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Good Shepherd SLF Board & Leadership Council

Good Shepherd Sustainable Learning Foundation (SLF)’s Board of Directors shapes the Foundation’s direction through its mission, strategy, budget, and project selection. The Board works in partnership with the Good Shepherd Academy Association Board of Governors headquartered in Bamenda through quarterly joint board meetings via Zoom and weekly WhatsApp engagement.

For additional biographical information, click on the Board member.

Board of Directors

portrait of founder and chair

Elizabeth Rankin Geitz

Founder & Chair

Episcopal Priest & Canon

Award-winning Author & Columnist

Dr. Nche Zama

Dr. Nche Zama

Vice-Chair

Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery for the University of Rochester at Arnot Hospital in Elmira, NY Global Medical Humanitarian

Molly Flewharty

Molly Flewharty

Treasurer

Sr. Vice-President
Reich & Tang Investment Management, (ret.)

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David C. Farrand

Board of Directors

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, (ret).

Trustee & Chair of the Investment Committee of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation

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Joseph K.B. Fonlon

Board or Directors

Senior Counsel
Global Business Units
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company

Honorary Board

Sister Jane Maaka

Sister Jane Mankaa

(1960 - 2021)

Founder, Good Shepherd Academy, Bafut
Founder, Good Shepherd Academy Association, Bamenda
Founder, Good Shepherd Home for Children, Bamenda & Batibo
Founder, Benedictine Sisters of Bethany, Bamenda

Brenda Ruello

Brenda Ruello

Founder & Vice-Chair Emeritus

Senior Partner
Heidrick & Struggles, (ret.)

Counsel to the Board

United States

Attorney: David B. Foltz, Esq., Buttermore and Foltz, Westfield, NJ
Accountant: Eric D. Davis, Ginader Jones & Co., LLP, Scranton, PA
Architect: Missionary/Architect Poul Bertelsen,RA, AIA,of MSAADA Architects, US, Africa, India, Haiti

Cameroon

Attorney: Barrister Shu Walter Fuh, Bamenda, Cameroon
Accountant: Nzie Roland Fusoh, Bamenda, Cameroon
Construction: Olivier Fon Soh, Owner; Sage Construction; Bamenda, Cameroon

Leadership Council

For additional biographical information, click on the Board member.

Ignatius Che Ajuyo

Ignatius Che Ajuyo

High Court Judge

Bamenda, Cameroon

Bill Clarkson

Bill Clarkson

President, Westminster Schools (ret.)

Atlanta, Georgia

Lauren M. Doliva

Dr. Lauren M. Doliva

Global Managing Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

San Francisco, California

Betsy DuBois

Betsy DuBois

Coordinator, NY State Education Standards in the Arts, (ret.)

Milford, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Watson Gramigna, P.C.

Elizabeth Watson Gramigna, P.C.

Attorney

Summit, New Jersey

John A. Ross

John A. Ross

Corporate Chief Operating Officer (ret.), Deutsche Bank Group

New York, New York

Molly Dale Smith

Molly Dale Smith

Episcopal Priest, Professional Transitional Specialist

Nashville, Tennessee

Constance White

Constance White

Co-Director, Ministry Institute, Episcopal Diocese of NJ

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle

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If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito.  – African Proverb

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The highest result of education is tolerance.  – Helen Keller

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One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world.  – Malala Yousafzai

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Secondary school in Cameroon is not mandatory resulting in a large gap between school capacity and the number of potential students. You can help change that!

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EDUCATION yields a larger impact than ANY other form of help or aid we can give to improving health, raising income, promoting gender equality, and reducing overall poverty.

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For every year a child goes to school, HIV rates decrease, income potential and employment rates increase, girls marry later, early pregnancies decrease, and health is elevated for the entire family.

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In Cameroon there is only one teacher for every 45.6 primary school students. In SECONDARY SCHOOL the number increases to nearly 100 STUDENTS PER TEACHER.

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