Nepal Staff – Field Office

Chandi Prashad Shrestha
District Coordinator

Janga Bahadur Thami
Accounting and Program Assistant

Hira Maya Thami
Education Coordinator

Hishila Thami
Women’s Empowerment Program Motivator

Prasina Thami
Women’s Empowerment Program Motivator

Kumar Pahari
Agricultural Technician

Chock Badahur Thami
Agricultural Technician

Gopini Thami
Agricultural Technician

Nepal Board of Directors

Bal Gopal Baidya, Ph.D. (President)
Senior Research Associate, New ERA Ltd.

Vijaya Shrestha, Ph.D. (Vice President)
Consultant

Rekha Tulachan (Treasurer)
Assistant Program Officer, USC Nepal

Bal Maya Bishwokarma
Education Officer, Save the Children, Alliance

Sharad Babu Shrestha
Social worker and businessman

Neerala Tiwari
Consultant (gender issues, women’s development, microcredit)

Jamuna Devi Lama
Director, Samjauta Nepal

Manju Rana
Consultant, JICA Nepal

Mitra Lal Shrestha
Financial expert

U.S. Board of Directors

Elisabeth Prentice (President)
Retired non-profit executive
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal

Melvin Goldman (Vice President)
Founder, Intech Ventures
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal

James Johnston (Acting Treasurer)
Retired non-profit executive

Barbara Butterworth
International educator and development consultant
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal

Elicia Carmichael
Impact Investing and International Development Specialist

Bonnie Chollet
Retired special educator and environmental and girls’ education activist

Michael Esposito
Human Resources Consultant, Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, Cornell University

Pete Fritts
Retired attorney
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal

Dave Hohl
Retired Forester, Environmental Advocate
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal

Susanna Pearce
Independent consultant

Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Georgia College of Public Health

Margaret Shackell, Ph.D., C.P.A.
Assistant Professor, School of Business, Ithaca College

U.S. Advisory Council

Katherine Anderson
Director of Development for International Affairs, Cornell University

Linda Farthing
Writer and former ETC Executive Director

Kathryn March, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology, Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies, and Public Affairs, Cornell University

Katharine Rankin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto

Donovan Russell
International Development Consultant and former Country Director, Peace Corps Nepal

Sara Shneiderman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia

Colleen Thapalia
Director of International Graduate Admissions & Recruitment, Clarkson University