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Board
Melanie Spence - President
Melanie graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. in International
Administration from the University of Denver. She served as a Peace Corps Community Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention
volunteer in Togo, West Africa where she became aware of Hope Through Health activities. In June 2008, Melanie joined
Population Services International (PSI) and currently works as Program Manager for West/Central Africa in Washington DC.
Prior to working at PSI, Melanie worked with the Community Resource Center in Denver providing consulting and training for
nonprofit organizations and community groups throughout Colorado. Melanie has a background in nonprofit start-up, strategic
planning and board development with nonprofit organizations. She is passionate about raising awareness and funds for people
living with AIDS in Africa.
Aimee de la Houssaye – Vice President
Aimee de la Houssaye began working with Hope through Health as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo in 2007. She supervised
the opening of AED's second satellite in her village of Ketao, and she was the national coordinator for Camp Espoir 2009.
Aimee received her B.A. in International Studies and African Studies from Emory University in 2006 and is currently a
candidate for an M.A. in International Relations from The University of Chicago.
Ashley Thompson - Secretary
Ashley Thompson is a returned rural community health Peace Corps volunteer (Benin: 2003-2005), and holds a Masters of Public Health in International
Health from Boston University and a Bachelors degree in International Relations from Pomona College. In 2008, as part of her graduate studies, Ashley
conducting a three-month practicum with Hope Through Health in Kara, Togo, working primarily with AED’s community health worker program. Since 2009, she
has been working as a Technical Officer at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Lauren Dockweiler - Assistant Secretary
Lauren Dockweiler graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2002, where she earned her undergraduate degree
in Economics before entering her career in non-profit fund raising. After moving from San Diego and leaving her position as
the Associate Director of Development with Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties, Ms. Dockweiler currently
serves as a Database Consultant to PPSDRC. Now living in Boston, she also works full-time for the Animal Rescue League of
Boston as the Manager of Donor Services. As a part-time volunteer on Hope Through Help staff, she oversees Chapter activity
in her position as Chapter Coordinator, working to build a grassroots fund raising structure to help provide much-needed
funding to The Initiative.
Dawn Fiori - Treasurer & Co-Founder
Dawn Fiori has been an active member in community and social organizations for over 25 years. She was an elected member of the
Medway School Committee for 9 years, where she was Vice-chair for 3 years. For years Dawn was an appointed member of the
Medway Finance Committee, where she was the liaison to several town boards. After fifteen years, in retail management and
loss prevention, Dawn switch careers and for the last 7 years has been employed as an office administrator for R.P. Marzilli &
Company. Dawn still lives in her hometown of Medway, Massachusetts, where she raised her 2 daughters, Shannon and Erin. She is,
also a very young grandmother of five. Along with her nephews, Thomas and Kevin Fiori, and her sister, Susan Hafford, Dawn is
one of the founders of Hope Through Health.
It is her wish and dream that HTH continues to grow and receive support so that every child in Togo can have a healthy mother
to help them reach adulthood and that every mother, even those that are HIV positive, can become a very young grandmother.
Eric Goldman - Assistant Treasurer
Eric Goldman graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2002 with a Bachelors of Science in Bioengineering.
He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for the last 6 years in various positions and currently works for Amylin
Pharmaceutical's, responsible for various activities within the commercial operations organization. Most recently he
received his Masters in Business and Administration from the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego. Eric has been
involved with Hope Through Health the past two years and most recently, through his graduate program, worked with Hope
Through Health in evaluating and developing an organizational growth strategy.
 Louise Krumm
Louise Krumm first became familiar with the Association Espoir pour Demain while serving as Country Director for the U.S.
Peace Corps in Togo. She has continued to support this project since returning to Washington D.C. in September 2004. In 2002,
Louise retired from Georgetown University where she was Director of the Center for Language Education and Development. The
Center designed and offered English language programs for students and teachers in the United States and abroad. Presently,
Louise works as an independent consultant for Peace Corps and other international education organizations.
Christiane Geisler
Christiane Geisler is a registered nurse and served in Togo as a volunteer French nurse from 1975 to 1980. She trained village health workers to deliver primary care in their villages. She was a Board member of Friends of Togo (FOT) for 12 years while living in the Washington DC area. During that time, FOT funded the first AED Camp Espoir. She has worked in HIV research for the past 4 years. Christiane recently moved to Philadelphia where she started a chapter of FOT with the goal of raising funds for Hope Through Health.
Ryan McCannell
Ryan McCannell works for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Africa as a Democracy and Governance Specialist.
Before joining USAID in 2004, Ryan spent eight years at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI),
where he was responsible for designing and managing democracy support programs in Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone,
Malawi, South Africa, and the Central African Republic. In 2002-03, he served as NDI's chief of party in Benin and Togo, where he organized
training for political parties prior to elections in those two countries. Before NDI, he worked for the Academy for Educational Development (AED)
as a democracy researcher for USAID. His education includes a bachelor's degree at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, a year abroad at the
Université du Bénin in Lomé, Togo, and a master's in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences at George Mason University.
Gavin Oxman
Gavin Oxman currently works as a Product Planner for Microsoft Corporation, and has over 10 years experience in the fields of technology and international development. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sokode, Togo from 2003 - 2005, where he led several business education and microfinance initiatives. Gavin has also worked for Deloitte Consulting for five years where he specialized in technology strategy projects for telecom and financial services organizations. Gavin has a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from Princeton University, a Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School, and a Masters in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Wharton, Gavin led an international volunteer project in Benin and wrote his Master's thesis on the development of information and communications technologies (ICT) in Rwanda.
April Hendrickson
April Hendrickson is an independent event-planning consultant with more than 8 years of fundraising experience. She has
worked with several non-profit organizations, including Reading Is Fundamental, The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, The Annie E.
Casey Foundation, and the Mile High Youth Corps. After earning a Master's Degree in Non-Profit Management and Public Policy
from Johns Hopkins University, April spent a year in Moshi, Tanzania, working with Amani Children's Home, a Tanzania-based NGO
that provides care for street children and AIDS orphans. It was during this time that she developed a passion for working with
children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. April was introduced to Hope Through Health through long-time friend, and Hope Through
Health Board member, Melanie Spence, and joined the Board of Directors in 2010 after being active in the Washington, DC chapter.
Advisory Board Members
Jerome Agba
Dr. Peter Davenport
Don Krumm
Douglas Murphy
Donald Weaks
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