BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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 all over the world, contribute their time and expertise to govern World Neighbors. Trustees are elected for a term of three years.
Chair
Becky Collins*
President and CEO (Retired), Tulsa Global Alliance
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vice Chair
Anita Kendrick*
Consultant, World Bank
New Delhi, India
Treasurer
Marla Persky*
President & CEO, WOMN LLC; President & CEO, Epicurean Travel LLC,
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Secretary
Caroline Patton*
Community Volunteer
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tommy Barrow, Community Volunteer, Decatur, Georgia
Martha Burger, President Emerita, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mara Tshibaka Cichocki, Executive Producer, FeFiFo Films, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Stephanie Conduff, J.D.*, Founder, Leche Lounge, LLC; Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign Concepts, LLC, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Nicholas Duncan, Duncan Real Estate, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jim Falk, President Emeritus, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Co-host, The MCCuistion Program (KERA), Santa Fe, New Mexico
Beth McLaughlin, Small Business Entrepreneur, Kerrville, Texas
Wayne Moyer, Ph.D.*, Rosenfield Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College, Kellogg, Iowa
Ujjwal Pradhan*, Chief of Party, Tetra Tech ARD, New Delhi, India
Nani Pybus, Ph.D., CRA, Community Volunteer, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Kate Schecter, Ph.D.*, ex officio, President & CEO, World Neighbors, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jay Shanker, J.D.*, Attorney, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Clayton Taylor, Principal, The Taylor Group, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma