Governing

Board

OUR Board

Self Help Africa US is governed by an independent Board of Directors. This board directs policy and strategy for the organization, as well as providing operational and financial oversight.

Chair: Norman D Sheehan

International Development Consultant

Norman's Profile

Norman D Sheehan is an international risk management and mitigation specialist, advisor and crisis responder to NGOs and International Organizations. His expertise spans more than 28 years of developing and implementing operational security programs, policies, crisis response, critical situation negotiations and implementing and advising humanitarian assistance initiatives.

Working alongside the United Nations, NATO, European Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), international and national non-governmental organizations (NGO) and national governmental military structures. his experience also includes negotiations with diverse elements and warlords in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Somalia and Iraq and local militias throughout central and east Africa such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, the Darfur region, borders areas of Chad, Central African Republic and Uganda.

In 1985 he joined the humanitarian and development organization GOAL, leading emergency response deployments for prolonged periods in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, Burundi, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, East Timor, Kosovo and Albania.

Between 2003-2006, he served as CEO of WarChild, an organization dedicated to assisting children affected by war. Since then, he has worked with a variety of international NGOs, including the Academy for Educational Development, FHI360 and Chemonics.

He currently serves on the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) as a council member. He also serves on the boards of the International NGO Safety and Security Association, and Hostage USA.

Jim Galvin

Lakeview Energy

Jim's Profile

With 20 years international experience in developing renewable energy businesses across Europe and the US Jim is CEO and Director of Lakeview Energy, a biofuels manufacturing, commodities trading, agribusiness and wind energy company based in Chicago. Jim currently holds a number of directorships in companies including its two bio-refineries Three Rivers Energy in Ohio and Plymouth Energy in Iowa and is a member of the US Grains Council Ethanol Advisory Team. He is also a board member of the Marine Renewables Energy Association. Jim holds a Bachelor Degree and Masters Degree in Agricultural Science from University College Dublin in Ireland and an MBA degree from University College Cork in Ireland.

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Chair: Karl Wall
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Marc Abrams
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Ronan Downs
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James Kelly
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Tom Nichols
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Phil Hartmann
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Kevin Malloy
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Rob MacGoey
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Gillian McColgan
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New York

Co-Chair: Merit Webster
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Mike Bubolo
USI

Emily Hansen
EY

Michael Hutchinson
Alliant

Chantal McLaughlin
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Boston

Co-Chair: Laura Cuddihy
Boston Public Consulting Group

Matt Allen
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Rebecca Chitro
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Christina Easton
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Alexandra Ferreira
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Michelle Healy-Serpa
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Christina Lambertson
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Stephanie Myrie
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Conor Peal
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Matt Ross
Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael Prendergast
Massachusetts General Hospital

Governing

Board

OUR Board

Chair: Norman D Sheehan

International Development Consultant

Jim Galvin

Lakeview Energy

OUR Advisory Board

New York

Boston

Associate Board

New York

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