Board of Directors Lee Thorn (chair) Lee taught leadership to MBAs at University of San Francisco and is a Viet Nam veteran. He is co-founder of Jhai Foundation and Chair of Board. Bounthanh Phommasathit (Vice Chair) Bounthanh is a social work administrator for the State of Ohio. She was born in Phon Kham, Lao PDR and survived the American bombing. Jesse Thorn (Secretary) He is Producer/Host of Sound of Young America. Jesse is an expert in virtual social networking for non-profits. Joseph Tan, CPA, (Treasurer) He has over 30 years experience and has worked with Jhai for 11 years. Matt Haughey Matt Haughey pioneered blogging by launching MetaFilter, one of the first community blogs in 1999. Since then he has worked on Blogger.com, and helped launch and designed Creative Commons. Ravi Gopalan CEO of Argusoft, a software company with offices in India and US. Advisory Board Chetan Sharma CEO, Datamation Lee Felsenstein, distinguished engineer, Computer Hall of Fame Ken Haughton, inventor of the Winchester Drive Howard Neff, former senior executive at Applied Materials Deepak Amin, CEO, Covelix; advisor, Grameen USA Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, advisor on ICT to Indian PM, IIT-Madras, Tenet Paul Dravis, Dravis Group, formerly of JP Morgan Jim Forster, distinguished engineer at Cisco Jon Peizer, consultant, formerly executive at Soros Foundations Janine Firpo, CEO, Sevak Bao Nguyen, MPH, consultant, public health programmer/administrator with focus on public health surveillance Milan Momirov, distinguished engineer with seminal patents in telecommunications Ed Gaible, consultant, specialist in ICT and education Earl Mardle, consultant, formerly chief judge, Stockholm Challenge About Jhai Foundation The main people in Jhai Foundation are the kids. We're serious about this. The Lao people we work with look at everything we do as much as possible from the vantagepoint of the next generation. We follow suit. On any given week up to 125 people volunteer on our project, too. These people work at things they enjoy, usually at the top of their skill levels. We have farmers, attorneys, businesspeople, accountants, graphic designers, website designers, database management experts, construction workers, computer program trainers, agricultural experts, small business developers, coffee tasters, coffee industry experts, clerical workers, bankers, warehousemen, procurement specialists, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, food industry technologists, weavers, engineers, telecommunication specialists, well-diggers, teachers, and non-profit management experts - among others - working on our project. Of these about 1/4 are vets. The rest are folks from around the world who want to lend a hand. Our network is global. Jhai Foundation is considered 'best practices' in all its programs. Lee Thorn is chair. Lee has 35 years of experience in management consulting in poverty communities worldwide. He co-founded Jhai Foundation in 1997 with Bounthanh Phommasathit and Rich Stoll after teaching at the graduate business school at the University of San Francisco. Jhai's board includes Bao Nguyen (Senior Director, Information Technology, Institute for World Health), Bounthanh Phommasathit (Senior social work administrator, State of Ohio; vice-chair), Ravi Gopalan (CEO, Argusoft/India), Earl Mardle (former chief jurist, Stockholm Challenge, ICT for development consultant), Joseph Tan, CPA (consulting accountant; treasurer), Jesse Thorn, (producer, radio host); Lee Thorn MBA (ICT for development consultant, expert in financial sustainability; chair). We have offices in San Francisco. Jhai's major funding has come from Cisco Systems, World Bank, Soros Foundations, Sweden, Canada, and individual donors. Individuals who have supported us include Ken Haughton, inventor of the Winchester drive, Milan Momirov, who developed seminal telecommunication software, Howard Neff, a former senior manager at Applied Materials, and Lee Felsenstein, recognized by many as one of the pioneers in the personal computer industry and inventor of JhaiPCv1.0. Jhai ICT advisors include Chetan Sharma (CEO, Datamation), Ravi Gopalan (CEO, Argusoft), Lee Felsenstein, Ken Haughton, Howard Neff, Deepak Amin (CEO, Covelix; advisor, Grameen USA), Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (IIT-Madras), Paul Dravis (Dravis Group, formerly of JP Morgan), Jim Forster (distinguished engineer at Cisco), Jon Peizer (formerly Soros Foundations), and Janine Firpo (President of Sevak).