Josh Ruxin

Josh Ruxin is the founder and director of the Access Project in Rwanda, an initiative of Columbia University in New York City, and the president of Rwanda Works.

Working at the intersection of public health, business, and international development, Ruxin focuses on comprehensive approaches to fighting poverty and creating prosperity. Emphasizing scaling up national health programs, he has been instrumental in helping the government, NGOs, and private sector organizations understand the link between health and poverty.

As president of Rwanda Works (RW), Ruxin works to foster prosperity in Rwanda through market-driven economic growth and improved business efficiencies. Through its innovative approach of transforming cycles of poverty into cycles of prosperity, RW demonstrates that with prudent management and strategic deployment of capital, wealth creation is possible — even in a poor country such as Rwanda.