Robert W. Hatch, (Kansas, City, MO) serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for FINCA International. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Cereal Ingredients, Inc., a specialty food ingredients manufacturer he founded in 1990. Cereal Ingredients is located in Kansas City. He is also CEO for two other companies he founded which are located in Kansas City, CII Laboratory Services and Maverick Converting. Mr. Hatch serves on the board of these three companies plus FINCA and the Healthy Back Store. He previously served as Chairman, President and CEO of Interstate Bakeries Corporation, a wholesale baker with $1.1 billion in sales, 36 plants, 650 retail stores and 15,000 employees. Prior to that, he spent 22 years with General Mills, Inc., reaching the position of Executive Vice President. Mr. Hatch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Nancy, for 45 years and they have two children.

Rupert Scofield, Assistant Secretary (Washington, DC) is FINCA International’s President and CEO. He is an agricultural economist with 30 years of experience in the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, Eurasia, and the Greater Middle East. Mr. Scofield co-founded FINCA in 1984 with John Hatch and has served as its President and CEO since 1994. Under his leadership, FINCA has grown from 60,000 clients and a loan portfolio of $5 million to a true global presence with over 700,000 clients across five continents and a loan portfolio of more than $300 million. Mr. Scofield has expanded FINCA's commitment to serve populations in the most need by advancing FINCA's presence in Africa and leading FINCA's entry into Eurasia and the Middle East. Mr. Scofield is a practitioner at heart and remains actively involved in the management of FINCA’s network of 21 wholly-owned subsidiaries, consistently guiding each program toward self-sufficiency.  As an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a frequent keynote speaker, Mr. Scofield seeks to inspire the next generation of microfinance leaders. Prior to FINCA, Mr. Scofield served as the CEO of Rural Development Services, a consulting firm, and as country program director of the AFL-CIO’s Labor Program in El Salvador.  He earned two Master of Arts degrees in agricultural economics and public administration from the University of Wisconsin as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, and served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. Mr. Scofield is fluent in English and Spanish.

John Hatch, Secretary and Historian (Santa Fe, NM) is the founder of FINCA, and creator of the Village Banking microcredit methodology. Prior to his retirement in 2006, Hatch served as FINCA’s Director of Research, the foundation’s president, and as chief of party for Village Banking programs in Guatemala and El Salvador.  Hatch previously served in Colombia as a community development volunteer for the Peace Corps, and then became a Peace Corps regional director in Peru.  As a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, he won a Fulbright grant to conduct research on his doctoral thesis in Peru, where he spent two crop cycles (18 months) as a hired laborer working for 30 subsistence farmers and documenting their traditional agricultural practices.  In 1976, Hatch and two partners formed an independent consulting firm, Rural Development Services (RDS).  In addition to creating and overseeing the successful development of many of FINCA’s field programs, Hatch has taught Village Banking methods to numerous non-governmental organizations, with the result that today there are hundreds of Village Banking programs around the world.

Richard Williamson, (Scottsdale, AZ), is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, LLC, and co-head of the firm’s West Region Restructuring Division (including offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix). Mr. Williamson specializes in designing and implementing financial strategies, optimizing value and managing the corporate change process to underperforming or overleveraged companies in an effort to maximize value for their stakeholders. With over 30 years of financial management and restructuring experience, Mr. Williamson has advised management and creditors on numerous engagements both in and out of Chapter 11 proceedings. He has assisted companies in the development of financial, operational and organizational strategies related to distressed situations. He has also served various executive management roles in order to implement those strategies. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Williamson was a partner of a Big Five accounting firm where he spent thirteen years in the Texas and Arizona offices. He also spent ten years in private practice serving various roles in the restructuring arena. Mr. Williamson is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA). He is also a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA). Mr. Williamson served as chief executive officer of FINCA International from 1990-1993. He also serves as a board member of various for-profit companies.

HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors, Queen Rania is also Co-Chair of the Village Banking Campaign. Queen Rania’s association with FINCA International has been steadfast since her first visit to FINCA’s Washington, DC headquarters in 2000.  Among the advocacy efforts in which Her Majesty has engaged:

• Testifying before the House Foreign Relations Committee to encourage passage of the Micro Enterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2001, which supports the institutional development of programs providing credit, saving facilities, insurance, business training and other services vital to the success of poor entrepreneurs;
• Launching the Global Endowment for the Poor, an initiative designed to create a revolving pool of loan capital to serve the needs of poor people, mostly women, throughout the world; and
• Announcing the start-up of FINCA’s Afghanistan program in 2002, now one of FINCA's most successful programs.

Aside from her support of FINCA International, Queen Rania has been an active supporter of microlending in her own country, having started a community empowerment program in Jordan aimed at enhancing the economic and social well-being of women in underprivileged communities by establishing sustainable community-operated projects as part of her Jordan River Foundation.

Carlos Camacho, (Quito, Ecuador) holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics and public policy and administration from the University of Wisconsin and has over 30 years experience in economic development in Latin America and Africa. Dr. Camacho has been General Manager at the Banco de Fomento Agrícola del Ecuador, and has held positions with USAID, the World Bank, the Inter American Development Bank, and in the private sector. He has taught at the Universidad Central and the Universidad Católica de Quito. Dr. Camacho was Executive Director of FINCA Ecuador between November 1998 and July 2002.

John Elkins is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at First Data. He was previously Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company and Executive Vice President of Visa International, where he oversaw worldwide strategic brand planning and research for one of the world’s most recognized brands, formulated innovative global strategic marketing partnerships and alliances, coordinated internal and external corporate communications worldwide, and was responsible for managing Visa’s global corporate reputation. Prior to joining Visa International, Mr. Elkins was founder, chairman and CEO of FutureBrand, a leading global brand consulting firm and a division of the InterPublic Group. From 1991 to 1999, he was CEO of the Naisbitt Group, where he led the worldwide expansion of the firm and contributed to its many publications, including Megatrends, published in 32 countries and a number one bestseller in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Mr. Elkins serves on the United Nations Advisory Board for Inclusive Financial Services. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum Executive Committee for Travel and Tourism, as well as the World Travel & Tourism Council Executive Committee. Mr. Elkins has a BEd from the University of Exeter, England and an MSc from the University of Oregon.

JoAnn Field, (Mission, KS) is a community activist who serves on a number of local boards, primarily in the mental health field. She is a member of Women in Philanthropy and vice president of the Board of Network Rehabilitative Services for the Mentally Ill in Missouri. She currently serves on the steering committee of FINCA’s Advisory Board and is on the board for the National Association for Mental Illnesses (NAMI).

Michael Green (Toronto, Ontario) is an experienced high-tech executive and investor, currently running a private equity fund that focuses on emerging opportunities in the software and renewable energy sectors. Mr. Green’s trips to FINCA’s programs in Ecuador, Guatemala and Uganda helped to fuel his interest in microfinance and Village Banking. Mr. Green directed and produced the short video that FINCA currently uses in its marketing and fundraising activities.

Shawn Hassel (Phoenix, Arizona), a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, LLC, specializes in developing operational and financial solutions to underperforming or overleveraged companies in an effort to maximize value for their stakeholders. With over 10 years of experience as an interim manager and financial advisor to both debtors and creditors, Mr. Hassel has been involved in all aspects of the reorganization process, including the development and negotiation of complex capital structure solutions, formulating and evaluating strategic business plans, developing and implementing short term turnaround strategies, and helping companies mitigate crisis situations and ultimately managing the return to corporate viability. Mr. Hassel earned his B.S. degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Arizona. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and American Bankruptcy Institute.

Soledad DeLeon Hurst, (New York, NY) is the Chair of FINCA's Advisory Board as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In addition, she currently serves on the boards of The Roundabout Theater and Auborn Theological Seminary's Media Group. Formerly, she worked as a television reporter for Bloomberg Television, as Vice President in investment banking at Allen & Company as a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell. She graduated from the University of Oregon (Summa Cum Laude) and from Yale Law School.

Harold D. Jastram, Esq., (Minneapolis, MN), a partner in the Minneapolis office of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, practices in all areas of intellectual property law, including all phases of patent, trademark, copyright law, client counseling, licensing, and litigation. He currently serves as chair of Oppenheimer’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.  Mr. Jastram graduated from South Dakota University with a B.S. in electronic engineering and received his J.D. from George Washington University. He also attended the Professional Business School program of Stanford University. He is a member of the American Bar Association (sections on patent, trademark and copyright law, antitrust law, and corporation, banking and business law) and the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Paul LeFort (Glen Ellyn, Illinois) has more than 30 years of experience in the information technology and healthcare industries. Mr. LeFort most recently served as Chief Information Officer for UnitedHealth Group before retiring in early 2000. Under his leadership, UnitedHealth Group's IS organization was named by Computer World magazine as one of the "100 best places for IS professionals to work."  Previously, Mr. LeFort held executive positions with MetraHealth Companies, Inc., and served as a senior partner with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. LeFort consults with large managed-care organizations, including UnitedHealth Group, and has advised more than 100 individual hospitals, hospital groups, large physician groups and integrated healthcare networks.  In addition to his managed-care technology and consulting expertise, merger and acquisition experience, and a background in managing technology-based employees, Mr. LeFort brings an infusion of energy and excitement about Village Banking projects to the FINCA International Advisory Board. He and his wife Eileen support many global NGOs  through their Donor Advised Fund at the Chicago Community Trust. He currently serves on the Peoples Resource Center Board (DuPage County, Il.) annually serving 20,000 clients in need and previously acted as the Lead Independent Director of TriZetto from 1998-2008. Mr. LeFort received his bachelor's degree in physics/economics from Boston College.

Agrina Mussa, (Director, FINCA Malawi) is the High Commissioner of Malawi to South Africa and the Managing Director of Classic Designs Limited, a hosiery manufacturing company. She was born in Zimbabwe and educated in Malawi. She graduated from Blantyre Secondary School, receiving a certificate in secretarial studies and she holds a Mastrers degree in Strategic Management from the University of Derby. She began her career working as a secretary for the United Nations Development Programme in Malawi. She has participated in international workshops focusing on issues such as production processes in Germany and the United Kingdom, quality management and assurance, and she participated in a study tour of the United States, focusing on women in economic community development. Ms. Mussa currently serves as board chair of FINCA Malawi and is a member of the Technical Committee on Development of Trade and Industrial Policy for Malawi, appointed by the Ministry of Trade and Commerce. She has also served as a board member of the Enumerical Church Loan Fund in Malawi, commissioner of the Privatization Commission of Malawi, and the first vice-chair of the National Association of Business Women.

James Semakkadde, (Director, FINCA Uganda) is a graduate of the University of Delhi, India where he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s of commerce. His professional career began as an accountant with African Evangelistic Enterprise in Kenya. From there, he moved to Uganda and established Nile Vocational Institute, a vocational training center partly-owned by Africa Evangelistic Enterprise. He has worked as a consultant for the past ten years in the areas of marketing and management for many major and multi-national companies in Uganda including: Uganda Airlines Corporation, Statewide Insurance Company and Tanzania Gatsby Trust. Mr. Semakkadde has on several occasions lectured and conducted research at the National University of Rwanda. He currently lectures at Makerer University and other venues on topics such as marketing management, the environment of business, and management and marketing in small-scale enterprises. He has served as Chairman of the Uganda Red Cross-Jinja Branch, and has served on the boards of FINCA Uganda and Uganda National Farmer’s Association.

Rita Spillman, (Kansas City, MO) is founder, president and CEO of SH Productions, Inc., a video production and marketing company. Now retired, Spillman has 40 years of marketing experience, including serving as Director of Marketing for Interstate Brands Corporation, Vice-President of Marketing for Butler National Corporation, and Marketing Manager for the CJ Patterson Company. Spillman has a B.A. in English Literature from Youngstown State University and a Master of Business Administration from Rockhurst University.

David E. Weisman, (Alexandria, VA) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mountain Union Telecom, LLC, a telecommunications tower and infrastructure company headquartered in Alexandria, VA, which owns and operates more than 200 communication towers principally located in California, Nevada, Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania. He is also Chairman of the Board of InSite Wireless, LLC, which owns and operates distributive antenna networks used by wireless carriers for in-building systems. He was previously a principal in the Washington, DC law firm of Meyer, Faller, Weisman & Rosenberg, and is presently of-counsel to the law firm of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, located in Rockville, MD. He has lectured and written extensively on matters involving telecommunications and corporate law.  Mr. Weisman received his law degree from the George Washington University National Law Center with honors, an LLM in taxation from George Washington University, and is a graduate of Brown University. He is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Weisman is a member of the Board of Directors of the Parkmont School in Washington, DC, and is a past Director of the Abigail Adams National Bank in Washington, DC.