"There will never be justice anywhere until you yourself are justice now."

— Marguerite Duras

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Board of Directors

Todd J. Kilburn, Chair
Chief Administrative Officer, Naropa University

Katie Doyle Myers, Vice Chair
Director of Programs, Philanthropiece

Gretchen Wallace, Treasurer
Founder & President, Global Grassroots

Kathryn Friedman, Secretary
Director, Ethical Manufacturing and Licensing, Hasbro, Inc.

Lina Srivastava
Lina Srivastava Consulting, LLC



Rwanda Graduate Advisory Council

Baguma Innocent
President, Let Us Build Ourselves

Hacimana Seraphine
President, Hard Workers

Mukakarera Monique
President, Light In Our Home

Mushimiyimana Mediatrice
President, Think About the Young Girls

Nyiraneza Charlotte
President, Achieving a Better Life



2012 Senior Advisors

Michael Bright
Executive Director, The World Academy for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise

Bill Carter
Founding Board Member, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Terry Donovan
Consultant and Advisor to Social Entrepreneurs and the Citizen Sector

Jennifer Holden
EGO Sports Management

Cristina Ljungberg
Founder, Original Global Art

Jessica Olson
Founder & President, DartHeart

Alan Pesky
Founder & Chairman, Lee Pesky Learning Center

Shirley Randell, Ph.D.
Director, Kigali Institute of Education Centre for Gender, Culture and Development Studies

Leslie Thomas
Founder, Art Works Projects

Jane Wells
Founder, Three Generations



2012 Staff

Gretchen Wallace
President

Theresa Donovan
Strategic Partnerships

Gyslaine Uwitonze
Rwanda Senior Program Officer

Jamie Persons
Global Program Associate

Joseph Hitimana
Rwanda Program Assistant

Josiane Isingizwe
Rwanda University Intern

Jennifer Paik
Social Innovation Intern


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