Co-Founder & Managing DirectorBuild Health International
Jim Ansara founded Shawmut Design and Construction – one of the top 25 construction management firms in the US and since retirement, has pursued “boots-on-the-ground” philanthropy – participating in and giving to programs that make tangible differences in low resource settings. After managing the design, engineering and construction of a solar-powered national teaching hospital in Haiti in 2013, Jim co-founded Build Health International to improve sustainable health infrastructure in under-resourced settings and promote innovative global health solutions. Build Health International has completed over 200 architectural, engineering, technical and building projects in 30+ countries throughout Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. The organization has become one of the leading NGO’s operating in low- and middle-income countries at the intersection of health infrastructure and access to reliable, high-quality healthcare.