Hearts & Minds - Information for ChangeSM Staff and Volunteers 1996 - Now

Hearts & Minds is all-volunteer with the exception of an occasional stipend for individuals with very limited incomes.

Since we started in spring 1996, more than 440 people have made substantial, ongoing volunteer contributions. More than 300 others have volunteered on a short-term basis.

Thanks to all of the donated goods and services receive, we've accomplished more than $9 worth of work for each dollar that we spend. More notes

Governing Board - Governing Board Bios
Dave Peterson; Chairman
Director, Africa program, National Endowment for Democracy
Daniel Borochoff; Vice Chairman
Founder and President, American Institute of Philanthropy
Dave Schwier; Esq., Treasurer
Priyanka Sharma, board member (and volunteer since 2004)
William "Bill" Blackman; board member*
Founder and President, Hearts and Minds Network, Inc.
More info on William Blackman

Managers Additional current volunteers
David Schwier - Legal Affairs, Regulatory Compliance and Fund Raising (since summer 2004, volunteer since fall 2002)
Katherine Lusk - Website Editing and Fundraising  (since July 2007, volunteer since May 2007)
Kushal Dutt - PC/Internet consultant (since September 2006)
Panfilo Sanchez - Accounting (since June 2007, volunteer since February 2007)
Tad Shull - Public Relations (since March 2008, volunteer since January 2008)
Thanks also to past managers, listed below.

Assistant Manager
Therion Troup - computers, tech and network administration

Advisory Boards (includes active managers and volunteers listed elsewhere on this web page):

Fund Raising: Bill Blackman; David Schwier, Katie Lusk
Thanks also to: Dave Peterson; Nona Aguilar; Priyanka Sharma; Samantha Thacker; Nancy Carr

End Poverty Campaign Platform: Bill Blackman, Chizuko Yamada, with additional advice from Interaction, the Microcredit Summit, Bread for the World and other end-poverty nonprofits
Thanks also to: Andres Araos, Kevin Georges, Jari Martin

Website Development: Jim Tuite, Jordan Hahn, Eugene Povodzinsky
Thanks also to: Ben, Marcos Martín Gómez, Stephen Walton

Additional advisory boards now forming:

• Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations
• End Poverty Campaign in Taiwan and China

Pro Bono Legal and Accounting Advisors
Heidi Schmid of Linklaters - tax, employee and volunteer relations
Huu Nguyen of Winston & Strawn LLP - intellectual property
Tamara Carmichael and George Tuttle of Holland & Knight LLP;  Lawyers Alliance for New York - service marks
Thanks also for help from: Ajita Abraham - Holland & Knight LLP - trademark and intellectual property issues
Elizabeth M. Guggenheimer; Laura J. Schwartz; Sarah Treuhaft - The Lawyers Alliance for New York - general counsel
Mark Brosnin and Scott Gold - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP - labor and personnel issues
Additional lawyers: Ira J. Goldstein**; Martin Blackman
Additional accountants: Martin Berkowitz; Rick Skutch; Ruben Gorewitz**

Additional Advisors
Angelo Moscarello* - Contributing Editor, Writer and Website Designer
Thanks also for some valuable advice on our End Poverty Campaign: David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World; Samuel Worthington; President & CEO of InterAction; Interaction, the Microcredit Summit, Bread for the World and others.

Additional Writers appearing in this website**
Adria Avilla; Andrea Bond; Bill Sander; Celia Harary; Common Cause; Elizabeth Ray; Eric Tucker; Jane Haizel; John Follis of Follis Advertising; Josh Fleitas*; Lee Chung; Mark Schleisner; "Moonshine Mysterion;" Nick Meglin*; Norman Glenn and Community Action Network; Patrica Rojas and Dairo Ramero; Peter Kramer; Rachel Wolcott; Tony Lenart; Zack Barowitz*

Additional Artists and Photographers appearing in this website**
Charles Holman; Edward Fausty; Jan Szumanski; John Michael Jones; John Morra; Kate Wasilewski; Lucy Infante; Marguerite Borchardt; May Yoshizawa; Paula Isaac; Sandra DeSando; Werner Muckenhirn

Cleaning Services
Amparo Medina (since 1999)

Additional Interns & Volunteers
See also Managers and Advisors

Spring 2008
Alina Abazova - article writing (since February 2008); Christina Soldato (since January 2008); Cha - accounting; Eugene Povodzinsky - Manager, Site Development Engineering Project (since February 2008 also March 2005); Gloria Madrid (since Janurary 2008); Herb; Jari Martin (January - March 2008); Jasmine Alvarez (since October 2007); Jordan Hahn (since February 2008); Judy Mejia (since February 2008); Michael Falzone; Mike Scabia; Samantha Watson - publicity; Tara O'Donnel - journalism and editing (May 2007 - January 2008); Valeria Martinez - volunteer recruitment (since January 2008)
Thanks also to: Gordon Tsang; Gregory Davis; Jeffrey Horowifz; Marcia Capanema; Selimot Idowu; Timothy Traynor; William James; Xiaodong Pan.

Winter 2008
Additional volunteers: Akira Matsumoto - general research, Japanese translation and email (Assistant Manager August 2007 - February 2008, volunteer since May 2007); Andres Araos (since January 2008); Chizuko Yamada - End Poverty Campaign^SM Research Project (October 2006- March 2007, again in March 2008), Fernanda Correa - legal and Portuguese translation (since November 2007); Josh Rogers* - animation and graphic design (since February 2007, also summer 2006); Karan Ratanchandani  - accounting (since December 2007); Kathryn Bacharach (October 2007 - January 2008); Marco Polanco (September 2007 - January 2008); Matt Donovan - law and general; Michael Falzone (since February 2008); Samantha Tara O'Donnel - journalism and editing (May 2007 - January 2008); Timothy Traynor (January 2008); Zaneth Simmons - accounting manager - extended internship
Thanks also to: Annie Zheng; Aram Buenaventura; Cho Rong Lee (since February 2008); Daniel Wood (December 2007); Dave Bloomfield (since February 2008); Jason Andrews (since January 2008); Jeffrey Clark; Juan Alvarez; Lai Lee; Manisha Surati; Shilpa Wadke; Stephanie Blennerhassett*; Valerie Cheng; Xiaodong Pan.

Fall 2007
Accounting: Karla Chappelle (June - December 2007).
Computer & tech team: Marcos Gomez - website development programmer (July - September 2007); Mark Grimes - network administrator (July - September 2007, volunteer since May 2007); Stephen Walton - Website Programming (October 2006 - September 2007, volunteer since January 2006).
Additional volunteers: Kevin Georges - End Poverty Campaign^SM Research Project (March - November 2007); Kimone O'Meally - Volunteer Recruitment (summer 2004 - 2007 and September 2006 - September 2007).
Thanks also to: Bernadette Andall; Christina Harben; Juliana Schmidt; Mia Goldberg; Sapna Nayyar; Soribi Torres; Steven Cohen; Tanya Zivkovic-Culjak; Yesenia Guzman.

Summer 2007
Accounting: Rongxi Wu (May - August 2007).
Computer & tech team: Arnab B. (March and August 2007); Renee Bishop - Assistant Manager of Network Administrator and Application Development (July - August 2007, volunteer May - August 2007).
Additional volunteers: Assetou S.- general and French translation (May - July 2007); Da Li (June - July 2007, also summer 2006); Kimble Warren - photographer (November - June 2006); Krizia Moya (July - August 2007); Steven Kim - website links update project (June 2007- August 2007);  Tyeisha Bradley (July - August 2007); Yuliya Novosad - Graphic Design Manager (June -August 2007).
Thanks also to: Amanda Matos; Anne Krassner; Ashley Morales ; Athena Chen-Yih Lin; Charlotte Joseph; Dora Wang; Jen Goffredi Prest; Jenna Joohee Suh; John German; Jose Montas; Keisha Largie; Kimberly Shansky; Laura Greene; Magalie Mystal; Minitha John; Neelam Mehta; Nicole Bacchus; Rosalie Morales; Rajwish  Jaswal; Reginald Climes; Sheana Ortiz; Thomas Brown; Tobias Craig; Vanessa Gonzalez; Wendy Yuchi Chiu; Zhi De Mo.

Spring 2007
Accounting: Aichatou Cisse (January - April 2007).
Computer & tech team: Andrey Slovesnik (February - May 2007); Michael Medina (February - May 2007).
Additional volunteers: Cathy Yu - office, PR and more (May 2007); Li Tang - intern: GSC research, computers and general (November 2006 - May 2007).
Thanks also to: Alex Bengoche; Amelia Cai; Danny O; Diogenes Gonzalez; Gabriel - tech; Geovanna Venegas; Joseph Soto; Julie Bazelais; Lgnatius Lopez; Luciana Gnobo; Mahmoud Khedr - tech; Vinod Voleti.

Winter 2007
Accounting: Karen Hsu (October 2006 - February 2007).
Additional volunteers: Aichatou Fall - marketing and French translation (February - March 2007); Gary Hyink - Inspirational Quotes contributor and writer, extended internship (since December 2006, also spring - summer 1999);Jennefer Wells (since January 2007); Ken Crowe - systems volunteer (Winter 2000-Spring 2001, again since December 2006); Ruffin V. Mabiala - End Poverty Campaign, fundraising, marketing, journalism (since February 2007).
Thanks also to: Aminata Boh; Brian Zibin Zhong - tech; Caitlin Chant - accounting, Carolina Hutmacher - Spanish translation (since January 2007); Dorraine Kerr - accounting; Elena Barinova; Eric Furst - computers (occasional volunteer since January 2006); Eva Wen - legal; Jeceita Rouse - office; Grace Cheng - website programming; Jessica Reynoso - accounting; Jorge; Louise Sprang – office; Paula Saunders - editing and tech (since January 2007); Pinar Tuzun - photographer and photo editor; Winthor Sheen - tech.

Fall 2006
Ben Mosse - new website development; Denessa Bachelor - extended journalism internship (since Fall 2003).
Thanks also to: Andre; Angel Chanliongcl - marketing; Brad Lee; Denise Henry; Marina Veber - website updates; Natosha and So-Eun Jung - GSC researchers
Accounting: Alisa; Ann-Marie Allen; Elena Barinova; Socorro; and Tolu.

Summer 2006
Alyssa - journalism & general intern; Anton (since spring 2006); Caroline; Chantelle; Dimitri - legal and journalism for legal affairs; Erick Chang - computers; Felicia - journalism & general intern; Irene; Irene L - accounting; Jereme; Man Garung - artist and photoshop.
Thanks also to: Ben Gomilla - accouting; Chantelle Black; Diana A.; Erin Morey; Jeff Tuck; Jenny; Josciara; Lance; Lizette; Mariely; Maxine; Naomy; Shannique; Shivion; Terry Zheng,

Spring 2006
Evelyn Chang; Mimi Kaough, Editor (since spring 2006, volunteer since August 2005); Jason Zerdin - website programmer and photographer (since winter 2006).
Thanks also to: Camille; Cindy

Winter 2005 - 2006
Franklin Antón - Manager Network Administration (fall 2005 - winter 2006 also July 2007, volunteer since August 2005); Kattya Grant, Graphic & Web Design (since April 2005)

Fall 2005
Kanan Nanavati - Volunteer Recruitment (also works on marketing); Thor Vladmanis - Journalism (since June 2005)

Summer 2005
Accounting Team: Taslima Hussain (since May 2005); Yi Luo (May 2005, returning in August)
Computer Networking Team: Chris Cataldo – Manager Tech Systems (since March 2005); Franz Jean-Baptist; Kent Brown; Peter Orengo; Luis Perea
Marketing and Fundraising Team: Lauren Kende - public relations, marketing and copywriting (since April 2005); Rejanne Richard - marketing, PR, research and advertising (since May 2005); Syndia Guerbi (May – June 2005)
Additional volunteers: Andrew Mordkoff - law & journalsm; Bruno; Camille; Gary Ghazi Tlili - office work & volunteer recruitment (May - June 2005); Susanna Negri - interior design (March - June 2005).
Thanks also to: Carolyne Tsuma; Keziah Makoundou (design); Margaret Darden (computers and tech); Mike Fennema (strategic advice); and Thomas Maring (computer networking).

Spring 2005
Accounting Team: Avinash Nagavalli; Henry Crawford (May - June2005); Romina Kang; Yasutsugu ("Yas") Kusuyama (May-June 2005)
Graphic & Web Design Team: Eric Budzinski - graphic/web design intern
Legal Team: Myriam Audige - intern; Tim Kong
Tech Team: Avi Green – information systems and operations manager (since Winter 2003, volunteer since fall 2002); Lu Jiang - system & network administration; William Ho (also Winter 2004-05)
Additional volunteers: Maya Ghannoum - journalism; Sandra Chanduvi - Spanish translation, fundraising; Susanna Negri - interior design; Tiffany Boards - communication & marketing intern
Thanks also to: Antoinette Murray - tech; Bolos Kaldas; Jamila Woolford; Michael Felber; O'quillian Smith - tech; Srikanth - website development; Stanislav "Stan" Ganzburg - accounting; Stephanie Woodson; Vincent Cunneely - strategic advice

Winter 2004 - 2005
Herb Reynolds - office work; Irena Tumpyte - general and design; Julie Ast - journalism; Kristina Gregg – Volunteer Recruitment Manager (started volunteering with us in Fall 2004); Leonard Nurkin - website quality assurance (since Spring 2004); Minnie Punj - Manager of Website Development and Engineering (since Summer 2004, volunteer since Spring 2004); Romina Kang - Accounting Manager; Priyanka Sharma - Fundraising Manager (volunteer since winter 2001; Raúl Hernández - journalism; Snow Shimazu - Japanese translator; Tommy Chang - tech (since Spring 2004); Yicell Muñoz - Website Quality Assurance Manager (since Fall 2004, volunteer since February 2004)
Thanks also to: Clinton Cohen; Dwayne Thomas

Fall 2004
Accounting Team: Anzhelika Kornieko (since Summer 2004); Olga Nikitina (since Summer 2004)
Office: Herbert Reynolds (since Summer 2004)
Law Team: Randy Gonzales (since Summer 2004)
Journalism Team: Joseph Pope; Raúl Hernandez (since Summer 2004)
Tech Team: Jeyselle; Roman Sheydvasser - tech support, PC support and networking intern
Volunteer Recruiting Team: Amanda Joseph
Additional volunteers: Dale Verga; Natalie Aponte

Summer 2004
Accounting Team: Jung Soo Kim (since Spring 2004); Ludi Lai; Vicki Zhai
Office: Sandra Barros
Law Team: Lister Enriquez; Roman Katz (also fundraising and young artists projects)
Journalism Team: Hang Ming Chan; Peter Rajacic
Tech Team: Tommy Chang – PC system administration & desktop support (since Winter 2003); Ahmed Hamilton; Igor Lipkin; Jaya Nambiar (since Fall 2003); Shanil Merchant; Zeya Tun
Graphic Design Team: Sharmira Nazim
Additional volunteers: Janelle Garcia; Lakshmi Natarajan - web design; Lou B.; Ming Chan; Olivia Chitayat; Peter Rajacic - journalism, law, tech support (since Spring 2004); Sang Ha; Sara Christina Colon; Sara; Sharmira Nazim; Shayna LaPlante; Sherisse George; Yanni Guo; Zeya Tun
Thanks also to: Ahmad - tech; Lakshmi - tech; Vera

Spring 2004
Tech Team: David Bayor
General Volunteers: Claire Chung; Cynthia Paulino; George Gurgon; Juliet Hayes; Peter Orengo

Winter 2003 - 2004
Accounting Team: Jessie Mabutas - Manager of Accounting (since Fall 2003); Galina Yatsyk; Lina; See Nah Soon (also Spring & Fall 2003)
Staff (most since Fall 2003): Deborah McClean - technical administrative assistant; Geremias De La Cruz - PC/network technician; Jaya Nambiar - tech support; Jaysen Evans - PC support; Sabin Abad; Wilken Rivera - Linux & PC system administration
Additional volunteers: Aparacida - Portuguese-language translation (since Fall 2003); Connie Pender (also Summer & Fall 2003); Deborah Danner; Rose Bartok
Stephen Weinberg; Hearts & Minds board member from 1997 - 2003**

Fall 2003
Evan Oppenheimer; Lasea Gutter (also Spring 2003); Nathalie Springer - volunteer recruitment and general; Willliam López - graphic design; Ray Savant; Next Generation Website**; Yona Gorelick

Summer 2003
Bolivar F. Ortiz - bookkeeping; Eryck Duran - translation for Portuguese-language home page; Ibrahima Diouf - translation for French-language website (since Spring 2003); Jennifer Corredor - general/office; Jon Liechty - translation and links research for Spanish-language website (since Summer 2002); Karina Barrero - office and volunteer recruitment projects; Keisha Clarke - website/graphic design (since Spring 2003); Micheal Kim - accounting and technical support; Sung Ah Kim - journalism and website reformatting; Tiffany Lopes* - journalism (since Spring 2003)

Winter/Spring 2003
Amy Fass - Spanish conversation group instructor (since Summer 2001); Clehome Theodore; Cynthia Zhu; Herman Sanhueza - legal advice and translation for Spanish-language website; Juan Pablo Campana - website design (since Fall 2002); Laurence Cazaux - French translation and office volunteer (also Fall 2002); Margus Lehiste - Manager of Information Technology and OICNC; Mariana de Diego - fundraising and translation for Spanish-language website; Ray Mercado - graphic design and volunteer recruitment (intern Summer 2002 & additional work Spring 2003); Samantha Thacker - writer and fund raiser (since Fall 2002); Stefano Mura - Italian website, publicity and children environment projects (April 2002 - March 2003); Umair Ashfaq - technical support (also Feb. - July 2002) ; Vivian Chen - technical support; Yoriko

Fall 2002
Connie Pender - Volunteer Recruitment and Publicity Coordinator (since Summer 2002); Franciska Bárdos - German language translation; Maria Juliana Gonzalez (since Summer 2002); Xavier Boudes - French translation and conversation group instructor (since Summer 2002)

Summer 2002
Dave Alexander; Elaine Szumanski - artist and graphic designer; Elia Monte-Brown; Eugene Brandon; Erica Yoon - intern; Hila & Michal - Hebrew translation; Hisako Magami - Japanese translation; Illyce Suarez; Jason Dibble; Joanne Black; Joselin Picardo; Karen Parmelee - "saucy girl/clever pen;" Kie-Hang Kim - website update and accounting intern; Lauren Murray - intern; Marina Perez - Spanish conversation group instructor; Maria Curreri - Italian conversation group instructor; Ozzie Sutcliffe - tech; Rocio Arias; Roman S. - Russian translation; Sahil Shah - intern; Susan Nowaczyk

Winter/Spring 2002
Brian Buchanan; Claudia Santoro Barelli - advanced internship in accounting (since Spring 2001); Dwain Lee; Laviña Andrews; Matt Chin; Murray Jones - volunteer management consultant; Monica Mancini - Italian website and publicity project (April 2001 - April 2002)

Fall 2001
Amish Rajesh Babu; Kieran Gorman (since Spring 2001)

Summer 2001
Celine Stucki - French translation and conversation group instructor; Elana Okrent - intern; Hae Sang Song - marketing, design and office volunteer (November 2000 - August 2001); Lisa Sikora; Marian Lee - accounting intern; Matthew Haney - volunteer and writer; Maya Amir - intern (since January); Mellisa Olsen - editor; Mike Hui - intern; Misako Ueshiro - volunteer and Japanese translation; Natalie Catherine Silvestre; Nicolas Puvis; Octavia Brooks - editor; Stephanie Fong; Thi Van Anh Thach - intern; Ian Speigel - intern; Vivi Stahl - intern

Spring 2001
Akemi Yonemuna; Beilei Yin; Debbie Wolf; Hugham Chan; Joanna Fu (started Fall 2000); Katherine Bromberg; Kevin Walter Jones; Laurent Delly; Lisa Sikora; Marcelo Anderson Crue Klafke; Mieko Yahagi; Mildred Ehrlich; Odile Ceesay; Olga Vanatko - intern; Pamela Frimpong (since winter 2001); Poonam Gupta - legal volunteer; Rodello Santos; Ted Hawkins; Teja Patel

Winter 2001
Aimee N. Youngs; Dana Lee; Elizabeth N.; Elsa Santos - Marketing and Teen Website Program Advisor; Fakhar Mizra - Accounting Manager (since July 2000); Jon Wapnick - intern; Patrick Traffis (since Fall 2000); Saliha Karadeniz; Serhat Tan; Sigal Pilpal - volunteer relations and recruitment (extended internship since July 2000); Winnie Cho; Yun Wa Chan - intern

Fall 2000
Anna Rode; Armondo Montes DeOca; Deena Saeed; Elizabeth Potter; Elsa Santos; Joanna Fu; Laurent Delly; Leona Augustowski; Millie Niss; Mishka Pusey; Motoko Imai - volunteer and writer; Patricia Ko; Renata Turetsky; Roseann Hugh; Sabitree Mahadeo; Selene Orefici; Somesh Soxena (since Summer 2000); Stephanie Gordon; Ted Helms; Winnie Cho; Yun Wa Chan
Columbia College CUE Volunteer Week; August 21-25, 2000
Chris Wurster; Elisabeth Ryan; Eric Poirier; Jason Wilson; Jo Hafford; John Michael DiResta; Rachel Shaw

Summer 2000
Alyona Chirinos-Romanchuk; Ami Karnik; Ana Cheung; Ariana; Armondo Gong; Coreen Bailor; Daniel Perrone - paralegal volunteer; Edward Yiu; Erin Brizius; Eun Soo Lim; Grace (Eun Song); Jane Haizel; Janet Kim; Jennifer Bercovici - intern (also Summer 1999); Jennifer Meyers; Jerrell Mitchell; Ju Yon Kim; Katherina Price; Lucy Chen; Mark Barberi - construction and carpentry; Marianne Van Brummelen; Melyna Hernandez; Nardeline Alexandre; Nick Hodges; Raymond Tan; Ronald Swain; Sam Oppenheim; Seth Lee; Shermica Farquhar; Thorne Chen; William Friedson

Winter/Spring 2000
Aurelia Crowhy; Barry MacCorkell; George Sarratt; Hideki Mitobe; Jackie Hidalgo; Jennifer Moore; Marijka VanEkris - legal volunteer; Peter Herger; Poonam Gupta - Manager of Volunteer and Legal Affairs; Ron Murphy - tech volunteer; Snezhana Martynova - Accounting Manager; Shen Li

Fall 1999
Doug Joachim; Howard Levy - Creative Director; Red Rooster Group (since 1996); Lakisha Parker; Logetty Momplaisir

Summer 1999
Channa Bannis; Carrie Eisert; Farzana Morbi; Gary Schechter; Grace Kong; Gregory Louis Boulos; John Lee; Kimberly M Smith; Meagen O'Meara; Rebecca Zimmerman - intern

Winter/Spring 1999
Cully Hartnett; Edgar J. Cuesta; Eric Zhu; Jackie Hidalgo; Kevin Sequeira; Lori Bouska

Fall 1998
Catherine Yang; Robert Schwartz
Spring or Summer 1998
Courtney Robshaw; John Edmark; Kristen DeGroat; Keith Rigby; Ben Lee*; Brian Peterson; Catherine Yang; Janet Lee; John Napolitano - Art Director and Advisor; Leah Cheng; Liz Hoffman; Marissa Cohn; Myles Helfand; Peri Shaplow; Shelby Wood; Stephanie Prager; Tamara Rousseau; Tara Cremin
1996 - 1998
Jeff Tone - Copywriter and Marketing Advisor; Roger MacClanahan - Fundraising; Nonprofit Managment and Cultural Events Consultant; Vas Kottas - Computer and Internet Advisor

Notes:
Internships now require at least 250 hours, extended internships at least 400 hours. Internships started before May 1, 2005 required at least 150 hours, extended internships at least 250 hours. Internships are credited above after completion. Before Summer 2001, some of those who completed internships are not identified as interns above.

Starting autumn 2006, those who completed their volunteering at Hearts & Minds with less than 25 hours are placed in the "Thanks also" section for that time frame. Prior to fall 2006, the exact amount of time may vary, usually less than 15 hours.

Hearts & Minds titles and responsibilities are in italics.

To avoid duplication, volunteers are only shown in the latest period they worked with us or in the management section above, if they are still active managers.

Potential employers can contact us for the fullest, most accurate description of an individual's role, their total hours and more precise start and end dates at Hearts & Minds.

*Also an artist and/or photographer for Hearts & Minds
**Currently inactive. Many have website articles, photos and artworks that are still online.

Special Thanks to God
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Thanks also to (mostly in 1996 - 2004, some ongoing):
Aaron Lazenby and Kate Pavao, Aaron Tunis, Aida Bassiouni, Aimery Dunlap-Smith of Columbia University, Alejandra Carbajal, Alese Glass, Alison Lances, Ana Cheung, Anastasia Miranova, Andrew Ronan and Robbie Cochran of !Bang Digital Media, Anina John, Anitra Hampton, Barbara Bochnovic, Barbara Stamatopoulos, Baruch Feldman, Beth Dinkin, Bingyang Zhu, Brandon Sklar, Carmen Cortez, Cassandra, Chen Ye, Christina Harben, Christopher Ordonez, Columbia University, Crystal Mayers, Damon Patric Williams, Dan Cope, Dave Filosa, Dave Heller, Debbie Hyink, Delia Lust, Diana Thompson, Dixieann Durham, Don Halstead, Ed Yutkowitz, Edith Viertel, Efrem Sternbach, Elliot Glazer, Esther Blackman, Esther Lerch, Fazeela Singh, Flávio Luiz Gonçalves - Portuguese translation and conversation group instructor, Fran Hunter, Frank Meyer, Fred Husband, Gayle Crispin, Gena Brooks, George Giaquinto, Georgia Grant, German, Grace Collins, Hall Wang, Halley, Harris Grossman, Hee Won Khym, Ilona Jeffinova, Imogene Yearwood, Irma Greewald, Ivan Awori, Jade Rodriguez, James Masi, James Unitas, James Vreeland, James Woodstock, Janice Deveaux, Jared Goldstein, Jason Valentin, Jason Wiplich, Jay Gumbiner, Jay Sulka, Jean Marie Baron - Public Relations Advisor, Jeffrey Peterson, Jenny Zhang, Jeremy Raven, Jihan Headlam, Jim Kennedy, Jim Mathieu of Lawyers Alliance of NY, Joanne Chang, John German, John Lee,John Ssemakola, Jonas Verdeflor, Jordan Taffett, Judith Reidel, Juliet Hayes, Justin Firestone, Kadir Ustun, Karen Parmelee, Katy Morgan - English conversation group instructor, Kelly Frey, Kiesha Wiel, Ken Houghton, Ken Sato, Kerry Cubas, Kim Pancich, Kimberly Davenport, Kristen Nihamin, Latoya Butler - Office Work, Lauren Gibbs, Lesley Abbey, Lillian Blackman, Lisa Gonzalez, Lisa Lugo, Loren and Bill Howley, Lyndon Rochin, Marc Greenberg, Marcus DeMaaijer, Mark Milone, Margaret Ratner, Maisha Walker, Mara, Mark Eggleston, Marko Kostadinovic, Mariangela Mastropasqua, Marina Perez, Mark Catalina, Martin and Rena Blackman, Marlon Hernandez, Max Rottersman, Meenu Krishnamurthi, Melissa Guerrero, Michael Bass, Michael Green, Michael Skakun, Michael Xia, Mike Gattanella, Mike Quon, Mohar Ray, Morgan Burkett, Naila, Nancy Pacheco, Nara Sainthil, Nimrah Shaikh, Nona Aguilar, Barbara Schatz with Mimi Lukens and Ted Smoot of Non-Profit Organizations Clinic at Columbia University Law School, Norman Glenn, Patricia Namm and Bill Saffran, Peter Blackman, Peter Darling, Peter Iemma, Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. - President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Rachel Maldonado, Raphael Smith, Richard Tur, Rebekah Cowell, Rex Posadas, Robert Oslin and CuteFTP, Robert Richartz, Dean Roger Lehecka of Columbia University, Ron Kim, Rosemarie Ottamanelli, Sallly Lloyd, Samantha Anderson, Sandy Narine, Sarah Forman, Sarah Paul, Saulo M Araujo, Scott Chang, Scott Gold, Scott Paul, Seenah Soon, Seyfarth Shaw & Fairweather LLP - lawyers, Seyn Laproyen, Sharon Chang Zhao, Stephen Bluestone, Steve Gogel, Steven Gordon, Dr Sudir Ahuja of Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs Innovations, Sophia "Xiaolin" Wu, Pyali Basak, Phyllidia Link, Rebekah Cowell, Tammy Sher, Todd Sherr, in memory of Tony Durant - cleaning and maintenance, Tony Shuen, Terri Wearsch, Titilayo Morgan, Tykneka Hicks, Ted Hawkins, Tony Lenart, Uravashi Chauravarty, Vanna Khan, Vera Pavlova, Wayne Pennant, William Setzler, Yeva Shalmiyeva, Yuan, plus three indivdiduals doing required community service who asked to remain anonymous, and many others for their advice and help.