The Board of Director is comprised of the following members:

Fred Ireland

Co-Founder and Board of Directors

Fred received his Doctor of Physical Therapy and Masters of Education in Exercise Physiology from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Masters of Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware in Newark, DE.  He is in private practice in North Carolina and is working on a book about nutrition and exercise for sustainable weight loss.  Fred is committed to improving education in Haiti.

Alina Michelewicz

Board of Directors

Alina is the coordinator of the teacher-training workshop that is scheduled for February 2012 in Villard, Haiti.  She is a student at Clark University in Worcester, MA studying International Development and Social Change and a member of Clark University’s Haiti Relief Initiative.  She got involved in the Haiti School Project after hearing about the school on an NPR Planet Money podcast. She first went to Haiti with an Experiential Learning Field School to the Southern Department to areas near Les Cayes and to the University Notre Dame of Haiti and on her second trip visited Saint Marc and the School in Villard.  Alina is committed to improving education for children all over Haiti.

Tim Myers

Co-Founder and President of the Board of Directors

Tim is a retired builder who has 35 years of construction experience in single-family custom homes; commercial buildings and multi-family residences.  Tim has 20 years experience as as construction project manager.  He is a graduate of Ohio State University with a BS in Soil Science.  Tim is committed to improving education and building construction standards in Haiti.

Monica Punjabi

Board of Directors and Secretary

Monica holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship with a minor in Psychology from Northeastern University. She has work experience in various facets of the banking industry at Credit Suisse, UBS and Wells Fargo. Monica also enjoys working with children and has spent time teaching math and English at an Akanksha center in Mumbai, India. Monica’s involvement with the Haiti School Project began after she heard the story on NPR’s Planet Money Podcast in June 2010 and emailed Tim asking how she could help. Monica brings strategic planning and execution skills to the Haiti School Project and is dedicated to promoting its initiatives toward a better education system in Haiti.

David Reichow

Board of Directors and Treasurer

David is an economist and Managing Director with Deloitte in Chicago.  He has more than 17 years of consulting experience in international economic policy, trade, and business matters.  He holds a Masters in Public Policy with a focus on International Economics, Law, and Business from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Wayne State University.  David has an active interest in promoting economic development in countries in transition or faced with natural disasters as well as humanitarian support to refugees in areas of conflict.  David first learned of the Haiti School Project through the June, 2010 15 NPR story, and reached out to Fred and Tim after hearing the follow-up story of the exhaustion of the initial $3,000 investment.  David brings a strategic/consulting perspective to the Haiti School Project.

The goal of the Haiti School Project is to assist rebuilding in Haiti, and helping Haiti  by  completing construction  of the L’Institution Mixte Bethleem de Villard  (“Bethlehem School”) , by mid 2013. This sustainable economic development project will provide for the school’s future vitality and quality of education in Haiti.  The construction in Haiti is located in Villard, near  Saint-Marc in the  L’Artibonite region of Haiti.

If you would like to be a part of the Haiti relief efforts and would like to make a donation to a Haiti relief fund and organization, you can help Haiti now.  The Haiti School Project  is a federally recognized non-profit IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) organization helping Haiti’s children,  supported entirely by volunteers. Your school donations are tax deductible.  Make your tax deductible Haiti Donation today via our secure PayPal button on the top right of our website. Thank you in advance for your Haiti support & wanting to help in rebuilding  Haiti.