Board of Directors

Sebastian Maroundit

President and Co-founder - sebastian@bmiss.org
Public Speaker, Rochester, NY

Mathon Noi

Vice President and Co-founder
Financial Analyst, Citicorp, Buffalo, NY

Judy Schwartz

Chair, Ambassador Program - judy@bmiss.org
Brighton Zoning Board of Appeals; Chair, Interfaith Impact.
Elementary teacher, Rochester, NY (retired)

Reed Summers

Vice Chair
Attorney, Sutter, Summers & Lydon PC, Webster, NY

Sarah Solorzano

Treasurer - sarah@bmiss.org
CPA, Heveron & Company, CPAs, Rochester, NY

Mary Rees

Secretary
Career Counselor, Career Development Services
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, NY (retired)

Michael Van der Gaag

Communication Specialist
User Experience Strategist, Principal
Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN), Program Director, Rochester, NY

Michelle Chiantera

Sponsorship
Vice President, America’s Growth Marketing Cisco with focus on partner marketing. Sponsors Cisco Marketing and Communications Emerging Leaders program. Rochester, NY

Diane King
(deceased)

Co-Founder, BMISS Author, Child of Sand and Water, children’s book about Salva Dutt and Sebastian Maroundit. Learning Specialist and Counselor, Fairport, NY (retired)

Deng Mayen Deng

Honorary Board Member
Executive Chief, Mayen-Abun, South Sudan

Ambassadors

Erik Beck, P. Eng
Mining Engineer consultant

Kyle Beck
Interaction Designer, Web Specialist

Don Fairman
Quality Control/Test Engineer, Eastman Kodak Company (retired)

Jermayne Myers
Executive Staff Assistant to Mayor Lovely Warren and
Assistant to the Director of Security for Environmental Services
President, Black Men Achieve

Adhieu Ngoth Chol Majok

Legal Consultant

Malual Duar Kuek
Legal advisor in South Sudan

Educational Consultant

Dr. Glenn Balch
Former chair, Water for South Sudan (WFSS)