Gene
Branch, an engineer turned patent
attorney, is a frequent attendee on
Pura Vida-sponsored work trips to Lemoa,
Guatemala. He and his wife Dawn and
are avid fundraisers for the John Wesley
School in Santa Cruz del Quiché.
Board
President
Mark
Elyruns day-to-day operations
at Pura Vida. He travels to Guatemala
throughout the year to administer programs
and lead work trips. Mark also provides
occasional IT consulting to Compassion
International. [ read
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Founder;
Executive Director
Richard
N. Ely brings extensive nonprofit
experience to Pura Vida as a former
executive director of Ruritan
National, a national civic organization
based in Dublin, Virginia. He serves
on the Community Relationships Committee
of the Boy
Scouts of America and is a partner
of the Freedoms
Foundation. [ read
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David
Money is the Executive Vice President
and General Counsel for First
Data Corporation. Member, Planning
& Facilities Committee of The
Children’s Hospital board of
directors. Former Associate Pastor,
St.
Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch,
CO. David is a long time Pura Vida student
sponsor and trip attendee.
Nicolette
Rounds, CPA, is the principal of
the Rounds Company. Her hands-on involvement
with Pura Vida began when she traveled
to Guatemala with her daughter’s
youth group. She continues her involvement
as a work trip participant and lends
a hand to the organization with tax
compliance services. Additionally, she
is a long-standing active member in
the American
Society of Women Accountants where
she serves as Chapter President and
Scholarship Trustee.
Board
Treasurer
Lyle
SmithGraybeal has a background in
urban economic development, nonprofit
management, and intentional Christian
community. He is the Coordinator for
Renovaré,
a church renewal nonprofit organization,
has served on a number of nonprofit
boards, and has made a number of trips
to Mexico and Central America, participating
in relief and development work.
Board
Secretary
Jennifer
Watson is vice president of MGA
Communications, Inc., a public relations,
marketing and research firmed based
in Denver, Colorado. Jennifer works
with a variety of Colorado nonprofit
organizations and traveled to Guatemala
on her first Pura Vida trip in 2010.
Board
Members Emeritus
Les
Bonde is an engineer and former
Science Support Director for Raytheon
Polar Services,as well as
a former VP of Engineering Services
at EG&G.
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