Name Josh Ruxin | Role Writer | |
Books A Thousand Hills to Heaven | ||
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Josh Ruxin, MPH, PhD (born June 15, 1970) is an American businessman, writer, and founder of Health Builders (formerly the Access Project), which applies a business management approach to public health systems for economic growth and development. He is the author of A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda.
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- Big think interview with josh ruxin
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- Personal life
- Professional background
- Published works
- References
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Personal life
Ruxin was born on June 15, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio. As of 2012, he lives in Kigali, Rwanda, with his wife and three children. In 2008, Ruxin and his wife Alissa opened Heaven Restaurant & Inn in the Kiyovu neighborhood of Kigali.
Professional background
Ruxin founded and directs Health Builders (formerly the Access Project), an initiative of Columbia University that applies business principles to health problems by providing technical management assistance to rural health centers in Rwanda. He also founded Rwanda Works and the Neglected Tropical Disease Control Project, and founded and directed the Millennium Villages Project in Rwanda. Ruxin is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. In 1999, he co-founded and served as a vice president of OTF Group, Inc, a strategy consulting firm.
Ruxin serves on the Board of Directors of FilmAid International and Generation Rwanda and is a faculty member at the Clergy Leadership Project.
Published works
