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Avery Bang
Executive Director
Avery Louise Bang joined Bridges to Prosperity after completing a graduate degree in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her graduate research was conducted with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Founder Bernard Amadei, which considered appropriate geotechnical survey and...Read More
Netta Ophir
Director of Operations
Netta was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. Trained as an industrial engineer, she worked for many years in production and project management in international markets. In 2008, Netta left her home and job in Israel to work on humanitarian projects in Central America. She volunteered with...Read More
Robyn Long
Director of Grants & Administration
Robyn is a native of Washington in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She transplanted to Virginia in 2005 with her husband, Brian, where she raises her two children, Carter and Allyson. Robyn graduated from Washington State University with a BS in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Robyn began her...Read More
Thomas Bang
Staff Engineer
While completing a degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Iowa, Thomas served as the President of Iowa's Engineers Without Borders Chapter and helped start a University of Iowa/ EWB project in Ghana. Thomas also served as the Project Manager for the University of Iowa Chapter of...Read More
Elizabeth Jones
Engineering Intern, Denver
Originally from Kentucky, Elizabeth spent her high school years in Denver, and went on to study civil engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She graduated in August 2012 with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. While at CU, Elizabeth spent several years working with...Read More
Wendy Lu McGill
Communications Manager
Wendy Lu, the mother of two young international citizens, grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and has lived in Colorado for more than 20 years, excluding stints abroad. Her bachelor’s degree is in international affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder and she recently completed a...Read More
Hardik Doshi
Engineering Intern
Hardik was born in India and spent most of his childhood in Muscat, Oman. In 2000 he moved to Chicago where he received a BS in Civil and Materials Engineering in 2009 from the University of Illinois. While at UIC Hardik served as the co-captain of the ASCE Steel Bridge Team and worked as a...Read More
Naadia Bhatti
Engineering Intern
Born and raised in Iowa City, IA, Naadia graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a minor in Japanese. At Iowa, Naadia founded the Pakistani Student Association, which helped raise money for the victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan. She also...Read More
Nick Arnold
Software Developer
Having been born and raised in Illinois, Nick has always been interested in how things work and how they can be made better, leading him to pursue a career in software development. He received a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Iowa and subsequently enrolled in graduate...Read More
Milosz Reterski
Program Manager, Nicaragua
Milosz is a native of Katowice, Poland and grew up in Boston and Palm Beach, Florida. Working his way through college as a commercial fisherman and bicycle messenger, he graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA in Graphic Design. After graduating, Milosz realized he was not too...Read More
Andrew Seelaus
Program Manager, Rwanda
Andrew grew up in Clarksville, Maryland running and playing lacrosse. After completing a year of college at the US Military Academy, he took a year off to do service with Maryknoll Missionaries, living on the shores of Lake Titicaca in Peru. Upon returning to the US, he transferred to the...Read More
Tyler Welsh
Program Coordinator, Haiti
Tyler is from Blacksburg, a southwestern town in Virginia, where he enjoyed outdoor activities of all kinds. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2011. There are many experiences that helped Tyler to develop his passion for service, including inner city mission trips,...Read More
Nahiel Melgar Sanna
Construction Manager, Bolivia
Born in Sweden to a Bolivian father and Italian mother, Nahiel moved to Bolivia when he was five years old. Nahiel has lived in many European countries and has traveled throughout Europe and South America. Nahiel's wide range of passions and experiences include, masonry, rural development,...Read More
Devon Wilton
Engineering Intern, Nicaragua
Devon Wilton Devon grew up in Pepperell, MA. He attended Northeastern University in Boston MA, where he received his BS in Civil Engineering in 2009. While enrolled at Northeastern, Devon partook in a number of activities which helped shape his interest in sustainability & community...Read More
Katherine Gao
Engineering Intern, Rwanda
Katherine, a native from San Francisco, California, is currently working towards getting a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a teaching certificate at Princeton University. At Princeton, she is involved with Community House, an organization that provides tutoring and mentoring program...Read More
Tanner DeVoe
Engineering Intern, Rwanda
Tanner grew up in Portland, Oregon, hiking and cycling throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is currently pursuing a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, with certificates in Robotics and Intelligent systems and Applications of Computing. In his free time Tanner...Read More
Brooke Shore
Engineering Intern, Nicaragua
Brooke comes to B2P on loan from PCL Civil Constructors where she is a project engineer and estimator on civil infrastructure projects. Her past experience includes work as a design engineer with SDA Engineers, and Jacobs Civil. Brooke grew up in Washington State and earned her BS in Civil...Read More
Zoe Keone Pacciani
Consultant
Zoe came to B2P at its inception as photographer and project manager of the Sebara Dildi bridge repair in 2002. She worked with B2P until 2011, dedicating her life and her family's lives to the organization’s goals. She has trained in Nepal and has managed programs and worked on bridges in...Read More
Daniel Leeper
Engineering Intern, Nicaragua
Dan grew up in San Diego and attended UCLA where he obtained a B.S. in Civil Engineering and Accounting. While in school, Dan took an internship opportunity within biking distance from campus. Although this freeway widening project only made a modest improvement in Southern California traffic...Read More
Jake Moriarty
Engineering Intern, Nicaragua
Jake was born and raised in Watertown, Connecticut. He graduated from Green Mountain College with a BS in Public Policy and Human Sciences. Throughout University he spent several summers in Guatemala volunteering with humanitarian organizations to provide education and medical care to...Read More
Kathryn Latham
Engineering Intern, Rwanda
Kathryn comes to B2P directly after graduating from Duke University with a BSE in Civil Engineering. During her time at Duke she worked on three B2P projects. After her sophomore year Kathryn worked on two 40-meter suspended bridges in El Salvador and after her junior year she lead a team of...Read More
Connor Lind
Engineering Volunteer/Intern, Haiti
Connor grew up in the heart of San Francisco and currently attends the University of San Diego, pursuing a dual BA/BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. Connor took to volunteer service and international development at an early age, completing a volunteer service trip...Read More
Christina Barstow
Program Coordinator, Rwanda
Christina is proud to be a Colorado native. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Christina is currently working towards her PhD, also at CU, in the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing...Read More
Cedar Wolf
Engineering Intern, Bolivia
Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, Cedar spent his early days exploring the forested mountains of Washington State. He graduated from Western Washington University with dual bachelor's degrees in physics and applied math. Cedar is currently pursuing a master's degree in building systems...Read More
Kevin Boylan
Engineering Intern, Bolivia
Originally from Upstate New York, Kevin has been headed southward ever since. After graduating from high school in Maryland he then attended the University of Florida where he graduated with a B.S. in Building Construction. He spent a few years gaining valuable experience working in...Read More
Brandon Johnson
Engineering Intern, Nicaragua
Brandon is from a suburb of Portland, Oregon. After receiving a BS in Civil Engineering, Brandon attended Oregon State University and performed research repairing concrete bridges while earning an MS in Civil Engineering. After school, Brandon moved to Denver, Colorado to climb mountains, run...Read More
