MYO - Mondesa Youth Opportunities


	Bryan Moser		Bryan is President and CEO of Global Project Design, an organization that provides software and services for design, coordination and continuous improvement of projects. Viewed as a pioneer in practical and theoretical solutions for the management of diverse, global teams, Bryan was one of the first foreign engineers at the Basic Scientific Laboratory of Nissan in Japan, where he applied artificial intelligence to computer-aided design, multi-objective optimization, and robotic control problems. Later, he was invited as a visiting researcher to University of Tokyo, where he created a new research group which led to theory, method, case validation and tools for the coordination of globally distributed design teams. Bryan holds a BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering and a MS in Technology in Policy, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at MIT, Bryan received the Karl Taylor Compton Award, Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship, and the Alumni Award for Excellence in Technology and Policy.
	Michael Kindred		Michael Kindred is a retired business executive. He worked for many years in the pharmaceutical industry and later started a successful corporate training company that he sold to Siebel Systems in 1998. Michael stayed on with Siebel for 4 years as Senior Director of Global Sales for Siebel University. Michael is a registered tennis professional with United States Professional Tennis Registry and an active player and coach. He serves as a board member for Inner City Youth Opportunities, a youth development charity based in Cincinnati Ohio, as well as on the board of Global Project Design, a software and services company.
	Jon Giuiliani		Jon is Vice President of International Sales and Operations for Rite-Hite Corporation based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Jon is a past president and board member for Wisconsin World Trade Center.
	Tom Wigton, MD		Tom is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition to teaching and providing care at the Medical College, Tom also provides obstetrics and gynecological services at Community Memorial Hospital and Waukesha Memorial Hospital.
	Rob Myres		Rob was a business executive in the software industry for many years. He worked in Sydney as Director of Education for Oracle and PeopleSoft for Asia-Pacific region, and managed education business units in London, San Francisco and Cincinnati for Siebel Systems. Rob formed Mondesa Youth Opportunities in December of 2003 as a means of providing alternative education and life development opportunities to the youth of Namibia. Rob is author of the book Silicon Valley To Southern Africa and is a frequent writer and lecturer on youth development and poverty. Rob divides his time between Idaho and Namibia.
	Tricia Johnson		Tricia is Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Systems Management at Rush University and Economist in Strategic Planning, Marketing and Program Development at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Her research interests include access and utilization of health care in the aging population, occupational injuries and illnesses and children's health insurance coverage. She is a co-investigator on a study examining the effects of the changing size and composition of the baby boom-aged labor force on the Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare programs funded by the Disability Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Social Security Administration. Professor Johnson earned her master's degree in Health and Hospital Administration from The University of Iowa and her doctoral degree in Economics from Arizona State University. Prior to joining Rush, she was a systems engineer at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona.
	Clifford Lyners		Clifford is a lifelong resident of Coastal Namibia. He was born in Walvis Bay and now lives in Swakopmund with his wife Jasmin and 3 kids. Clifford is a principal and founding partner of Immersion Technologies, an IT consulting business based in Swakopmund. In addition to serving on the board of Mondesa Youth Opportunities, Clifford is on the board of the Coastal Sub-Union of Namibian Tennis Association and is also active in several other community organizations.
	Lisa Chee		Lisa joined MYO as coordinator for Australasia in April 2005. In this capacity, Lisa is responsible for raising awareness and soliciting donations in the region. Lisa lives in Sydney and is a freelance consultant. In addition to her work in Sydney, Lisa also travels to Namibia to donate her time working with our children.
	Vera Leech		Vera was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, but immigrated with her husband Michael to Namibia in 1979. Vera has taught English at Senior Secondary and University level for 25 years. She has also lectured in Communication Skills and Business English at University of Namibia. Vera now works with several volunteer groups around the Coastal Namibia region and serves on the Namib High School Board as secretary. Vera and Michael have two teenage children—a daughter Andrea who lives in London and son David who studies in South Africa.
	Reed Humphrey		Dr. Humphrey is Professor and Chair, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the College of Health Professions & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Montana. He received his BS and PhD degrees (exercise physiology) from the University of Pittsburgh, an MA degree from Wake Forest University (health and sport science) and an MS degree (physical therapy) from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Humphrey is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and is presently associate editor of the ACSM Health Fitness Journal, a member of the review and editorial boards of the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy, respectively, and reviews manuscripts for Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and the American Journal of Cardiology. He serves on the scientific advisory boards of the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the International Council on Active Aging, is a health and exercise content expert for ABC Medical News, and served as a senior program development consultant for Reebok International. He is a past president of the American Association Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and was secretary-general of the World Council for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation from 2000- 2004.
	Paige Simpson		Paige Simpson is a film producer. In 1989 she optioned two short stories by Pulitzer Prize author Richard Ford. These stories became Simpson’s 1990 film BRIGHT ANGEL starring Lili Taylor, Dermot Mulroney and Sam Shepard. Her next film released in 1992 was Touchstone’s CAPTAIN RON featuring Kurt Russell and Martin Short. In 1992, Simpson joined director Mike Figgis in a production partnership at Tristar Pictures. There she optioned an out of print love story called LEAVING LAS VEGAS and ultimately executive produced the Mike Figgis film. It became a surprise critical and box office sensation, securing four Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe nominations, winning Nicolas Cage both the Oscar and the Globe Award for Best Actor. The LA and NY Film Critics chose LEAVING LAS VEGAS as Best Picture of 1996. Following the success of LEAVING LAS VEGAS, Simpson produced FOXFIRE based on a novel by another Pulitzer Prize winning author, Joyce Carol Oates. The film starred Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie and was released by the Goldwyn Company in 1996. Lions Gate Films acquired theatrical rights to Simpson’s 1997 film HACKS (aka SINK OR SWIM), a comedy starring Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, Tom Arnold and Ryan O’Neal. In 1998 Showtime aired Simpson’s FLOATING AWAY directed by John Badham with Rosanna Arquette and Paul Hogan. Later that year she produced AFTER THE RAIN for Capella International, starring young British actor, Paul Bettany. The film, based on the South African play, SOWETO’S BURNING was shot on location in Capetown. It had its premiere at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. In 2002, Simpson produced RESISTANCE based on the best selling novel by Anita Shreve. Shot entirely on location in Belgium and Holland, the film stars Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond and Sandrine Bonnaire. Current projects in development include I, LUCIFER, a wicked comedy about the devil, based on the novel by Glen Duncan; and the adaptation of the play LOVING LEAH, by P’nenah Goldstein.