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Washington Partners Board Members (2007)

Orin Campbell
Contact: oec@u.washington.edu

Mariela Darnell
Contact: mperez2127@yahoo.com

Susan Hagist
Contact: mailto:susanhagist@verizon.net

James (Buck) Frymier, owner of international health consulting firm Network Consulting and Management, Ltd., Gig Harbor. Active in Health Committee (former chair), co-organizer of Partners award-winning paramedic training program. Founding member of Washington Partners. Alumnus, Kellogg International Fellowship in Community Development, Fellows V.
Contact: ncm@harbornet.com.
Web: www.ncmltd.com.

Tim Hilliard, Environmental Planner, Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Olympia. Geographer with special interest in resource management and regional interest in Southern Cone nations. Has visited every region of Chile. Member of Environment Committee.
Contact: tim@timshome.com.
Web: www.timshome.com/chile/chile.html.

Barbara Klein
Contact: barb_klein@yahoo.com

Paula Laschober, Washington Partners chapter Executive Director, past chapter President, member of Partners Inter-American Board of Directors 1995-1997. Senior Economist with Seattle City Light and Lecturer in international business at University of Washington, Seattle. Chair of Education and Social Development Committee, also active in Business and Economic Development Committee. Alumna, Kellogg International Fellowship in Community Development, Fellows VI.
Contact: paula.laschober@seattle.gov.

Sr. Yvette Mallow, Certified Catholic Chaplain, Director of Eastside Catholic Hospital Ministry, Bellevue.. Active in teaching lay ministers and developing a Spanish version of the "Cabrini Ministry" Manual to train Hispanic Lay Ministers. Active in Partners Education and Social Development Committee. Four years in Chile; worked with Health Committee in Chile to develop networking between the Teleton Hospital (Children's Rehabilitation Institute) and the Refugio de Misericordia.
Contact:  nun2000@hotmail.com.

Paul Mocha, Social Worker, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). Clinical Instructor, University of Washington School of Social Work. Member, Advisory Council, Social Work Program, University of Washington, Tacoma.
Contact: Contact: pmocha@u.washington.edu.

John Morford, Washington Partners chapter Treasurer. Retired professor who served as Dean of the School of Education and Chair of the Department of Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership at Seattle University. Consultant to U.S. and foreign educational institutions in matters of leadership, organization and teacher education. Director of food distribution program for low-income Seattle residents, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Seattle. Active in Education and Social Development Committee (former chair).
Contact: jmorf1933@comcast.net.

Stephen E. Murphy, Stephen's current activities include business development for bio-energy, bio-fertilizer and IT firms expanding in South America, as well as for Brazilian bio-energy firms looking for strategic partnerships worldwide. His expertise includes international finance, access to Washington DC multilateral organizations and fluency in Portuguese, Spanish and French. He founded the Pixote Literacy Fund at Partners of the Americas.
Contact: S_E_Murphy@hotmail.com

Susan Sola, Washington Partners chapter 1st Vice President. Program Officer, PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) Loan Fund for health-related financing for enterprises and NGOs in Latin America. Board member of Seattle Sister Cities Commission and University of Washington FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding through Students). Past chair of Business and Economic Development Committee. Active in Arts & Culture Committee, Health Committee.
Contact: ssola@seanet.com.

Jerry B. Thornton, Director, QUEST Program at City University, Bellevue. Former chair of Reach Out Committee. Active in Education and Social Development Committee. Former chapter President (1985) and founding member of Washington Partners. Member of Washington State/Los Guayas, Ecuador Partners, 1975-1977.
Contact: jthornton@cityu.edu.

Gwen Vernon, Washington Partners chapter Secretary. Environmental consultant with Cascadia Consulting, Seattle, specializing in resource conservation and waste prevention. Volunteer naturalist with Discovery Park in Seattle. Chair of Environment Committee.
Contact: gwen@cascadiaconsulting.com.

Rodrigo Yañez, owner of agricultural export business Yanez International Commodities, Inc., Seattle. Chair of Business and Economic Development Committee.
Contact: rodrigo192@comcast.net
Web: www.rodrigointl.com

Bill Zachmann, Washington Partners chapter President. Training Program Manager, Training and Development Services Division, Washington Department of Personnel, Olympia. Chair of Emergency Preparedness Committee, also active in Environmental Committee. Alumnus, Kellogg International Fellowship in Community Development, Fellows VIII. Former Peace Corps volunteer in Chile and Nicaragua.
Contact: bzbrew@comcast.net.

Washington Partners Committee Chairs

Arts and Culture: Mariela Darnell, mperez2127@yahoo.com

Business and Economic Development: Rodrigo Yañez, rodrigo192@comcast.net

Education and Social Development: Paula Laschober, paula.laschober@seattle.gov

Emergency Preparedness: Bill Zachmann,  bzbrew@comcast.net

Environment: Tim Hilliard, tim@timshome.com.

Health: Vacant


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