Who we are




Howard E. Friend Jr.
President of the Board
1275 Rose Lane, Berwyn PA. 19312, 610.647.4142 (home and office), 484.883.2854 (cell) hfriend@prodigy.net
An ordained Presbyterian minister; founder and lead consultant of the Parish Empowerment Network; teacher, spiritual mentor, speaker and author.
David Funkhouser
Treasurer of the Board
1611 telegraph avenue, suite 900, Oakland California 94612, 510 625 2000 (x316), 510 205 3251 (cell) david801@yahoo.com
Senior staff at TransFair USA an international certifying agency for fair. Trade products
Elizabeth Killough
Secretary of the Board
454 Monroe Avenue, Glenside PA 19038, 215 884 1146 (home) vegan1@cavtel.net
Senior consultant at Idyl Foundation that makes national and international microloans, supports indigenous small business development and is working to expand a Greater Philadelphia regional economy.
Linda Stevenson
Board member
Professor of International Relations, Latin American, and Women's Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania; has lived in Cuernavaca and Santiago, Chile; seeking to do justice and walk humbly with God



Brian Gibson
Board member
2120 Ziemba Court, Bensalem, PA 19020)
Social studies teacher, musician and song writer; advocate and activist in Chester, PA; sponsor of his school’s Gay Straight Alliance.”
Deedee Risher
Board member
4715 Pulaski Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19044, 215 849 2178
A Freelance journalist and author.
Erik Friend Drake
Mexico Coordinator
Paseo del Ocotal #4 Col. Alarcón, Ahuatepec Morelos 62300. 011 52 777 169 8734 friend.erik@gmail.com