Name

Title

Employer

Bio

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

Mark Borchardt
Chair

President

MJB Consulting

Mark Borchardt is the president of a financial technology firm whose primary customer is a prominent Federal government organization. He has 20 years experience in the accounting/financial technology area and is also a CPA and CMA. He is currently president of the local chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants and treasurer of CHAI, Inc a Maryland non-profit.

Harry Wheeler
Vice Chair

Executive Director

SECID
South East Consortium for International Development

Harry Wheeler's 30-year career in for profits and nonprofits include marketing, implementing and managing technical assistance development projects, as corporate officer and senior executive. He has particular expertise in corporate finance and market growth, with major agricultural, educational and financial sector initiatives in the US, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean funded through public-private investments.

Lewis (Paul) Sevier, Secretary

Independent Consultant

Paul Sevier has served as senior and executive manager and in field posts with nonprofits in the development of private and public institutions, conflict resolution, democracy and the economy throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He developed curricula for agricultural coops in Afghanistan, emergency relief for dairy farmers in Lebanon and a market demand analysis for farm products in China. Paul has worked at America's Development Foundation, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Chemonics International and AMIDEAST, among others.

Regina Yan, Treasurer

Executive Vice President

Eurasia Foundation

Regina Yan is a specialist in international development, particularly in fostering new indigenous institutions in transitional countries. Over the last 18 years, she has worked extensively on programs with Asia, Middle East and the Eurasia region. She has a strong background in finance, administration, board oversight and strategy.

DIRECTORS

Ralph (Ted) Field, Member

Director of Program in Management; Professor of Management

University of Maryland University College

With a Cornell doctorate in Development Sociology, Ted Field has 25 years of expertise in education and organizational development as well as evaluation in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. He is an RPVC, Returning Peace Corps Volunteer, from Botswana.

Bruce Schlein, Member

Vice President Environmental Affairs

Citigroup NY

Bruce Schlein is Vice President of Environmental Affairs for Citigroup where he advises on corporate environmental and social policies, business opportunities and footprint, and, additionally leads the environmental portfolio for the Citigroup Foundation. Prior, he served as Sustainable Development Manager at Bechtel International. Bruce has worked for nonprofits—Save the Children, Catholic Relief Service—and at the US Peace Corps, with a career start as a designer at an architectural firm. Bruce is a member of the Institute for Social and Ethical Accountability and earned degrees from Cornell and Johns Hopkins Universities.

Dick Wall, Governance

President

Consultant, Training and Development

Richard Wall is a senior consultant with more than 25 years experience in US government and other donor funded projects in more than 40 countries. In the eighties he served as country director for the Peace Corps in Mauritania and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), later as special assistant to the Peace Corps Director in charge of coordinating the agency's worldwide response to HIV/AIDS.

Susan Wobst
ex-officio

Executive Director

Partners for Community Solutions

As senior leader, fundraiser and program designer at nonprofits in the US and abroad, Susan Wobst has guided social and institutional change over the last 25 years in environment, education, community and workforce development, women's progress and corporate social investment strategies. She has been active in the Middle East, Eurasia and New England through IREX, Institute for Sustainable Communities, WorldBoston and Vital Voices Global Partnership.