About the Board

The Dougbe River School is a 503(c)(3) registered non-profit, and the Board of Directors is made up entirely of passionate volunteers:

Chandra Andersson, Board Chair – Completing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an internship at The Centers Uptown Office, and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Sandeep Bhatia

Jeffrey Dadzie

Harven DeShield

Tom English – Retired IT Consultant from the Cincinnati / Dayton, Ohio area.

Melissa Garcar – Technology Integration Specialist at Independence Local Schools.

Janet Hendrickson

Vicki R Kanka

Sybil Marsh

Celinda Brandt Miller

Tedd Roos

Heather Schafer – Intervention Specialist at a drop out prevention/credit recovery high school in Ohio.

Tom Schmidt

Grady Smith – Retired educator. Taught social studies and coached basketball at three different independent schools in the Charlotte area for 27 years.

John Wahl


Marie Johnson, Founding Member

Scott McGraw, Founding Member

Francis Miller, Founding Member and Spiritual Advisor to School

Isaac Monah, Founding Member and Executive Director