Board Of Directors
Giulia McPherson
President
Kenneth Pon
Treasurer
Kenneth Pon is a Certified Public Accountant. After working for the State of California and a local CPA firm in San Francisco, Kenneth started his own local practice. A former two-term SLUSD Trustee, and current Rotarian in the Rotary Club of San Leandro, Kenneth has always been motivated towards building and improving schools for our next generation. Kenneth’s membership in Rotary opened the door to International Community Service by allowing him to participate in funding the school project in Pajarillos, Honduras. Kenneth received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of California.
Karen Hoefener
Secretary
After completing her bachelor’s degree from Wingate University and writing an undergraduate thesis on coffee trade, Karen Hoefener moved to China to teach English for the NGO WorldTeach. While there, she studied Mandarin and observed consumer behavior. Passionate about coffee and consumers, her progression to sales and marketing manager for Shangrila Farms was a natural fit. She expanded her knowledge base by going to business school at Georgetown University and studying international business with a focus on consumer insights. Currently Karen sits on the board of the Louis Berkowitz Family Foundation.
Ted Volchok
Board Member
Ted Volchok is a recently-retired international development technical expert who specialized in design and implementation of economic and market development programs with an emphasis on youth employment. Since last May, Ted has been supporting E2E, first on strategy development for the coffee partners program, and then leveraging his experience in market-based vocational training on the NIDO expansion strategy and linking that to livelihoods through a labor market assessment. Ted retired last year from a headquarters-based technical support role with Mercy Corps, an international NGO operating in over 40 countries. Prior to Mercy Corps, Ted’s career was in the private sector in multiple roles in operations, project management, partnership development, strategic planning and marketing.
Muthu Ananthanarayanan
Board Member
Muthu Ananthanarayanan is a Senior Manager based in the San Francisco office of Deloitte Consulting LLP and is a leader within the firm’s Strategy and Operations practice. Over the last ~15 years, Muthu has worked across Asia, Europe and North America, advising clients from Technology, Energy & Resources, Financial Services, and Retail industries. Muthu earned his MBA from the University of Oxford, where he was the recipient of the Richard Metzler scholarship awarded by the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF).
John Worcester
Board Member
Since retiring in 2013 as the Senior Director of Human Resources at Evraz NA, John has been dedicated to helping children. He has been actively involved with two organizations: Africa Bridge, where he has served as Executive Director and Board Member. He also supports Nuevas Sonrisas, a Portland-based NGO focused on providing dental services to children in remote Guatemala.
Deborah Milianes
Board Member
Deborah is a seasoned marketing strategist with extensive experience in global electrification projects, CPG, and ecommerce. She has worked at education start-ups and has been involved with several school-based and professional mentoring programs.
Prathima Devarasetty
Board Member
Prathima, a dedicated Technology Leader at Google with over a decade of experience, brings a unique blend of technical expertise, product strategy, and leadership skills to E2E. Her passion for education equity, fueled by personal experiences, drives her to contribute to initiatives that empower underserved communities, particularly women. She deeply resonates with Educate2Envision’s holistic approach to providing quality secondary education to rural students.
Raghav Srikanth
Board Member
Raghav Srikanth has been an active proponent of education, both through domestic mentorship programs such as Minds Matter and international engagements through International Service Learning. Raghav graduated from the University of Western Ontario, where he earned a Bachelor of Engineering Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Honors Business Administration from the Ivey Business School. He currently studies at Harvard Business School.
Jonathan Harms
Board Member
Patricia Borich Hernandez
Board Member
Patricia has over seven years of experience working with nonprofits and in the government
sector in Central America and Mexico. After completing her Ph.D. in Migration Studies at El
Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Baja California Norte campus, she worked as the Executive
Director for the Jesuit Refugee Service Mexico. Her academic background, which includes two
Master’s Degrees in Local Development and Sociology, provides her with a comprehensive
understanding of complex social issues.
Moises Lean
Emeritus Board Member
Moises Lean has worked at Oracle in computer programming for the past 20 years. He was born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras where many of his family still reside. He lives in Dublin, CA with his wife and two children.