Board Members and Officers

Leah Berger - Board Member and Co-President

Leah Berger, LAC has spent much of her adult life dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice, and is especially passionate about children.  She brings to the board a history of working with children and families, a sustainable living ethic and a love for building community through the arts. Leah has a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy, and is a counselor on the Behavioral Health Unit at Flagstaff Medical Center, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Leah did her undergraduate foreign study in 1991, in Sierra Leone. In 2006 she was asked to join a trip to the Kondwa Day Center in Zambia, and has enjoyed going from A to Z ever since.

Regan Murray - Board Member and Co-President

Regan is a research scientist specializing in the protection of drinking water supplies and related public health issues. She earned a PhD in
applied mathematics and hydrology in 2000 and since then has been working on environmental policy issues for governmental and educational institutions.

Regan has twice traveled to Zambia for TCF projects. She has founded and been active in organizations that promote education and careers in science for girls and women, and taught college level science courses for several years. She lives in Cincinnati, OH.

Bevin Dunn - Technology Coordinator

Bevin Dunn owns her own graphic design company digitalGinger providing web and print design for many companies and digital products for the scrapbooking industry. She has been a Multi-media Developer for website design and web applications, using technologies such as Flash and ASP.NET. She worked for several years as a computer applications instructor for New Horizon’s Computer Learning Center teaching Microsoft programs, and layout, graphics and web courses.

From 2004-2006 she served as President of the Keeling Neighborhood Association, and helped write and received grants worth over $150,000 for infrastructure improvements, art restoration and Greenway planning. She has published for Adobe's Developer Center and she is currently also serving as the TCF technology Coordinator. She lives in San Diego, CA.

Laurie Holland - Board Member and Secretary

Laurie has done cross-cultural service and volunteer work in both Kenya and Zambia, Africa. She received her bachelor’s degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota and her master’s degree in Counselor Education from San Jose State University in San Jose, California.

She has also been honored by the San Jose Rotary Club with an Ambassadorial Scholarship to participate in a Group Study Exchange program in Argentina in March 2007 and a 6-month Cultural Ambassadorial Rotary Scholarship to live in Mexico and study Spanish.

Jessica Dillon - Board Member

Jessica, new to the Board in 2009, is a Trader within the Treasury Department of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, where she focuses on balancing the market risks of fixed income securities within the Bank. She has worked in finance for 10 years on the West Coast and in the Midwest.

She has been involved in the fundraising efforts of Temwani over the past two years, helping with the annual Holiday Angels Project and hosting fundraisers for the Kachele Primary School. Jessica lives in Des Moines, IA.

Mackenzie Smith - Board Member and Treasurer

Mackenzie is a fixed income trader with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and has worked in the Treasury Department for the last five years.  Mackenzie focuses on long term investment opportunities for the Bank.

She first became involved with Temwani’s annual the Holiday Angels Project two years ago and has been addicted ever since.  She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.