Our Board of Directors
Leadership committed to lasting impact
Dedicated to restoring sight and hope, our leaders guide this mission with compassion, integrity, and a shared vision for a brighter world.
Benson Fayehun
Having been born and raised in Nigeria, living on less than $1 a day, Benson knows first-hand the debilitating impact of health-related suffering in developing countries. From that humble beginning, he became the first in his family to earn a college degree, followed by a successful career in US Fortune 100 companies. As a Christian, Benson believes that to whom much is given, much is required and wants to contribute to improving people’s lives in Africa and developing countries all over the world. As a result, he founded Relief for Human Suffering Foundation and has pledged up to 10% of his income in addition to volunteering a tremendous amount of his time to the cause.
Benson graduated with a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Leicester University and is a fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute in the UK. Benson is a Biopharm executive with 20-plus years of experience in business and leadership. When not at work, he enjoys several wholesome activities, including traveling, dancing, and real estate investment. Benson is a proud father of 3 awesome children he loves with all his heart.
Gary spent his entire career working in the pharmaceutical industry, helping mostly in-need patients including those with HIV, hepatitis, cancer, and COVID-19. Growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was raised as an only child in a middle-class family and overcame many challenges to be the first in his family to attend college, primarily self-funded, He then went on to pursue two master’s degrees in virology and business. Despite all of his professional accomplishments, his most significant roles are being a father to his two daughters, Charlotte and Sara, his two stepsons, Connor and Logan, and being a husband to his wife, Aileen
Gary Patry
Ranjani Manjunath Durham
Ranjani is very inspired by the Relief for Human Suffering Foundation’s mission to prevent avoidable blindness in developing countries. This stems from her father’s own upbringing through poverty in India, ultimately becoming a traveling doctor, and the significance of providing resources and support for impoverished people in rural villages to improve their health. She is thrilled now to be contributing towards an organization that strives to give sight to people in the developing world.
Ranjani brings over 20 years of commercial experience in market access and marketing, along with training in health policy and health services research. She is a member of CHIEF, a national executive women’s leadership network. She earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and resides in West Chester, PA with her husband and 2 children.
Craig met our founder nearly 20 years ago and was inspired by his journey and mission to help those less fortunate. Craig is the son of medical professionals who has worked in the healthcare delivery system for nearly 30 years, including the last ten in the areas of access and reimbursement. He is passionate about correcting the inequities in healthcare delivery locally and worldwide, which he believes has emerged as a modern-day crisis.
Craig strongly believes that the Relief for Human Suffering Foundation is well-positioned to help address the inequities in healthcare that can make all the difference between surviving and thriving, especially in developing countries where resources are scarce. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and three teenage children.
Craig Sexton
Matt Maltese
Matt has 25-plus years of experience in Medtech R & D. His research publications focus on using multi-camera systems and sensors to quantify anatomical motion in 3D. Philips commercialized his work on a novel medical device to provide visualization of CPR. Matt was a professor at UPenn medical school and a co-founder and primary fundraiser for a Medtech incubator. Presently, he is co-founder and Chief Engineer at X-Biomedical, a startup focused on developing technology to democratize surgical microscopy, including eye surgery.
Matt is adjunct faculty at three universities and a hospital. When he is not working, he enjoys traveling with his wife Heather to visit their children and grandchildren.
