Ms Mary Pat Selvaggio joined Khulisa in 1998. An expert in public health, research, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), she leads evaluations, performance assessments and data quality audits, primarily in the health sector.

She has designed, implemented, managed, and evaluated international health programs since 1985. Ms Selvaggio took a sabbatical from Khulisa from 2004 to 2005 to set up the South African and Swaziland country offices for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Prior to joining Khulisa, Ms Selvaggio was the Health Officer for USAID in the Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland Missions from 1985 to 1998.

She has Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota, US.a

Ms Selvaggio is a US citizen with permanent residence in South Africa