Board

2011 Board Members

Matt Hayes

Matt Hayes experience includes leading teams helping orphans and poor children in Honduras and Liberia. He is a college student and brings the perspective of college students to the Teach Peace Foundation board of directors. Matt's international experiences help the board with projects helping to break the cycle of poverty and enable the disabled to live with dignity. Matt is actively involved helping disabled children with the Special Ambassador program

Dave Dionisi

Dave Dionisi is the president of the Teach Peace Foundation. He delivers peace education programs and organized acts of kindness both in the United States and around the world. Dave's experience includes service as a senior executive with MetLife, DirectAdvice, and New England Financial. Prior to working in corporate America, Dave served the country as an Army Intelligence Officer. His business and military experiences over the last 29 years are complemented by an extensive background as an international volunteer in Asia, Central America, Europe and Africa. In 2008, Dave was presented with the Martin Luther King Jr. Outstanding International Peace Leader award for his work helping orphans and poor children in West Africa.

Howard Mendoabor

Howard Mendoabor led an 800 person school in Tappata, Liberia prior to his country's 14-year civil war. In 2003, literally at the same time his town and school were being destroyed, Howard started working with Dave Dionisi. For the next two years Howard worked with Dave leading a program to care for war orphans. As a result of Howard's leadership, the program for war orphans was acknowledged by the government of Liberia as the best program in the country. Today, Howard works for the Teach Peace Foundation as the Executive Director of the Community Micro-business program. Under Howard's leadership we are on track to far exceed our 2009 goal of helping 10 villages with self-sustaining gifts of goats and chickens.

Eileen R. Rockensies, R.N., M.S.N.

Eileen Rockensies is a native New Yorker although she now lives with her family in Northeast Pennsylvania. She possesses a Masters degree in Nursing from Russell Sage College in New York and has taught for many years in St. Clare’s Hospital School of Nursing, Russell Sage College and the City University of New York. Since her retirement, she has kept busy volunteering with community projects for the homeless, the aged and those unable to help themselves. For the last 14 years, she has closely worked with Sister Sponsa Beltran and the disabled children of Our Lady of Fatima Rehabilitation Center in Liberia. Eileen continues to help disabled children working with the Teach Peace “Special Ambassador” program, submitting grant proposals, public relations, and networking to help special needs children.

Danik Daniels

Danik Daniels is a Technical Consultant who has assisted with charitable projects in Honduras, Liberia and India. The picture on the left shows Danik holding a child from Liberia in the Teach Peace Foundation Special Ambassadors program. He strongly believes in the need to empower people by programs that bring about awareness through education and self help initiatives. Danik brings over fifteen years of experience helping organizations become successful. His understanding of poverty issues in developing countries adds a valuable and unique perspective to our work.

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Leadership Council

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Staff

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