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, an Expert Blogger on CSR for Fast Company, a Colburn S. Wilbur Fellow through the Institute for Global Ethics, and a Webby Award Honoree. Pamela has been invited to exclusive events at the White House on two occasions, in 2010 and 2012. 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 niece. 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!

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

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Kayla is a clinical psychologist, focusing on several areas of psychology: mental health, crisis, organizational change and organizational psychology. Part of her work specializes in trauma and substance use disorders across various clinical settings including hospitals, community mental health clinics, and police departments. She has had the opportunity to present her original research at the American Psychological Association?s annual conference and at a national conference for individuals struggling with dissociation. Kayla has provided numerous crisis response team trainings for law enforcement across the country, providing knowledge and de-escalation tools for law enforcement to utilize while interacting with individuals with mental illness. As Head of People Growth, Kayla is able to use her passion for working with people to help them grow longterm as members of the UniversalGiving® family. She has been a UniversalGiving® team member since 2013. Kayla began her career at UniversalGiving® as an intern working as the Executive Assistant to the CEO and built her career up to working in Corporate Client Services and Corporate Social Responsibility in 2015. She has been a leader in UniversalGiving® Corporate Services for 5 years, growing with clients across all aspects of CSR. Kayla Mines received her B.S. from Northwestern University with a double major in Psychology, Learning and Organizational Change. Kayla received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University where she received honors as a member of the Psi Chi International Honors society. Kayla has extensive volunteer experiences, demonstrating her long-term commitment to service. Kayla worked in the corporate offices of Inspiration Corporation, helping with fundraising and the planning of fundraising events. She volunteered as a life skills counselor for the Life Skills summer camp serving children with disabilities and impaired vision at the Pinellas Lighthouse Center for the Blind. Kayla volunteered at health fairs throughout the Broward County area on behalf of Tobacco Free Florida. She provided education to community members about the tobacco cessation services offered in South Florida. Kayla served as a volunteer on the junior board of the Florida Chapter of the Children?s Heart Foundation. Additionally, Kayla is an avid painter and traveler. She loves to stay active through hiking. She spends much of her time hanging out with her adorable puppies, Barkley and Charli. Kayla was born and raised in Clearwater, Florida. (hide)

A native from Brazil, Estela Pilz has strong global experience working with nonprofits all over the world. Estela focuses on international relations and is committed to making a cross-border impact on her work. A key professional experience was a leadership project management role at Sulitest, a non-profit organization supported by entities of the United Nations. At Sulitest, she collaborated with 11 Latin American universities in an Erasmus+ project, improving sustainability in the institution's curricula and operations. As a board member for the Hult Net Impact Club, Estela leveraged her passion for sustainability and CSR by creating events to bring awareness and opportunities to campus. She pursues her Bachelor?s degree in Business Administration at Hult International Business School in San Francisco. She commits to international awareness and travel and has lived and studied in 16 countries including the USA, France, Germany, England. She speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English fluently; medium fluency French. Volunteering is something very valuable to Estela and she encourages people around her to have a positive impact. At Hult, she helped organize clothing donations and beach cleanups in the Bay Area. Estela is a wanderer who always tries to learn new things and expand her list of places to visit, with strong interest in international development. That is why she is very happy to be a part of UniversalGiving®. (hide)

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Evin Baysal is an immigrant from Turkey with strong competence in Engineering, Operations, and International Global Volunteering Service. As such, she has hundreds of experiences which prepared her for this role as Operations Associate, serving millions globally. Evin Baysal has accomplished her Bachelor?s Degree in Industrial Engineering and was chosen to be an Erasmus exchange student which gave her a big chance to study in the University of West Bohemia, in Czech Republic. While she was studying in Czech Republic, she traveled to 10 countries in Europe. She has worked with different NGOs and she was so amazed she became totally sure that it was the thing that she would love to work for: helping people, being a voice and being a socially responsible person. When she was in San Francisco as a J1 Work and Travel Program student, she searched for an internship position and she kept searching for NGOs; that is how she met UniversalGiving. After she completed her internship she was so happy with the UniversalGiving team, the environment, the work culture and now she is really into work with UniversalGiving. On the philanthropic level, Evin has many volunteering experiences with NGOs since 2014 -- specifically right in the heart of Syria. The war in Syria is reflected in her life a lot: She personally went to the crisis points and was volunteering for refugees who had been running away from Syria to Turkey. She would go to refugee camps and listen to families and forwarded their needs to individual donors or NGOs. In 2014 when the Syria war was at an extreme point on the border of Turkey, she has worked with CARE International American NGO as a volunteer and translator. She has reached out to hundreds of people who were in need and is still in touch with some families. Those experiences gave Evin social awareness, cultural diversity as well as understanding NGO‐based knowledge, which makes her prepared for her role in Operations and Client Service, serving NGOs and team members all over the world. She was born and raised with not many opportunities as a Kurdish family child in Istanbul, Turkey which is one of the biggest metropolitan cities around the world. Her nationality is Kurdish, and she is originally from Mardin which is an ancient city in the heart of Mesopotamia. Her parents immigrated from Mardin in the 1990`s because of a political impression on Kurds and the war on the east side of Turkey. She can speak three languages; Kurdish (mother tongue), Turkish and English (educational languages). She now lives in Oakland, CA and is building her professional life there. She loves fishing, yoga and traveling in California because of the natural beauty of California. (hide)

Allison Kemp received her Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree from Old Dominion University in 2015. She has received a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University as well as a Nonprofit Fundraising Certificate from the Institute for Charitable Giving. Growing up, Allison spent many summers volunteering at a local non-profit summer camp, Camp Hope Haven, which ministered to inner-city youth. Now as a young professional, Allison has both volunteered and worked for several non-profits where her primary focus has been on fundraising efforts; Edmarc Hospice for Children where she received the Intern of the Year Award (2013/2014); the United Way of South Hampton Roads where she was responsible for accounts generating up to $50,000; Susan B. Anthony List where she successfully assisted the development team raise $8 million for the 2016 election cycle and managed the day-to-day work of their interns. At Susan B. Anthony List, on the Development Team, Allison was responsible for donor prospecting and cultivation where she assessed and ranked prospects and new donors alike and their propensity to make substantial gifts to the organization. Prior to her development work at SBA List, she was the Office Assistant. Her chief duties in this role, were implementing and running inventory processes as well as reconciling expense reports for the organization?s Senior Leadership team to ensure accuracy in operating costs and budgets. Most recently, she supported top Development Executives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she was responsible for the cultivation and outreach of the Medical Center?s most affluent donor database (gift propensities greater than $1 million). Additionally, at the Medical Center, Allison was responsible for increasing board member activity for the three major Advisory Boards & Councils through the planning and management of semiannual board meetings and dinners. Prior to her career in the nonprofit sector, Allison was a Retail Manager in the corporate world prior. In this role, she was responsible for a team of 4 associates where she achieved their daily, weekly, and monthly financial and credit goals for through equipping her team by example, encouragement, and empowerment. Additionally in this role, Allison was responsible for the opening and closing operations of the store; including the running of all metrics and financial reports for the General and Regional Managers. (hide)

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Aung graduated with a bachelor's in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. He brings strong analytical and technical skills from both his educational and professional background. His attention to detail, commitment to effective CSR is his desire and focus. He also has an extremely strong commitment to helping others both locally and globally. (hide)

Patricia Pietrzyk started as a musician building excellent credentials and honors, and developing organizational and management capabilities. She received her G.R.S.M from the Royal College of Music, specializing in vocal performance, music history and drama. Since that time, she has been teaching all aspects of music, producing plays and musicals and conducting her church choir, for which she chooses all the works to be performed. She also won the North of England Drama Award for her portrayal of Annie Sullivan in THE MIRACLE WORKER before coming to the U.S.A. Additionally, her Castilleja Honors Choir won gold at the Heritage Musical Festival in New York City. After coming to the United States, Patricia built a second career in Administration, Operations and Governance. She completed a Masters Program in advanced Administration. This resulted in becoming Assistant Head at the first high school in which she worked. At the same time, she built a career of teaching part-time for nearly 40 years. While teaching at the prestigious Castilleja School for Girls, she won the Outstanding Teaching Award. Patricia is fortunate to support three girls from South America through Children International. All are doing well, and she takes great delight and satisfaction in their accomplishments. Since leaving her administration and teaching careers, she has volunteered as a board member for Music in the Schools Foundation, which guarantees music education to underserved students in the East Palo Alto/Menlo Park elementary schools. As a child of a small town physician in N. England, she feels so fortunate to have been encouraged by her parents to spend time with ageing patients and children who were in less fortunate situations. This established a concern for others which continues to this day. The church she attends has a lunch program which feeds hungry people three days a week, usually serving over one thousand meals a week. For this program, she has arranged both fundraising concerts and organized volunteers. In addition to work at the church, she loves to travel with her husband and also manages to keep in touch with former students from her many years of teaching. She cycles often and loves to exercise at her local gym. Her four grandchildren keep her busy, as does her book club which satisfies her love of reading. (hide)

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She's received her B.A. in Legal Studies and Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and is building a career in child advocacy and family law. Sam started out in NGO Services with UniversalGiving and is now part of the Office of the CEO, serving many aspects of our business. She is passionate about child welfare, the environment and politics. (hide)

Derek is a web developer who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. He enjoys working on websites and learning the growing new technology in the web development world. He uses his technological skills and the modern internet to drive more people to help those in need around the world. (hide)

Livia Marchi-Ranieri has a strong global experience working with governments and nonprofits all over the world. Some key professional experiences include working in the Brazilian Government?s Foreign Ministry branch, aiding with immigration cases and refugees. Of note, Livia was selected in a highly competitive role to work at the World Economic Forum as a Student Staff Lead. Per her lead role, she worked on key global events with the youth staff in Europe and Latin America. Livia also received an award from a Brazilian NGO, Mensageiros da Esperança for her work with Brazilian youth, teaching English and participating in the administrative tasks. Languages are important to Livia, and she is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Livia graduated in International Relations from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She received a scholarship from the Canadian government to study at Western University, in London, Ontario. She is currently pursuing a double Masters Degree in International Business and Business Analytics at Hult International Business School. Livia is from a multicultural family, with Italian, Spanish, Brazilian and Canadian influences. She has lived in Brazil, Canada and the United States. During her free time, you can find her reading, painting or cuddling one of her two dogs. Livia is interested in the future of technology and data intersecting with the non-profit and mission driven sectors. (hide)

Shanthi began her career at UniversalGiving® as a QA Intern in 2015. She loved working with UniversalGiving® team members. She is currently working with the Product Development team on Web/QA for UniversalGiving® website. Shanthi Obla worked at technology firm RhinoTech in India and was a Junior QA at Mozilla QA, a prominent web browser. Shanthi Obla has more than five years experience in manual testing of web applications on different platforms, browsers and domains like Retail and Manufacturing. As a QA tester, she has strong experience on writing test cases, preparing traceability matrices and writing bug reports. She has good knowledge on the automation tool Selenium which is one of the most popular automated testing suites as well as QTP, QC, Jira and Bugzilla. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, India. Shanthi currently lives in Pleasanton, CA with her two young boys and family. She enjoys painting, photo transfering, handmade crafts, and cooking. One of her favorite handmade crafts is Handmade Jewelry. She makes jewelry for herself to match her outfits. Crafting is very enjoyable for her because she makes things that she can be proud of. She comes from a traditional Indian family and has more than 12 years of experience in Indian style cooking. She learned cooking from her mom, who is her greatest inspiration in cooking, and her mother-in-law. She writes and shares some of her favorite recipes and her jewelry designs. (hide)

She did her graduation in Physics from Delhi University, India but her love for technology inspired her to do masters in Computer Science later on before joining NCR Corporation as a Software Engineer. Totally Passionate about what she does, and love solving problems together with the team to drive results. She is analytically strong, technically proficient and extensively used agile methodologies to deliver her projects at NCR. (hide)

Irene Dadkoush is a Kurdish woman business leader with various international experiences in Client Services, Marketing, Social Media, Management, and Operations. At UniversalGiving®, Irene plays a diverse role, providing Operational support in Management Communications, Marketing Research and Operational tasks. Irene has extensive worldwide business experience: She has worked as a Marketing Executive and Assistant Manager at Crown Logistics company located in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Irene worked at Saks Fifth Avenue as a Luxury Style Advisor by providing customer service both in-store and online; she was also responsible for training new team members. Irene works at Gap Inc. as a Customer Service Representative, helping to solve issues for clients. As a Women and Human Rights Activist, Irene advocates for Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She was part of the Gender Equality Team of the World Merit Organization where she presented a Sustainable Development Goals program in the United Nations winning first place with funding. In her time living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, she voluntarily visited refugee camps (where Syrians and Kurds fleeing ISIS at the time). Through Hope Organization, she helped provide aid and gathered donations to assist the people in the camps. She has also been a tutor and held educational classes for people in need in the camps, especially women at risk. Irene studied Business and Management at the International University of Kurdistan-Hawler for 6 years. She is fluent in Kurdish Sorani/Bahdini, Persian, and English; in Turkish and Arabic at an intermediate level. Irene has profound Social Media Influence as a blogger, YouTuber, and Social Media Influencer with more than 40 thousand followers. In her spare time, Irene loves to read self-development and psychology books. She loves writing, playing music and singing in her free time. (hide)

Alfia Quadri has a strong global experience working with international companies and nonprofits. Alfia is a senior Web Application Developer with decades of experience: She has 11+ years of experience in web application development with expertise in using PHP, MYSQL, Java, C, C++, JSP, Servlets, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML. Alfia is experienced in developing, designing, maintaining and refactoring object-oriented applications in database designing and SQL programming. She has worked at companies such as Highland Solutions, Golden Technologies and Think Power Solutions in researching, designing and building digital products; she provided advanced skills for these customer-oriented and mission-driven organizations by connecting people and businesses through technology. Alfia obtained her Master?s Degree in Computer Science from Depaul University in Chicago. Utilizing her Tech Skills to help the community, Alfia has worked at the United Nations to develop websites for countries having Permanent Missions with the United Nations such as Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan, Permanent Mission of Lebanon, Permanent Mission of African countries, and many more. At the United Nations she worked on maintaining existing websites, assistance in updating websites and training on how to maintain websites independently for these countries. Alfia works with the UniversalGiving® Operations Lead on multiple Salesforce projects to identify issues, prioritize efforts, deliver results, and document information. She provides custom functionality and integration development. She has also worked in similar Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, providing diversity of experience in tech solutions. Alfia loves volunteering her time and skills to help UniversalGiving® harness the full potential of Salesforce technology. Alfia has also volunteered at Feed the Starving Children, packing and boxing food for the needy. She also was involved in volunteering activities for nearly 10 years in India with Lions Club Members, the second largest group of volunteers in the world after the USA. As a Lion at Lions Club Members, Alfia volunteered in a small town located in Madhya Pradesh, India to educate girls to read and write. At the same time, she distributed food to the homeless and packed donation boxes for the needy. Alfia currently lives with her family in Indiana, USA. She likes to travel, try different cuisines, spend time with friends and family. (hide)

Christie Cleaveland graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, and a specialization in Strategic Intelligence. Most recently, she worked for the nonprofit Susan B Anthony List in Washington D.C. as the Office Manager, Business Operations Administrator, and most recently, the State Operations Manager. As the State Operations Manager, she was responsible for state-level compliance and policy, as well as creating and filing periodic Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports for the organization?s Political Action Committees (PAC). Prior to that, her main responsibility was to oversee the daily operations of SBA List, a thriving non-profit and think tank of 40 employees. Christie also managed the intern program, which included recruiting new interns, and growing the intern alumni network. Christie also has accounting experience, as she handled daily bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, and tracking employee expenses. Prior to this she worked as an Executive Assistant for Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25); coordinated mailers and managed the front office. Her second role for the Congressman was as the Volunteer Coordinator for the 2012 campaign. Christie?s main duties were to recruit and manage the volunteer program, manage the voter outreach program and facilitate community events, such as parades, fairs, and other events. Christie has always had a heart to help and volunteer. Growing up, Christie served on many mission trips, both state-wide and globally. Starting in middle school, she went on mission trips around the world. Christie helped rebuild in Biloxi after Hurricane Katrina; helped families build homes in Ecuador and Brazil when they could not afford it. Most recently, Christie has been volunteering at her church as the Hospitality Team Lead; and with Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery, handing out wreaths for people to place on the graves of the soldiers. (hide)

Leslie Matheu recently graduated with a Master's Degree in Global Health with a focus on social inequalities and NGO management from the University of Barcelona. Her thesis work focused on assessing the effectiveness of NGOs in achieving their mission and vision; and how this work can reduce social inequalities that lead to health disparities. She is interested in NGO management and has worked in the management of nutrition and health-related projects for Catholic Charities. With Catholic Charities, she managed a Food Security Program that assisted over 200 families in Santa Clara County. She also worked with First Five, which supports the healthy physical and mental development of children, providing parenting classes and resources to parents of children aged 0-5 in the state of California. She graduated with a degree from UC Davis in Genetics and Genomics. Leslie was born in Cuba and immigrated with her mother to the USA when she was a child. She loves to learn about other cultures through music, film, art, travel, and language learning. She is passionate about studying abroad as it provides an opportunity for people to immerse themselves in other cultures. In 2014, she studied abroad for one year in Maastricht, The Netherlands, with coursework in international development and politics. In the fall of 2016, she studied abroad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focusing her work in social development, volunteering, and perfecting her Portuguese. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she volunteered with Saude Crianca which provides financial, legal and medical assistance to parents of children with chronic disorders that live in poverty. She currently volunteers as a study abroad scholarship reader for UC Davis. In 2018, she volunteered in a Youth Empowerment and Global Inequalities program to help Japan meet the UN?s Sustainable Development Goals during the 2020 Olympic Games. Her experiences abroad let her believe that all humans are connected and that the world can be very small. She is excited to join UniversalGiving® to help create a more united world and decrease inequalities worldwide. (hide)

Cindy currently works as a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley, one of the top 4 investment banks with more than $500 billion under management. She hopes to eventually explore the field of impact investing. Passionate about the environment and philanthropy, she is involved in numerous, high-impact social impact roles in government, the private sector, and the nonprofit world. Cindy has a second, side career with UniversalGiving® since 2016. As Vetting Specialist, she performs financial vetting for our Corporate Client NGO work. Her past professional experiences include work with Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits. Of note, she was a consultant for Gap through the Haas Center for Responsible Business to implement water efficiency strategies within the company?s supply chain. On the nonprofit side, Cindy worked in Product Innovation and Marketing Analytics at This Saves Lives, a social impact food and beverage company with the mission of ending childhood hunger. She interned at the Environmental Protection Agency?s headquarters and worked with the Office of Land and Emergency Management Team. Cindy Asano attained her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy with a Public Policy Minor, Cum Laude, at the University of California, Berkeley. Cindy is very involved in taekwondo and has competed internationally in countries such as Colombia, Indonesia, and Peru. These experiences have given her a greater appreciation for different cultures and have fostered her interest in international development. She served as an academic, social, and child-development mentor for at-risk children through U.C. Berkeley?s Sage Mentorship program. She was selected through GRID Alternatives to be a Solar Spring Break Participant where she spent her spring break installing solar panels onto low-income homes in Salinas Valley, CA. (hide)

Sofia graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics and Mass Communications. She brings more than 10 years of experience working in Marketing and Corporate Services for a variety of technology companies including, FinancialForce, Actuate (now OpenText), and AT&T. In her previous role, Sofia managed and scaled key demand generation programs resulting in over $62M in new revenue opportunities for the company. Sofia has been a long-time member of the UniversalGiving® team since 2009 and has supported UniversalGiving® across a variety of Business Units including Recruiting, Operations, and NGO Services. She is now a part of the Corporate Client Services team helping UniversalGiving®?s Corporate Clients improve their CSR efforts and the impact they have in our diverse communities. Sofia has prolific global experience in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay, UK, Spain, France, India, China, Tibet, and Canada. Therefore she is sensitive to working with global NGOs and Corporations across borders. She is fluent in Spanish. In her spare time, Sofia loves to cook, swim and be outdoors either hiking, trekking or running. (hide)

Cristy Domingo is an international professional who has worked as a medical transcriptionist, editor, proofreader on many different levels. At UniversalGiving® she provides transcription on inspirational topics, international news for the CEO blog, and UniversalGiving® meetings. She is trusted for her accuracy, professional transcription certification, and handling confidential information. Cristy has been a contractor as a medical editor at Perfect Transcription Services, Inc. in the United States. Cristy is specialized in translating voice-recorded medical reports that are dictated by physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners, requiring high levels of detail and sophisticated language. Cristy has been handling different health specializations such as Cardiology, Pulmonology, Surgery, Orthopedic, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, and many more. Her 18+ years of experience made her more familiar with her work. Cristy became an instructor for the new aspiring transcriptionists at The Datagrafi Transcription Services, Inc. where she is now a promoted Assistant Supervisor. Cristy is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Manila Central University in the Philippines. Cristy has gained incredible leadership experience as a Sangguniang Kabataan councilor in their barangay (in the Philippines), a small territorial and administrative district forming the most local level of government. Sanggunian Kabaan is a council meant to represent the youth in each barangay. Cristy helps the youth explore their ideas on how to become a good example to others. Cristy coaches the next generation of their barangay, helping young children develop positive qualities, and bringing out their skills and talents. With more than 6 years experience, she has run projects on personal growth, sports activities, camaraderie by keeping them in positive spirit. At the same time she has gained leadership skills in living and leading with compassion. Cristy is a loving daughter. Since she is the eldest, she loves to provide all her family?s needs. She stands as the guardian of her niece when her sister, Vange Saguid, passed away. During her free time, Cristy and her family like to go to churches and to travel. Cristy believes by traveling she can meet people where she gets to know them and how she may help them. (hide)

Kaushik Guha is an expert in Data Integrity. He has significant experience in Administrative Assistance, Data Management, Data Mining and Data Research on an international level at online marketplaces. Kaushik is known for his attention to detail and Excellence with Data Integrity. Kaushik worked as a Data Researcher at The Judge Group, researching US law firms to capture critical data. He was an Administrative Assistant for New York-based software company Ocrolus, which is listed as the top Fastest-Growing Software Company; and Head of Prospecting Associate for Experiment 27, a Las Vegas-based mobile app development firm. At UniversalGiving® as a Data Entry Specialist, Kaushik supports Operations, Recruiting, Marketing, and Development databases by providing data research, inputting data, data scrubbing/cleansing, in order to preserve the highest Data Integrity. Kaushik has worked on thousands of data entries used to connect with funders, corporations, and high-level partnerships. His work has helped UniversalGiving® to reach thousands of new donors and NGOs. Kaushik earned his Bachelor?s Degree in Commerce from Calcutta University. Kaushik is originally from Calcutta and now lives in Durgapur, India. As a volunteer, Kaushik tutors students in the early stages of their careers and helps them to find the right position. Kaushik loves spending time researching the latest world news related to sports, e-commerce, social media. One of his favorite activities is reading Wikipedia with his daughter. He believes family time is very important as a parent and he loves spending time with his wife and daughter every day. (hide)

Chika has a lifelong interest in education, teaching, marketing, languages, immigration, diversity, and volunteerism. Through so many aspects of her life, she has strived to understand different cultures, teach, and create new levels of understanding amongst different people. She has experience in the United States and Tokyo, Japan. Chika became very interested in education problems in Japan and volunteered at a related NPO in Tokyo named Gachi-Zemi, which holds free private classes every weekend. She taught Japanese and English there, after which she volunteered at the Nepalese International School as a Japanese teaching assistant. Through this experience, she deeply understood she needed to learn the skill to connect the needs of the students with potential volunteers. She has also worked in a secondary school and received an official Japanese teaching license. Chika Shimizu majors in sociology at Meiji University in Tokyo and studies education issues of immigrants. She worked on marketing projects at a hostel in Tokyo, specifically on Instagram and blog page. That?s what brought her to the marketing PR department of UniversalGiving. Through this internship program with UniversalGiving, she would like to learn especially branding and PR, but she is also passionate about learning-related topics. In addition, Chika?s hobby is jazz dance: She is part of a big jazz dance club at her university for three years, which holds an annual summer recital to audiences of 2,000 people. As a director, she wrote a script for the recital, choreographed and coached acting. (hide)

Iya Tikhomirova is an AtlasCorps fellow from Russia. Prior to starting at UniversalGiving her friend and she led "BeDragons" project at SOS Children's Villages in Russia. The initiative aimed to connect orphaned and vulnerable children with resources and mentors to help them reach their full potential. Their mission is to promote education and creative arts for orphaned and neglected children around the world and help them become self-sufficient and successful adults in the future. Iya has extended experience in teaching, she worked in India, China and at Anglo-American School of Moscow. Iya studied Advertisement and Public Relations at Moscow Institute of Television and Radio. While acquiring her degree she worked as a Social Media Manager and later became a Personal Assistant for the CEO of the same marketing company. Enjoying her experience in the commerce sector Iya wanted to work for a better cause and applied for the AtlasCorps Fellowship that led her to UniversalGiving. Iya is an alumna of international exchange program FLEX. During her exchange year, she lived and studied in the state of Oklahoma, where she volunteered at the local Nursing Home. She was awarded President's Volunteer Service Award for completing over 150 hours of service. Since then, Iya has been actively participating in different volunteering opportunities, including Dance4Life, Global Youth Service Day and Greenpeace. She hopes to grow the "BeDragons" project after the fellowship at UniversalGiving. Iya was born in Moscow, Russia in a family of painters and architects. Raised in a very artistic environment she also likes to draw and create designs for her friends' tattoos. Iya is a very active sports wise and can not live without the gym. Back home she went to Olympic acrobatic school where she trained as a contortionist and an acrobat. She loves traveling and cooking but most importantly she loves people and spending time with them. Another interest of hers is theater and even studied in a theater school back home. Now she is building up her professional portfolio and very excited to experience life of San Francisco. (hide)

Arjay Gervacio is an accomplished professional in client services, operations, project management, and administration. He initially worked as a Customer Service Associate in eBay Inc. North America. In his first year of working in this position, he was awarded the "Top Customer Service Rep" for three consecutive quarters. He was also appointed as a Subject Matter Expert where he trained and assisted new employees in learning the company's processes. After working in eBay, he became a Data Representative for RealPage, a real estate software company in the United States where he became an agent and managed to be the top in just 3 months. Arjay also worked as a Senior Operation Associate for the Australian Car Insurance Company, AAMI, and as an Executive Assistant to CEO/Owner of real estate companies in the United States. He has created online sales courses, created and implemented operations and handled companies' social media accounts. With his good work ethic, he maintains a long-term career with the different CEOs with whom he is working. Arjay graduated with his associate degree in Marketing in 2013 from Jose Rizal University in the Philippines and maintained an excellent grade of 4.5. In high school, Arjay was a member of Rotaract Club in their city where he participated in many activities that aim to help abandoned children. This scenario became an eye opener for him and changed his perspective as a young boy. With these experiences, Arjay was interested in UniversalGiving right away. He is thrilled to be part of the team and ready to collaborate. He is an efficient and trustworthy employee and always aims for each client's satisfaction. (hide)

Hrishikesh completed his master?s in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, Kingsville. He works as an Associate Application Engineer for a company based out of Dallas, providing innovative solutions for complex software integrations to meet deliverables. Hrishikesh is a part of the National Service Scheme (NSS), India, which aims to develop student personalities through community service by involving them in tree plantations, blood drives, and many activities to raise awareness about social causes. His presentation on ?Legacy of local coppersmiths threatened by modern chemical processes? was recognized by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). Being a doubly certified Salesforce professional allows him to effectively work around the Salesforce platform. As a Salesforce Administrator at UniversalGiving®, he is dedicated to carrying out platform configurations to add new functionality, define workflows, de-duplicate data, broadcast newsletters and provide overall support for the Salesforce infrastructure. Alongside this, he likes to learn new languages, play guitar and cook for friends and family. Above all, he is passionate about different cultures, bonding with people and attending music festivals all over the world. (hide)

On the global front, Whitney Liu has a background in research, working as a Research Assistant at the University of California, San Diego for two clinical research studies: one on psychological treatments for obesity and one on the causes for HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico. Global work is important to her because she sees how widening one?s sphere of concern enables one to get out of oneself and become a more thankful, joyful person. This has led her to attend several mission trips to impoverished areas in Mexico, Taiwan, and Cambodia to put on day camps for local children. Whitney is currently enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner Master of Science in Nursing program at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she worked in Operations Support at the California Healthcare Medical Billing, Inc., providing background office support to medical billers and managers. Whitney attained a second Bachelor of Science in Nursing Summa Cum Laude at the University of Pennsylvania. Whitney Liu obtained her first Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego. One of the ways Whitney fulfills her passion to serve others is through volunteering. Most recently, she volunteered at Dance For Health, a free intergenerational program that provides a safe environment and resources to engage in physical activity in impoverished Philadelphia neighborhoods. She is also involved in a Princeton college ministry group called Klesis, where she mentors undergraduate students in their faith. She holds discussion groups for people of all faiths to have a safe forum to bring their beliefs and thoughts on deeper questions in life. In her spare time, Whitney enjoys playing sports, running, cooking/baking, and hanging out with friends. (hide)

Bob Vic is a professional, worldwide project leader focusing on digital businesses. Much of his working time has been spent towards growing his digital knowledge which involves online businesses. His projects include work for a press release company based in Las Vegas; a medium scale on-call tech solution based off in Kentucky, an online tour guide start-up in San Francisco. He is now very excited to work with UniversalGiving. His role involves working with Office of the CEO, operations, results tracking, project management, creating reports from Google Analytics, tracking sales flow, and project management. During the years, he has worked hand-in-hand with individuals that inspire him and make him think for himself in a much broader sense. On the side, Bob is getting his Medical of Doctoral Degree from Tbilisi Medical Academy located in Tbilisi, Georgia. He hopes to eventually be a pediatric surgeon and work for NGOs. In his spare time, he is learning Español and once volunteered with an animal shelter where his hidden love for animals came to life; he created a pet blog. Pets Abs. Lastly, he loves interacting with people and having interesting dialogues. He loves being a team player. Bob Vic is Nigerian. (hide)

Chulani Kandage is a passionate peace and climate change activist. She is a Sri Lankan citizen living in the UK. She has managed different social projects with Initiatives of Change (IofC), Child Fund, Sarvodaya Movement and British Council in the UK and Sri Lanka. She has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Special Degree from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, a Master of Science in Business Management Degree, and a Master of Art in Peace Studies degree from Liverpool Hope University, UK. Chulani has received several distinctions. She was honored with the Desmond Tutu fellowship to complete her master?s degree in peace studies at Liverpool Hope University. She received a USAID grant to implement a youth development project in Sri Lanka and the findings of this project were presented at the 2014 UNFCCC COP 20 Peru. She was chosen as one of the global youth leaders to represent the British Council at UNFCC COP 18, Qatar in 2013. Chulani contributes as a peace activist in her own community where they suffered from 30 years of war; she and others bring justice to the most marginalized people in Sri Lanka. She serves as National Committee Member for IofC (Initiatives of Change) to mobilize Sri Lankan diaspora groups in the UK. Her volunteer work includes working with young people and diaspora groups to raise awareness about current issues in Sri Lanka and take actions as necessary. (hide)

Zohaib Aftab completed his Master?s degree in Business Administration with majors in Banking & Finance at Foundation University, in Islamabad. He has more than six years professional work experience in different multinational corporations. He served as a Coverage Analyst at S&P Global which is a multicultural organization with a presence in four continents. Reviewing the financial statements of different multinationals, Zohaib built expert skills in financial data analytical skills. He also worked as Internal Audit Officer in a United Arab Emirates (UAE) bank. Visiting different destinations and learning different behaviors of people living in other geographical locations has been a significant asset in his team-building skills. On the NGO front, he had the honor of providing services to an NGO working in Africa for the health of infants. He worked one year managing their administrative tasks and auditing their expenses. Traveling and exploring new destinations; trying different food; seeing different cultures; and learning different languages are Zohaib?s hobbies. (hide)

Sonali Singhal is born and brought up in India and came to the United States 5 years back after marriage. Sonali nationality is Indian. She accomplished her Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science and a Master?s Degree in Computer Application from Banasthali University Rajasthan, India. She has a total of 3 and a half years of professional experience in the IT (Information Technology) industry back in India. She again wants to start shaping her career as a salesforce administrator. She achieved Salesforce Administrator and Salesforce Developer certifications through her hard work and dedication. After getting certifications, she was in search of volunteer work to get some more real-time salesforce experience and that is how she met UniversalGiving® and got a salesforce Administrator internship. She thinks that being part of UniversalGiving® will get an opportunity to use her skills to contribute to a good cause. During her free time, she loves to dance and enjoy Bollywood dance. Apart from that, she likes to do shopping, watching movies. She loves to travel with her family and explore different places. In the United States, she visited many places like New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and many more and loved all of them. Every place is unique in its own way. (hide)

Ryoko is a university student in Japan, and her major is Economy. Specifically, Ryoko is studying about "Fair Trade". She has an interest in knowing about developing countries, so she had gone to the Republic of Uzbekistan for about two months this year. She told about Japanese culture, especially Japanese dance to build mutual understanding between Japan and Republic of Uzbekistan. So, her passion is to study and understand about developing countries. Ryoko's other passion includes traveling to different places, talking with her family and friends, and dancing Japanese traditional dance. (hide)

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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)

Ms. Gunders brings numerous years of experience in consumer, business-to-business and nonprofit marketing to UniversalGiving. Currently, she is leading marketing strategy and communications for PowerLight Corporation, a US-based leader in solar energy solutions. Her previous experience includes marketing and brand strategy work for firms including enterprise software leader PeopleSoft, AOL, MSN and Sun Microsystems.

Additionally, Ms. Gunders took time off to co-found and direct marketing for InTandem, a San Francisco based 501(c)3 social venture philanthropy organization. In conjunction with Deloitte Consulting, InTandem was created to maximize young professionals' social impact in the community by utilizing their skills, money and networks. The InTandem model enables young professionals to research, invest in and consult with nonprofits addressing the root causes of social issues. (hide)

Laurie Wagner joined the UniversalGiving team as a Marketing Strategist after two decades of marketing at Fortune 500 companies, tech start-ups and non-profits. She has a BSBA in Business Management from Boston College with concentrations in finance and computer science. She volunteers internationally and locally and has a passion for international affairs as well as women's and children's issues. (hide)

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Nikhila Kambham is a Graduate from San Jose State University with a Masters in Software Engineering. Her passion for Programming started when she joined college in India to pursue Bachelors degree in Information Technology. During her Masters, she worked as Software Development Intern at Sungard Availability Services, where she got a chance to work and experiment with various areas of Software Development and found that she liked Web Development best. She considers herself a Full Stack Engineer with knowledge on JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Jquery, Backbone js, require js, MySQL, Nodejs, etc. With this knowledge she could easily lead projects in School which helped her learn the whole process of building a website from scratch. When she is not coding, she likes to spend her time listening to music, especially alternative rock and metal. She also likes to travel, read novels, play guitar and solve jigsaw puzzles. (hide)

Maria is currently pursuing her Master's degree in International Relations at University of Southern Denmark. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor's in International Business, language and culture and studied abroad here in the US at San Diego University. In the past, she has volunteered with the Danish Refugee Council tutoring recently arrived refugees. She recently arrived from Denmark to intern with UniversalGiving, and she will be volunteering with us until the end of the year! (hide)

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