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letsdothis3 ago

https://path.azureedge.net/media/documents/tdy97-winter.pdf

PATH is pleased to add Chris Hedrick as a new board member. Chris has varied experience in public service and corporate philanthropy as well as a strong commitment to PATH’s mission, based on his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. Chris later served as an assistant director of the Peace Corps.

Chris was senior program manager in Microsoft’s corporate contributions office, managing the company’s support for education and launching its first national philanthropic initiative, Libraries Online. Last year, Chris helped PATH secure a donation of Microsoft software valued at $100,000. We welcome Chris’ leadership as PATH moves forward with plans for expansion and new fundraising initiatives. PATH’s board will now total nine members, the majority of whom are from developing countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hedrick

Christopher "Chris" Hedrick[1] (born 1962) is an entrepreneur and expert in global health, international development, technology, and learning. He is CEO of NextStep Interactive.

From 2014 through 2016, Hedrick was CEO of Kepler,[3] a university program based in Kigali, Rwanda that blends technology-based learning, intense local seminars and education-to-employment support to offer U.S.-accredited degrees at very low cost.[4] Kepler's aim is to dramatically expand access to high quality college education across Africa.[5] Hedrick led growth of Kepler from a start up class of 50 students to over 400 students on two campuses, one in Kigali and the other a unique program in partnership with the UNHCR based at the Kiziba Refugee Camp in western Rwanda

Hedrick led the development of the Peace Corps/Senegal Food Security initiative which is the largest **USAID-funded Peace Corps **food security project in the world under the global Feed the Future program.[12] The Peace Corps program in Senegal under Hedrick's leadership was awarded the prestigious Learning Spotlight Award in 2010 for innovation in its training programs.[13] In 2012, he was awarded the Director's Distinguished Service Award, the agency's highest honor, for his work in creating and coordinating the Peace Corps Stomping Out Malaria in Africa initiative.[14] After partnering with Peace Corps Senegal in a major bed net distribution effort, the international NGO Malaria No More called Hedrick "part international diplomat, part community health worker, part development MacGyver" in its annual report.[15] Hedrick promoted the concept of the "New Peace Corps," the professionalization of Peace Corps programming and service, including enhanced partnerships with USAID and other development institutions and improved utilization of technology.

From 1999 to 2007, Hedrick was the President and CEO of Intrepid Learning Solutions,[17] a Seattle, Washington-based learning services company which he co-founded with Dennis Heck. Under his leadership, Intrepid was named by Inc. magazine[18] as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.[19] Hedrick raised investments for Intrepid from venture capital companies Madrona Venture Group, FTV Capital, and Rustic Canyon Partners and from individuals including William H. Gates, Sr. While Hedrick was CEO, Intrepid signed a landmark contract to provide outsourced training services to the Boeing Company, landed other clients such as Microsoft, United Airlines, Autodesk, and Bank of America, and was named one of the Top 20 Learning Outsourcing Providers in the world.[20] In 2014, the training outsourcing arm of Intrepid was sold to Xerox to bolster its learning services division.

Dennis heck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Heck

Heck was the co-founder and from 1999 to 2012 was board director of Intrepid Learning Solutions,[3] a company specializing in business oriented education and training programs. He helped found Digital Efficiency[4] which specializes in aiding businesses and medical facilities in transferring toward an all digital format. Heck helped found TVW,[5] the public affairs network for the state. TVW provides coverage of the Washington State Legislature and sessions of the Washington Supreme Court.

Heck is the author of Challenges and Opportunities: The Transformation of Washington's Schools, published in 1987. He also co-chaired the Education Committee and wrote the state’s historic Basic Education Act.