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| [[Image:LonnyUserpage.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Lonny|Lonny Grafman]], President]]
| Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder and instructor in a summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology summer program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering.  Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis and believes that science, culture and language are inextricably linked.  He seeks to highlight that connection through service-learning based education while working to improve existing conditions by leveraging local knowledge, materials, wealth and labor through transparency and stakeholder participation.
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| [[Image:Curtbeckmann headshot.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt Beckmann]], Treasurer]]
| [[Image:Curtbeckmann headshot.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt Beckmann]], Treasurer]]
| Curt has a background in high-tech, with degree in Physics and an MBA.  He has co-founded a successful start-up.
| Curt has a background in high-tech, with a degree in Physics and an MBA.  He has co-founded a successful start-up.
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| [[Image:Chriswaterguy_cycle_rickshaw.JPG|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chris Watkins]], Secretary]]
| [[Image:Chriswaterguy_cycle_rickshaw.JPG|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chris Watkins]], Secretary]]
| A water and sanitation engineer by training, with experience managing his own fair trade import business, Chris speaks fluent Indonesian. While he remains passionate about water and sanitation for the world, he sees knowledge-sharing and empowerment as more strategic goals.
| Chris Watkins is a water and sanitation engineer, with experience in fair trade import and distribution. Chris speaks fluent Indonesian. While he remains passionate about water and sanitation for the world, he is now focused on knowledge-sharing and empowerment as the means to achieve these and other strategic goals. He also consults on wikis and in technical writing on sustainable technologies and policies.
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| [[Image:Andrew_Lamb_RedR.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Andrew.lamb|Andrew Lamb]]]]
| Andrew has worked with the University of Cambridge Office for Community Affairs and co-founded the Humanitarian Centre in his spare time. He worked for more than three years with disaster relief organisation RedR, including at their Nairobi office. Andrew became Chief Executive of student-led [[international development]] charity [[Engineers Without Borders UK]] in December 2008 after winning a World of Difference grant from the Vodafone Foundation. He is also the technical editor of the UNESCO Engineering Report, and a Visiting Lecturer for the Engineering and Technology Board (UK). In his previous role of Education Co-ordinator for EWB-UK he focused on change in the undergraduate engineering curriculum to include consideration of global issues and more transferable skills. Andrew co-authored a report with John Kentish (People & Planet) and Ellen Roberts and Claire Bennett (Development in Action) entitled "Students As Active Global Citizens". Andrew graduated as an Electronic and Information Engineer from the University of Cambridge.
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== Past directors ==
 
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| [[Image:LonnyUserpage.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Lonny|Lonny Grafman]], President]]
| [[User:Joel.scott|Joel.scott]]
| Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder and instructor in a summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology summer program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering.  Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis and believes that science, culture and language are inextricably linked.  He seeks to highlight that connection through service-learning based education while working to improve existing conditions by leveraging local knowledge, materials, wealth and labor through transparency and stakeholder participation.
| Joel Scott is a California-based attorney with a passion for [[Creative Commons]] and [[open knowledge]], who joined the board in April 2008.
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| [[Image:Cat_laine.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Claine1|Cat Laine]]]]
| [[Image:Cat_laine.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Claine1|Cat Laine]]]]
| Catherine Lainé received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in Biology. After spending a year and a half as an academic visitor at the Wellcome Trust Center For the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at Oxford University, she began her studies at Harvard School of Public Health in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She is currently a PhD candidate and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute PreDoctoral Fellow. She is fluent in French and proficient in Haitian Creole and Spanish.
| Catherine Lainé received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in Biology. After spending a year and a half as an academic visitor at the Wellcome Trust Center For the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at Oxford University, she began her studies at Harvard School of Public Health in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She is currently a PhD candidate and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute PreDoctoral Fellow. She is fluent in French and proficient in Haitian Creole and Spanish.
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| [[Image:Andrew_Lamb_RedR.jpg|thumb|150px|center|[[User:Andrew.lamb|Andrew Lamb]]]]
| Andrew Lamb is the Education Co-ordinator for student-led international development charity Engineers Without Borders UK. Focusing on change in the undergraduate engineering curriculum to include consideration of global issues and more transferable skills, the role has also led to a wider exploration of student citizenship. Andrew has co-authored a report with John Kentish (People & Planet) and Ellen Roberts and Claire Bennett (Development in Action) entitled ‘Students As Active Global Citizens’. The report was presented at the Development Education Association conference earlier in the year. Andrew is a former chief executive of Engineers Without Borders UK, a co-founder of the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge and has been involved in numerous international student and professional organisations. He currently works for RedR, a capacity building organisation working in international disaster relief. Andrew graduated as an Electronic and Information Engineer from the University of Cambridge.
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| [[User:Joel.scott|Joel.scott]]
| Joel Scott is a California-based attorney, who joined the board in April 2008.
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Revision as of 04:31, 28 December 2013

Lonny Grafman, President
Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder and instructor in a summer abroad, full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology summer program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering. Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis and believes that science, culture and language are inextricably linked. He seeks to highlight that connection through service-learning based education while working to improve existing conditions by leveraging local knowledge, materials, wealth and labor through transparency and stakeholder participation.
Curt Beckmann, Treasurer
Curt has a background in high-tech, with a degree in Physics and an MBA. He has co-founded a successful start-up.
Chris Watkins, Secretary
Chris Watkins is a water and sanitation engineer, with experience in fair trade import and distribution. Chris speaks fluent Indonesian. While he remains passionate about water and sanitation for the world, he is now focused on knowledge-sharing and empowerment as the means to achieve these and other strategic goals. He also consults on wikis and in technical writing on sustainable technologies and policies.
Andrew Lamb
Andrew has worked with the University of Cambridge Office for Community Affairs and co-founded the Humanitarian Centre in his spare time. He worked for more than three years with disaster relief organisation RedR, including at their Nairobi office. Andrew became Chief Executive of student-led international development charity Engineers Without Borders UK in December 2008 after winning a World of Difference grant from the Vodafone Foundation. He is also the technical editor of the UNESCO Engineering Report, and a Visiting Lecturer for the Engineering and Technology Board (UK). In his previous role of Education Co-ordinator for EWB-UK he focused on change in the undergraduate engineering curriculum to include consideration of global issues and more transferable skills. Andrew co-authored a report with John Kentish (People & Planet) and Ellen Roberts and Claire Bennett (Development in Action) entitled "Students As Active Global Citizens". Andrew graduated as an Electronic and Information Engineer from the University of Cambridge.

Past directors

Joel.scott Joel Scott is a California-based attorney with a passion for Creative Commons and open knowledge, who joined the board in April 2008.
Cat Laine
Catherine Lainé received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in Biology. After spending a year and a half as an academic visitor at the Wellcome Trust Center For the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at Oxford University, she began her studies at Harvard School of Public Health in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She is currently a PhD candidate and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute PreDoctoral Fellow. She is fluent in French and proficient in Haitian Creole and Spanish.
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