Staff
The Rev. Canon James E. Byrum
Managing Director of the iF Foundation
26-15 Ulmer Street
College Point, NY 11354
718 . 554 . 2961 : office
631 . 662 . 3674 : mobile
The Rev. James E. Byrum is a retired Episcopal priest who accepted the invitation of Mr. Thomas Iovino, the founder and President of the iF Foundation, to become the first Managing Director. Fr. Byrum began his work on January 1, 2007. Prior to serving the church for 28 years, Fr. Byrum worked as a forecaster and planner in the foreign crude oil purchasing department of Texaco Inc. in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate with an MDiv. Degree of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and holds a BA in Multidisciplinary Sociology from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Prior to working for Texaco, he served four years in the United States Air Force.
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Eileen Spencer
Director of Development
26-15 Ulmer Street
College Point, NY 11354
718 . 554 . 2962 : office
Eileen serves as the Director of Development for the iF Foundation in New York. In her role she creates, develops and implements program, marketing and fundraising initiatives to support economic development in countries where the iF Foundation has partnerships. Eileen has more than 25 years of experience in development and non-profit management. In addition, Eileen has coordinated and implemented dozens of international medical, dental, education and construction mission trips to developing countries growing her passion and commitment to improve the lives of the economically disadvantaged. Eileen loves to travel, writing and photography.
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Mr. Isaiah Amissah Addison
Country Director, Ghana
P O Box CO 482
Tema, Ghana
(+233) 0208174791 : phone 1
|(+233) 0246449608 : phone 2
Mr. Isaiah Amissah Addiston is the Country Director of the iF Foundation in Ghana. He began his work with the iF Foundation on July 1, 2009. Before working with the iF Foundation, in January of 2000 Isaiah exercised instrumental influence in the founding of DISOP, an NGO which provides support for persons with disabilities. For the past several years he has served as a business consultant and financial adviser to Dacyco Construction Company Ltd., Deona Company Ltd., Tropical Mineral Company, Soladex Chemical Industries, and Addisalexis Ventures. Prior to working in the business world, Isaiah worked as the Supervisor of West African Examinations in the school system.
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Ms. Edlyne Cange
Country Director, Haiti
Ms. Edlyne Cange is the Country Director of the iF Foundation in Haiti. Edlyne was a participant of the CASS program of Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. and studied in the USA at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin. She received an Associate Degree in Water Management in May, 2008. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Academic Honors Society. She volunteered while in the USA with Habitat for Humanity and the Appleton Art Center. She is fluent in English, Creole and French and has advanced training certificates from the Institut Francais d’Haiti in computer, and from the Ecole de Commerce Julien Craan in typing. Her professional skills include Forestry training, Wastewater and ground water treatment, AutoCAD, Chemistry and biology, and soil and water conservation and mapping.
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Mr. Jean Magnus Regis
Country Director, Haiti
Mr. Jean Magnus Regis is the Country Director of the iF Foundation in Haiti. Magnus was also a participant in the CASS program of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He received a Diploma in Natural Resources Technology from Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. He also received a Certificate in Agro forestry from Trees for the Future Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland. His course of studies included such varied subjects as Unsustainable Land Use, Seed Collection, Nursery Establishment, Seedling Production, and Sapling Protection. In addition, he has studied Natural Resources Ecology, Forest Botany, Applied Silviculture Reforestation, Wildlife Conservation, GIS Arc Mapping, Ecotourism, Watershed Processes, Leadership Management, Aerial Photo Interpretation, Ornithology, and the Study of Mammals.
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