Team

	Haddis Tadesse, Founder and Board President Haddis is an Ethiopian American who brings to the team a passion for public service and years of leadership experience, including but not limited to diplo-macy and policy and budget development. He is a graduate of the Evans School at the University of Washington with a Master of Public Administration. He has advised various political campaigns, including the mayor of Seattle, whom he served as Senior Policy Advisor. In 2006, Haddis was a recipient of the presti-gious Marshall Memorial Fellowship which is awarded to emerging American leaders in a broad array of professions from across the U.S. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Haddis serves on the board of various nonprofit organizations. He intends to mobilize his many local, national, and international contacts to realize the vision and mission of ILAE.
	Panagiotis Hatziandreas Mr. Panagiotis Hatziandreas holds a Master's degree in Clinical/Community Psychology from California State University Long Beach, and a Master's degree in Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University. Mr. Hatziandreas is a full-time tenured psychology faculty at Cascadia Community College and a part-time lecturer at the University of Washington. He has years of experience as an independent Organizational Development consultant in the areas of project management, and Organizational Change and Transition Management. Additional experiences include his work as the director of a psychiatric hospital serving adult patients, and as a psychotherapist with a client population ranging from children, adolescents and couples, to groups and families. He is also a grant recipient from the Washington Community College Consortium to teach Organizational Development and Cross-Cultural psychology courses in Costa Rica, the Cascadia Innovation fund for the development of study-abroad and faculty exchange program in Ethiopia, and member of the US team in the African Press project sponsored by Marymount University. Mr. Hatziandreas is a research fellow at the Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. He brings his diverse educational and professional background and passion for international education to ILAE.
	Neal Sobania Neal Sobania is the Executive Director of the Wang Center for International Programs and Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. As a teacher he has taught a wider range of courses in African history and African studies, and as an international educator has held many elected positions at both the regional and national level. He has been involved with Ethiopia for nearly forty years, first as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, then a staff member, and now as an active scholar. His current research focuses on the visual traditions of Ethiopia, especially silver and gold-workers, and the place of contemporary traditional church painters in the teaching and sustaining of the Christian faith. He has also curated museum exhibitions related to Ethiopia to introduce Ethiopia to a broader audience. Prof. Sobania has a B.A. degree from Hope College, Holland, MI, an M.A degree in International Affaires from Ohio University, and the Ph.D. in African history from the University of London.
	Daniel Tarekegn Daniel is dedicated to helping Ethiopia reach its full potential including improving Information and Communication Technologies in education. He is currently a Product Manager at Microsoft Learning, an organization which builds innovative learning products that enable people to make the most of their investment in Microsoft technology. Prior to Microsoft, he was an Associate Director at AT&T, where for five years he successfully completed challenging telecommunications related assignments in Finance, Operations, Sales and Marketing. Daniel has a B.S in Mathematic and Economics from UCLA and an MBA from theKellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Daniel is a “Riordan Fellow” as well as a graduate of “Management for Leadership Tomorrow.” and hopes to apply his diverse experience and skills to help ILAE fulfill its mission.
	Deanna Petersen Deanna Petersen, Board Member, is group manager at Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm. Deanna earned her master's degree from he University of KwaZulu-Natal, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of St. Thomas.
	Deborah Agrin Deborah Agrin, Board Member. Most recently Deborah served as chief operating officer of Global Citizen year, creating opportunites for students to participate ina global service gap year before college. She holds an MBA from UC Berkeley, an MA in International Education from New York University, and a BA in Psychology from Cornell University
	Niomi F. Fisseha Niomi Fisseha, Board Member. Niomi, an Ethiopian American, is an attorney with the Campiche, Blue & Le law firm. She holds a BA in political science from Washington State University, and a JD from DePaul University College of Law.
	Ellen Taussig, Executive Director Ellen Taussig is a professional educator who brings to ILAE over 30 years of experience as a successful leader in secondary education. "In 1978, she co-founded The Northwest School in Seattle, Washington, a college-preparatory school for 480 students in grades 6-12 which she has headed since 1992. She has also served as the education director for the Seattle Symphony, has served on the boards of independent schools and other educational nonprofit organizations, has been a member of the Washington state Commission on High School Graduation Requirements and is currently a Governor appointee on the state Higher Education Facilities Authority. Her articles have appeared in Independent School magazine and Education Week.
	Bruce Lamb, Chief Operating Officer Bruce Lamb, J.D., MPA, is the Chief Operating Officer of International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia. He is an attorney with 26 years experience who has served nonprofit organizations in a variety of capacities throughout his career. For the past eight years, in addition to practicing law, he has been a nonprofit consultant as a "service corps" member of 501 Commons, an organization dedicated to enhancing the capacity and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Bruce's pro bono and nonprofit work has focused on working with and being an advocate for people from Africa and other countries seeking to overcome economic, educational, political, legal and cultural barriers.