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Rob came to the World Leadership Foundation after graduating with his master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago. Before attending graduate school he served as the Financial Controller of Awamaki, a nonprofit focused on empowering indigenous women in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Rob also worked as an educator in rural Honduras and attended Skidmore College as an undergraduate.

Natalie is an organizational development consultant, and her passion is developing people and supporting global education. She works with individuals, teams, and organizations to provide educational experiences and strategic solutions to develop leadership capabilities, team effectiveness, and cross-cultural competency to drive performance on a global scale. In her previous experience, she has developed, co-led and managed large-scale experiential leadership development and international consulting programs in partnership with Fortune 500 companies for Full-time, Professional, and Executive MBAs. She is currently the Program Developer for Executive Education at the University of Denver.

Skip has 15 years of professional experience, predominantly in small business and start-up companies. He currently works as a water quality scientist for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. In this role he is responsible for programs that restore water quality in rivers impacted by abandoned mines. Previously he held positions as Director of Sales for Linko Data Systems, a software company that serves the water utility industry, and as Technical Project Manager for eCollege, a provider of online learning platforms. In his distant past he worked as a cook and traveled the United States, Central America and Europe. Currently he resides in Denver with his wife Stacy and daughter Lucy.

David is a career teacher and school administrator with 25 years of experience at independent and public schools in the U.S. and abroad. He has recently relocated to the Los Angeles area, where he is unsuccessfully trying to learn to surf. David is a co-founder of World Action Teams, whose mission is to develop globally responsible leaders and prepare them for challenges that corporations and our planet increasingly have in common. David and his wife Laura have two wonderful kids – Lindsay and Owen.

Greg Courtwright is the Chief Operating Officer of Lincoln Property Company Commercial, Inc., a nationwide, full-service real estate company based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Courtwright is a life-long resident of Dallas, Texas and started his career as a lawyer. Greg and his wife Carla live in Lakewood, a suburb of Dallas, with their two children, Ben and Samantha.

Sam is Founder and President of SOS Private Insurance Agency, based in Dallas, Texas. SOS Private Insurance agency specializes in commercial and residential insurance for the past 12 years. Prior to founding SOS, Sam was Chief Operating Officer of Picket Industries, a LA based service company with 365 employees and operations in 4 States. Sam and his wife Susan live in Dallas with their two kids, Christine and Lee Gregory.

Michael brings over 25 years of acquisition and investment banking experience to the WLF Board. Previously, Michael was Executive Vice President of Littlefield Corporation, the largest publicly-traded owner of gaming and bingo facilities in the United States, where he managed all aspects of the Company’s acquisition activities, leasing and property management, capital raising and legislative initiatives. He also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Hotlink, Inc., a leading provider of web-based software marketing automation and branded merchandise. Michael received his BA in Economics/Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and completed the Executive Education Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Zach Mbasu was one of TeachUNITED’s first teacher coaches is Kenya, and continues to support our work. He is founder of African Maths Initiative and is very passionate about Technology Integration in Education especially in mathematics. He has turned his passion into helping teachers as well as delivering exciting learning opportunities for students. He loves building capacity for schools and instructors to become not only consumers but producers of high quality learning resources. He also enjoys sharing practical classroom and out of classroom ideas and helping teachers and students build a positive mindset so that they can truly enjoy what they are doing. He has a bachelor’s degree in Education Science and a Master’s degree in Applied Statistics.

Bill is a commercial lawyer who has been in private practice since graduating from Georgetown Law School in 1989, now with his own law firm, Sullivan Hazeltine and Allinson, LLC. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife Tricia and daughters Delaney and Amelia, where he has been active as a Big Brother and outdoor leadership training.