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About Us
 
Proyecto Itzaes

Board of Directors

Cynthia J. Wilber

Founder and US Director of Proyecto Itzaes Education Coordinator, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University

Educational specialist focused on curriculum development, community outreach programs and access to knowledge for indigenous peoples. Bilingual author.

John Kriewall

Philanthropist, Kriewall Family Foundation

Retired chief investment officer, RCM. Founder Circle of Care, Lucille Packard Children's hospital. Endowed John Kriewall and Elizabeth Haehl Chair for Palliative Care.

Board Children's Health Council. Center for Venture Philanthropy /Assets for All. Advisory Panel. KARA (Palo Alto grief counseling) Advisory Panel, Shelter Network (San Mateo County)

Walter Hays

Palo Alto Rotary, Rotary International

Retired trial lawyer and professional mediator. San Jose, CA City Council, 1969-1973. Past-President, Palo Alto Rotary Club. 2001 "Outstanding Citizen" by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. Organizer of the 2004, Rotary International Hands-on Project that renovated and restocked the library in Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatán, Mexico

Laura Jones

Stanford University Campus Archaeologist, Senior Scholar Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Anthropologist and Archaeologist with special interest in cultural geography and the response of indigenous cultures to modern change. Focus on reform in doctoral programs in research universities, and community outreach programs for educators.

Hernán Canto

Club Rotario Nuevas Generaciones, Mérida, Yucatán

Vice President of Rotarios Latinos

Professor of Law, Universidad Marista, Mérida Yucatan Mexico. Founding member and past president of Rotary Club Nuevas Generaciones, Merida, Yucatán

Laura Hohnsbeen

Princeton University

Princeton University student involved in international politics. Multi-year participant in Proyecto Itzaes programs Ixil, Yucatán

Dan Quinn

Palo Alto Rotary, Photographer, Environmentalist

Retired physicist, management consultant, and financial engineer. Former board member of Hidden Villa and of Insight Meditation Center of Redwood City. Co-president and board member, Palo Alto Camera Club, International photographer: see www.CaptureTheLight.net.