BARPCV - Board of Directors: 2007 - 2008

Executive Committee:

President:
    Kendra Gray, kendrainfo@yahoo.com, mobile 781-718-4488

Vice President(s):
    Jacque Caglia
    Christine Claypoole

Secretary:
    Joyce Majewski

Treasurer:
    David Sears, dsears@cambridgedata.com

Biographies may be viewed below

Board:

Racey Bingham

Laura Campbell

Tara Lyman Hildt

Stephen Marcus

Noel Palatas

Michelle Reed

Vice-President: Jacquelyn Caglia (Dominican Republic '03-'05; Board Member since '06)

Jacque served as a Community Health volunteer in Jaibón, Domincan Republic where she worked with teens and community groups on health promotion activities, developed several training resources for communities and other PCDR volunteers, and organized two youth conferences on diversity. Jacque has an MPH from Boston University and currently works for the Institute for Community Health in Cambridge, MA on community-based participatory evaluation, training and initiatives to reduce racial, ethnic and linguistic healthcare disparities at the Cambridge Health Alliance.  On the BARPCV board, Jacque has organized the last three Welcome Back Send Off events and assisted with community service initiatives. She is currently focused on building up our capacity as an organization and increasing membership.

Community Service Chair: Laura Campbell (Nicaragua '02-'04; Board Member since '05, Community Service Chair since '05)

Laura worked on maternal and child health, nutrition, hygiene, infectious disease, adolescent health as well as other public health related issues in the community close to the Honduran border in Nicaragua.  She continues to be involved in public health through work at John Snow, Inc in the international division, and, as a student at the Boston University School of Public Health.  Laura enjoys the challenge of getting former volunteers more involved and invested in the community.  She looks forward to planning and participating in many community service events in the upcoming months and years. And check out the new community service page on the website www.barpcv.org.

Vice-President: Christine Claypoole (Benin '91-'93; Board Member since '05)

Christine served as a Rural Community Development volunteer in Benin, which began her career in international public health.  After returning from Peace Corps, Christine received her Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.  She then continued her development career by worked for Population Services International (PSI) in Washington, DC and Phnom Penh, Cambodia and DKT in Indonesia.  In 2000, she moved to Boston.  She is currently the Deputy Director, International Division for John Snow, Inc and works on projects in South Sudan and Indonesia.  Over the last year, she has given several talks through the RPCV speaker's bureau.  She is excited about being a new board member for BARPCV and becoming the Chair of Fundraising and Small Grants and understands the tremendous impact small grants can have on a community.

President: Kendra Gray (Western Russia '99-'01; Board member since '02. President '07 - present)

Kendra was a volunteer in Saratov, Russia where she taught English in a secondary school specializing in foreign languages.  Kendra heads up BARPCV's Small Grants Program as well as BARPCV's annual involvement at the Boston Marathon.  Her day-to-day life includes working at Harvard University, most notably with sponsored projects and grants.  In addition, she is working towards a master's degree in Environmental Management through Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education.  She hopes to eventually work on development issues and potentially live overseas again.  She looks forward to continuing to serve on the Board of Directors and is excited about BARPCV's new structure.  

Secretary: Noel Palatas

Immediate Past-President: Doane Perry (Uganda '66 - '69; Board member since '90; President from '94-'06)

Involved with BARPCV as secretary and vice president, Doane has served as president since 1994. He organized the environment committee and the film festival and played on the softball team. He is co-founder and coordinator of Friends of Uganda and on the board of directors of RPCVs for Environment and Development and Peace Corps Film. From 1994-1999, he represented New England on the National Peace Corps Association board of directors, where he was secretary and vice-chair and chaired the advocacy committee. He continues to co-chair the NPCA advocacy committee. With BARPCV, he focuses on member services that achieve our mission and goals, encouraging leaders among board members, and supporting new initiatives from the board and membership to improve operations and develop relations with our partner organizations. After retiring from the computer and telecom industries, Doane owns two bed and breakfasts, e.g., A Bed and Breakfast in Cambridge [www.cambridgebnb.com] and A Bed and Breakfast in the Berkshires.

Treasurer: David Sears (Morocco '79 - '82; Board member since '99; Chair of membership since '02; Treasurer since '05)

David manages the BARPCV Membership Database and has been on the Membership Committee since joining the Board in 1999.  David as serves as Treasurer and has an ambitious 'no bounced checks' goal for the upcoming year - plus, not being indicted for anything too embarrassing.   In real life, David runs Cambridge Data Systems (www.cambridgedata.com), which has morphed into a software company developing and selling an on-line recruitment and database tool for international development organizations and for small and medium-sized recruiting firms.