Dr. Yvan Demosthenes
Board Chair
CEO of HamiltonDemo and a fifteen year nonprofit board veteran committed to young people.
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The board
An all volunteer board, unpaid and accountable for every gift. Profiles of newer members appear here as they are seated.
Officers
3
Dan Linginfelter
Board Treasurer
Retired advertising art director who drew the Alfabè Kreyòl Mwen alphabet chart.
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Lisa Bodenheimer
Board Secretary
Head of Metadata Services at Clemson University Libraries, serving Haiti's libraries since 2009.
Board members
3
Dell Gerve
Social Media Lead
Leads PILH's storytelling: the newsletter, social channels and press, in four languages.
Jacques M. Jean
Technology and Strategy
CEO of TechFides, with 25 years leading technology at Honeywell, Invensys and Schneider Electric. Born in Haiti, he founded Universal Learning Centre, which built three public libraries in northern Haiti.
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Rev. Mr. Lee Ashton DMG
Board Member
Retired engineering and strategy executive whose family roots in Haiti go back decades.
Staff leadership
Fatima-Iram Din
Executive Director
Nonprofit leader with over a decade of community driven work, guiding PILH's strategy, partnerships and fundraising.
Founder
Dr. Sara Currie Mansbach
Founder and Executive Director Emeritus
Founded PILH in 2011 and traveled to Haiti fourteen times to build its village libraries.
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Two part time paid specialists carry the field work: a Haitian American outreach and training consultant, and an American library training specialist. Advisors in Haiti and the United States answer the hard questions.