Leadership

Leadership Team

CRAF leadership brings together executive management and technical leadership across mental health, environmental education and climate action, finance and compliance, administration and operations, communications, procurement and field support, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Mr. Prince O. Gboneh

Executive Director

Prince O. Gboneh is a monitoring, evaluation, research, and data professional with more than 15 years of experience across governance, health, food security, democracy, and community development programs. He has worked with organizations including WFP, UNDP, USAID-supported initiatives, and The Carter Center. His technical skills include qualitative and quantitative research, digital data collection, GIS, vulnerability mapping, data quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, and evidence reporting. He has supported adolescent mental health research, developed survey tools, supervised field teams, conducted interviews, and contributed to national curriculum work on adolescent mental health in schools.

Mr. B. Alexander Y. Blackie

Mental Health and Clinical Technical Lead

B. Alexander Y. Blackie is a registered nurse, licensed addiction professional, and licensed mental health clinician with extensive experience in nursing education, clinical practice, mental health administration, workforce development, and training. He has served in senior technical and training roles with The Carter Center Mental Health Program. His background includes post-basic mental health clinician training, addiction treatment certification, psychosocial support, mhGAP training, crisis intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy training, and health worker capacity building across Liberia and the region.

Mr. John Forkpa Kannah, MSc

Program Manager, Environmental Education, Climate Change Advocacy & Climate Action

John Forkpa Kannah is an environmental and climate-change professional with more than a decade of experience in national climate policy, NDC implementation, environmental assessment, biodiversity conservation, project evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and applied research in Liberia. His experience includes assignments with EPA Liberia, the NDC Partnership, Conservation International, UNDP-linked initiatives, GEF-supported projects, international consulting firms, and civil-society organizations.

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He has supported Liberia's NDC processes, including NDC 2.0 implementation and stocktake and the development of NDC 3.0, and has led or contributed to work on the National Adaptation Plan, climate learning, mangrove inventories, climate-risk and vulnerability assessment, natural-capital accounting, biodiversity, climate finance, and environmental evaluation. His professional background also includes community-based mangrove management, field leadership, PRA/RRA approaches, data analysis, stakeholder facilitation, proposal development, and technical reporting.

At CRAF, Mr. Kannah supports environmental education, climate change advocacy and climate action programming, including program design, policy alignment, stakeholder engagement, technical quality, community-based resilience, and evidence-informed environmental initiatives. He holds an MSc in Marine Ecosystem-Based Management and Climate Change and a bachelor's degree in General Forestry.

Mr. Jarius Koolor Thomas

Finance and Compliance Lead

Jarius Koolor Thomas is an experienced accountant with a strong background in financial management, accounting systems, auditing, financial analysis, and organizational finance operations. His background supports CRAF's financial accountability, grant budgeting, compliance systems, cost tracking, procurement documentation, and financial reporting requirements for donor-funded projects.

Miss Dochel Y. Flomo

Administration, Operations, and Training Logistics Lead

Dochel Y. Flomo is an administrative and operations professional with more than seven years of experience in document management, correspondence handling, event coordination, training logistics, finance-related documentation, front desk administration, database management, and stakeholder support. Her experience makes her suitable for project administration, training logistics, records management, workshop coordination, participant tracking, and operational support.

Mr. Prince T. Nagbe

Communications, Documentation, and Public Engagement Lead

Prince T. Nagbe is a communications, media, public relations, and public engagement professional with experience in government communications, radio management, public relations, media coordination, stakeholder engagement, and public messaging. His profile is relevant for CRAF's communications strategy, community storytelling, media engagement, public documentation, stakeholder messaging, and climate or social impact communication work.

Mr. Winston D. Gray

Procurement, Community Mobilization and Field Operations Support

Winston D. Gray is a community service, administration, logistics, and field operations professional with experience in public administration, management, team building, community leadership, warehouse supervision, public relations, and sanitation-related community work. His background supports CRAF's community entry, field coordination, youth mobilization, logistics, sanitation-related community engagement, and local stakeholder coordination.

Mr. Dominic Albert Johnnie

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Dominic Albert Johnnie serves as CRAF's Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer. He brings practical experience in monitoring and evaluation, research, capacity development, data collection, policy advocacy, compliance monitoring, and project reporting. He has facilitated monitoring and evaluation training, supported research projects, developed M&E plans and indicators, and strengthened the skills of more than 250 Liberians through professional training and mentoring.