Dr. Richard Grant, Ph. D.
Chairman, Board of Directors
Lafayette, Indiana
Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. 21 years in university teaching and research. Over 150 published research articles and reports.

BS in Botany from Duke University, MFS in Forest Ecology from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and PhD in Forest Meteorology from State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Richard E. Guffey
President/Director
Tidewater, Oregon
Founding chairman of Global I.E. Extensive international travel to evaluate potential Global I.E. projects, and U.S. travel to raise funding for such projects. Owned Industrial Realty Corporation (IRC) from 1975 until retiring in 1992. IRC specialized in industrial and commercial real estate, with British and Canadian partners and clients.

1963 BS in Engineering, 1970 MBA in Business Management, University of Dallas, Texas.

Darrell Owen
Director
Over 30 years in Information Technologies and telecommunications. Currently an independent consultant specializing in Information and Communications Technologies in developing countries.

BS in Business management, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon; MA in Telecommunications from George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Gary Kiepke
Corporate Secretary / Director
Littleton, Colorado
Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Kloppenberg & Company, a stainless steel fabrication firm located in Englewood, Colorado. 35 years experience in sales, sales management and marketing solutions with small, medium sized and Fortune 500 corporations.

BS in Business Management from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Az., MA in Curriculum and Instruction, C. C. U., Denver, Colorado.

Steve Swalm
Treasurer
Littleton, Colorado
Steve is a principal with Advisor Commercial Realty, specializing in commercial real estate asset management and investment advisory services for clients. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont in 1976 with a degree in American Studies, and then obtained his CPA license in 1993. Steve lives in Centennial, Colorado with wife Kathy and children Katie, David, and Genevieve.

Andrew Barber
Director
Bournemouth, U.K.
Working in English language education for 11 years, Andrew is a founder of an educational consultancy, Global English Partnership and teaching founder of a language school. In addition, he has delivered management training for a leading UK management consultancy.  Andrew grew up living on four continents in a family working in education.

MA Honours Social Anthropology and Theology, St Andrews University, Scotland; Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching; MBA, Bournemouth University, England

Bill Barker
Director
Scottsdale, Arizona
Architect. Manager of Design & construction Department, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1988; 35 years of experience in all phases of Architecture and Construction at the national and international level; experience includes project management of palaces, office buildings, museums and mosques in Saudi Arabia.

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Texas, 1973.

Dr. Marilyn Button, Ph.D.
Director
Wilmington, Delaware
Professor and Chair, Department of English and Mass Communications, Lincoln University , PA. Director College Preparatory Program, Taylor University, 1999-2002; guest lecturer at University of Nairobi, Kenya, Universities of Pretoria and Stellenbosch, South Africa and University of Uzes, France; extensive awards and honors, including three from the National Endowment for the Humanities; co-editor of one book, author of seven book reviews and over a dozen published articles; numerous scholarly presentations in Canada and the U.S.; many professional activities and community service.

Gary Garrett
Director
Scottsdale , Arizona
Owner of State Farm Insurance Agency, Scottsdale, Arizona; prior work in the international automotive industry; continuing activity in senior athletic competition; self -taught in American and Russian sign language in order to work with the deaf; extensive international travel for humanitarian purposes, including Romania, South Africa, Ghana, Spain and Mexico.

BS in Speech Pathology, University of Northern Colorado.

Kathy Garrett
Director
Fountain Hills, Arizona
Owner of State Farm Insurance Company, Fountain Hills, Arizona; Humanitarian aid trips to Romania and Mexico; mother of four daughters. Speaks French and is studying American Sign Language.

B.A. in English, minor in French and Political Science, The Colorado College.

Rita L. Owen
Director
Sun River, Oregon
Recently retired from US Agency for International Development (USAID), managing a multimillion dollar initiative for worldwide training; recipient of 24 awards since 1990, including USAID's Superior Honor Award; previously was Education Program Officer with Bonneville Power Authority, US Department of Energy.

B.A. Eastern Oregon State University , General Studies.

Dr. Mary Ruth Swope, Ph.D.
“Director, Emeritus”
Retired Dean of Home Economics, Eastern Illinois University; prior Head of Foods and Nutrition, University of Nevada; prior Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University; author of eight books and 37 professional journal publications; many national and international appearances on television and radio.

Doctorate in Administration, Columbia University, New York City Masters' Degree in Foods and Nutrition, WCUNC, Greensboro , North Carolina.

Dr. James A. Magary M.D.
February 22, 1954 – May 19, 2007
In Memoriam