Our Team
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Board of Directors
Kerry Olson, Ph.D., President
David Katz, Vice President
Debra Evans, Secretary
Jim Hayes
Nancy Shallow, J.D.
Jennifer Delaney

Staff
Jennifer Anderson-Bähr, Senior Program Officer and Development Officer, — jab@firelightfoundation.org
Janice Cook-Silva, Executive Assistant, — janice@firelightfoundation.org
Joanne Csete, Interim Executive Director, — jcsete@firelightfoundation.org
Jim Hayes, IT Manager, — jim@firelightfoundation.org
Aili Langseth, Program Associate, — aili@firelightfoundation.org
Jennifer Lentfer, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance Coordinator, — jlentfer@firelightfoundation.org
Lauren Maher, Senior Program Officer, — lauren@firelightfoundation.org
Ron Maysenhalder, Finance Manager, — ron@firelightfoundation.org
Scott J Pietka, Program Assistant, — scott@firelightfoundation.org
Zoe Rowlandson, Executive Assistant, — zoe@firelightfoundation.org
Anne-Marie Rosché, Program Associate, — annemarie@firelightfoundation.org
Zanele Sibanda Knight, Program Officer & Advocacy Coordinator, — zanele@firelightfoundation.org
Cheryl Talley-Moon, Human Resources and Office Manager, — cheryl@firelightfoundation.org

Advisory Board
Geoff Foster. M.D.
Mulugeta Gebru
Stefan Germann
Wairimu Mungai
Linda Richter, Professor
Cati Vawda

Visiting Scholars

March 2008:	Cyprian Maro, Executive Director, Elimu, Michezo na Mazoezi (EMIMA), Tanzania
	Maxwell Matewere, Executive Director, Eye of the Child, Malawi
September 2007:	Mulugeta Gebru, Executive Director, Jerusalem Children & Community Development, Ethiopia
	Mawinnie Kanetsi, Co-Founder, Touch Roots Africa (TRA), Lesotho
	Philip Motlhaolwa, Director, Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust (DEDI), South Africa
March 2007:	Godfrey Kasozi, Executive Director, CETRUD, Uganda
	Jill Donahue, Consultant--Economic Empowerment, HIV/AIDS, Community Mobilization, South Africa
August 2006:	Wairimu Mungai, Program Director, WEMIHS, Kenya
	Daphetone Siame, Deputy Director of REPSSI, Zambia
March 2006:	Kate Harrison, Senior Technical Advisor: Children, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, United Kingdom
	Kerstin Rausch, MA Research Psychology Co-Founder of Insideout Research, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, South Africa
September 2005:	Phillip Motlhaolwa, Manager, Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust-DEDI, South Africa
	Linda Richter, Executive Director - Child, Youth & Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council/Fatherhood Project - HSRC, South Africa
March 2005:	Cati Vawda, Children's Rights' Centre, South Africa
	Brenda Yamba, Save the Children-US, Malawi
March 2004:	Betty Gahima, Benishyaka Association, Rwanda
September 2003:	John Williamson, Displaced Children and Orphans Fund of USAID, United States

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