| Beth Heckel: Founder and Executive Director bheckel@thinkhumanity.org Founder of Think Humanity in 2007. Followed the vision and passion to change the lives of people, one by one and adhering to Bono's principle that "one's destiny should not be solely determined by where they are born." Has more than 20 years of administrative/leadership experience managing in several non-profits and philanthropic organizations and has worked since 1999 in an early childhood non-profit organization with experience in statistical reports/analysis, grant writing, and human resource management. Years of service: 2007 to present. Jim Heckel: President 33 years of hi-tech Corporate Management experience within Global Procurement/Materials Management, Engineering, IT, Project Management, Quality Control Management (TCQ, TQM, 6-Sigma), Order Processing, Process Engineering, Product Development, Manufacturing Management, Business Unit Management all involving leadership of Global Teams. BSBA University of Illinois, MBA University of Wyoming. Years of service: 2007 to present. James Hepburn: Program Committee Director A medical student at Barts and the London, James has experience in development projects with a number of organizations in India and Africa. A Graduate of Amherst College, with a Post Graduate Diploma from Cass Business school in London in Charity Management and Fundraising. Years of service: 2007 to present. Aimee Markwardt: Media and Promotions HeckelA@dailycamera.com More than eight years as a reporter at a daily newspaper, including special reports to Third World countries, including Uganda and Haiti. Graduated summa cum laude from Colorado State University with degrees in Journalism and German, and also attended University of Heidelberg in Germany. Has been volunteering to help refugees since 2006. Spent six months to help rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, with an emphasis on public relations and administration/organization for construction teams. Currently a features writer and columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera and the editor of Women's Magazine. Years of service: 2007 to present. Cindy Rauschenberger: Fundraising Cindy is a graduate from The Womens College of Denver University with a bachelors degree in Business Administration. She has 26 years of experience in Administration, Training, Human Resources, Safety/Environmental, Procurement and Project Management working for two of the top Colorado based corporations Adolph Coors Company and Frontier Airlines Inc. She also works part-time with an auction event firm providing Management and Leadership to organizations during their fund-raising events. Years of service: 2008 to present. Kim Paulsen Kim is currently a Senior Vice President of Penton Media, managing the Technology and Entertainment market segments. She is working to build out next generation publishing methods through social networking and user generated communication. Kim and her family Eric, Sydney and Jordan watched the Invisible Children video and started looking for ways they could help out children and families in Africa and Uganda. They are members of Cross Roads church, where Kim attended the focus on AIDS discussion and met Beth Heckel and learned more about Think Humanity. Kim said, being a part of Think Humanity has been a life changing experience for our family, having now found a way to get involved in other peoples lives who so desperately and graciously need help. Years of service: 2008 to present. Joe Bergholz: Operations Manager 31 years of leadership experience in Operations of multi-billion dollar corporations culminating at a vice president level. He has been a general manager of several operations, including an overseas assignment in The Netherlands. Knowledge base includes leadership development, performance management, process excellence, organizational design and financial management. His passion is to help accelerate the growth rate of positive impact on African refugees. Education: BS Industrial Engineering University of Nebraska; MBA Colorado State University. Years of service: 2010 to present. Dr. Will Reents A physician in Family Medicine in Loveland, Colorado for 35 years who has gone on short term medical mission work in Honduras, Ecuador, Madagascar and Nigeria. Years of service 2010 to present. Charity Watson Charity graduated summa cum laude in International Affairs from the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2010, Charity spent six months living in Uganda and Rwanda, as well as traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During that time she worked on development projects and took part in a study abroad program. Charitys expertise comes from her familiarity with the countries in which Think Humanity works as well as her base of cultural knowledge. She also brings to the table an understanding of historical and political contexts. Charity moved to Uganda in October 2011 and will be there "indefinitely." Years of service: 2011 to present. |
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