Board of Directors 2013
Maria
Rosa Galter.President. Maria lived in Kampala, Uganda
from 1974-1979 while her father was the Deputy Resident
Representative of the UNDP. Previous to her involvement with
Into Your Hands Africa, Maria worked as the Director of
Religious Education at Christ the King Catholic Church in
Evergreen, Colorado where her relationship with Uganda was
renewed through a children's outreach program to St. Denis
Senior Secondary School in Makondo, Uganda. Maria is one
of the founding members of Into Your Hands-Africa.
Katey Greene.
Vice-President. Katey Greene joined the Board of
Directors in 2012 to work on the Executive Committee and
strategic planning. She has a long history of successfully
managing businesses and a great financial acumen.
Scott King. Treasurer. Scott brings an
extensive financial expertise to Into Your Hands-Africa.
He spent over 17 years with Molson Coors Brewing Company
(formerly Coors Brewing Company) in numerous financial
positions, ending his career there leading the company’
worldwide financial planning and analysis group. He
received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from
Colorado School of Mines and a Masters of Business
Administration from The Ohio State University. After
leaving Molson Coors, Scott started his own financial companies
that provide support to numerous small and start-up companies,
ranging from strategic planning to monthly financial support.
This change in career has also allowed Scott the ability to
start working with non-profit organizations, primarily in the
area of finance. Scott’s interests include golf, travel
and family.
Simonne Gallaty. Secretary. Simonne
joined the board in 2011 with a strong sense of responsibility
to contribute in whatever way possible. “In this country, we are
blessed, at the very least, with basic human rights and needs,
and oftentimes it is difficult to imagine anything less. To
invest time and energy to ensure others are afforded these same
liberties and opportunities, I believe, is my obligation.”
Simonne is a graduate of
Lorene
Lilliard-Joos. Lorene was
raised in Colorado and received her Juris Doctorate from
Southwestern University. She practiced law in California before
moving back to Colorado to raise her family. Settling in
Evergreen she became involved in community events. She helped to
create the Mountain Youth Festival and later served on the board
of Community Pride, a community youth advocacy group. Lorene
also served on the founding board of Rocky Mountain Academy of
Evergreen. In 1996 she joined the board of the Evergreen Arts
Council and later was asked to serve as its Executive Director
where she was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the
Arts Evergreen. Retiring in 2007 she has served on several
boards and committees in the Evergreen area including the
Executive Committee for the construction Buchanan Park, a
mountain area family recreation complex. Lorene is the
Past-President and a founding member of Into Your Hands.
Judy O’Brien.
Judy joined the board in 2012, and is an architect in Evergreen.
She settled in Evergreen over 30 years ago. She found her
true love of architecture after a career in human resources.
She has been involved with many non profits in Evergreen.
This includes a founding member of the Evergreen Chapter of the
Habitat for Humanity and past-President of the chapter.
She would love to go to Africa, but has not had the opportunity.
“We have as much to learn from Africa as they can from us.”
Judy actively works on the strategic and finance committee of
the organization.
Tom Srsich.
Tom’s recent trip to Makondo, Uganda, has made him an avid
advocate for the students and community of St. Denis Senior
Secondary. Tom graduated with a Masters of Computer Information
Systems from the University of Denver in 1991. Since then, Tom
has worked as a software designer and provided support and
technical training at a variety of levels including designing
and implementing integrated CRM solutions merging data from
Oracle, McHugh, Siebel, Epiphany, IBM Websphere and other
applications to create a single customer view. As the owner of
2Tall Enterprises, Tom comes to Into Your Hands with an
extensive background in business development and management,
growing three Fantastic Sam’s Franchises from losses to
profitability. Tom’s creative business and marketing skills
along with his strong analytical and planning skills brings
great vision to the work of Into Your Hands.
Brenna
Vaughn. Executive Director.
Brenna first traveled to Africa in 2004 and has put her efforts
into nonprofits doing educational work both in the states and
internationally. Brenna joined Into Your Hands Africa in
2012 as the Executive Director to continue the programs and work
on growth opportunities to expand on the mission of the
organization. When she is not working with Into Your
Hands, she is busy with her two small children, husband, road
biking, and relentlessly trying to garden in the mountains.
