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Keith Goldstein
President
San Francisco, California
Keith is the owner of Everest Waterproofing & Restoration in San Francisco and as such he has provided jobs to many Tibetan refugees in the Bay Area. In 1999 Keith was president of Foodrunners - a hunger relief organization. Keith can still be found each Saturday at the local farmers market collecting surplus food for delivery to homeless shelters.
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Donna Warrington
Secretary
San Francisco, California
Donna has been visiting Nepal regularly since the mid-80's. She works as a stenographer. Donna has worked extensively with exile Tibetan communities and volunteers locally for hunger relief programs. |
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Esther Lev
Board Member
Portland, Oregon
Esther has traveled to Nepal every year since 1989. In addition to her work with SEEDS, she has worked with Bird Conseravtion Nepal and other Nepalese conservation organizations. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is the stewardship director of The Wetlands Conservancy, a small non-profit land trust.
Esther has spent the last twenty five years working with community groups on watershed planning and restoration of dreams and wetlands. She has been involved with groups and projects around the US as well as in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nepal and Thailand. |
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Frank J. Weinstock, MD
Board Member
Canton, Ohio
Ophthalmologist. lecturer and consultant. Family: Wife- Saragale. 3 married children and 7 grandchildren. |
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K. P. Kafle
Executive Director
Kathmandu, Nepal
K.P. is a hugely popular trekking guide in Nepal. In 1998, he inspired a few of his trekking clients to “help me give back to my country”. Within 6 months S.E.E.D.S. was founded. K.P.’s tireless energy enables him to personally oversee every SE.E.D.S. project. Equally at home on a dirt floor in a remote village or seated at a dinner in a Hollywood salon, K.P. inspires all who meet him. He is the father of three sons and lives just outside Kathmandu. K.P. personally leads groups on his unique village treks or to the highest points of the Himalayas. K.P. is proud to been selected as a trek leader for REI.
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Geoff Childs, Ph.D.
Board Member
St. Louis, MO
Geoff is an anthropologist (PhD, Indiana University) specializing in population research among indigenous Tibetan communities of the Himalayan highlands. He has spent much of his career under-taking ethnographic, demographic, and historical investigations of the Nubri Valley (near Mt. Manaslu) where SEEDS currently maintains several health and education projects. For more information on the fascinating culture of this area see his recent book, "Tibetan Diary" Geoff is now a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on his research and publications, visit his website |
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Barbara R. Cambon
Treasurer
Rancho
Santa Fe
,
CA
Barbara first traveled to
Nepal
in 2003, after planning such a trip for many years. Final seizing the opportunity to be away from her 25 year commitment to her real estate investment business, she signed up for a trek guided by
KP Kafle
, a chance meeting that has grown into her involvement with SEEDS. She immediately was captured not only by the beauty of the country, but more importantly, by the wonderful people that she met during her trip. She has returned to
Nepal
every year, and now looks forward to taking her daughter, who graduates from college in June, with her some day. She lives in
San Diego
with her husband John. |
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Barbara Secrest
US Operations Manager for SEEDS
Sisters, Oregon
A founding Director of SEEDS, Barbara has been traveling to
Nepal
since 1986. She has guided cultural treks and created an import business to bring Nepali art and handicrafts to the
US
. Her love of
Nepal
and its people inspires her devotion to the vision of SEEDS. Seeing the results of SEEDS’ low tech, village initiated projects is both heartwarming and energizing!Barbara, her husband Ben Beckley and dog Maury, live in the beautiful mountain town of
Sisters
,
Oregon
. She is a book keeper, small business owner and strong supporter of the local arts community.
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Nick Lederer
Board Member
San Francisco, California
Nick first visited Nepal in 1995 and fell in love with the country and its people. Nick has been involved in community and non-profit programs in San Francisco since 1968. Early projects included a tutorial center and several free health clinics. Since 1976, he has been the Executive Director of Golden Gate Senior Services, which currently includes two Senior Centers and a Program for Developmentally Disabled Adults. Nick also serves on the boards of several non-profit groups, including the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic. Nick is especially impressed with how quickly S.E.E.D.S. responds to program requests and administers its programs. |
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Peg Swift
Board Member
Flagstaff, AZ
Peg has worked extensively for Native American (mostly Navajo) communities in a variety of socio-cultural, educational, and natural resource concerns, with a focus on sustainable development. Her background also includes public relations, photojournalism, and a long-standing interest in the Tibetan highland communities of Nepal, with emphasis on Nubri.. |
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