Drew Ebersole, Chair Executive Director, Metro Parks Foundation Formerly with Martin Luther King Housing Developments Association. Professional speaking and presentation trainer. Professional film, television and stage actor since 1984. Majken Ryherd, Outgoing Co-Chair Chief of Staff, Washington State Speaker of the House Master of Science in Human Services Administration. Currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the Washington State Speaker of the house. Formerly a political consultant on health, housing and civil rights issues. Master's thesis on the barriers to cross cultural exchange with Africa. She has traveled to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, a leader for Crossroads Africa, in Cote d'Ivoire, faculty member for the National Conference of State Legislatures in Algeria, Niger and Senegal, and as a consultant for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids on tobacco control in Nigeria. Lynn Coulibaly, Outgoing Co-Chair Retired nursing and hospital administrator Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Oregon and was a Certified Nurse Administrator, Advanced, before retirement. Served for eighteen years as part of General Hospital Medical Center's Executive Management Team, Everett, Washington. Jamie Badilla, Secretary Communications Specialist, Washington State House Democratic Caucus Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/Public Relations. Media outreach and communications expert for six state representatives and two legislative committees. Responsible for developing new media to create innovative communication methods. Lita Gill, Treasurer Senior Finance Analyst, Swedish Physician Division Certified Public Accountant. Audit experience includes an internship with the Washington State Auditor's Office, while earning a Bachelor's Degree in Business at the University of Washington, after which she worked as an auditor with Ernst & Young. Also worked as an accountant with Plymouth Housing Group and Swedish Physician Division where she is currently a Senior Finance Analyst with a primary focus on budget work, analytical reporting, and provider compensation. Elliott Raizes, MD Physician, Center for Disease Control, Global Aids Program Infectious disease specialist currently working and traveling in several African countries to implement plans to help stop the AIDS pandemic. Ramona Tascoe, MD Physician, Internal Medicine Award-winning international public and social health advocate, who has worked around the world with the United Nations, major medical associations, and various NGOs. Chair of the International Affairs and Women's Health Sections of the National Medical Association and served as a senior medical consultant for Kaiser Permanente International, working on a project to develop a health-care delivery system in Angola. She has also worked on behalf of the over 5,000 victims of the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Sherry Hammond Healthcare Administrator Administrator for MultiCare, overseeing the Center for Healthy Living, the Access Center and Community Outreach. Has served as a Community Board Member for the Safe Streets Campaign for nine years, holding the positions of President, Secretary, and Chair of their annual fundraising event. Sherry has a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition, is a Registered Dietitian, and holds a Master of Business Administration. James Wallace Retired school administrator Former teacher, coach and school administrator. Also assisted in the development and management of a personal improvement program which was franchised in the US and Canada.
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Deanna Wallace is the founder of All As One, and the worldwide Executive Director. She has been involved in the field of international child welfare for over 25 years, and has worked, lived and traveled extensively in several African countries. She currently divides her time between Sierra Leone and the US. Deanna is the mother of 12 children – two by birth, and ten by adoption from Korea, India, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and the US. |
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Steven Amara is the Country Director for Sierra Leone, and oversees all of the staff and the ongoing work in Sierra Leone. He has been with All As One since 2000, when we first began in Sierra Leone. He worked with Doctors Without Borders (MSF Belgium) during the war, and was one of the people in charge of their displaced camp in Bo, Sierra Leone. He has also worked with other non-governmental organizations in Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, All As One employs only Sierra Leone nationals – approximately 40. In our supporting offices outside Sierra Leone, most of our staff serve as volunteers. |
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Matthew Morgan-Jones is the Country Director for Dubai, UAE. He has adopted four children from Sierra Leone and began working with All As One in 2005. |
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Ettaline Hill is the UK Director for All As One and opened our office there in 2009. She started helping AAO with fundraising when living in Dubai in 2007, and recently moved back to the UK where she is continuing her work with us. Ettaline visited the Children’s Center in Sierra Leone in March 2009. She also works part time as a shiatsu practitioner and as an administrator at Oxford University's Saïd Business School. Ettaline can be reached at ukdirector@allasone.org. |
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BJ Plaster has been working with All As One since 2000, and heads up our US office. She formerly worked for twenty years in the social services field for an organization working with mentally challenged adults. She has also been a foster parent and group home leader. |
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Jen Brauer (www.jenbrauer.com) is a professional artist who volunteers as All As One's Creative Director, overseeing the production of all print materials, artwork and web design for the organization. She can be reached at jen@allasone.org. |
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Jody Oomen-Early, PhD, MS, volunteers as All As One’s Grants Director. Jody is a professor in the Health Studies Department at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. She and her team of graduate students have been busy researching, writing, and submitting grant proposals on behalf of AAO. |
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Bockarie Kallon is All As One's Administrative Assistant, and is our country director's right-hand man in Sierra Leone. He has worked with All As One since 2005. |
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Sia Nyuma , a state-registered nurse, heads up our clinic in Sierra Leone. She has been working with All As One since 2002. |
