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Who
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US Team |
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Kenya Team |
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UK Team |
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US
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Peter Teuten
(US Director & Secretary) |
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Peter
is the Founder and President of
a Baltimore, MD |
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based Risk Management and
Technology business |
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with interests in the US
and UK. Since the late 1970s, |
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Peter has been actively
engage in the Insurance and |
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Risk
Management industries in London
and the US |
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insurance
markets. He maintains active
interests in a |
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number
of Risk related fields and since
the late 1990s |
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has
concentrated his efforts and
expertise on |
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developing
processes, methodologies and
technology |
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to
address emerging demands in the
Enterprise Risk |
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Management
and Compliance fields. He is the
chief |
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architect
of a proprietary commercial risk
and |
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compliance
management software deployed
through- |
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out
the US and Europe. |
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As
an experienced entrepreneur
charitable work |
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allows
Peter to apply his extensive
business acumen |
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and
disciplines to the critical
mission of giving back to |
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the
community and furthering
education. Supporting |
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African
Promise is Peter's lifelong
promise of being |
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able
to make a real difference in the
lives of so many |
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less
fortunate. |
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pteuten@africanpromiseusa.org |
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Melanie
Brent Carrera
(US PR & Events Officer) |
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Melanie
has worked in marketing, public
relations, |
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and
graphic design for nearly twenty
years. She is |
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currently
employed as Director of
Marketing & |
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Communications
for Manekin, LLC, a full-service |
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commercial
real estate firm. As owner of
Murray Hill |
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Marketing, her
clients included Towson
University, |
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Sheppard
Pratt Health Systems, and KLNB
Retail. |
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Melanie
has been actively involved in a
number of |
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charities,
including Susan G. Komen Race
for the |
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Cure
(stage director), Living
Classrooms Foundation |
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(silent
auction coordinator), Family &
Children's |
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Services
(gala coordinator), the SEED
Foundation |
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(volunteer),
and the Society for Progressive |
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Supranuclear
Palsey (volunteer). |
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melanie@africanpromiseusa.org |
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Susan Stern
(US Marketing Officer) |
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Susan
is a certified career and life
coach who assists |
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individuals
in creating and redesigning life
visions and |
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goals. |
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Outside
of her private practice she
facilitates courses |
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at
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
and University and |
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leads
workshops around Baltimore/DC
area (RPCS |
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adult
learning program, Taylor-Royall
acting studio, |
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Evenings
in the Country adult enrichment,
evolve well |
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studios
and Goucher College). |
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Susan
has a
BA from Goucher College, is a
certified |
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CTI
Life Coach and is an active
member of ICF |
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(International
Coaches Federation). |
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susan@africanpromiseusa.org |
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Matthew Kozak
(US Treasurer) |
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Matt began
his career in January of 1986
with First |
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Maryland
Bancorp, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Allied |
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Irish
Bank PLC. In 1987 Matt trained
and traded on |
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AIB’s
Foreign Exchange desk in the
City of London. |
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During
the following fifteen years as
Vice President of |
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Global
Proprietary Trading for First
Maryland |
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Bancorp,
and eventually its successor
Allfirst Financial |
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When
Allfirst exited this business
line, Matt took a |
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position
with Morgan Stanley as a
Financial Advisor in |
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May
of 2003. In February of
2009, Matt joined |
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Synergy
Financial Group, LPL as an
independent |
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Financial
consultant to provide better
service and |
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local
decision making for his clients. |
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After
hearing of the work that African
Promise was |
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doing
for kids who desperately want to
learn and |
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succeed,
Matt asked to serve on the
committee and |
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involve
his children with a cause in
which they could |
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actively
participate. |
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Matt
resides in Phoenix, Baltimore
County, Maryland |
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with
his children Annie (Kids4Kenya
committee |
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member)
and Sam. |
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mkozak@africanpromiseusa.org |
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Kenya
Team... |
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Charles Coldman (Founder
& Kenya Director) |
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Charles is the 24-year-old
founder of the charity. He |
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first experienced Africa
when he visited a school in |
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Tanzania with a group from
his own secondary school. |
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He returned to Africa -
this time to Kenya - with the |
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volunteer organisation
Africa & Asia Venture (AV) |
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just over a year later.
Africa got under his skin. In |
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late 2006, after
graduating with a business
degree |
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from Exeter university,
Charles spent six months |
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in Kenya managing our very
first school development. |
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Two years on, he now lives
in Kenya directing our |
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operations on the ground
and our fundraising back in |
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the UK.
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charles.coldman@africanpromise.org.uk |
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Denis Mwanyiro (Project
Assistant) |
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Denis has become the
second member of the team |
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working on the ground in
Kenya. He is 24 years-old |
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and from the village of
Jora where his family run the |
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local 'supermarket'.
Having successfully completed a |
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month long trial, Denis
has now been employed to |
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assist Charles with the
day-to-day activities of the |
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charity but with a view of
ultimately taking on project |
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management responsibility
in the future. |
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UK
Team... |
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The administration of the charity is overseen in
the UK by a group of |
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trustees: |
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James Underhill |
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More information soon. |
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Nicola Coldman (UK Treasurer) |
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Nicola, aged 52, spent 10 years
working as a Broker |
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and subsequently a Senior
Manager with international |
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responsibility for a Reinsurance
Broker in London |
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before the arrival of three
children - one of whom is |
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founder Charles. She has been
Treasurer and |
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Fundraiser for a local branch of
the charity Wellbeing |
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and is currently Treasurer of
Hever School Governors |
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Fund. She is a classroom
assistant at Hever Primary |
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School where she is also
Vice-Chairman of the
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Governing Body. |
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Graham Coldman |
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Graham, aged 64, spent 35 years
in the Banking and |
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Finance Industry as a Senior
Manager with NatWest. |
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Following retirement in 1995 he
ran his own sales |
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consultancy company. He has been
involved with the |
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Citizens Advice Bureau in
Edenbridge, Kent for the |
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past
10 years as a Volunteer Advisor
and latterly as |
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Deputy
Manager. He is a Trustee of
several charities |
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and is
Chairman of the Management
Committee of |
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Holcot, a
young people's holiday hostel in Edenbridge. |
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Geoff Marshall
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After taking a Law Degree at
King's College London, |
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Geoff worked on programmes in
New York designed |
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to improve the educational
opportunities of |
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disadvantaged children. On
returning to the UK, he |
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embarked on a
career in Retailing and
eventually |
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became Managing
Director of The Body Shop (UK)
Ltd |
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and of The Conran
Shops Ltd. He was a pension fund
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Trustee in both companies.
Since retiring, he has |
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been a non-Executive
Director/Chairman of both a |
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publishing and a retail company and
has acted as a |
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consultant to a wide
variety of other businesses,
from |
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pharmaceuticals to design. He has for the last 7
years |
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been a Justice of the
Peace, hearing Adult Crime and
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Family cases as well as
appeals in the Crown Court. |
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He also mentors and
appraises new Magistrates and is
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a member of the
Probation Liaison Committee. |
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