Current Executive Directors (2023-2024)

Gordon Bae, MD

Advisor & Founder

Lathan Liou

Advisor

Isabelle Lopez

Advisor

Andrea Lanza

Andrea is a junior at Harvard College studying social anthropology. Being Bolivian and living in Cochabamba, she had the opportunity to start with Refresh Bolivia as a volunteer during high school in 2016. Her passion for helping her people moved her to continue with RB in college as a chapter leader and, with excitement, now as associate executive director. She hopes to contribute to RB's growth with her knowledge of the needs of communities in Cochabamba, as well as with her experience in project management and the techniques she is learning as an anthropologist.

Associate Executive Director

Goutham Swaminathan

Goutham is a graduate at the University of Rochester with a BA in Data Science and minors in CS and Epidemiology. He originally joined Refresh Bolivia during his sophomore year in high school as a volunteer, assisting with video production and general volunteer work. Goutham, along with board members and advisors, helped provide $15K+ in grant funding to our health center partners to continue operations. He also established a chapter in Rochester NY in 2022.

Executive Director

Andrea Rivera

Advisor & Founder

Akshay Swaminathan

Advisor

Ananya Venkatesh

Advisor

Alex Chaumette

Advisor

Claudia Ortuño

Advisor & Founder

Corinne Donnay

Advisor

Francisco Matos

Advisor

Advisors

External Chapters

Our Partners

SOE Univalle

SOE Univalle is a student leadership society in one of Bolivia's most prestigious universities. They are dedicated to promoting social good in Cochabamba and fostering student leadership. Refresh Bolivia has been partnering with them since January 2017 in realizing our projects.

Fundación Nuqanchik

Our main partner in the construction of our integrated health center Fundación Nuqanchik, founded by Father Jacques Delort, shares our mission to create a community health center that provides solidarity as well as offers health to the community. The center will feature preventative care, ecological environmental efforts through innovative water systems and gardens. Our local NGO partner, Fundación Nuqanchik provides daily care and empowerment to community members in our absence.

Serve Abroad

One of our many great partners in Bolivia, Serve Abroad has been an integral component of our new investments into projects geared towards educating and raising global awareness for youth inside the local Bolivian prison system. Together, we run workshops for several dozens of children in these centers and create a lasting impact by providing them with research backed: tools, knowledge, and love so that these struggling youths may begin to flourish.

Ford College Community Challenge

Through their annual C3 Community Challenge, Ford Motor Company has generously supported Refresh Bolivia by helping to fund several of our recent public health projects, including the construction of our Integrated Health Center.