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.
(Please click on a Board Member’s name to read their biography)
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
Mary Lu Moriarty
Fundraising Committee, HOPE for Ariang Foundation
Associate Professor, Business, Jefferson Community College
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)