Chris Barclay,
is a veteran telecommunications industry executive, having worked with MCI and Verizon, and also has been, during the last four years, an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. He is the husband of Sambia Shivers-Barclay, who is also a member of LearnServe’s board of directors. Their daughters, Zora and Sana, are at Einstein and Blair High Schools in Montgomery County and have participated in the Fellows program; Zora traveled with LearnServe to Zambia in 2009. Chris joined the LearnServe board because he is a strong advocate for leadership development in our youth.
Dick Hall
retired as the head of Washington International School (WIS) in July 2007. When he was at WIS, Dick, Kathy Kemper, and Hugh Riddleberger formed the Center for International Education, the core activities of which became LearnServe. Dick’s main interest centered on the collaboration of public and private schools and of teachers and students from both sectors, all in the interest of social entrepreneurship. Dick is married to Carol Hall, a classical musician and teacher. He joined the LearnServe board in order to continue to support its important work as LearnServe develops into an independent organization.
Sam Hastings-Black
is an attorney at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP. He was a long-time volunteer at Lowell School in D.C., where his and his wife Deb’s children started school, and Sam served as the board chair there. He later helped, with Hugh Riddleberger, to found the Latino Student Fund. In his law practice he has worked extensively with universities, school finance and with charter public schools. Sam joined the LearnServe board because he believes that students who gain experience in social entrepreneurship will become even better leaders in their college years and in their future communities.
Geoff Jones
has served, since 2000, as Head of The Potomac School, an independent K-12 school located in McLean, Virginia. Prior to that, starting in 1988, he was principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia; he was the first principal of “TJ.” He has focused much of his interest over many years on the leadership roles of school administrators and faculty in developing and promoting new curriculum initiatives for academically talented students. He and his wife Carol have traveled and camped throughout the U.S. and abroad and live in McLean. Geoff is a member of the LearnServe board because of his interest in helping future leaders to better understand the processes and collaborations needed to create sustainable initiatives to solve global problems.
Kathy Kemper
is founder and CEO of the Institute for Education (“IFE”), a non-profit foundation that promotes leadership and civility locally, nationally and worldwide, and educates youth for global citizenship. A former professional tennis player, Kathy served as head Women’s Tennis Coach at Georgetown from 1978 to 1990. Kathy and her husband James Valentine have two daughters, Kelsey and Christina, both of whom participated in LearnServe summer trips, to China and Paraguay. Kathy helped create the Center for International Education, and based on that and on her professional work over many years, nothing could have been more natural than for her to become a founding member of the LearnServe board.
Don Kozusko
is a founding partner of his law firm, Kozusko Harris Vetter Wareh LLP, which specializes in private client legal representation. He counsels international and domestic entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists and privately-held businesses on tax and legal issues relating to investments, business, estate planning and charitable endeavors. Don is a director of a non-profit production company that uses theater to inspire change in family wealth management and philanthropic endeavors, and serves as a director of several foundations involved in education, art, family planning. Don and his wife Adele live in Vienna, Virginia and have two sons, Chris and Drew. Chris participated in LearnServe’s Ethiopia trip in 2006. Don joined the LearnServe board because he was impressed with the quality of the programs and the impact they had on his son.
Hugh Riddleberger
is a career educator, first as a teacher and then in a number of senior administrative capacities, including at schools in Boston and New Orleans as well as Washington. He served as head of Sheridan School in D.C. and interim head of Langley School in Virginia. His father, his wife (Louise McIlhenny) and one of his daughters were or are also career educators. He founded LearnServe because of his interest in international community service and in broader community service curriculums in American schools.
Sambia Shivers-Barclay
manages the International Visitors’ Program in the U.S. Department of Education. She coordinates foreign education officials’ visits with the State Department, identifies visitors’ requests for education-related briefings, and often conducts those briefings. She has spoken and presented on numerous topics on education issues in the international context. Sambia is married to Chris Barclay, who is also a member of LearnServe’s board of directors, and their daughters, Zora and Sana, have both been in the Fellows program; Zora traveled to Zambia with LearnServe in 2009. Sambia is serving on the LearnServe board because she believes in our mission and believes in empowering young people to be local and global change agents.
Cathy Tinsley
is a Texan born and raised who was bitten by the international bug in high school on the Experiment in International Living, spending a summer in France. She and her husband Tom have lived and raised their family in Denmark, The Netherlands and the U.S. Here in Washington she has devoted time to teaching ESL and volunteering in many school and church activities. At Washington International School she was chair (twice) of the principal annual fundraising event, president of the Parent Association, and the chair of the 40th anniversary celebration. Cathy joined the LearnServe board because of the diversity of the participants and the depth of learning that happens in both the Fellows program and on the international trips.
