Ms. Pamela Hawley is founder and CEO of UniversalGiving. UniversalGiving (UG) is an award-winning nonprofit that helps people give and volunteer with vetted, quality opportunities all over the world. Visitors simply choose a region (such as Africa) and an issue (such as education or the environment) and receive a list of quality ways to give and volunteer. 100% of donations go directly to the project. UniversalGiving performs due diligence on all its projects through its unique, trademarked Quality Model. UniversalGiving Corporate (UGC) is a customized version for Fortune 500 companies that manages their global CSR programs. UniversalGiving Corporate helps lead strategy and critical NGO vetting for clients such as Cisco and BEA in more than 50 countries across the world.

UniversalGiving is the recipient of the Jefferson Award (the Nobel Prize for public service), a Finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a Colburn S. Wilbur Fellow through the Institute for Global Ethics, and a Webby Award Honoree. UniversalGiving has been profiled on CBS News and in Fox Business Network, and has also been featured in BusinessWeek, WomenEntrepreneur, Oprah.com, NBC News, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Financial Times, CNNMoney.com and Change.org.

Pamela's community service began at the age of 12. She then expanded her service internationally, working and volunteering in microfinance in remote villages of India outside Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad; crisis relief work in the El Salvador earthquake; digital divide training at the memorial of Choeung Ek in Cambodia; and sustainable farming in the countryside of Guatemala.

Prior to UniversalGiving, Pamela was a co-founder of VolunteerMatch. Her studies include a political science degree cum laudé at Duke University and a Masters on scholarship at the Annenberg School of Communications, USC, in International Communications. She speaks on a number of topics including Global Philanthropy and Volunteerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurship, and Leadership at Harvard, Stanford, and USC Business Schools. In her free time she loves spending time with her family, her #1 priority. Her parents, who have been married 44 years, are two of her best friends, and she loves taking care of her nephews and nieces, Will, Connor and Lindsey aged 13, 11 and 9. Pamela also performs Improv in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Read Pamela's blog, Living and Giving for thoughts about giving, volunteering, and how to live a meaningful life!

Read venture capitalist Bill Draper's letter of support for Pamela Hawley.

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Tricia Collins is UniversalGiving's COO responsible for general operations management, human resources, and team productivity. Ms. Collins determines operational priorities for each business unit, aligning them with UniversalGiving's strategy and goals. She works to ensure a high level of efficiency in each business unit, and effectiveness in working with each team member to help them reach their full potential. She works directly with the CEO to accomplish the objectives of UniversalGiving's Social Return on Investment report, which measures UniversalGiving's results and impact within our worldwide communities.

Ms. Collins possesses a diverse operations background within for-profit and non-profit organization, focusing on the use of technology to reach strategic business objectives. While working for NIKE, she served as the business analyst between key business units and the technology department, facilitating the successful launch of a global product creation intranet tool, the first of its kind for NIKE. While at the non-profit, Friends of the Children, she assisted the national replication of a successful Oregon-based at-risk child mentor program to new sites all over the United States. Along with her 8 years of operations experience, she has 5 years of front-line education experience teaching in impoverished inner-city and international environments. Her interest in social impact originated with teaching in inner-city Los Angeles for Teach For America, leading a study abroad program in Spain, and doing her own service project work in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. She graduated Cum Laude from Duke University with majors in Spanish and Psychology. Her post-graduate studies include a Diploma of Hispanic Studies from the Fundaci?n Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, Spain, and a Professional Clear Credential for education with bilingual emphasis. (hide)

Prior to joining UniversalGiving, Ms. Arurkar built and scaled VolunteerMatch's national nonprofit partnership program. As the head of the nonprofit partnership program, Ms. Arurkar was responsible for creating, executing and managing all aspects of the business unit, including operations, business strategy, partner acquisition and management, and marketing. She acquired 15 national partnerships with national organizations including AARP, American Red Cross, Goodwill Industries International, National CASA, American Humane Association, America's Second Harvest, Save the Children, Hostelling International, and National 4-H Council. At VolunteerMatch, Ms. Arurkar was also director of community services. In this role her responsibilities included managing all aspects of client service to nonprofits and volunteers.

Ms. Arurkar has significant experience working and volunteering in the nonprofit sector for organizations including UNICEF, Camp Fire USA, Children Now, National Center for Education and the Economy, and Business for Social Responsibility. Ms. Arurkar has traveled throughout India and is passionate about improving the plight of children in developing countries. She holds a B.S. in Education from Cornell University and a Masters in Public Policy from the Goldman School at U.C. Berkeley. (hide)

Anne Sweeny plays a central role with UniversalGiving as Senior Manager of Operations. Ms. Sweeny is responsible for execution on operational priorities, ensuring UniversalGiving's business units are operating efficiently and effectively toward organizational results. Ms. Sweeny manages project execution and resource coordination against organizational timelines and goals. Ms. Sweeny also executes on operations for UniversalGiving's corporate clientele, focusing on streamlined communications and well-functioning operations that support UniversalGiving's high standard of quality.

Ms. Sweeny offers a wide breadth of knowledge in the areas of executive operations, client service, and technology systems solutions. Ms. Sweeny brings more than six years experience working in the corporate world, as a business consultant, project manager, and web applications developer for high-profile Fortune 100 and SMB corporate clients across the country. Ms. Sweeny holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Psychology and Organizational Systems, and completion of a pre-medical curriculum and Biophysics research from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is dedicated to leveraging her diverse experiences to help make the world a better place, and strongly believes that organizations both corporate and nonprofit can help lead the way for individuals. (hide)

Alex Stillo leads System Administration for UniversalGiving, addressing numerous areas in UniversalGiving's entrepreneurial environment. Mr. Stillo over 12 years experience working in Information Technology with a career reflecting strong leadership coupled with "hands-on" Systems and networking expertise in all areas related to Information Technology. This includes his proven ability to translate business needs into technology requirements that support the company?s business objectives and to successfully manage all phases of IT projects from needs analysis and requirements definition to vendor selection, implementation, and training. He is passionate about technology and likes to stay on top of the latest trends so he can better understand where it's heading and to find ways to implement these technologies in a time and cost savings working environment. (hide)

Mark Johnson has been engineering server-side Java/database applications for over 10 years, working for large businesses, startups, non-profits, and open source projects. Most recently Mr. Johnson comes from the Internet Archive where he was the technical lead of the Books Group. During his stay 100,000 public domain books were digitized and uploaded to the Archive for free distribution over the Internet. (hide)

Kevin Yeung has over 13 years of IT experience in software engineering from developing standalone desktop applications to complex, enterprise level web applications used to manage data and contents used by millions of online users. His diverse software experience includes working for large corporations, software start-ups, non-profits and educational institutions and spanning the telecommunication, software, banking, legal and marketing industries.

Mr. Yeung has a strong technical educational background with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and Master's degrees in Business Administration and Engineering. He is currently completing his thesis for his third master's degree in Quality Assurance. In his free time, Mr. Yeung enjoys studying European and East Asian art, literature and history; watching BBC and PBS Classic drama and first-rate foreign films released by Criterion and Janus Films; and enjoying long nature hikes. (hide)

Mariela is the NGO Services Coordinator at UniversalGiving. On a daily basis she works to provide excellent client service to both UniversalGiving's NGO Partners and Corporate Clients. Mariela is also responsible for revising and implementing UniversalGiving's Quality Model to ensure that UniversalGiving donors and volunteers are matched with top-performing projects around the world.

Having been born and raised in Venezuela, Mariela has always been driven by a want to give back to our global community. In all realms of her academic, professional, and personal journey she has sought to expand her understanding and commitment to changing the pervasive global inequalities that force people to endure living in abject poverty.

Mariela attended the University of California, Davis where she attained a B.A. in Economics with honors, and a B.A. in International Relations with honors. She later went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Latin American Studies with an emphasis in Development at Vanderbilt University. She has worked in various Non-Profit organizations focusing in the fields of international economic development and human rights. (hide)

Angela is an intern with the NGO Services team at UniversalGiving. Angela outreaches to newly registered NGOs and ensures that the NGOs published on UniversalGiving align with the standards set by the UniversalGiving Quality Model. She has been working on projects that involve incorporating internationally based NGOs onto the UniversalGiving website and determining charitable equivalency status in various countries.

Angela is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a minor in Mathematics at the University of Southern California. During her childhood she lived in various countries including China, New Zealand, and Australia; throughout these travels she established a passion for global change and development. She hopes to learn more about the operations within a nonprofit organization and is excited to be a part of the dedicated UniversalGiving team. (hide)

Cheryl Mahoney works primarily in marketing with UniversalGiving. She researches online opportunities for marketing and outreach, looking into blogs and other websites for ways to spread awareness of UniversalGiving as a resource for everyone interested in making giving and/or volunteering a part of their life. She also works on marketing partnership opportunities and works on marketing planning as well. Ms. Mahoney manages and writes for PhilanthroPost, UniversalGiving's blog, which shares resources for giving and volunteering.

Ms. Mahoney views both writing and volunteering as integral parts of her own life, and is glad to be able to combine them for UniversalGiving. She has made volunteering a priority, working regularly with the San Francisco Haight Ashbury Food Program and the Salvation Army's Tenderloin Community Center. She has always found volunteering to be as enriching for the volunteer as for the people being served.

Ms. Mahoney is a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where she was an English major with an emphasis on writing. She grew up in Sacramento, CA. (hide)

Sarah Keyston is a Marketing Ambassador for UniversalGiving. She outreaches to the media and organizations in addition to engaging in social media via Facebook, Twitter, and UniversalGiving's blog. Ms. Keyston also handles a select number of marketing partnerships, works on award and grant proposals for UniversalGiving, and designs and writes the UniversalGiving Newsletter. Within the UniversalGiving office, she helps acquaint new team members with office practices and marketing operations.

Ms. Keyston's academic interests involve International Development Studies. She loves traveling and has goals of venturing to Europe, Australia, and Central or South America. In her free time, she enjoys running, tennis, baking, and Bikram yoga. Ms. Keyston grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been an avid Giants baseball fan all her life. (hide)

Laura Shu-Han Lee is originally from Taiwan. She recently graduated from the University of Rochester with her MBA degree. She has over five years of marketing and project management experience in global computer and telecommunication companies. She has an established track record of strategic development in online marketing in the international environment. Currently Mrs. Lee is mainly involved in building Search Engine Optimization Strategy for UniversalGiving and has successfully improved traffic and search results. (hide)

Kyle Daley is a Political Advisor to UniversalGiving and Pamela Hawley. In this role, he manages relationship building and government affairs for global service and philanthropy-oriented legislation and causes. Mr. Daley works with local, state, and federal agencies to increase UniversalGiving's role during this tide of service legislation. He also works to strengthen the recognition of the UniversalGiving brand by outreaching to media outlets and publications. In addition, Mr. Daley partakes in research of new media applications for UniversalGiving in this growing world of mobile technology. Mr. Daley recently graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Political Science. The main focus of his education was on electoral communications and strategy. Over the years Mr. Daley has work on various statewide and congressional campaigns, as well as serving on a local planning commission. While at UniversalGiving, he has been enthralled by working and learning from a fascinating team of dedicated people determined on making a positive impact in our world. In a few years, Mr. Daley hopes to attend business school. (hide)

Susie Saxten is the Executive Assistant to Pamela Hawley and does many special projects in the office. Through managing the phones, email, and postal mail, she acts as the front line for the UniversalGiving office. She works to increase visibility of UniversalGiving abroad by outreaching to international media outlets. She also manages communication with funders and UniversalGiving's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors.

Ms. Saxten recently graduated with honors from Stanford University with a BA in International Relations. Through her studies, she became fascinated with International Organizations and in particular, those that work on issues surrounding women's health and education in the developing world. Ms. Saxten is excited to gain experience in the non profit sector at UniversalGiving and enjoys learning every day from her teammates. She hopes to attend business school in the next couple of years. (hide)

Sofia Ramirez joined the UniversalGiving team as a volunteer, working primarily with Salesforce.com and other customer relationship efforts. Sofia now provides support with important operational tasks, including reporting, organizing customer information for marketing purposes, and maintenance of Salesforce relationships.

Sofia graduated from UC Berkeley in 2008 with a degree in Economics and Communications. Her interest in social responsibility and community action grew through her involvement with an undergraduate student organization Students for Responsible Business (SRB). As a consultant, Sofia worked with several Bay Area clients to help improve their sustainability efforts by creating business solutions that would benefit local and global communities. Focused on developing her personal and professional life, Sofia hopes to learn more about Social Entrepreneurship through her work with UniversalGiving. (hide)

Rupa Bose handles UniversalGiving's budgets and projections. Ms. Bose is an economist and consultant on international business. She has worked at Bank of America, Business International (now part of the Economist), Merrill Lynch and Banque Paribas in the areas of finance, applied economics, and equity research focused on Asia, particularly India. Ms. Bose has worked in India, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S. She has published extensively and has presented in TV and radio programs. Ms. Bose holds an honors degree in Economics from Delhi University, and MBA degrees from the Indian Insitute of Management Ahmedabad as well as UCLA's Anderson School. She is currently based in San Francisco. (hide)

Sovannary Chea is the client relations data specialist at UniversalGiving and is perfectly suited for this responsibility given her extensive background in philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. She worked from 2001 to 2005 as the Operations Manager for Digital Divide Data, a Social Enterprise in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At this organization, the country's largest IT service business, she supervised a staff of nearly 150 operators who were recruited from marginalized populations including the physically disabled, the orphaned, rural migrants, and sex-trafficked women. Fittingly, Ms. Chea was also an active member of the Disability Action Counsel that creates training and job opportunities in Cambodia, and an advisory member of the Community Service Learning program at Pannasastra University in Cambodia.

On the U.S. front, Ms. chea joined the 2003 Washington DC Development Market Place Event where she won a grant for Digital Divide Data's expansion to new sites in Battambang province, Cambodia and Vientiane, Laos. Additionally, she joined Workshop Grassroots Business Organization (GBO) in Washington, DC in 2005. Ms. Chea was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1971 and is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge period. At the age of four, her farther was killed by the Pol Pot regime, after which she and her siblings were forced to work like adults in a labor camp. But despite this adversity, in 2001 she earned her BA in English Literature at Delhi University in India and also received a computer certificate from NIIT in New Delhi, India. Her commitment to education is clear as she later earned certificates in Business Management, Comprehensive Writing Skills, and Communication Service Skills. (hide)

Oumung Mehrotra develops UniversalGiving's internet-based applications. He brings 10 years of software development and social entrepreneurship experience to the team. Mr. Mehrotra worked with Volunteer Solutions from its inception in 1998, providing internet based technology to manage the daily operations of a volunteer center or corporate volunteer program. Volunteer Solutions won the 1998 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition and was acquired by the United Way of America in 2001. Mr. Mehrotra developed enterprise-grade web applications and an open source web application framework for 4 years at ArsDigita until it was acquired by Red Hat in 2002. Prior to joining UniversalGiving, he worked with the United Way of America to expand the Volunteer Solutions service. Mr. Mehrotra holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University. (hide)

Mark Lieberwitz joined the UniversalGiving team in July of 2006 as a marketing intern. In his SEO marketing position, he manages marketing strategy relating to online marketing campaigns and online search marketing.

Mr. Lieberwitz is a recent graduate of Tulane University with a BSM in Business Management from the A.B. Freeman School of Business and a BA in Music. His prior experience includes a database management and marketing strategy internship at Integral Talent Systems, and a street team position with Hi-Frequency Marketing promoting music and movie projects. Prior to that, Mr. Lieberwitz held a marketing and public relations internship position for the Annual Cultural Jewish Street Fair with the Palo Alto JCC in which he solicited and secured sponsorships, developed and distributed marketing materials, and managed a team of festival planning volunteers.

As a New Orleans resident for the past four years, Mr. Lieberwitz has volunteered towards the rebuilding effort after Hurricane Katrina. He currently plays in a Bay Area funk/blues/rock band and is extremely passionate about marketing and web development. (hide)

Emily Stehr is the UniversalGiving Representative for Princeton University. She helps spread the word about UniversalGiving to campus groups and helps create partnerships. Ms. Stehr has a strong background in nonprofit management, having learned about NGOs and non-profit work from her experience with Engineers Without Borders (EWB). During the summer of 2006, Ms. Stehr traveled to Southern Ethiopia with her University's chapter of EWB. During the two months she spent there, her team worked on installing an irrigation system for the community gardens so as to relieve the women of the village of their physically-demanding daily task of carrying water and to improve community health by expanding the size and production volume of the gardens. Ms. Stehr became the acting Project Manager for the EWB Ethiopia project for the 2006-2007 academic year and returned to the village in March 2007 to successfully finish the irrigation line. The experience of managing such a project inspired her to join an organization that helps streamline the often daunting work of fundraising, cutting through red tape, and recruiting volunteers that NGOs and non-profits must go through before their REAL work begins.

Ms. Stehr is currently entering her senior year at Princeton University in New Jersey where she studies Intellectual History, Neuroscience, French Culture and Literature, and Swahili Language. She was born and raised in Piedmont, California. (hide)

Before starting medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, Mr. Smith interned at UniversalGiving and began work on a project to raise awareness of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Currently, he helps craft the language on both the UniversalGiving Web site and newsletter.

In his spare time, he enjoys chasing the euphoria that occasionally rewards long distance runners after a good hard effort. And, in spite of his long distance runner physique, he sports a twice-broken, Owen Wilson-like beak that the ladies find inexplicably enchanting. (hide)