Dr. Patricia A Omidian has over 20 years of experience using the Positive Deviance approach in psychosocial support, community wellness, and disaster/post-conflict. She has worked in West Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East for organizations such as Focusing Initiatives, Aga Khan University, UNICEF, WHO, Save The Children, and The IRC.
Nobuyuki Ota: Consultant
Muhammad Shafique: Behavior Change Communication Specialist
Muhammad Shafique is a specialist in communication and behaviour change with areas of expertise in malaria and dengue prevention and control, maternal and newborn health, and polio eradication. He has worked with Malaria Consortium, Save the Children, and Merlin organzations and in many countries, including Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Pakistan.
Anirudra Sharma: Consultant
Akira Shibanuma: Academic, University of Tokyo
Christina Shoemaker Simmons: Consultant
Christina Shoemaker Simmons is a consultant with areas of expertise in education, immigrant accultration, public health and pacific islanders. She has worked extensively in Hawaii, United States with social services and schools and community groups while applying the Positive Deviance approach for over seven years.
Angela Sims: Consultant
Dr. Arvind Singhal: Academic, University of Texas El Paso
Dr. Arvind Singhal describes himself as a sense maker and amplifier of positive deviance. Dr. Singhal has been involved with the in-depth documentation of the Positive Deviance approach. He has served as a co-facilitator of numerous PD meetings, has guided several graduate theses on positive deviance, and has raised the “volume” on PD in his courses, lectures, and keynotes in the past six years.
Monique Sternin: Co-Founder, Positive Deviance Initiative
Lars Thuesen: Consultant
Koichiro Watanabe: Consultant
Randa Wilkinson: Consultant and Academic, Tufts University
Randa Wilkinson has worked with the Positive Deviance Initiative in many capacities and has used her experties in facilitating the Positive Deviance approach in diverse organizations and sectors. Randa has over fifteen years of experience in PD in nutrition, healthcare, education and emergency relief. She has worked in the United States, Western and Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.