MMCF Board of Directors and Officers

​Volunteering to help realize MMCF's mission statement.

Fr. Edward Inyanwachi, also MMCF President and Co-Founder
A Catholic priest from Nigeria, Fr. Edward has been involved in missionary work in several parishes in the archdiocese of San Francisco from 2002-2013. He obtained a postgraduate degree in theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio and a doctoral degree in Catholic Educational Leadership at the University of San Francisco. He has since returned to Abakaliki Diocese, Nigeria, where he serves as pastor at a small rural parish (St. Patrick, Uburu-Amachi) and also as Director of Catholic Education for his diocese.

Angela B. Testani, also MMCF Secretary and Co-Founder
​Retired since 2012 from a 40 year nursing career - 36 of them at the University of California, San Francisco, Mount Zion Medical Center - Angela continues her passion for international nursing.  She is a member of the Lourdes International Medical Association and the Milan based European Institute of Oncology. Having known Fr. Edward Inyanwachi for more than 10 years, it was a “natural fit” for her to take her passion for international nursing to Nigeria – “I am extremely proud to be MMCF’s co-founder and Board Secretary.”

Jessica Flores, also MMCF treasurer
An IRS registered tax preparer and accountant for almost 30 years, Jessica proudly serves as MMCF’s treasurer and one of its original board members.  With a commitment to faith-based charities, she participated with MMCF's co-founders in helping to organize the successful fundraising to ship 10,000 lbs of medical supplies/equipment to Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Nigeria which gave rise to the creation of MMCF.

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Michael Chen
​An immigrant and attorney, Mike has been involved in the leadership of various ministries and commissions at his parish in San Francisco in such areas which include social justice, spiritual life and providing a monthly lecture series, outreach and community building.

Samuel O. Irem
Born in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Sam earned his bachelors in pharmacy and masters in pharmacology at the University of Montana.  He now lives in Spokane, Washington where he works as a pharmacist. Sam is active in two other organizations - Friends of Ehugbo  and Afikpo Organization, Inc. as an officer – which bring humanitarian aid to Afikpo, Ebonyi State including medical missions, supplying boreholes to provide potable drinking water, as well as scholarships and text books and other building construction.

Mary McTighe
With a BS in Business Administration and an MBA, Mary brings her many years experience in various roles including Director of HR to the CTO at an American multinational information technology company to the mission of MMCF.  Due to her passion for people, she is excited to serve the health care, educational and pastoral needs of the people of Nigeria in Ebonyi State.

Viki Paganini
​Born in Chile, Viki immigrated to the US when she was nine.  She brings her invaluable insight, experience  and resources from teaching elementary school for the past 20 years to MMCF to help realize the educational component of its mission statement.