The Book Project is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board consists of two Co-Chairs and eight other members who are responsible for coordinating donations and shipments and sponsoring periodic book fairs.

Row 1: Camelia Izquierdo-Gonzalez, Antje Liese-Muentinga, Dorothee Ranneberg, Pushpa Pherwani
Row 2: Connie Ely-Hachana, Laura Byerlee, Marie Forget, Agnes (Aggie) Nuval, Carmelinda Blagg
Missing: Francoise Aubry-Kendall 

Laura Byerlee, Appointed Chair 2012

• Joined WB Book Project April 2011
• Spouse of World Bank staff member
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Pakistan and Ethiopia
• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Hobbies: Traveling, bird watching, hiking, landscaping, learning German

Agnes (Aggie) Nuval, Appointed Co-Chair 2014

• Joined WB Book Project June 2011
• World Bank staff member/consultant for 35 years
• Lived and worked professionally in USA and The Philippines
• Fluent in English and Tagalog
• Hobbies: Reading novels, going to the theater and movies

Antje Liese-Muentinga, Shipment Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project June 2001
• Spouse of World Bank staff member
• Lived in Germany, the USA and Cameroon working as a teacher for thirty years
• Fluent in English and German
• Hobbies: Traveling, swimming, reading and spending time with grandchildren on two continents

Camelia Izquierdo-Gonzalez, Packing Room Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project June 2014
• World Bank staff member for 26 years
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA
• Fluent in English and Spanish
• Hobbies: Reading historical novels, cooking and taking long walks

Carmelinda Blagg, Treasurer/Secretary, Book Fair Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project June 2013
• World Bank (IFC) staff member for 15 years
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA, Italy and France
• Fluent in English and Italian
• Hobbies: Traveling, writing, photography, cooking and reading

Connie Ely-Hachana, Donor Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project March 2014
• World Bank staff member/consultant for 40 years
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA, Italy and Switzerland
• Fluent in English and French
• Hobbies: Tennis, taking long walks, spending time with granddaughter

Dorothee Ranneberg, Shipment Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project March 2012
• Spouse of World Bank staff member
• Lived in the USA, Germany and France and worked in Germany as an attorney for ten years
• Fluent in English, German, French and some Japanese
• Hobbies: Playing piano, surfing and reading

Francoise Aubry-Kendall, Shipment C0-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project June 2016
• World Bank staff member for 26 years
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA and Haiti
• Fluent in English, French, Creole and Spanish
• Hobbies: Gardening, volunteering, traveling and reading

Marie Forget, Packing Room Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project February 2011
• Spouse of World Bank staff member
• Lived and worked professionally in the USA and France
• Fluent in English and French
• Hobbies: Reading, hiking and going to the opera

Pushpa Pherwani, Donor Co-Coordinator

• Joined WB Book Project June 2005
• Spouse of World Bank staff member
• Lived in the USA, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and India and worked in India as a social worker in the community hospital for five years and as a executive assistant to a CEO of a consulting company for six years
• Fluent in English, Gujarati, Hindi and French
• Hobbies: Traveling, needlework, sewing, cooking and reading

The World Bank Family Network (WBFN) supports the book Project by assisting in organizational and office needs, by liaising with the essential World Bank Group partners, mainly the Global Corporate Solutions (GCS), by recruiting volunteers among the newcomers to HQ, by connecting with members living in Country Offices who can follow up on deliveries, and by constantly advocating on its behalf with Senior Management so the Book Projects keeps addressing literacy needs around the world.

• The World Bank’s Global Corporate Solutions (GCS ) arranges for:Identifying/Contracting Freight Vendors for shipping containers via Mail Management and Mail Strategic;
• Obtaining relevant documentation for the shipments by the above;
• Providing support for preparing the shipment including finding pallets and shrink wrapping before departure to Landover;
• Transporting container from JB3 to Landover and Baltimore Port;
• Transporting shipment from port of departure to port of entry for recipient country;
• Transporting large donations from metro county schools to Sterling, VA warehouse for semi-permanent storage;
• Providing storage for books from the Sterling Warehouse to JB3 Loading Dock and then on to JB3-105 Packing Room of the Book Project as needed;
• Repairing and maintaining physical facilities housing the Book Project Office and Packing Room; vacuuming, sweeping, phone repairs, computer repairs, emptying trash/recycling of non-usable printed material;
• Assisting with ordering packing boxes;
• Assisting with Book Fairs – providing and setting up tables, shelves, chairs at the venue.

Public and private schools are the Book Project’s principal donors; the Book Project also receives some books from individuals and other organizations.

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