PRESIDENT

Chitra is a highly experienced veteran teacher of 30 years. She spends most of her time raising funds and exploring ways to best help as many children as possible get an education. Outside of her administrative duties she can be found on a daily basis visiting one of her many schools and teaching classes of up to 70 students at a time.

BOARD MEMBER

Ed is a doctor specializing in infectious diseases and has run a clinic in Africa treating the poor. He has been awarded the Elizabeth Lehman-Taylor prize for Clinical Excellence and Patient Care at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Washington. There he serves as the clinical chief of employee health.

TREASURER

Dan served in the Marine Corps and completed two tours in the Middle East. Dan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Oregon, where he lives. He has experience in working with non-profit entities in the way of audits, financial statements and strategic consulting.

SECRETARY/ADVISOR

Though Scot is not formally on the board, he is one of its most prized advisors. He has served 4 Episcopal churches as their priest for 27 years of his life. But his most important job is being a loving husband to WFCF’s founder, Chitra.

BOARD MEMBER

Paul founded and operates a program for orphan children in his hometown of Kakamega, Kenya. Paul brings valuable insight to the WFCF team and he is able to advise us on all matters related to African culture and business. Paul is married with two children and has been invaluable from the very beginning of Watumull Children’s Education.

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Andrea is from a large Egyptian family. She has recently become a mother to a beautiful baby boy named Nile. She is passionate about serving her community of Bellevue, Washington and has worked overseas in orphanages in Egypt and Jamaica.

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Keith was born in Spokane and grew up in Kirkland. He graduated from the University of Washington and worked in Boeing Engineering for 40 years. He now does outreach work for NASA as a Solar System Ambassador and lives with his wife Trish in Woodinville.

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Kathy is a teacher of 32 years, concentrating in the lower primary grades and focusing on helping struggling children to learn to read. She holds a Masters in Education, as well as a BS in social work. She is uniquely suited to serve on the WFCF board as she helps us serve the very vulnerable children in the world.

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Tom is a land surveyor in Nairobi, Kenya. He has been working very hard on the construction of our permanent new Bethany Joy School. He is married with 3 children.