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¿Who we are?
THE SCHOOL OF
EARTH The School of the Earth
is a non profit organization formed by a
group of persons whose vocation is to
provide all their efforts to end poverty
and abandonment in Panama. The first
project of The School of the Earth is
the “Technical Institute of
Agro-forestry” in Jaqué, a High School
located in the province of Darién which
is one of Panama’s areas most in need
due to the lack of infrastructure and
communications BUT RICH IN BIODIVERSITY
AND CULTURE.
Board of Directors:
- Caroline Schmitt - President:
Expert in direction and management
of audio visual media. Works in the
News department of Channel 2 and is
anchor woman of the Noticiero
Estelar.
- Patrick Dillon - Vicepresident
and Secretary:
Architect in
charge of the construction of the museum of Biodiversity designed by Frank Gehry, and of the infrastructure of the center of marine exhibits in the Smithsonian and the panama Rainforest
Discovery Center.
- Maria Gabriela Fong - Treasury:
Electrical Engineer, business woman
and tecnology consultant with the
Centauri Technologies Corporation
and Maga System and Consulting.
- Jorge Ventocilla - Vocal:
Biologist, researcher associated
with the Smithsonian with 20 years
of experience in environmental
education. Author of many books and
journalistic articles.
- Rosamaria Guerra - Vocal:
Economist and director of the
International Center of
Environmental Training and
consultant of Education and
Community Development.
Executive Committee:
- Ana María Vazquez -
Creative and cultural doer:
Artist who resides partially in
Jaqué and partially in Mexico.
Co-founder of NGO “Bridges Across
Borders”.
- Beatriz Schmitt Dirección -
Exec. Director Ad-Honorem:
Journalist and environmental
educator, director of the “Avifauna”
Foundation Eugene Eissenman.
- Carl W. Schmitt -
Financial Advisor:
Businessman,
President of White Field
Corporation, a flower trade company.
- Alexandra Marco -
Executive Collaborator:
Economist and Business
Administrator, works as a consultant
in business management.
- Paula Valdes -
Executive Collaborator:
Commercial Engineer, works as a
consultant in business processes. -
Millie Johnson - My
journey to the United States began
in May of 1983, when I left the
Caribbean island of Montserrat to
seek an education in the United
States. After working for 12 years
as a nurse, I returned to college in
1999 to further my education. In May
of 2003, I graduated from Vassar
College, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Anthropology and
Geography. Over the past five years
I volunteered with women-led NGOs in
South Africa, Ghana, New Zealand,
Guatemala, Colombia, and Panama. On
May 2006 I completed a Masters
degree in Public Health at Johns
Hopkins University. I am presently
pursuing a Master of Science degree
in Organization Development and
Strategic Human Resources with a
concentration in nonprofit
management at Johns Hopkins
University. Upon graduation in May
2008, I plan to establish a
nonprofit in keeping with my work on
the health and welfare of women and
children in countries aroung the
world.
- Paola Schmitt -
Creative Collaborator:
Artist and Business Administrator,
creator of cultural projects. Her
works are exhibited at national and
international level.
Education Consultant:
- Marisa Montesano de Talavera:
Educator with great experience in
curriculum and educational
direction, in charge of the
curricular design of the Institute
of Agro-forestry in Jaqué. Teacher
trainer and expert in educational
assessment.
Executive Assistant
- Rosa Saldaña:
Industrial engineer in charge of
coordination, administration and
accounting.
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