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!

Follow Pamela on Twitter and Facebook.

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

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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)

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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