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Margot Gotzmann, President & Member of the Board
Dr. Margot Gotzmann is a social activist, consultant, scholar and manager. Her fields are: economic/social/human development, social security systems, management, intercultural management, multiculturalism and history of ideas. In the recent past she collaborated with UNDP, European Union, Asia-Europe Foundation, the Council of Europe, governmental/scientific/non-profit institutions of European Union She was main organizer and keynote speaker at international conference series on human development and multicultural dialog. She was an adviser to CEO’s of banks and large businesses and governments and for many years served as a CEO for businesses and governmental agencies in the area of social security systems and was an initiator, founder and president of several non-profit organizations in the field. She is also a co-author of enactment of social security acts in Europe and pension program reforms. She was founder and president of school of management, and lecturer in social security systems’ management & financing, social security reforms, pension programs; economic, social, human and cultural development, history of ideas and heuristics. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics, and a Doctoral degree in the history of socio-economic development.

Richard Fintan Galway, Vice President of the Board
Richard Fintan Galway, born in Ireland has degrees in music, education and sociology. Since 1985 in the US, is a family business owner, owning four Irish restaurants in Maryland and Massachusetts. He holds position of the Secretary of the Maryland Avenue and State Circle Association and is the President of the Annapolis Irish Cultural Society, a charitable organization whose goal is to help people of similar backgrounds and ancestry to organize and form self-help groups and to help distribute aid and funds to others less fortunate. Fintan is also a Board Member of the HCAT Advisory Board for the Culinary Arts (Hotel and Catering Industry of America) and a Trustee on the board of the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County as well as the chairman of the Nominating Committee of the COuncil.

Steve Lebowitz, Treasurer & Member of the Board
Steve Lebowitz is an Annapolis based political consultant specializing in opposition research and electronic and traditional media.  Formerly, he lobbied at the federal and state level for a diverse portfolio of clients including local and nation-wide businesses. He served in various staff capacities with two state legislatures and the U.S. Congress.  He was the youngest elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention and he has twice been elected to the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland. He is a board member at Kneseth Israel Congregation of Annapolis, and a parent-volunteer for Aleph Bet Jewish Day School, where he is active in a capital campaign for a new facility. He has advocated for a more open immigration policy and enhanced immigrant integration. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies.

Bernadett Black, Secretary & Member of the Board
Bernadett Black is an attorney at law and a trained mediator. She is a specialist in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and mediation (one of her areas of mediation are employee disputes in the U.S. Federal government). She has also completed a Child Access training course. In the past, as a lawyer, she has represented copyright cases, created publishing contracts with authors, assisted the redesign and privatization of a major publishing house, worked as an associate attorney for a private law firm (drafting employment contracts and related documents). She has also established a private law practice (formation of new companies, litigating contract law cases). She performed voluntary work at the Anne Arundel County Conflict Resolution Center administrative office.

Dr. Irene Zoppi, Member of the Board
Dr. Zoppi is former Adjunct Professor from the College of Notre Dame, Strayer University and University of Maryland, College Park. Additionally, Dr. Zoppi is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army (Reserve) with expertise in the military intelligence, civil affairs, and public affairs fields. Dr. Zoppi holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy, Planning, and Administration from the University of Maryland (2004); a Master’s in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University (2000); and Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages from the University of Puerto Rico. SHe is the immediate past Executive Director for Centro de Ayuda/Center of Help (501c3) non-profit charitable organization in Annapolis, Maryland where she has successfully completed her two year engagement bringing the organization to the new level of development and multicultural outreach.

Robert Rosewarne, Member of the Board
Robert Rosewarne is a media consultant, and marketing specialist. He was recently working for Yellow Book and Gregory Welteroth Worldwide, developing new business sales. He has account management and business to business (B2B) experience and experience in media planning and purchasing (Print, Radio, Cable, Direct Mail & Network TV) as well as in implementing and measuring direct response advertising. For 10 years, he served as Volunteer Camp Counselor at the Ronald McDonald Camp (Pediatric Oncology Camp). He also worked in marketing in the UK and Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration/Hotel Management degree, with Marketing Major.

Daniela Moraes Neves, Member of the Board
Dr. Daniela Neves is a published writer and specialist in modern literature and languages. She graduated in Communication Sciences and sis her doctoral research at Universita di Roma La Sapienza. She has experience in translating, writing and teaching, focusing on languages, literature, modernism, modernity, poetry, culture and society. She speaks Portuguese, Italian, English, Spanish and French. She was involved in Research and Development activities for the Instituto de Ciências Humanas (Brazil) and other technical-scientific activities at the Departamento de Comunicação Social (Brazil). She holds Masters’ Degree at Portuguese Language and Literature and Doctoral Degree at Portuguese Language and Literature (Social Communication and Propaganada and Publishing).

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