Jason Burwen
Jason is a founding board member of Global Lives and has several
years' experience in the non-profit sector. He co-founded and managed
projects for Emergency Communities non-profit disaster relief in the
wake of Hurricane Katrina, and he has worked for several advocacy
organizations previously. Jason supports Global Lives Project with his
experience on issues of non-profit operations, donor relations, web
development, and fundraising, as well as his community of connections
in the philanthropic community. Jason is currently works as a research
consultant with the FSC Group in San Francisco.

Josh Weber, Treasurer
Josh currently works as an Associate for L.E.K. Consulting in San Francisco, CA.  Within the nonprofit sector, he has previously advised Bay Area-based child welfare and microfinance organizations through his affiliation with the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Josh's background in corporate finance and strategy consulting will assist the Global Lives Project as it diversifies funding sources and expands its presence through both online and real-world exhibitions. Josh holds a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business.  He is proficient in German.

Naomi Ture
Naomi is Senior Producer at KMVT Community Television in Mountain View, CA.  An independent digital artist as well, she employs documentary video, educational technology, animation and installation. Her various pieces include a documentary on leukemia, an online exhibit for the Exploratorium, and an animation of children's existential theories. She has presented her work at the Oral History Association, Harvard Community Design Symposium, FilmColumbia, NeXtfest and Galapagos art space.  Naomi spent the first few years of her life in Japan, loves to travel, and is active in Taiko (drums). She holds a degree in Education Studies from Brown University and a Masters in Electronic Art from RPI.

Duleesha Kulasooriya
Duleesha is currently the Lead Research Fellow at the Deloitte Center for Edge, a Silicon Valley-based think tank focuses researching the boundaries, or edges, of the global business environment where strategic opportunity is the highest. Prior to joining the Center, Duleesha spent eight plus years with Deloitte Consulting mainly focused around corporate strategy, customer and market strategy and change management, managing projects in North America, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Duleesha holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Engineering and BA in Economics from Swarthmore College.

Heather McGough
Heather is the Founder of Urbanity Events in San Francisco, CA.  Prior to delving into the world of entrepreneurship, she spent many years in the non-profit sector through her work with AmeriCorps in Florida, managing an adult literacy program, and leading a San Francisco startup creating multiple programs to serve inner city youth.  Heather helps support Global Lives Project with her experience in event consulting, fundraising, non-profit operations and her network in San Francisco’s philanthropic community.  She graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice. In her spare time Heather loves to travel and enjoy the outdoors. 

Andrew Mahlstedt
Andrew is currently finishing his PhD in English at University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on literary representations of the marginalized poor in the recent era of globalization.  Before Madison, he taught English and directed the co-curricular program at the Mahindra United World College of India for four years. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. (English) from Middlebury College, and an M.A. (International Comparative Education) from Stanford University.  In addition to the UWC in India and UW-Madison, he has taught at Middlebury College.  He brings nine years of experience in education to the board, and is focusing on developing the educational potential of Global Lives. He is (mostly) fluent in Spanish and proficient in Mandarin Chinese and Portuguese.

Sadie Wilcox

Sadie is a Bay Area artist and art educator. She received a BA from Wesleyan University (Government; International Politics) and a MFA from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design (Interdisciplinary Art). Her video work has been shown nationally and internationally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Finland, Australia, Canada and Croatia. She has served as Program Manager at BayKids, a nonprofit organization that provides filmmaking opportunities for hospitalized youth. She has worked as an art educator at the Imagine Bus Project, the San Francisco Art Institute, the Asian Art Museum and the Children’s Creativity Museum.

Dan Jones

Dan works with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University as a Digital Media Producer. He co-hosts and produces the weekly Berkman Center podcast, Radio Berkman, and generally produces/directs/writes/shoots/animates other digital content. He completed his MFA in Film and Digital Media at American University in Washington, DC. Dan produced the first Global Lives shoot in San Francisco with David Harris, collecting fond memories of hanging off of trolley cars and convertibles, and walking through the ocean with several pounds of cameras and sound equipment. He obtained his BA in Environmental Studies at Hunter College in New York City, after which he produced a narrative feature, a documentary, and several shorts and commercial pieces with his company, Blanket Statement Productions. He also was an assistant instructor in film and video at Education for the Arts in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In his previous life Dan made a hobby of jobs and internships, working at various times for a library, a Republican Senator, a Democratic New York City Councilwoman, for PBS, the United Nations, WBAI-FM, for a consumer advocacy group, and for a professional walker (no kidding). Dan enjoys talking about film, digital media, collaborative filtering, public radio, and podcasting, and in his free time likes to travel, cook, and eat. 

David Evan Harris, Executive Director and Founder

David Evan Harris is Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Director at the Institute for the Future. David is a cross-disciplinary mediamaker, working at the intersection of art, activism and academic inquiry on the politically charged questions surrounding globalization and social justice. His forthcoming book, Você Vai me Servir ("You Will Serve Me," Annablume Publishers, São Paulo, 2011) is a comparative ethnographic study of relationships between domestic workers and their employers in Brazil and the US. David lived in Brazil from 2004-2007 as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, receiving a master's degree in Sociology from the University of São Paulo. David received his B.A. in 2003 from UC Berkeley, where he created his own major in "political economy of development and environment." In 2000, he held an internship at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and has since worked as a consultant to numerous non-profit and educational organizations in the US and Brazil. His writings and photographs have been published in print and online with the BBC,Guardian, Adbusters, the Sarai Reader, Glimpse Magazine, Next American City, Focus on the Global South, Alternet and Grist. He has spoken publicly about his work to audiences at UC Berkeley, Stanford, United Nations University, New York University, UC Santa Cruz, the British Museum, Apple, Google, Adobe and numerous other conferences and public events around the world. David’s written work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and Chinese. He speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Spanish and intermediate French.