Published: June 18, 2025
Stamford, Conn. – Americares, the health-focused relief and development organization, is pleased to announce Harriette Mondaye has been promoted to Liberia country director.
In her new role, Mondaye oversees Americares deliveries of medicine and medical supplies as well as health programs that strengthen the local health system, support health workers and improve maternal and child health.
Mondaye, who has more than two decades of experience as a licensed midwife and nurse, joined Americares in 2023 as Liberia program director. Over the past two years she has overseen health facility improvements as well as training and capacity-building programs for health workers.
“Harriette is a talented and compassionate leader who has dedicated her career to improving the health of women and newborns,” said Americares President and CEO Christine Squires. “We are excited to have her leadership, vision and strong commitment to increasing access to health in Liberia.”
Americares has had a presence in Liberia since the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014. Today, Americares teams in Monrovia and Grand Bassa County oversee the distribution of medicine and medical supplies to more than 40 health facilities in Montserrado and Grand Bassa Counties. Partner health facilities range from small health clinics in remote communities to large urban health centers, including the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, the country’s only national referral hospital. Americares Liberia also offers health programming, including training in resuscitating newborns, and encourages expectant mothers to deliver with the assistance of a skilled birth attendant.
Prior to joining Americares, Mondaye served as the country midwifery advisor for the United Nations Population Fund in Liberia and worked on health system strengthening projects and community health assistant programs for U.S.-based global health organizations Jhpiego and Last Mile Health. From 2009 to 2015 Mondaye served as director of the Esther Bacon School of Nursing & Midwifery in Zorzor, Liberia.
“The maternal mortality rate in Liberia has vastly improved since I started my career 25 years ago as a labor room nurse, but we still have work to do,” said Mondaye. “I want to see every mother and newborn not only survive—but thrive.”
Mondaye earned a master’s degree in nursing education from Mother Patern College of Health Sciences in Monrovia, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Cuttington University in Suakoko, Liberia, and a diploma and certificate license in midwife from Phebe Hospital and School of Nursing in Suakoko, Liberia.
A leader in the humanitarian sector, Americares is No. 8 on Forbes list of Top 100 Charities and has a 4-star rating—the highest possible—from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Americares helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters; increase accessibility, availability, affordability and acceptability of medicine and medical supplies; improve and expand clinical services; and prevent disease and promote good health. Since it was established in 1979, Americares has provided over $23 billion in aid to 164 countries.
Mondaye lives in Monrovia with her husband, Mondartus, and their three children.
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