HOPE for Ariang Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to making education accessible for all children and adults in South Sudan by removing cultural and socio-economic barriers, with special focus on educating girls and empowering women–One village at a time. READ MORE...

Board of Directors

DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBERS

The Board of Directors plays a critical role in moving the mission of HOPE for Ariang Foundation forward. While the board is not usually involved in the day-to-day activities, it is responsible for managing the organization and must make decisions crucial to the life and direction of the foundation. In carrying out those responsibilities, members of the board must fulfill certain duties to the organization and the public it serves. Those duties are commonly referred to as the duties of care, loyalty and obedience.

Gabriel Bol Deng
Founder and Executive Director
, HOPE for Ariang Foundation

Ann Allen
President, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Assistant Professor, Communications Program, Le Moyne College

Lauri Pepe Bousquet
Vice President, Education Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Le Moyne College

Dr. Sharon Dettmer
Secretary, Executive Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Professor, Social Science Department, Cazenovia College

Dr. J. Barron Boyd
Operations/Strategic Planning Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences, Le Moyne College

Philip S. Bousquet, Esq.
Legal Advisor, Finance Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Partner, Green & Seifter Attorneys, PLLC

Susan Burgess
Chair, Development and Grant Writing, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Partner and Senior Consultant, True North Group, LLC

Cynthia Davis
Chair, Marketing/Fundraising Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Owner, Cynthia Designstm and Walloverstm

Dr. Cathy Leogrande
Education Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Chairperson, Education Department, Director,
Graduate Teacher Education Program, Le Moyne College

Abby Davidson Maffei
Partnership Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances,
CARE USA Washington, DC

Mary Lu Moriarty
Fundraising Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Associate Professor, Business, Jefferson Community College

Susan Muldoon
Education Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Director, 21st Century Extended School Day, Partnership For Results

Laurie Gilmore Selleck
Chair, Marketing/Website Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Professor of Visual Communications, Program Director, Cazenovia College

Dr. Diane Zigo, CSJ
Assistant Professor, Literacy Education,
Education Department, Le Moyne College

Adrienne Graves
Asst. Director of Alumni and Parent Programs
Lemoyne College

Sr. Mary Ellen Shirtz, CSJ
President
Bishop Ludden Jr/Sr HS

Kate Artessa
Director of Operations, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
(Not a Board Member)