Kevin leads Mulago. He had a perfectly good career in medicine when he stumbled into philanthropy in 1994. His friend and mentor Rainer Arnhold died suddenly when they were working together in Bolivia. Rainer had established Mulago years before, and Kevin joined with the Arnhold family to figure how it could carry on Rainer's work.
Kevin spent most of that first decade with organizations in the field, trying to figure out what works. The whole enterprise became so compelling that he gradually made a full transition from medicine to Mulago.
Kevin then established the Mulago’s Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program in 2003 to help great social entrepreneurs design for impact and strategize for scale. Over time, the fellows program became the major onramp for Mulago funding. In 2016, he and Kristin started the Henry Arnhold Fellows Program to add a focus on environmental solutions.
Over the years, Kevin’s taught hundreds of social entrepreneurs and other leaders how to approach impact at scale, and there’s nothing he likes better. He did medical school and residency at UC San Francisco and has lived in SF ever since.
Fund great ideas wherever they are
Don’t do one until you already know the answer.
Contests, challenges, awards — they do more harm than good. Let's get rid of them.
Travel thoughtfully, probably less, but do get out there if it drives impact.
A systematic approach to tracking progress toward real impact at scale.
A DIB on an ultra-poverty graduation project in Kenya/Uganda has people going nuts over the results. My own reaction was "WTF!"
MacKenzie Scott has just given you a big opportunity.
The problem is a pervasive lack of impact evidence. Benchmarking is beside the point.
The right money to the right people in the right way at the right time.
Crisis advice from the Mulago network.
Here's the quick and dirty advice we gave to our early stage fellows in the time of COVID-19.
Mulago’s take on the LEAP RCT results in Liberia.
