Leadership

Abiodun Abbey Ogunwale

Experience: Lead Principal at Defined Impact. Former TACA Advisor at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Former Director of Business Development at Project Hope.

Citizenship: Nigeria, living in USA

Term: partial term ends 2/22

Professional Experience: Current Edward S. Mason Fellow and MPA Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. Former Country Director of BRAC in Kabul, Afghanistan. Former Country Director of CARE in Khartoum, Sudan.

Citizenship: India

Term: 1st term ends 2/24

Experience: International Development Consultant. Professor at Universidad del Pacífico. Former Director of Commercial Office of Peru in La Paz and Taipei, respectively.

Citizenship: Peru

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Woosuk Choi

Experience: Editor at The Chosun Daily News in Seoul, South Korea. Former WCE Board member.

Citizenship: South Korea

Term: ends 2/21

Veronica Fynn Bruey

Experience: Founder of Displaced Peoples Collaborative Research Network. Co-founder and Exeuctive Director of Tuki-Tumarankeh. Affiliated Faculty at Seattle University School of Law. Board member of WCE Canada. WCE Development Officer for Liberia.

Citizenship: Liberia, living in USA

Term: 2nd term ends 2/23

Carlos Osorio-Urzua

Experience: Adjunct Professor of Innovation at University of Desarrollo. Guest Lecturer at Singularity University. Cofounder & Partner of Yuken. Visiting Professor at Deusto Business School.

Citizenship: Chile

Term: ends 2/22

Stan Muessle

Experience: Founder & President of Global Outreach. Former President of Muessle & Associates.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/24

Anne-Catherine Yon

Experience: Director of Assessment at Aon & Aon France. Former Managing Director of Aon Assessment Solutions. Former Founder & Director of DAAC Partners.

Citizenship: France

Term: ends 2/24

Boubakar Barry, Ph.D.

Experience: CEO of West and Central African Research and Education Network. Former Head of ICT Project at Association of African Universities. Former Director of the Centre de Calcul Informatique at Université Cheike Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal.

Citizenship: Senegal, currently resides in Ghana

Term: ends 2/24

Rahul Tongia, Ph.D.

Experience: Senior Fellow at CSEP India. Non-resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Founding Advisor of India Smart Grid Forum. Independent Consultant. Former Global Future Council Member at World Economic Forum.

Citizenship: India, permanent resident of USA

Term: 4th term ends 2/24

Edwin Gragert

Experience: Director of Global Woods Consultancy. Former Interim Executive Director of iEARN-USA and Executive Director. Former Board member of Global Campaign for Education.

Citizenship: USA

Term: ends 2/24

Zeddy Chirombe

Experience: VP of Capital Markets Developments at Clear Markets. Former Quantitative Developer at Wells Fargo Securities. Former Lead Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters. WCE Development Officer for Zimbabwe.

Citizenship: Zimbabwe & USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/24

Wayne Fritze

Experience: Partner at W & W International Enterprises, Former Senior VP and Managing Director of RCM&D. Volunteer at Chricha Foundation. Board member of WCE-Canada. Former Treasurer and Board member of WCE.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/23

Ayesha Hassan

Director

Experience: Consultant. Former VP of Stakeholder Relations at Internet Society. Former Senior Policy Manager of the International Chamber of Commerce. Former Executive of Business Action at Information Society. Former Senior Policy Manager of the Digital Economy Commission.

Citizenship: France & USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/23

UNDP

Groups assisted by Peace Corps volunteers have received WCE computers in: Bolivia, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Nicaragua, Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia.

Let Girls Learn funding was used in recent shipments to Madagascar and Malawi.

iEARN-USA

WCE has shipped computers to iEARN country organizations in: Dominican Republic, Liberia, Macedonia, Mali, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

WCD has worked with iEARN-USA to provide teacher training in the Dominican Republic.

WCE has recruited Field Associates from iEARN for: Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rotary

Rotary Clubs in Australia, Canada, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, and USA (California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, and Texas) have funded WCE shipments to: Belize, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Timor-Leste.

Rotary International matched WCE’s Mali container shipment.

USAID

USAID has funded WCE shipments to: Bangladesh, Georgia, Guatemala, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia.

USAID was the consignee for WCE shipments to Bangladesh, Macedonia, Malawi.

USAID in Georgia and Bangladesh donated computers to WCE.

USAID in Liberia audited a shipment of computers.

WCE was an institutional resource partner in USAID’s dot-EDU program.

US Embassies were consignees for El Salvador, Guatemala, Moldova, Lithuania, Senegal.

UNDP

UNDP has funded WCE shipments to: Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia.

UNRWA funded a WCE shipment to Jordan.

WCE was a member of the Access Working Group of the UN ICT Task Force, a resource partner to UNESCO, and a member of the UN Global Alliance for ICT in Development project on refurbished computers.

Sila To o

Field Associate for: Kenya

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Kenya.

Professional Experience: Regional Manager at RemoteXs. Business Development Manager at Eclat Engineering Pvt. Ltd. CEO of Silda Enterprise Limited.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Software Engineering from Kenyatta University. Master’s degree in Information Technology from Moi University.

Richard Gingras

Director

Experience: VP of News at Google. Former CEO of Salon.com.

Citizenship: USA

Term: Final term ends 2/22

Jeremy Griffiths

Vice Chair & Treasurer

Experience: CIO & CFO of Valivian Advisors LLC

Citizenship: UK & USA

Term: 2nd term ends 2/23

Janice Cooper

Experience: Project Lead of Liberia Mental Health Initiative at The Carter Center Liberia. WCE Sponsor and computer recipient.

Citizenship: Liberia

Term: 4th term ends 2/23

Peter H. Hellmonds

Chairman of the Board, Member of the WCE Audit Committee

Experience: Founder & CEO of Arete Publica. Former Head of International Affairs at Nokia Siemens Networks.

Citizenship: Germany

Term: Final term ends 2/23

Jane Peters

Field Associate for: Sierra Leone

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Freetown. Representative for WCE Inspire Girls project in Sierra Leone. Country Coordinator of iEARN-Sierra Leone, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Work: Director of Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study.

Onesmo Ngow i

Field Associate for: Tanzania

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Tanzania.

Professional Experience: President & Chairman of the Board of World Africa Boxing Association. CEO of Dr. Tonya Muro Global Leadership Project for Scholars. President of World Trade Center for Great Lakes Africa.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The American College of Greece.

Daniel Turikumwe

Field Associate for: Rwanda

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Kigali. Representative for WCE Inspire Girls project in Rwanda.

Professional Experience: Financial Analyst at World Food Programme. Former Internal Audit Coordinator at One Acre Fund. Former CCMP Program Coordinator at Rwanda Anglican Church.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance from University of Rwanda.

Nicholas Sundire

Field Associate for: South Africa

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Newcastle. Site Manager for WCE Inspire Girls project in South Africa. Former volunteer in WCE eCorps team in Nigeria.

Misheck Mutuzana

Field Associate for: Zambia

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Lusaka. Representative for WCE Inspire Girls project in Zambia. Country Coordinator of iEARN-Zambia, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Experience: Chairman of SchoolNET Zambia–Mufulira. Former Representative for Zambia at Teachers Without Borders. Former National Point of Contact at Zambia Space Generation Advisory Council.

Shola Kehinde

Field Associate for: Southwest Nigeria (Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Kwara)

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Ondo. Representative for WCE Inspire Girls project in Southwest Nigeria. Field Associate for WiderNet, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Experience: Convener at AkureTechExpo. Tech Lead of Shokenny Solutions Limited. Former Hardware Consultant at Airtel Nigeria.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Physics Electronics from Federal University of Technology.

Eliada Gudza

Field Associate for: Zimbabwe

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Harare. Site Manager for WCE Inspire Girls project in Zimbabwe. Affiliated with iEARN-Zimbabwe, a WCE strategic ally. Assists WCE eCorps Team in Zimbabwe.

Professional Experience: Executive Director of World Links Zimbabwe. Former Curriculum Manager at Zimbabwe Ministry of Education, Arts, Sport, and Culture. Former teacher at Nashville High School.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Education, Mathematics Education, and ICT from University of Nottingham.

Leroy Beldeh

Field Associate for: Liberia

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Monrovia. Site Manager for WCE Inspire Girls project in Liberia. Executive Director of iEARN-Liberia, a WCE strategic ally. Assists WCE eCorps Team in Liberia.

Professional Experience: Program Director of Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program-Liberia. Environmental Professional and Education Program Manager. Former high school teacher. Former Junior Program Officer of United Nation Environment Programme.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from University of Liberia. Master’s degree in Environmental Policy from University of Denver, Colorado. Master’s degree in Project Management from Colorado Technical University.

Sounkalo Dembele

Field Associate for: Mali

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Monrovia. Site Manager for WCE Inspire Girls project in Mali. Country Coordinator for iEARN-Mali, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Experience: President and founder of NGO Mokoya Juru. Language teacher (English, Nko, Bambara, computer science). Manager of Kennedy-Lugar YES student exchange program in Mali.

Background: Master’s degree in English from Ecole Normale Superieure.

Winnifred Masefan Abagyeh Kachina

Field Associate for: Northern Nigeria (Bauchi, Benue, FCT, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau)

WCE Experience: Developing WCE Chapter in Kaduna. WCE representative for Inspire Girls project in Northern Nigeria. Member of iEARN, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Experience: School Administrator at Minia Heritage School.

Background: From Kaduna, Nigeria. Attended Command Secondary School in Borno and Federal Government College in Kaduna. Degrees in Social Work and Community Development and English Language Education from University of Jos. Married with three children.

Mulugeta Assefa

Field Associate for: Ethiopia

WCE Work: Developing WCE Chapter in Addis Ababa. Offers fee-based training and repair warranties for WCE computers shipped to Ethiopia. WCE representative for Inspire Girls project in Northern Nigeria. Member of iEARN, a WCE strategic ally. Field Associate for WiderNet Project, a WCE strategic ally.

Professional Experience: IT professional. Managing Director of MICTL. Regional representative of USICD. Former high school physics teacher. Former university computer professor.

Background: Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Asmara University. Certificate in Computer Technology from African Virtual University. Degree in Social Work from Alpha University.

Michael Wise

Experience: Former Director of Peace Corps in El Salvador.

Citizenship: USA, living in El Salvador

Term: ends 2/22

John Warren

Experience: WCE Development Officer for Dominican Republic. Consultant at John P. Warren Consulting. Former Natural Resources/Environment Consultant at ENGILITY Corporation.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Daniel Turikumwe

Experience: Financial Analyst at World Food Programme. Financial Analyst at World Food Program–Haiti. Former Internal Audit Coordinator at One Acre Fund. Former CCMP Program Coordinator at Rwanda Anglican Church. Former Co-Founder of Habona Ltd.

Citizenship: Rwanda, living in Haiti

Term: 1st term ends 2/22

Diana Topcic-Rosenberg

Experience: Coordinator of Advocacy and Organizational Development at ADOPTA. Independent Project Consultant. Former Assistant Minister Social Policy, Strategy and Youth at Ministry for Social Policies in Croatia. Former President of ADOPTA. Former WCE Board member.

Citizenship: Croatia & UK

Term: 2nd term ends 2/22

Cynthia Romero-Arroyo

Experience: Quality Control Consultant at Business Excellence Consulting, Inc. Former Director of Laboratory Quality Control at Baxter Puerto Rico. Member of WCE–Puerto Rico Steering Committee Member. Coordinator of WCE Inspire Girls–Puerto Rico.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 2nd term ends 2/23

William Tiga Tita

Experience: Senior Lecturer at Northeastern University Graduate School of Management. Adjunct Professor at Boston College Carroll School of Management. Chairman & CEO of GMC-TIN.

Citizenship: Cameroon, living in USA

Term: 4th term ends 2/23

Uca Silva

Experience: Coordinator at Plataforma RELAC. Researcher at SUR Corporación Centro de Estudios Sociales.

Citizenship: Chile

Term: 5th term ends 2/23

Fernando Reimers

Experience: Professor of International Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Director of Global Education Initiative at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Citizenship: Venezuela, living in USA

Term: 6th term ends 2/23

Patricia Ordóñez

Experience: Associate Professor at University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras. Director of Computer Science for All–Puerto Rico. Member of WCE-Puerto Rico’s Steering Committee.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 2nd term ends 2/23

Jeff Omelchuck

Experience: Executive Director of Infrastructure Masons. Former Program Consultant at Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council. Former Executive Director of EPEAT at Green Electronics Council.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 5th term ends 2/23

Muna Ndulo

Experience: Professor of International and Comparative Law at Cornell Law School. Director of Center for African Development at Cornell University.

Citizenship: Zambia, living in USA

Term: 6th term ends 2/23

Cliff Missen

Experience: Director of WiderNet, University of North Carolina. Clinical Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 6th term ends 2/23

Alex Mbianda

Experience: VP of Procurement and Logistics at Ingenuity Properties Massachusetts.

Citizenship: Cameroon

Term: ends 2/21

Colin M. Maclay

Experience: Executive Director of Annenberg Innovation Lab at University of Southern California. Senior Researcher and Fellows Advisory Board Member of Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

Citizenship: USA

Term: ends 2/22

Jim Lynch

Experience: Program Director of GreenTech at TechSoup Global. Director of Computer Recycling/Reuse at TechSoup.

Citizenship: USA

Term: ends 2/22

David Lozano

Experience: Independent Consultant. Former Peru Country Director of TechnoServe. Former WCE Board member.

Citizenship: Bolivia

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Barbie Keiser

Experience: President of Barbie E. Keiser, Inc. Evening Reference and Instruction Librarian at North Virginia Community College. Former Adjunct Faculty at University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. Former Adjunct Faculty at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.

Citizenship: USA

Term: ends 2/22

Henry Jackelen

Experience: Independent Consultant at Jackelen Associates. Former Director at UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development. Former UN Resident Representative in Bulgaria. Former WCE Board member.

Citizenship: Brazil & USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/22

Karim Jamal

Experience: Chartered Accountants’ Distinguished Chair Professor in Accounting at University of Alberta. Board member of WCE-Canada. Former WCE Board member.

Citizenship: Kenya & Canada

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Terri Hasdorff

Experience: President of Capitol Solutions Consulting, LLC. VP of Government Affairs at Convoy of Hope. Former Candidate for U.S. Congress in Alabama Congressional District 2.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Tom Graham

Chairman

Experience: Former Assistant Editor at Washington Post. Former WCE Board Chairman and member.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 3rd term ends 2/23

Cynthia Grace

Experience: Senior VP of Devices Business Unit at Western Digital.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/23

Eric Frothingham

Experience: Founder of Life Launchr Inc. Former CBO of One World Futbol Project.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/23

Richard Chalks Corriette

Experience: Creative at Fervor. President of People to People International.

Citizenship: Belgium

Term: ends 2/22

Yosem Companys

Experience: Co-founder and Manager of Program in Liberation Technology at Stanford University.

Citizenship: USA

Term: ends 2/22

Joseph Carroll-Miranda

Experience: Auxiliary Professor at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Member of WCE-Puerto Rico Steering Committee. Former Assistant Director of Computer Science for All – Puerto Rico.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/22

Teimuraz Chichua

Experience: President of NGO Prometheus-Amirani. Physics Professor at Georgian Free University and Georgian Technical University. WCE Development Officer in Georgia.

Citizenship: Georgia

Term: ends 2/22

Austin Butler

Experience: President and Founder, Teaching.Com. Founder & former President of FTW Innovations, Inc.

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/22

Maria Beebe

Experience: Department of Anthropology Affiliate at Portland State University. President of Global Networks. Former Board Chair of Filipina Women’s Network. Former Senior ICT Advisor on education in Afghanistan at Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Citizenship: Phillippines & USA

Term: 4th term ends 2/23

Sekou Mamadou Barry

Experience: Managing Director of BCI Mali Bamako in Mali.

Citizenship: Mali

Term: 4th term ends 2/23

Muhammad Mukhtar Alam

Experience: Executive Director of Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Citizenship: India

Term: 2/22

Suzanne Grant Lewis

Director

Experience: Director of International Institute for Educational Planning at UNESCO. Former Coordinator of Partnership for Higher Education in Africa.

Citizenship: France & USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/23

Timothy Anderson

CEO & Founder of WCE, President of WCE-Canada

Experience: ex-officio Board member

Citizenship: USA

Pamela Cooney

Clerk (non-voting Board member), Director of Operations of WCE

Citizenship: USA

Lisa Dale

Director

Experience: Chairman of Seabreeze Management

Citizenship: USA

Term: 1st term ends 2/22

Board of Directors

Peter H. Hellmonds

Jeremy Griffiths

Timothy Anderson

Lisa Dale

Ayesha Hassan

Richard Gingras

Suzanne Grant Lewis

Manoj Kumar

Pamela M. Cooney

International Advisory Council

Muhammad Mukhtar Alam, Ph.D.

Boubakar Barry, Ph.D.

Sekou Mamadou Barry

Maria Beebe, Ph.D.

Austin Butler

Joseph Carroll-Miranda, Ph.D.

Teimuraz Chichua, Ph.D.

Zeddy Chirombe

Ken Woosuk Choi

Yosem Companys, Ph.D.

Janice Cooper, Ph.D.

Richard Chalks Corriette

Wayne Fritze

Eric Frothingham, J.D.

Veronica Fynn Bruey, Ph.D.

Edwin Gragert, Ph.D.

Tom Graham

Pedro Guevera

Terri Hasdorff

Wayne Fritze

Henry Jackelen

Barbie Keiser

David Lozano

Jim Lynch

Colin Maclay, Ph.D.

Alex Mbianda

Cliff Missen

Stan Muessle

Muna Ndulo, Ph.D.

Abiodun Abbey Ogunwale

Jeff Omelchuck

Patricia Ordóñez, Ph.D.

Carlos Orsorio, Ph.D.

Fernando Reimers, Ph.D.

Uca Silva

William Tiga Tita

Rahul Tongia, Ph.D.

Cynthia Romero-Arroyo, M.D.

Diana Topcic-Rosenberg

Daniel Turikumwe

John Warren, Ph.D.

Michael Wise, Ph.D.

Ann-Catherine Yon