Dr Samuel Mwenda has served for 24 years as the General Secretary & CEO of the Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) which is a national faith-based organization of the Protestant Churches Health Facilities and programs from all over Kenya with a membership of 587 health facilities and programs and includes 16 Medical Training Colleges. In this position he was responsible for strategic leadership of CHAK Secretariat & Donor funded Projects, partnerships building, programs development, resource mobilization, accountability, advocacy and facilitation of the governance structures of CHAK. He served as a member of several Health Sector Coordination Structures of the Ministry of Health in Kenya representing the Faith Based Health Service delivery network. He was also a member of the Health Sector Inter-Agency Steering Committee in Kenya and chaired the Kenya Faith Based Health Services Consortium (KFBHSC) which steered the development of a Partnership Framework (MoU) between FBOs and Ministry of Health of the National Government and County Governments. He chaired the PEPFAR-FCI Steering Committee in Kenya and represented FBOs in various PEPFAR-CSO meetings and COP Development engagement processes. At Africa continental level he led the establishment of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) and continues to serve in the ACHAP Board of Directors. Prior to joining CHAK, he served for 6 years as the CEO of a 250-bed capacity Mission Hospital (Maua Methodist Hospital) in Meru County. He has also served as a member of Board of Directors for Mission for Essential Drugs & Supplies (MEDS) a leading FBO Supply Chain Organization in Kenya that serves Kenya and neighbouring countries and chairs the Institute for Family Medicine (INFA-MED) that spearheaded the development of Family Medicine post graduate residency training in Kenya. At global level he is serving in the Global Board of CWS (USA) and previously served as the Vice-Chair of the Global Fund CCM in Kenya and Board member of IMA WorldHealth (USA). He has also served for several years in the Board of Directors of four Referral Mission Hospitals in Kenya (Tenwek, Chogoria, Tumutumu and Maua Methodist). In social health insurance, he served in the Health Financing Reforms Expert Panel on strategic purchasing for UHC. He is a medical doctor specialized in health systems management (MD, MSc, DHCM) and is an Alumni of the Commonwealth Corporate Governance and Strathmore University/MSH Program on Leading Highly Effective Health Care Organizations. He was the recipient of the Christian International Health Champion Award by CCIH (USA) in 2016 and in December 2019, he was awarded Honorary Doctorate in Public Health by the Commonwealth University of the London Graduate School in recognition of his leadership in health systems. He is passionate and has dedicated his career in building partnerships for faith-based health systems strengthening in Africa.