CIF succeeds in achieving its goals with the team of professionals in its governing and managing body.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors governs organization’s direction and strategies for setting organizational policies. The Board, headed by the Chairman of the Board, is composed of nine members elected for a three year long renewable term, to serve a maximum of nine years. Our board members represent diverse sectors – public, private, academia, healthcare, etc.

Board meetings take place at least twice a year to oversee and assess the foundation’s overall performance, provide strategic guidance, review, revise and approve new policies, and  set targets for the foundation’s management team. The rapid and progressive development of the Curatio International Foundation is largely based on the merits of the Board who have supported and intervened whenever necessary throughout the years of organization’s existence.

The Board is headed by Dr. Bidzina Mgaloblishvili.

Board Members

Bidzina Mgaloblishvili, Chairman of the Board
MD
Dr. Bidzina Mgaloblishvili has been chairing the board since 2004. He is the General Director of the Tbilisi Mental Health Center. His input in the development of the mental health care field is huge. In early 90-ies he has graduated from N.P Ogoriov Sanarnsk State University and Tbilisi State University as s Medical Doctor.  During the 5 years a a chairman Dr.Mgaloblishvili has channeled valuable resources and commitment to the benefits of the organization.  

Akaki Zoidze, board member
MD, MPA
Dr. Akaki Zoidze has been a member of the board since July 2008.Mr. Zoidze has  over 15 years of diverse experience which has drawn upon his public sector work, project management, and consulting experience with international development organizations, like the World Bank, UN Agencies, WHO, DFID, and the USAID.  As the Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia in 2001-2003, and a Deputy Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in 1999-2001, he made valuable contributions to public policy development and health sector reforms. He formerly led the task force for development of a new vision for Primary Health Care (PHC) in Georgia, and put forth valuable efforts towards the introduction of  reforms in PHC financing. Along with his Medical Doctor’s degrees, Mr. Zoidze has taken a Graduate Professional Development Program in Public Administration [with a concentration on Health Policy] at Columbia University.


David Gzirishvili, board member
MD, MA
David Gzirishvili has joined the Board of Curatio International Foundation since 2009, although he has been related of foundation since 1995 in different capacities. His presence at the organization as an expert on health and social policies since 2003 has contributed to the successful performance of the organization.

During the past 15 years he has been exposed to many aspects of the development of organizations and managing health care projects in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Mr. Gzirishvili is a renowned expert with a background as a consultant to leading international donor organizations.  He has also contributed to the reengineering of business and non-for-profit organizations in an extremely volatile and challenging environment of transition economies. Mr. Gzirishvili is a Medical Doctor. He received a Master’s degree in Social Security from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Elene Imnadze, board member
MPA
Ms. Elene Imnadze has been a part of the team of the World Bank Office in Georgia in her capacity as Senior Public Sector Specialist and Senior Programs Coordinator covering World Bank funded projects in Georgia. She has worked on education, legal, public finance, and structural reforms in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Kazakhstan. She has made valuable contributions to the Bank’s analytical work through inputs to the Georgia Public Expenditures and Financial Accountability Assessment, Georgia Secondary Education Sector Note, Georgia Poverty Assessment Series, Country Procurement Assessment Reports, and Georgia Civil Service Analysis. She is very familiar with many aspects of project management work, leadership, and consultancy, through her work with organizations like the Knowledge Fund of Free University, UMCOR, and the UN System in Italy. Ms. Imnadze holds an MA in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and BA in Oriental Studies from Tbilisi state University.

David Buadze, board member
David Buadze has been a member of the board since 2008. He has made valuable contributions to our organization’s development with his purposeful and pragmatic decisions. Mr.Buadze brings more than 15 years of his contributions to the business sector’s development, including banking and small and medium enterprises. As a member of the executive leadership team at different leading banks in Georgia, he has professional knowledge of all aspects of commercial banking, and a good knowledge of the environment of Eastern European and transition economies. Currently, Mr. Buadze is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the JSC Invest Bank. He has extensive partnerships and professional links with international financial institutions like the EBRD, KfW, IFC, and BSTDB. He has rendered consulting services to Dresdner Bank AG of Germany, and managed EU funded business development projects. His academic background is as a Nuclear Physics specialist from Tbilisi State University.

Giorgi Tavkhelidze, board member
Giorgi Tavkhelidze joined the board in 2008. During board sessions his comments always stand out with rationality and demonstrate deep understanding of many critical issues. His strengths have mainly focused on private sector. Since 2007 he has been occupying the position of Marketing Director at Karvasla, Netherlands-Georgian Developer Company and Director at developer company» My House Corporation”. During 1996-2001 years he has been managing marketing direction at different organizations.

He has contributed to raising awareness and boosting public interest towards first pension scheme since he has planned and implemented marketing campaign targeting establishment of the mentioned scheme in 2001-2002. During 2003-2004 years he coordinated marketing component of the World Bank funded Preparation of a Georgia Social Protection Reform Project.

Top Management

The top management team of Curatio International Foundation consists of the President and two Directors, who provide leadership and determine the organization’s directions. The management is responsible for coordinating the administrative as well as financial operations of the organization, in addition to providing guidance, and determining the technical direction of programs.

Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, President
MD, MPH
Since joining the Curatio International Foundation as President of the organization, Ms.Ketevan Chkhatarashvili has made valuable contributions to the development of the organization and its overall performance. Her presence at CIF has been marked by accelerated growth, and the required structural changes needed within the organization. 

As a health expert, she has been involved in UNFA round table meetings on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in New York, and also in comprehensive situation-analyses of HIV/AIDS in Georgia. She has in the course of her career, worked in collaboration with the WB, UN Agencies (WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA), and John Hopkins University. In addition to her managerial background, she is a Medical Doctor with more than 9 years of clinical experience. She earned her Master’s degree in Public Health from Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is a Yale University Public Health Management course alumnus.

George Gotsadze, Director
MD, PhD
George Gotsadze has been director of the foundation since 1996 and manages the program portfolio of the organization. He is a renowned expert on health policy and health systems issues, and has worked in many countries of the former Soviet Union and North and East Africa. Offering expertise in the areas of health care policy, health care systems and financing, organizational development, project design, and program evaluation, Dr. Gotsadze has been providing consulting services to a number of global health organizations, including the World Bank, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development. He is the author of numerous scientific publications. He holds a PhD in immunology and obstetrics and gynecology and is a Health Care Management faculty member at Tbilisi State University.

Tamar Goguadze, Financial and Administrative Director
Tamar Goguadze has been with the foundation since 1997. Being in the position of Financial Director since then, she has led the organization through major growth phases. She heads the units that form the back bone of the organization, and she assures that all operations run smoothly in all countries were CIF works. She is one of the main contributors to the structural development of CIF, and has greatly helped our organization to adjust to the changes resulting from growth in size and geographic scope.

Program Leadership and Middle Management

The success of our organization draws heavily upon professional program leaders who make up the backbone of the CIF. Our program leaders are experts on specific diseases, public policies, and research. They are responsible for developing our innovative program strategies, and for coordinating newly implemented program phases, in addition to their fundraising duties.

Ivdity Chikovani, Program Coordinator
MD

Ivdity Chikovani brings more than 10 years working experience in the field of public health. She joined CIF in 2000 and since then has been involved is various operational and research projects as an assistant manager, researcher, health information system officer, and program manager. Dr. Chikovani’s expertise focuses on communicable disease surveillance including HIV and health information system. As one of the recent efforts she provided assistance to the government at the policy level on the public health system organizational development. Dr. Chikovani’s professional interest lies also in maternal and child health issues. Ivdity. Chikovani has participated in several research projects and has worked as a consultant for various donors in different countries of the region.

Marina Egutia, Program Manager
MPA
Marina Egutia has been the part of CIF family since 2006. She is an international development professional with more than 10 years of expertise in managing multi-sector projects as a direct implementer and a donor consultant. In the capacity of organizational development Program Manager for USAID funded CoReform project she ensured provision of the technical support to the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia in streamlining the core ministerial functions, structure and operational systems, and needs based capacity building activities. Additionally, she has an extensive experience in managing the Bureau of Population Refugee and Migration (PRM), the World Bank, WHO; OSGF and USAID funded projects. Currently, she leads the project aiming at strengthening civil society capacity in terms of employing evidence to engage effectively in policy making process. Marine Egutia holds her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the George Washington University.

Ketevan Goguadze, Program Manager
MD 
As a highly experienced specialist in public health with a focus on communicable disease surveillance, health information system, immunization and practical medicine, Ketevan Goguadze has joined CIF in 2004. As a program manager Dr. Goguadze is currently responsible for overall planning, managing and implementing projects. She has been managing CIF’s efforts with regards to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance system in the country. She had rendered assistance to the World Bank, World Health Organization and UNICEF in the development of the multi-year comprehensive plans (cMYP) in Tajikistan, Armenia, and Georgia. She was engaged in various research projects undertaken by CIF.

Natia Rukhadze, Researcher
The analytical approach, academic thinking skills, and purposefulness of Natia Rukhadze have made her one of the most significant contributors to producing quality research works at Curatio International Foundation. During her nine years with the organization she has been actively involved in qualitative and quantitative research analyses. She has coordinated a broad series of scientific, social, and marketing projects for an extensive range of clients and for the CIF itself. She has been responsible for the technical implementation and planning of various research activities undertaken by the CIF, including the development of methodologies and applicable instruments, data processing and analysis, reporting, project monitoring, and evaluation. During the period of her collaboration with CIF, she has successfully participated in more than 40 projects, including the Cooperation in Health System Transformation in Georgia, the National Health Account Program, the Community based Health Insurance Project; in addition, she was engaged in   Monitoring and Evaluating the Health System-wide Effects on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and with the Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey. In 2006 she was involved in household and facility survey data analysis conducted in Azerbaijan within the PHC strengthening project, implemented by the International Medical Corps (IMC-Baku).