Empower Playgrounds

Our Team

Team

Located in the USA and Ghana

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Executive Director

Amy Williams

Skilled in project management, marketing, and community relations, Amy passionately believes education is key to helping individuals thrive. As our director, she helps us continue to make a positive impact in the lives of students and families.

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DevelopmenT Coordinator

Anna Frandsen

Anna is passionate about access to education and opportunity, and works alongside our Executive Director to manage, market, and plan, helping continue to change lives.

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Country Director

Isaac Darko-Mensah

Specializing in electrical engineering, Isaac is our hands-on management for growth in Ghana, and has helped develop our amazing technology.

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Education Specialist

Peace Yeri

Peace oversees our menstrual kit distribution project in Ghana, educating and inspiring young girls in our schools. She also provides insightful evaluation into each of our projects.

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Program Associate

Richard Koomson

Having a background in education, Richard helps with training our schools to use our programs. He also works with merry-go-round maintenance, and is integral in identifying new potential schools to receive our programs.

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Projects Director

George Thompson

George takes the lead on our construction projects, including boreholes, school construction, and BioFil toilets. He also helps with project maintenance and distribution.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The children of Ghana hold a special place in their hearts.

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Board President & Founder

Ben Markham

Our humble founder Ben is a retired ExonnMobil Executive and chemical engineer. He loves the people of Ghana and is passionate about using his skills to provide educational opportunities for them.

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Board Secretary

Betsy Eckton

Betsy uses her experience in curriculum development, instructional strategies, and organization of educational programs to help our programs grow and become more efficient.

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Board Member

Jaron Dunford

With a background in marketing, Jaron helps with our brand growth and marketing so that we can continue to impact the lives of more children in Ghana.

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Board Member

Angela Trego

Angie uses her engineering background for the mechanical side of our merry-go-rounds and lends her abilities to evaluate our efforts.

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Board Member

Larry Allred

Using his background in engineering and business consulting, Larry helps us to improve our processes and structure to increase our efficiency within our programs.

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Board Member

Wes Marriott

Wes brings his operational experience and knowledge from running several small businesses to the team, while also contributing a creative and design oriented outlook on progress.

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Board Member

Jeff Markham

Skilled in organizing information, seeing the big picture, and defining small steps to reach big goals, Jeff helps improve our programs, while assisting with our health-related projects.

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