Full-Circle Learning

Board of Directors, Full-Circle Learning

Teresa Langness, Ph.D.
Board president; Author, curriculum developer, CBO leader, educator.
Naudia Edwards
Board Secretary; Finance, Real Estate, active in Alumni Club support.
Isabelle Patthey King
Board treasurer; Business management, affiliations with international organizations.
Kristin Barnes
Vice president; Recording/performing artist, choir director, music educator, office management.
Al Cadena
MBA, non-profit management (Yale), web design/graphic design specialist.
Financial Advisor: Debbie Posada, of Posada and Associates

Board of Directors, Full-Circle Learning Academy*

Teresa Langness, Ph.D.
Board President/COO; Founder and developer of model (Also see above).
Tony Lee, Ph.D.
Board Vice President; professor of African-American history; poet, publisher.
Joan Andersson
Board Secretary; Attorney, educator, co-founder of organizations to benefit disadvantaged populations.
Naudia Edwards
Board Treasurer; Finance, Real Estate, active in Alumni Club support.
Kambiz Mobini
Finance Committee; Businessman, engineer, philanthropist.
Leon Ferguson
Actor, graphic designer, member of human relations organizations.
Marilyn Huff
Board Advisor: Executive Director of CBO, Educator, active in various education organizations. Board President/COO non-profit management (Yale), web design/graphic design specialist.

*Full-Circle Learning Academy has a separate non-profit tax identification number, funding base and budget. The information below pertains to Full-Circle Learning, the original non-profit organization. Each year, 30-60% of the budget, in terms of value, is provided through pro bono service. With the help of charitable donors, grants and service, these Friends of Full-Circle Learning assist and link learners from site to site.

International Collaborators' Representatives

Maureen Mungai, Lesotho
Farzin Rahmani, Zambia
Jinliang Qin, Ph.D., Hangzhou, China
Marilyn Higgins, Ph.D., Japan
Wajuhi Kamau, Kenya
Shanti Selvakumar, India
Pamela Pieris, Ph.D., Sri Lanka
Elena Martin Akhavan and Lisa Perskie, Brazil
Niaz Khadem, Panama
Common River, One Planet, Ethiopia

US Site Liaisons

Sugey Lopez – Site Director, Piru Preschool, Rancho Sespe Summer School
Hifa Nasery – Site Teacher, Tarzana Habits-of-Heart Club
Linda Lee – Principal, Full-Circle Learning Academy
Nikki Taylor and Taraneh Darabi – Rawlings Elementary liaisons
Margie Maher – CTC project liaison/trainer
Kimberly Brown – Kin-dah-lichee site liaison

FCL Monthly Sustainers/Site Benefactors

Kavian Maghzy
Hamid Tagdhiri
Robert and Jeanne Ballenger
EDI Health Group
Center for Global Integrated Education

Collaborators, Formal and Informal

EDI Health Group (project collaboration and funding)
FirstFive, Ventura County (project funding)
Meridian Health Foundation (collaborations, funding)
Mona Foundation (site/project collaboration in Panama)
Peace Corps (FCL training for volunteers in Lesotho)
Rancho Sespe Apartments/HUD (site planning)
Trenev Family Found
Center for Global Integrated Education (collaborations, assistance)
School of the Nations, Brazil (project planning)
Rawlings Elementary School (a Full-Circle Learning site)
Kin-dah-lich-ee-ohlta (a Full-Circle Learning site)
Cleveland Elementary School (a Full-Circle Learning site)
United Nations Environmental Programme (project collaboration)
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (project collaboration)
Barney II Foundation (funding)
City National Bank (funding)
Hangzhou College at Zhejiang University (research model)
Louis Gregory Centre, Lesotho (project planning)
Natural World Museum (project design)
Nishanth Educational Trust (site sponsor in India)
Nur University, Bolivia (informal professional development training workshops)
Orange Blossom Senior Center (project planning)
Pacific Gardens Senior Center (project planning)
Longwood Manor Nursing Home (project planning)
United Way (project planning)
Plan International (student collaborations)
Planet Art (international UN-affiliated student project)
The California Wellness Organization (grant funding)
Westlake Village Baha'i Community (project support)
Zeum Museum (global art exhibit in Marcone Square)

Development Consultants

Renee Fraser
Fraser Communications President and Founder; leader in Women in Business in Santa Monica, California, philanthropist and community leader in various capacities and organizations
Lea Ann King
Past president, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations; Co-Founder and Convenor
Guity Javid
Banker, community leader

Volunteers in 2007 - 2008
(at Southern California sites)

Elly Jaresko
Bob Ballenger
Shohreh Maghzy
Sonny Douglas
Enya Edwards
Leila Middleton
Melissa Douglas
Kathy Rosales
Douglas Rosales
Maria Ayala
Borna Vajdi
Jacinto Castro
Ofy & Lamonte Douglas
Naudia Edwards
Jose and Claudia Hinojosa
Josh Lapple
Angela Lira
Susanna Orellana
Ray and Artie Phelps
Darrell Metcalf
Rod Mobini
Marisol Monge
Sana Moussavi
Stephanie Ochoa
Anne Serapiglia
Juan M. Valle
Ramin Rabani
Josefina Tobias
Greg West
Rosa Zavala
Molly King

Year of Love DVD Technicians

Gloria Abrar – Post Production Editor
David Langness – Narrator
J.C. Crowley – Sound Editor
Samah Tokmachi – Ending Sample
Maritza Cruz – Student Poet from Rancho Sespe
Jean-Marc Demmer and Baptiste Andrieux – Eight VFX Visual Effects Owners
Fred Hopp, Nicolas Cadorette Vigneau, Chin Chan Chao, and Amalia McMahan – Visual Effects Artists
Johnny Derango, Scott Uhlfelder, and Armand Gazarian – Cinematographers
Monica Worthy – Co-producer
Teresa Langness – Scripts
Nur Kondaker, Annaliese Silveyra, and Nick Tate – Actors