The Board, staff and volunteers of One World Children Fund bring together unique talents and interests, coupled with a passion to help serve world’s most vulnerable children.
Staff
Steph “Allie” Heckman Executive Director steph.heckman@owcf.org
Originally from Scotland and a University of Edinburgh, Masters graduate in Philosophy, Psychology, and International Politics, Steph has more than 15 years experience in international non-profit development and management. Most recently, Steph has been leading development efforts with the International Rescue Committee as the Regional Development Manager for Northern California. In the UK, she led the development program for Africa Now, a non-profit which supports grassroots organizations throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and worked on fundraising initiatives for Amnesty International. In 2002, Steph spent most of the year in Rwanda, where she coordinated an education program for high school students in the Lake Kivu region. She has traveled and worked across Latin America and Africa, including Bolivia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Uganda and speaks French and basic Spanish. She lives in El Granada, CA with her husband and two young children.
Stephanie Doering Business Manager stephanie@owcf.org
Stephanie joined the One World in March 2008. She made the transition to the non-profit sector from the business world and brings with her over 10 years of experience in organizing and overseeing the operations of offices in various fields, including banking. Stephanie is responsible for managing all aspects of the One World office in addition to the donation processing and the donor database administration.
Katie Boswell International Programs Manager (PT) katie@owcf.org
Originally from England and a University of Cambridge graduate in History, Katie brings an enthusiastic and fresh approach to her new role. Before moving to the Bay Area in 2010, Katie managed the Well London Program, which improved health and well-being in 20 low-income communities. She also served as a Public Policy consultant for 3 years, and has extensive volunteer experience, including evaluating education programs at Seva Mandir in India, teaching English to women in London, and running a camp for Saharawi children. Katie speaks intermediate Spanish, and is currently learning Hindi. She lives in San Francisco and is currently studying for a Masters in Development Management.
Board of Directors
Michael Kilgroe Co-Founder and Vice President michael@owcf.org
Michael's travels to India with his wife Patricia inspired him to co- found the One World Children's Fund with Shanti Cliff in the year 2000. Michael and Patricia were deeply moved by the living conditions of the poor in India and that is where they decided to do something to help the poor children from all over the world.
Michael's particular contribution to One World is in the creation of the Champion Program and he devotes his time working with Champions and supporting their efforts in serving grassroots projects around the world.
He was a somatic therapist, a rolfer and a teacher/group leader in transpersonal psychology before he retired in 2004. He loves meditating and has been involved in a scientific study of meditation in a retreat setting with Alan Wallace and scientists from the University of California at Davis.
Patricia 'Savitri' Burbank Co-Founder savitri@owcf.org
Patricia 'Savitri' Burbank is one of the co-founders of the One World Children's Fund and is a therapist by profession. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Standford University as well as Master's in Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Clara.
She devotes her time at One World to fundraising, building donor relations and loves to connect people with grassroots efforts that are serving the children in need. She is passionate about education, particularly for girls, and programs that address the needs of American teenagers in juvenile detention centers.
Wylie Greig President wylie@owcf.org
Wylie Greig joined the One World Board in September 2006 after his retirement from Deutsche Bank as the global head of real estate research. During his tenure, Wylie managed operations both in the US and overseas. He has worked for Peace Corps as a Volunteer in India and with CARE in India, Afghanistan and Jordan.
At One World, Wylie devotes his time to internal organization and operations as well as chairing the One World Board.
He is actively engaged in development projects in Tibet and Chile and holds an MBA from the Wharton School.
Janet Greig Secretary janet@owcf.org
Janet joined the One World Board in September 2006.
She has had a life-long interest in the United States and its relationship with the world at large. It was during the tragic event of the Berlin Wall going up, she was exposed to the universality of Mankind and from there it has been no looking back for her.
After graduating from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Social Science Field, she set off to India in the Peace Corps. She was a part of the United Nations nutrition program and has worked for the betterment of women in India. She was working with the State Farm, an insurance company in the US before she retired in 2002.
Janet chairs One World’s Project Committee, which evaluates new Champion projects.
Ken Becker Treasurer ken@owcf.org
Ken Becker practiced law before becoming an entrepreneur and co-founding Foods, Inc., one of the most successful natural foods manufacturing and sales companies in the industry. Running Imagine Foods, Ken was involved in all aspects of operations, including Marketing, Financing and Development. He made sure the company grew at a faster pace.
After leaving Imagine Foods in 1998, he has been engaged in business, legal, financial, and pro bono consulting. He has devoted a substantial amount of time giving back to the community and has served as a Board member, and in various officer positions, with several non-profit organizations.
Ken joined the One World Board in March 2008.
Anand Chandrasekaran Board Member anand@owcf.org
Anand joined One World in 2009 and brings to One World a background in building successful entrepreneurial organizations, fundraising, and expertise using visual media to create social awareness and stimulate action.
In 2001 he co-founded and shaped Aeroprise Inc., and made sure the company became the most deployed mobility tool for service management, worldwide. Today the company has an impressive clientele list that includes Safeway, I.B.M., the U.S. Air Force, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, Harvard University, and DirecTV. Currently he is a senior director at Yahoo.
He is a sought after advisor within startup communities in the US and India. Anand is also a member and SFO Chapter Co-Chair of the Producers Guild of America (PGA). He holds an MS degree from Stanford University. Follow Anand on Twitter.
Chitra Rajeshwari Board Member & Development Committee Co-Chair chitra@owcf.org
Chitra joined One World in January 2009. She now chairs the Development Committee and is a Board member.
She is the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Sustainable Industries.She has been passionate about volunteering and has been doing so since she was a teenager.
Chitra has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, History and Sociology from Bangalore University, India and has recently completed an Executive program on Sustainability management from the Presidio Graduate School.
Jolynn “Jody” Applebaum Board Member jody@owcf.org
Jody is a senior marketing executive with extensive experience in developing lead generation and communications programs for Fortune 500 companies. She has specialized expertise in marketing automation, process optimization, metrics and analytics and is a skilled leader with a proven ability to manage international teams and build strong cross-functional relationships.
Jody is currently the Director of Marketing Operations at Alcatel-Lucent and holds an MBA from Loyola College in Maryland.
Howard Garfield Board Member howard@owcf.org
Howard joined the One World Board in January 2012. He is a partner in the San Francisco office of Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP. Prior to joining the firm in April of 2011, he was a partner with Long & Levit LLP where he served as the firm’s managing partner from 1983 through 1991 and from 1995 through 2000.
Howard maintains an active litigation practice that emphasizes the defense of employers and businesses in employment litigation, commercial and securities litigation, employment counseling, the defense of professionals, including accountants, lawyers, officers and directors, securities and commodities brokers, investment advisers, and insurance brokers, the representation of directors' and officers' liability insurance carriers, insurance coverage, with particular emphasis on professional errors and omissions, employment practices liability insurance, liability insurance and inter-insurance company disputes, reinsurance and other commercial and business disputes.
He has acted as both mediator and arbitrator and is a member of the panel of Resolution Remedies, an ADR provider in Northern California, and the National Arbitration Forum. Howard has served as counsel, as a party-appointed arbitrator, and as an umpire in reinsurance and insurance arbitrations, and he has testified extensively as an expert at trial and in depositions on insurance and law practice management issues, and the reasonableness of attorneys' fees in both state and federal courts. He also provides the annual training mandated by the California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations.
Frank Hathaway Board Member frank@owcf.org
Frank served as the Vice President Supply Chain/ Logistics for major divisions of several Fortune 50 companies, such as Nestle', Unilever, Avery Dennison and ConAgra. During those 15 years, Frank developed and implemented the supply chain strategies and budgets, including acquisition integration, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and other technology implementation, operations streamlining. (including CLASS A) and dramatic customer service improvement programs.
Frank has a BS, Business from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, East Rutherford, NJ.
Advisory Board
Almaz Negash, Founder and Managing Partner, Entwine Global
Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, Global Fund for Women and Consulting Professor, Human Biology at Stanford University
Chip McIntosh, Real Estate/Agricultural Investor
Duncan Beardsley, Founder of Generosity in Action, Former Director of Stanford Alumni Association Travel/Study Programs
Howard Franklin, COO John Parker Investment
Jeff Chow, Financial Advisor, MorganStanley SmithBarney
Patricia Foster, Executive Director, Girls to Women & Former Mayor, East Palo Alto
Pankaj Agarwal, President of ReCubed Consulting
Paul Strasburg, Founder of IDEX (International Development Exchange)
Pete Stanga, Executive Director, Grantmakers Without Borders
Ranjit Deshmukh, Field Advisor for India & Alternative Energy Consultant
Ram Manchi, Director of Global Business Controls, Cisco
Rucha Chitnis, India Director, Women's Earth Alliance
Sai Kiran, IT Consultant
Sally Lieber, California State Assembly Speaker pro Tempore emerita
Shanti Cliff, Co-founder, One World Children’s Fund
Soren Gordhamer, Author and creator of the Wisdom 2.0 conference
Steve Player, Founding President, Foundation for College Education; Senior Associate Director of Planned Giving, Stanford University
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Founder and Executive Director, Akili Dada, Kenya
Interns & Fellows
Tejeswi Pratima Dodda, Copywriter tejeswi@owcf.org
Kim Tibbitts, Volunteer Coodinator kim@owcf.org
Katie Boswell, Program Intern katie@owcf.org
Elizabeth Stahl, International Program Intern elizabeth@owcf.org
Falguni Vora, Fellow falguni@owcf.org
Narine Kerelain, Fellow narine@owcf.org
Fatemah 'Saideh' Eftekhari, Fellow saideh@owcf.org
Sonam Sarawgi, PR Intern sonam@owcf.org
Sarah Karimi, Events Intern sara@owcf.org
Della Taylor, Events Intern della@owcf.org
Philip Huppe, Operations & Technology Intern phil@owcf.org
Hanah Kim, Volunteer Coordinator hanah@owcf.org
