Founder and Executive Director
Adam's development career ranges from disability rights policy development with USAID and the UNDP in Vietnam to tsunami disaster relief and reconstruction in Thailand. He received both his BA in International Relations and MA in Social and Economic Development from Brown University.

Programs Development, Outreach Coordinator, Southeast Asia
Founder of Thailand’s Kid Launch education initiative, Davee now directs the Kid Launch education support and community development program. Having extensive experience with child education, immigration and Myanmar-Thai relations, she now heads one of the most aggressive initiatives to support impoverished communities, refugee families and orphaned children in Thailand. Davee has been recognized for exemplary successes in social support and sustainable development programs in the region. She now leads efforts in northern Thailand and border regions.

Research Analyst/Outreach
Rob has a history of being active in nonprofit organizations, starting during his undergraduate years at UMass Lowell. After graduating in 2005 with a BA in Political Science with a Peace and Conflict Studies minor, Rob went back for a Master’s in Regional Economic and Social Development, receiving his degree in 2008. Rob’s academic research experience has included both community development partnership initiatives and international affairs. As a member of UMass Lowell’s award-winning International Relations Club, Rob attended conferences in Toronto, New York, Geneva, and Anaheim. Much of the reason he was initially attracted to GENESIS was its work providing education to Burmese refugees, as his friend and old IRC professor hails from that country.

Strategic Development; Regional Coordinator, Latin America
Originally from Ecuador, Cristina has worked in multidisciplinary development fields, preparing land use maps for land conflict resolution in the Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest (2003). She has created socio-economic programs for fishermen in the Galapagos Islands and assisted environmental programs for children implemented by the Charles Darwin Research Station (2004-2007). In Brazil, Cristina has worked with energy efficiency programs implemented in slums and with revamping the creation of energy awareness programs for the low income-sector (2008).

Along with a MA degree in International Sustainable Development from Brandeis University (2009), Cristina holds a deep passion for implementing sustainable programs and working with novel development strategies.

Outreach and Networking Director
Having worked with non-profit organizations ranging from human rights advocacy to environmental awareness and protection, Lauren has found new ways to mediate the plight of others by connecting the dots of philanthropy in support of grassroots initiatives worldwide. A professional photographer from Miami, FL, Lauren brings the Genesis cause to life using a unique combination of social networking and local empowerment. Through her work, she offers the invitation to come to know compassion and the power within us all to live with an absolute sense of purpose.