A frugal approach to managing our financial resources characterizes World Neighbors financial strategy. Our annual operating budget is approximately $7 million, which is invested in people, not things such as expensive construction and material aid.
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World Neighbors was incorporated on Sept. 12, 1952, as a private, charitable, not-for-profit corporation. A volunteer board of trustees, whose members come from throughout the United States, contribute their time and expertise to govern World Neighbors. Trustees are elected for a term of three years.
World Neighbors operations are led by the president and CEO, who is ably assisted by a coordinating team composed of senior staff members. The World Neighbors staff includes: forty-one team members located in the United States, including San Francisco, Cleveland, Washington D.C. and at the Oklahoma City headquarters; 140 team members in the field who are, for the most part, from the areas where they work; more than 50 local partner organizations that help to train volunteers and leaders; thousands of volunteers in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
World Neighbors Board of Trustees Fiscal Year 2007-2008.
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Chair - Carol Blackwood *
Community Volunteer
Oklahoma City, Ok
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Vice Chair - Steve Schomberg *
Former Educator
Iowa City, Iowa
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Treasurer - David Bearden*
Community Volunteer
Kentfield, California
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Secretary - Nancy Donaldson *
Vice President
The Dutko Group
Washington D.C.
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Mohammad Akhter, Ph.D.
Director National Medical Association
Washington, DC
Sam Allison
Executive Vice President
CTW, LLC
Waco, Texas
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Maxwell Owusu, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Anne Powell
Former Teacher
Columbus, Ohio |
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Edna Daniel, M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mindy Roe Galoob
General Manager
Cody's Books, Inc.
Kensington, California
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Meg Salyer
President and CEO
Accel Financial Staffing
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jane Searing
Clark Nuber
Issaquah, Washington
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Betty Harris, Ph.D.
Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Carl James
Senior Clinical Sales Specialist
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int’l.
San Antonio, Texas
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Tim Smith
Senior Vice President
Walden Asset Management
Boston, Massachusetts
Carol Wall*
Consultant
Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
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Phil Karber
Author and Consultant
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dave Lopez
President
American Fidelity Foundation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Doug Watson
Professor of Literature/Culture (Retired)
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Renée Wilder*
Director of Research and
Strategic Planning
Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board
Washington, DC
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Jean McLaughlin
Community Volunteer
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Paul Milburn (trustee emeritus)
Broker Owner/Agent
Paul Milburn Acreages
Shawnee, Oklahoma |
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Melanie Macdonald joined Oklahoma City-based World Neighbors in 2004 as the organization’s first female president and chief executive officer. With a committed vision to growing the organization both domestically and internationally, Macdonald instituted a significant expansion program in an effort to increase World Neighbors profile, expand the program work around the globe and build a sustainable financial base for the organization’s future.
Macdonald is a member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, an advisory board member of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, an associate member of the Global Philanthropy Forum and a member of InterAction. She is a past recipient of the Woman of the Year award in Peterborough, Canada for her outstanding contribution to the advancement of women, and was also a 2007 Journal Record Woman of the Year Honoree in Oklahoma City. Macdonald also recently authored her first book, The Executive Woman’s Journal: a practical handbook for senior staff leaders of not-for-profits.
Macdonald brought a wealth of experience to World Neighbors with almost 30 years of experience in nonprofit management. Since beginning her tenure at World Neighbors, Macdonald has guided the organization to an increased annual budget of over $10 million and has overseen expansion of programs into new villages and countries. She has visited each one of World Neighbors current program areas and has met hundreds of the people whose lives have been transformed through this stunningly successful work.
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Erin Engelke, Vice President Marketing and Communications
eengelke@wn.org
Erin Engelke has primary responsibility for managing World Neighbors public image. Her position also has several revenue generation responsibilities, including special event fundraising activities and grant seeking for educational programs. Prior to joining World Neighbors in the fall of 2004, Erin held several communications positions in the Oklahoma City area, including serving as director of public relations at Smith and Associates Advertising where she managed the public relations and marketing needs of several local, national and international clients. She also served as the marketing coordinator for MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma's second largest privately-owned bank.
Erin received a degree in public relations and advertising from Oklahoma Christian University and is an active member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Public Relations Society of America and the Association of Women in Communications (AWC), where she serves as president.
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Kathie Sanders, Vice President Human Resources
ksanders@wn.org
Kathie Sanders’ professional background is in nonprofit human resource management. She holds degrees in organizational leadership and human resource management, as well as a master’s degree in adult education. She is also certified as a professional in human resources from the Society of Human Resource Management. At World Neighbors, Kathie is responsible for providing corporate leadership and oversight for all aspects of human resources within the organization, including both U.S.-based and international employees and U.S.-based volunteers.
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Keith Anatol, Vice President Operations
kanatol@wn.org
A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Anatol comes to World Neighbors with several years of progressive finance, business and general management experience in the private, government and non-governmental organization (NGO) sectors. Most recently, he served as director of finance for CUSO, the Canadian, non-governmental version of the U.S. Peace Corps. Previous positions within Ontario government and several private organizations in Trinidad and Canada provided wide-ranging experience and skills for Keith’s subsequent positions. As vice president of operations, Keith is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of operations and targeted revenue generating activities, the development and institution of organizational policies and procedures, financial management, information technology and facilities and capital assets. He will also work to improve communication and integration across all departments globally. Keith is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).
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Peter Gubbels, Vice President International Program
pgubbels@wn.org
Peter Gubbels’ 28 year career in rural development has been dedicated to efforts that strengthen local capacity, farmer organization and leadership. He became vice president of International Program at World Neighbors in May 2000, after 19 years of field-based experience, primarily in West Africa. Born on a farm in Ontario, Canada, Peter has a college diploma in Agricultural Production and Management, an Honor’s degree in History from the University of Western Ontario, and a Master’s degree in Rural Development from the University of East Anglia in Great Britain. After serving in a number of positions in remote rural areas of northern Togo and Ghana, Peter started working with World Neighbors as agricultural advisor for West Africa, supporting programs in five countries, including Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo.
From 1986 to 1993, Peter served as World Neighbors area representative for West Africa. Thereafter, Peter was in charge of a special “action research” program to strengthen World Neighbors capacity for organizational learning. In 1997 Peter returned to Canada and provided facilitation and training support in the areas of participatory evaluation, impact assessment, and community capacity building to World Neighbors programs in Haiti, Indonesia, Bolivia and Honduras. He also provided consultancy services to programs of other development agencies, including the British Department for International Development in Nigeria. In 1999, between assignments, Peter co-authored a book: From the Roots Up: Strengthening Organizational Capacity through Guided Self-Assessment, which has been translated into Spanish and French.
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Rich Anderson, Vice President Resource Development
randerson@wn.org
Rich Anderson boasts 16 years of solid fundraising and management success in the nonprofit arena, having most recently served as vice president of client services with Copland O’Neil in Florida, where he was responsible for all strategic and operational objectives related to client services, business development and management of the agency’s clients, including some of the nation’s largest international relief and development agencies. Previously, Anderson served as development director for the Humane Society of Broward County in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he was directly responsible for raising over $1.5 million annually through special events, major gifts, planned giving, direct mail, corporate sponsorships and foundation grants. Other experience included roles as director of individual giving for the Museum of Discovery & Science, account executive for Odell, Roper & Simms in Virginia and account executive for The American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.
A native of Rhode Island, Anderson is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He received a bachelor’s of art degree in print journalism with a minor in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C.
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On March 30, 2007, World Neighbors was awarded Charity Navigator's coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management. Noted this leading charity watchdog group,
"We are proud to announce World Neighbors has earned our 4-star rating for its ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances. Less than a quarter of the charities we evaluate have received have received our highest rating, indicating that World Neighbors outperforms the majority of nonprofits in America with respect to fiscal responsibility. This 'exceptional' designation from Charity Navigator differentiates World Neighbors from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."
World Neighbors is also included in Charity Watch's Index of Top-Rated Charities. The American Insitute of Philanthropy (AIP) awards this designation to charities that meet the double requirement of keeping fundraising costs low while at the same time spending a high percentage of its budget directly on programs. Organizations included in this index also receive an “open book” credit from AIP for willingly sending the financial documents requested.
World Neighbors is proud to be a seal holder of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. Members of this alliance are monitored for adherence to the program's requirements and must maintain adherence to the Standards for Charity Accountability in order to display the BBB Wise Giving seal.
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Thank you for supporting World Neighbors! We value your commitment to our work and we, in turn, are committed to protecting your privacy.
Donations and purchases made on-line to us are secure. When you make a donation on-line, we ask for your name, address, daytime phone, e-mail address, and credit card information. We use your information to process your donation(s) and to verify credit card data. We use your mailing address to send your tax-deductible receipt(s) and to keep you informed about what we are doing in different parts of the world through our publications.
We will discontinue contacting any person upon that person's oral or written request directed to World Neighbors.
By email: info@wn.org
By phone: 1-800-242-6387
By Mail:
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World Neighbors will not share your personal information with any third party. It is our policy not to sell, trade, or rent your personal information to anyone.
We use a third-party financial institution to process our credit card transactions. They receive the credit card number and other personal information of our donors only to verify credit card numbers and to process credit card transactions in a secure environment.
Our on-line order processing system allows you to make safe donations and purchases. We use the latest encryption technology, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), to insure that no one can read your information as it travels to our ordering system.
Our on-line credit card verification system is handled by a third party, which collects your name, address, phone, credit card number and expiration date in order to process your transaction. Their encryption technology offers the highest level of security available on the Internet today. They have state-of-the-art firewalls and other security technology in place to insure the confidentiality of your transactions.

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