BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rolf C. Carriere
Chair of the Board
Development economist and international civil servant in FAO/UNDP, World Bank and UNICEF. Has held progressively responsible positions in the fields of social development project design, financing and administration, mostly in Asia. Led a team of 220 staff members for six years responsible for the UNICEF Country Programme in Bangladesh, with an annual throughput of US$40 million.
Assignments:
World Bank-UNICEF collaboration project:UNICEF Indonesia with an US$108 million 5-year country program.
Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a newly founded public-private partnership based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Acts as pro bono adviser to the Nonviolent Peaceforce.
Born in The Netherlands, based outside Geneva in Achieve, France.

Dr. Dennis Bumstead
Deputy Chair and General Manager
Taught at M.I.T., London University and Antioch College for ten years.
Management consultant for fifteen years based in London, working with major international organizations, including Shell, ICI, British Airways, J. Walter Thompson and Motorola.
Senior Human Resource Adviser at The World Bank for four years.
Ten years non-profit board and senior management experience.
BA (Economics), Cambridge University, Ph.D from the Sloan School of Management at M. I. T. U.K. / U.S. dual citizen, based in Middletown, California

Gail Coopee
Treasurer
Has worked in the field of Information Systems for twenty years as a programmer, database designer, project manager, the last ten years as a manager.
Professional certification in coaching and training, and professional study in options trading.
MS (Management), Antioch University.
Seattle based U.S. citizen

Lisa Kellogg
Secretary to the Board
Has served on nonprofit boards since 1980. Served eight years on the board of directors for Greater Lakes Mental Health, Tacoma, Washington, three years as board chair.
Business Major, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Danish born U.S. citizen, based in Seattle, Washington

Julie Koler
Has worked in the Washington state government sector for over 20 years in the field of cultural resource management. In this capacity, coordinates a number of education programs and works with a wide variety of civic and community groups.
Has served on several not-for-profit boards engaged in environmental protection work.
BA, American History.
Seattle based U.S. citizen

Patricia Royman
Business consultant, public relations and marketing professional. Has worked with AGATE, alliance between NASA and the US aviation industry; consultant to the board, National Environmental Education Program "Animal Tracks"; event planner and promotion director: The University of Washington School of Law, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, San Francisco; director for non-profit international membership composed of individuals from diverse religious backgrounds and indigenous cultures.
BFA, University of Texas.
Northern California based U.S.citizen.

Advisors to the Global Cooperation Project

Dr. Hugh O’Doherty
Senior Associate of Cambridge Leadership Associates LLC. As a faculty member at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government teaches in a number of the Executive Programs for senior staff from cities, states, non profits and other organizations.
Consulting clients have included: The Center for International Understanding, the American Leadership Forum, Massachusetts Human Service Forum, the Virginia Health Board, Initiatives of Change, the Episcopalian Clergy Leadership Program, and the Mohawk Community Leadership Program in Canada.
Has addressed the United Nations Global Forum on Re-Inventing Government.
B.Ed Manchester University, M.Ed and Ed.D from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Irish citizen, based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fran Reilly
Publishing business for twenty years. Senior strategy, marketing and business development roles at Time Inc., Hearst Magazines, Scholastic Inc., and Rodale.
Presently independent consultant in New York and in the process of launching a weekly news magazine in Russia and a U.S. based Russian economic magazine. Also engaged in the development of a circulation model for a Beijing based publisher.
Featured speaker at The Women in Journalism conference in Budapest, Hungary, is a plan evaluator at the Columbia University Publishing Course, and taught The Business of Magazine Publishing at University of California, Berkeley Extension.
New York based U.S. citizen.

Dr. Chris Tong
Leading Artificial Intelligence researcher and web technology innovator ("Win-Win Ware"). 2002 NRCC National Leadership Award winner. Assistant professor of Computer Science at Rutgers University (1984-1994). Editor of the book series, "Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design". Investigator for DARPA and NSF research grants (US $8 million). 1990 CSGSS Award for Graduate Teaching Excellence winner. Project manager for KBSDE, one of the world's first "knowledge compilers". Developer of a breakthrough algorithm for determining the stability of dynamical systems (used in diverse applications including: helping countries meet their Kyoto Protocol goals in an economically feasible manner; and improving health care, medicine, and education).
B.A. (Computer Science) summa cum laude, Columbia University.
Ph.D. (Computer Science), Stanford University.
U.S. citizen, based in Kelseyville, California.