Our Board

Professionals
with compassion

Five trustees spanning medical operations, technology, education, business development, and strategic leadership. They are the people accountable for Axiom Global Medicine's direction and governance.

Spencer Gifford

I founded Axiom Global Medicine and chair its board of trustees. I've worked in emergency medical services since 2012, for domestic and international agencies, on placements across Africa, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and North America, as well as offshore on oil rigs and maritime vessels. I now work in an NHS emergency department in London.

Alongside clinical work, I've designed education programmes and supported safety initiatives. I developed the Humanitarian First Responder course with a colleague and would teach it myself. Working in places where help is a long way off taught me that the most useful thing a responder can carry is training, and that's what this charity is built around.

Rebecca Cusack

Dr. Rebecca Cusack grew up in the South of England, UK where she pursued undergraduate studies in Biomedical Science as well as medical school. Dr. Cusack has lived, studied, trained and worked all over the world including the West Indies and Montana, USA. She is former faculty of the University of East Anglia where she was part of the leadership team tasked with running the Biomedicine Apprenticeship Program. She has training in Extreme Medicine and is an avid para-athlete having survived meningococcal meningitis as a child. She is a fierce advocate for disabled physicians and has spoken internationally on the topics of disability and neurodivergence in the fields of medicine. Dr. Cusack currently resides in Maine, USA with her husband and three-year-old daughter; she is completing medical residency in neurology after a successful career in academic medicine.

Reza Salari

Reza Salari oversees the global cybersecurity, technology risk, and operational resilience program for Pacific Life Re and its subsidiary, UnderwriteMe. He is primarily responsible for advising the business on cyber risks, security risk management, geopolitical risk, awareness, and driving adoption of security services and best practices. Reza served in the US Air Force and participated in several deployments as part of a communications element based in Europe. Later as a civilian, he spent over a decade in the US defense industry working on cybersecurity projects, operations, and research for the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. He holds two Masters degrees, most recently an MBA from University of California, Irvine. Prior to that he obtained an MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University. For undergraduate studies he attended San Diego State University and holds a BA in International Security and Conflict Resolution. He is a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) and holds multiple industry leading certifications to include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC); and certified in Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT).

William Cupo

Dr. William Cupo is a Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, with more than two decades of consultant-level experience in emergency care across the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. He currently practises as a Consultant Emergency Physician at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

A graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Dr. Cupo trained in emergency medicine with the United States Navy and served operationally as a shock-trauma platoon commander, providing frontline casualty stabilisation. Over his career he has worked as a consultant, attending physician, and departmental director across level-one trauma centres, regional hospitals, and rural emergency services on three continents, including as site lead for paediatric emergency medicine.

Alongside clinical practice, Dr. Cupo has held academic appointments and remains committed to teaching: training residents, registrars, and medical students, and supporting community physicians in emergency-medicine best practice.

Todd Alan Curtis

Biography to follow.

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