BOARD OF TRUSTEES

World Neighbors was incorporated on Sept. 12, 1952, as a private, charitable, not-for-profit corporation. A volunteer board of trustees, whose members come from all over the world, contribute their time and expertise to govern World Neighbors. Trustees are elected for a term of three years.

Chair

Beth McLaughlin*

Small Business Entrepreneur

Hunt, Texas

Vice Chair

Anita Kendrick*

Consultant, World Bank

New Delhi, India

Treasurer

Mindy Galoob*

Deputy Director, Take Control Initiative

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Secretary

Ujjwal Pradhan*

Chief of Party, Tetra Tech ARD

New Delhi, India

Tommy Barrow*, Community Volunteer, Decatur, Georgia

Martha Burger, President Emerita, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Barrie Gleason Carveth, Retired Nurse Practitioner, Charlottesville, Virginia

Becky Collins, President and CEO (retired), Tulsa Global Alliance, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jim Falk*, President Emeritus, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Co-host, The MCCuistion Program (KERA), Santa Fe, New Mexico

Beth Jansen, Photographer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Helen Lowman, Ph.D.*, Senior Advisor, Peace Corps, San Marcos, Texas

Wayne Moyer, Ph.D.*, Rosenfield Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College, Kellogg, Iowa

Kate Schecter, Ph.D.*, ex officio, President & CEO, World Neighbors, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

La’Teashia Sykes, Expert in Stakeholder and Partnership Relations, Portland, Oregon

Sonia Stines, Director of Leadership Engagement and Development, Olney, Maryland

Clayton Taylor, Principal, The Taylor Group, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

*Executive Committee Member