Stanton is a third generation photographer and film director who works nationally. He currently lives in Seattle, but he grew up in rural Missouri and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of North Texas. He has worked on national campaigns and shot for magazines in the US and Europe. Utilizing his background in fine art, photography, and storytelling, he specializes in finding the humanity of his his subjects, ranging from the intensely intimate to larger societal issues. His skills help in communicating the context of the children The Kikulu Foundation helps to educate, as well as their progress in school. Stanton traveled to Africa in 2017 to meet with the students and the community in Uganda prior to joining our Board of Directors.
Read MoreDr. Blackburn is an Assistant Research Scientist with the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs in the Bush School of Government & Public Service and an adjunct faculty member at in the Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences in the School for Public Health at Texas A&M University. In these roles she conducts research on issues related to pandemics, zoonotic diseases, and health of vulnerable populations. Dr. Blackburn teaches course on infectious disease in the developing world, refugee health, the social and political impacts of pandemics, and bioterrorism.
Read MoreDouglas is a Utah native but has lived in and worked in Minneapolis, Dallas and Warsaw, Poland. Today he resides in Dallas, TX and serves as the Senior Vice President of Default Servicing at US Bank. In his role Douglas manages the back-end servicing functions of US Bank’s mortgage operations which consists of over 700 employees in five states. Prior to joining US Bank Douglas held several different executive roles with JP Morgan Chase, Nationstar Mortgage, Springleaf Financial, and has worked internationally with Citibank. While with Citibank he led a group that launched Citibank’s first successful mortgage in Poland which was the first mortgage product in the CEE region.
Read MoreBorn and raised in the DFW area, Lindsay graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a degree in Biology. She is a Financial Advisor by profession and has worked with clients to help them achieve their financial goals and secure a sound financial future.
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Faye has been an educator for twelve years and currently teaches third grade at the Momentous Institute- a lab school focusing on social and emotional learning. Before Momentous, she spent ten years in "traditionally underserved" urban public schools, teaching English as a Second Language, Special Education and two-way dual language immersion. Her background includes political organizing and education programs coordinator for an AZA zoo.
Read MoreIn 2001 after ranking 2nd in the National Exam in Tourism and top of her school Barakatou Kone was selected by the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) in conjunction with the Women World Banking (WWB) for a Leadership Program in New York. After she completed the program she returned to Senegal, West Africa with the drive to create a community center to help women who wanted to become business owner. At age 22, Barakatou wanted to realize another dream of her which was to complete a post graduate education in the U.S.A and against her father’s wish she packed her suitcase and landed in Oklahoma City to make her dream come true.
Read MoreThe love of people, the love of learning, and the love of change is what brought Lauren Landes to be a part of the the Kikulu team. Before landing in Dallas, Lauren attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to study pre-Med and where she joined the Chi Omega Pi Chapter. Being involved with the university allowed her to work with various non-profits and local community groups and stirred her passion for helping those in need. She later transferred to Ouachita Baptist University and was given the opportunity to travel to Zambia, Cambodia and Malaysia assisting with building projects, community development and international relations. But, her greatest love was being able to interact and engage with the orphans, children and young adults she worked with along the way. After spending time overseas, she knew international work would always be a significant part of her life.
Read MoreAnne currently serves as Board Secretary and leads the efforts in fundraising and product strategy. Her primary focus is on securing funding and building partnerships to support the mission of The Kikulu Foundation. Having spent the majority of her professional career working with various nonprofits, she has experienced firsthand how important fundraising is and how rewarding it is to connect with the community. She loves meeting new people and building their enthusiasm regarding Kikulu’s mission.
Read MoreJustin is a Vice President of Asset Performance at Caliber Home Loans. In his capacity of managing Asset Performance, Justin also focuses internally developing and managing the various execution strategies that work across all servicing aspects and business units within Caliber Home Loans. In addition to mortgage banking strategy development, Justin also routinely develops and implements process improvement to address financial and legal challenges presented in a constantly changing banking environment.
Read MoreOriginally from a small town in Texas, Alisha has spent the last 10 years volunteering and working across seven countries and four continents – in Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, India, South Sudan, Uganda and Indonesia. Her natural curiosity, coupled with her deep belief in global citizenship, propelled her to travel to and work with under-resourced communities in different parts of the world, listening and learning from each experience abroad.
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