WHO WE ARE

	Charles Spencer Miller Co-Founder and Director Upon graduation from Dartmouth in 1969, Charlie taught for many years at St. Mark's and Andover Academy before deciding to teach internationally at high schools in Spain, Ecuador, China, and Japan. Twenty years ago, he established East India Salvage, importing and selling exotic arts and handcrafts from Asia and Africa. Combining his love for travel, foreign cultures, and the outdoors, he has hiked, climbed, and canoed all over the world. His dedication to education and helping children led to his involvement with the Village of Catdang in Vietnam, The Blind Boarding School in Ethiopia, and co-founding The Children's Initiative.
	Jeremy Hubball Co-Founder and Director Following four years of teaching after Princeton, Jeremy enjoyed a successful business career, eventually becoming President and CEO of Northland Investment Corporation. He has earned numerous industry and community honors. Married with four children, two grandchildren and more on the way, Jeremy has pursued interests in high altitude mountaineering, working with underprivileged children in Boston's inner-city, and traveling to developing countries on five continents. He recently cycled with his son Josh through China and Vietnam. Co-Founding The Children's Initiative is a natural progression for Jeremy, emanating from his commitment to education, service, and application of his business acumen to the benefit of resource-poor communities.
	Randy Knight Treasurer Randy is a medical doctor trained and boarded in family medicine. He has worked for nine years as a full-time Emergency Physician at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, New Hampshire. In 2005, he and his wife, Grace, a nurse, spent a month at the AHOPE Orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, helping children with HIV infection. Randy returned to Ethiopia in 2006 for another month to support TCI's in country partner, Hope Community Services, in the northern city of Mekelle. His first-hand experience with the medical needs of children, particularly those coping with AIDS, is invaluable to TCI's mission. In addition, Randy and Grace run a farm with their two children at their home in Vermont. Their knowledge of agriculture and tending animals helps TCI's efforts in creating sustainable nutrition programs for children.
	Lien Nguyen In-Country Director, VN Lien is an English teacher at Hanoi University and Business Advisor to Artex Hanoi, Vietnam's largest export company.  Serving as The Children's Initiative's in-country Director, she combines her love of teaching and children with a savvy business mind. She oversees TCI's spending initiatives and coordinates the local authorities and program participants in Yen Tien and Catdang Village, where she is highly respected.
	Gebre Medhin Beyene In-Country Director, ET Gebre ("Gabe") is a native Ethiopian who, with his wife Connie founded Hope Community Services in Mekelle, the provincial capital of Tigrai province, Ethiopia. They have previously worked in the West, but returned to their native land to help address the humanitarian needs of children in Ethiopia. Gabe, a civil engineer by training, runs the newly built orphanage now housing ten children in Mekelle, while undertaking an expansion to the complex that will eventually be home for 200 children. He also reaches out to 80 blind students at a local boarding school, providing enrichment activities and nutritional support.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Charles S. Miller
Portland, Maine
President, The Children's Initiative, Inc.
Dartmouth College, 1969
President, East India Salvage

Jeremy J.M. Hubball
Key Biscayne, Florida
Vice President, The Children's Initiative, Inc.
Princeton University, 1969
Former President and CEO, Northland Investment Corp.

Randy Knight
Weathersfield, Vermont
Treasurer, The Children's Initiative, Inc.
Duke University, 1983
University of Virginia, MD, 1994
Private Medical Practice in Vermont, with one month per year in Mekelle, Ethiopia

Phi BouChau
Hanoi, Vietnam
Fourth year University Student,
Hanoi University of International Business

Joshua Hubball
Brooklyn, New York
Georgetown University 1997
Columbia University, MBA, 2004
Manager, Business Development, Universal Music Group

Anne Emmet
Oldwick, New Jersey
Owner, Black River Farm Stable and Training Facility
Vice President of Emmet & Co. Trading House

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