurant & Inn in the Kiyovu neighborhood of Kigali.[1][2][3][4]

Professional background

Ruxin founded and directs Health Builders (formerly the Access Project), an initiative of Columbia University that applies business principles to health problems by providing technical management assistance to rural health centers in Rwanda.[5] He also founded Rwanda Works and the Neglected Tropical Disease Control Project, and founded and directed the Millennium Villages Project in Rwanda.[6][7][8] Ruxin is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.[9] In 1999, he co-founded and served as a vice president of OTF Group, Inc, a strategy consulting firm.[5]

Ruxin serves on the Board of Directors of FilmAid International and Generation Rwanda and is a faculty member at the Clergy Leadership Project.[9]

Published works

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Heavenrwanda.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  2. ↑ "The New Times Rwanda: :: Living the Dream: Prof. Josh Ruxin: Anti-Poverty, Pro-Prosperity Crusader". Mail.newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. ↑ G. Pascal Zachary, Business 2.0 Magazine (2007-08-01). "Startup: Rwanda - August 1, 2007". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  4. ↑ "The New Times Rwanda: :: Celebrating four years of achievements with a bang". Newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  5. 1 2 "Team Biography - Team Biography - Josh Ruxin". Theaccessproject.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  6. ↑ "About Us". UN Millennium Project. 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  7. ↑ Middleton, Lee (2010-06-19). "Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?". TIME. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  8. ↑ Alex Perry/Nyamata (2007-09-26). "Seeds of Change in Rwanda". TIME. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  9. 1 2 "Josh N. Ruxin | Our Faculty | Mailman School of Public Health". Mailman.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-19.

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