We are Subayo!
Mbumwae Suba Founder and President Email: mbumwae at Subayo.org |
Mbumwae Suba has truly had a lifelong connection to Africa. She was born in Zambia in 1953 and the events of her childhood gave her a strong conviction that she should maintain her ties to Africa – particularly to help the women of the continent benefit from a system of support and education. Read more...
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David Vassar Treasurer
Email: d.vassar at subayo.org |
David has sponsored several needy Central American children through Christian Children’s Fund since finishing his B.A. in 1978, and held memberships in the Nature Conservancy, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and NYC’s own Transportation Alternatives, which he enthusiastically supports in its efforts to promote better transit and conditions for pedestrians and cyclists throughout the City. His concern for a healthier living environment for fellow New Yorkers and for all citizens of our one world is perhaps best reflected in the dictum: “Think globally, act locally.” David’s own recreational interests include reading, bicycling, hiking, kayaking, playing soccer and cards with 7-year-old son Benjamin, watching sports and science programs on TV, and listening to music by Miles Davis, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and assorted world and traditional “classical” music. His ambivalent endeavors in amateur carpentry at home have in any case somewhat vindicated his likewise ambivalent career-veer into academic librarianship, as characterized by his prevailing motto: “Service with a grimace.” --the point of which perhaps is: We’d often rather be served than serve, but we’re all called to participate in this thing called service. |
Chris Rohner is a senior Emergency Manager for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has lived in PA and NY all his life, except for a two year stint in Japan. He has a masters in urban planning and has been involved in pedestrian-friendly transportation and urban design since college. He has served as Vice President of the 950 unit coop where he lives and is active in community activities. Chris believes one person can make a difference, that you should think globally and act locally, that a walk in the woods does everyone good, and that “do’in” muscles are better than “show’in” muscles. He likes riding his bike to work and enjoys escaping the city to his two story tree house in duchess country on weekends. Chris lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters . |
Chris Rohner Secretary
Email: c.rohner at subayo.org |
Adjoa Parker
Email: a.parker at subayo.org
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Adjoa is an international project manager and marketing consultant, working for a business development enterprise. She holds degrees in Biology from Hartwick College, NY, and an MBA from the IUG in Germany. She was born in Lusaka, Zambia, as the daughter of a Zambian mother and a Ghanaian Father. She grew up in Zambia, Canada and the US. During her studies she also lived in Germany and Thailand. Her multinational background is of great value to the Subayo Foundation—since Adjoa knows first hand about the situation in different countries. Adjoa loves dancing, reading and mainly spending time with her family. She is married with two children. |
Dr Luchembe was born in Zambia and has wide experience as an educator and researcher and community activist for more than three decades on the continents of America. These include UCLA; University of California at Riverside; California State Polytechnic University at Pomona; California State University at Northridge, San Bernardino Valley College; Compton Community College; Oxford University and the Universities of Botswana and Zambia. He is currently Chairman of AIMS [American International Marketing Service] an organization that seeks to develop links between Africa and America. Dr Luchembe serves on many Executive Boards including that of the International Relations Council of the City of Riverside in California; Obuasi Sister City Committee of Riverside in California; KPFK 90.7 FM Community Radio Station based in Los Angeles and the Paul Robeson Community Center in Los Angeles. Dr Luchembe has known Mbumwae Suba from the 1980s when they were colleagues at the University of Zambia. According to him what attracted him to Subayo Foundation is in his words “Doing a lot with very little.” He has organized many Business Development Forums in California which have showcased the work of Subayo Foundation. |
Dr Chipasha Luchembe
Email: c.luchembe at subayo.org |
Gregory Schwedock Web Master/Design
Email: g.schwedock at subayo.org |
Gregory Schwedock is in the class of 2010 at Hamilton College. As an active member of the Hamilton Outing Club he regularly leads trips in the Adirondacks in addition to participating in lots of sports around campus including hockey, ultimate frisbee and IM softball to mention a few. Having Einstein as an idol, he currently intends to major in physics, but enjoys a wide range of interests from writing and performing poetry to designing websites. He spent the 2007 summer interning with Professor David Schiminovich at Columbia University identifying Ultraviolet Luminescent Galaxies. He also bicycled from Sea Isle, New Jersey to New Burn, North Carolina with a friend, a 500 mile plus trip in six and a half days. Gregory feels it is an honor to be able to assist in furthering the goals of the Subayo Foundation by designing and maintaining its website. |
Louisa Gilbert is the Co-Director of the Social Intervention Group (SIG). She is currently a Co-Investigator on two NIMH funded studies and two NIDA studies, which address the overlapping problems of intimate partner violence, drug use and HIV risk. She has worked at SIG for the last 17 years conducting intervention research, which addresses the co-occurring problems of HIV, drug use and intimate partner violence. She has co-authored more than 40 articles from this research. Ms. Gilbert also serves as a member of the Clinical Advisory Committee at Sanctuary for Families and a member of the practice research network of the New York State Office of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism Services. |
Louisa Gilbert Email: l.gilbert at subayo.org |
Catherine Whitmore
Email: c.whitmore at subayo.org
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Cate lives in Riverside with her husband. They have three sons and a grandson. Cate has a BA in Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton and a MA in Psychology, at California State University, San Bernardino. She has worked as a Curator of Anthropology at the Riverside Municipal Museum, and as the Curator of History for the Riverside County Regional Parks and Open Space District, where she managed the County’s Archeological and Historic Sites, including two National Register Historic sites. Retired from the County, Cate now is partnered with her husband, Dr. Vince Moses, the former Director of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, and together they have a consulting business, specializing in historic preservation and museums. Both Cate and her husband are active in their community. Cate has served on the board of the Riverside Rape Crisis Center, as legislative chair for the American Association of University Women, as regional representative for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and on the board of the California Citrus State Historic Park. Cate is on the Board and one of the founding members of the Riverside Huaxia Chinese School in Riverside. She serves on the executive board of the International Relations Council (under Riverside’s Mayor’s office), and also serves on two Riverside Sister City Committees: the Riverside/Obuasi (Ghana) Sister City Committee; and, co-chair of the Riverside/Jiangmen (China) Sister City Committee. |
| Sven Buchholz is the Managing Director of a Social and Market Research company. He lives in New York City and in Northern Germany. He has substantial knowledge and experience in international project management and micro-financing, which he offers freely to strongly support the goals of Subayo. Sven has also practical hands-on experience in helping on-site through is 6 years of voluntary service at the Technische Hilfswerk (THW), or German Federal Agency for Technical Relief. He has been working with with Subayo since 2003. He believes that it is the ultimate goal to improve the situation in Africa and the world through the support, development and motivation of ambitious individuals and communities thereby strengthening morale and values in everyday life. He is married with two children. | Sven Buchholz
Email: s.buchholz at subayo.org |
Ana Singh Newsletter
Email: a.singh at Subayo.org |
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