Our Dedicated Team
Our passionate and talented Staff, Board of Directors and Advisory Council work tirelessly to provide programming to the communities and people that need it most.
Meet the Team
WWO Headquarters Staff
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Mara Lee Durrell
WWO Executive Director
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Kristy Aichroth
WWO Chief Operating Officer
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Melissa Middaugh
WWO Chief Program Officer
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Amy Tobias
WWO Director of Development & Communications
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Lauren Hudacek, M.S., CCC-SLP/TSSLD
Speech & Language Pathologist and WWO Program Consultant
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Thuy Ngo
WWO Vietnam Country Director & Internal Consultant
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Rossi Bogalinska Petrova
WWO Bulgaria Country Director
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Jacqueline Cadeau
WWO Haiti Country Director
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Hannah Petros
WWO Ethiopia Country Director
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Genet Zewdie
WWO Ethiopia Early Childhood Development Director
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Chrystyna Bogatyrova
WWO Ukraine Country Director
WWO Bulgaria Staff
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Diana Ruseva
Program Coordinator
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Simona Petkova
Early Childhood Development Coordinator
WWO Ethiopia Staff
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Tibedu Abiye
Driver
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Tsehay Bekele
Cleaner
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Gashaw Demisu
Element of Play Teacher
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Tinsae Demisu
Element of Play Teacher
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Eleni Desta
Element of Play Teacher
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Eden Hailegiogis
Secretary, Cashier & Logistics
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Etsegenet Siyum
Element of Play Teacher
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Senayit Wolde
Accountant
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Amare Yeshihareg
Psychologist & Element of Play Trainer
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Sheleme Zewde
Driver
WWO Haiti Staff
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Sheling P A Brutus
Program Administrator
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Yolaine Derise
Program Support Officer
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Ricardo Descoline
Data Officer & Camp Coordinator
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Juvenson Destin
Preschool Supervisor
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Iseult Durosier
Program Manager
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Gertha Josep
Learning Space Supervisor
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Rico Miracle
Camp Supervisor
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Exina Paul
Learning Space Supervisor
WWO Ukraine Staff
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Oleksiy Popovych
Finance Manager
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Kateryna Suchorebska
Program Manager
WWO Vietnam Staff
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Cham Doan
Program Coordinator, Element of Play Coordinator, Camp Leadership
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Ha Nguyen
Program Officer, Camp Leadership
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Nghia Nguyen
Community-based Manager, Camp Director
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Dr. Oanh Le
Medical Director, Element of Play Trainer, Camp Leadership
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Son Doan
Program Officer, Case Management, MiM, Camp Leadership
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Tam Phan
Medical Advisor, Speech Language Therapist, Camp Leadership
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Thanh Duong
Project Site Manager
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Van Do
Senior Accountant, Camp & Life Skills
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Vinh Phan
Operations Director & Trainer
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Yen Nguyen
Finance Director, Training
Our Board of Directors
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Terri Becks, Co-Chair
Campbell & Company, Former President & CEO
Board Member since 2020
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Susan Neisloss, Co-Chair, Chair of Nominating Committee
Big Bite, Inc., Founder & CEO
Board Member since 2014
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Nina M. McElroy, Treasurer
Bank of America, Managing Director & Private Client Advisor
Board Member since 2021
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Misha Rubin, Secretary
The Career Leap, CEO
Board Member since 2014
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Sally Bauer
Community Volunteer
Board Member since 2023
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Dr. Thomas Caughey
Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth Hospital
Board Member since 2023
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Meg Bode D'Ariano, Chair of Development Committee
Talking Hedge Events, Founder & President
Board Member since 2022
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Mandy Edmund
Swing, Co-Founder & COO
Board Member since 2017
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Claudia Fleming
Community Volunteer
Board Members since 2024
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Nathan Jerome
McPherson Family Foundation, Managing Director
Board Member since 2021
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Maya Samadani, Chair of Program Committee
International Rescue Committee, Senior Director of Talent Management
Board Member since 2021
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Coco Sellman
Allumé Home Care, Founder & CEO All Pointe Home Care, Co-Owner
Board Member since 2022
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Alex E. Mimis
Cargill, Associate VP, Compliance
Board Member Emeritus
Our Advisory Council
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Cynthia Dell Clark, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University-Camden -
Lois Kam Heymann, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech & Language Pathologist and WWO Program Consultant
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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.
Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education at the University of Delaware
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Jill Raufman, M.P.H., M.S.
Director, Medical Student Global Health Programs
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Psychology
New York University
