FIBUSPAM Inc. is pleased to welcome Dr. Magdalena Serpa and Mr. Fernando Ascencio to our board of directors. Dr. Serpa is renowned medical doctor and public health practitioner with over twenty years of experience in the field. Originally from Colombia, Magdalena is intimately aware with the realities of improvised communities in Latin America and is dedicated to making a difference. Magdalena has implemented public health programs in countries such as Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. In her early career she served as the General Manager of a 350 bed hospital in Bogota. She also served as a nutrition and child health advisor to the president of Colombia. Magdalena is a founding member of Glasswing International, which is a humanitarian organization that serves populations in Central America and she currently serves as a Senior Program Officer at PATH.

Mr. Fernando Ascencio is a nonprofit executive who has worked on humanitarian issues ranging from increasing the prevalence of early detection of cancers in Latino populations in the US to feeding the homeless in our nation’s capital. Fernando is a skilled fundraiser and is passionate about serving others. He is fluent in Spanish, articulate, and experienced in nonprofit organizational management. Fernando holds an MBA with a focus in nonprofit administration and has served on several notable boards over the course of the last ten years. Fernando currently serves as the Executive Director of Nueva Vida in Alexandria, VA.

FIBUSPAM is delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with these accomplished and dedicated humanitarians as members of our board of directors. We extend them the warmest of welcomes from the entire FIBUSPAM family.