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 – Outdoor Environmental Educator, Middle School Science Teacher and Coach, International Science Foundation Administrator and currently as an Administrator in medical education at Case Western Reserve University.

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, ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He became Isaac Monah’s pastor when Isaac joined Noble Road Presbyterian Church. In 2009 Isaac took Francis to his home area in SW Liberia. Since then, Francis has been part of the Dougbe River Presbyterian School of Liberia.

Isaac Monah, Founding Member and Executive Director