Nepal Staff – Main Office (Kathmandu)
Mira Maiya Singh Rana
Nepal Director
Laxmi Bhakta Basukala
Education Director
Bisham Prasad Mahato
Agricultural Development Officer
Neela Malla
Administration and Finance Officer
Maitrai Sharma
Women’s Empowerment Officer
Sangita Shrestha
Administrative and Procurement Assistant
Dayaram Yakami
Office Assistant
U.S. Staff (Ithaca, NY)
Lisa Lyons
U.S. Director
Teressa Naylor
Sponsorships and Communications Manager
Nepal Staff – Field Office (Sunsari)
Govind Chaudhary
District Program Manager
Hira Adhikari
Agricultural Technician/Social Mobilizer
Radha Chaudhary
Education Assistant
Ram Narayan Chaudhary
Agricultural Technician/Social Mobilizer
Puja Rajdhami
Agricultural Technician/Social Mobilizer
Maheshwor Chaudhary
Program Assistant
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
Jamuna Devi Lama
Director, Samjauta Nepal
Manju Rana
Consultant, JICA Nepal
Mitra Lal Shrestha
Financial expert
Sharad Babu Shrestha
Social worker and businessman
Neerala Tiwari
Consultant (gender issues, women’s development, microcredit)
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
Margaret Shackell, Ph.D., C.P.A. (Treasurer)
Assistant Professor, School of Business, Ithaca College
Barbara Butterworth
International educator and development consultant
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal
Elicia Carmichael
Impact Investing and International Development Specialist
Michael Esposito
Human Resources Manager, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Pete Fritts
Retired attorney
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal
Dave Hohl
Retired Forester, Environmental Advocate
Former Peace Corps Volunteer – Nepal
Jim Johnston
Retired non-profit executive
Yogita Upadya Mumssen
Water Practice Manager, Africa West and Central, World Bank
Susanna Pearce
Independent consultant
Eliza Prager
Occupational Therapist
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.
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies, and Public Affairs, Cornell University
Katharine Rankin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Sara Shneiderman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Colleen Thapalia
Director of International Graduate Admissions & Recruitment, Clarkson University