Our Team

Michael Anello

Executive Director

Michael Anello has lived and worked in Haiti at a local level for ten years. Following a 32-year career as a psychotherapist in Charlottesville, VA, he was drawn to work with rural Haitian communities as they rebuilt their lives after the 2010 earthquake. In 2018 he joined Haiti Reforestation Partnership, realizing that his skills with people and the trusting relationships with Haitians that he had built would prove valuable. He works now with the 750- person CODEP organization that has planted and nurtured 15 million trees over the past 30 years. He plays a crucial role with the Animators, the CODEP leaders, as they shift away from a faith-based donor relationship with Americans and respond to two imperatives: to lead their community on its long road to improved health and well-being and to recognize, leverage, and extend their extraordinary success at reforestation.

michael@haitireforest.org | +1 (434) 981-4464 | Haiti Cell: +509-3163-1797

Board of Directors

Rev. Bill Hathaway, Chair of the Board

Retired Presbyterian Pastor

Wilmington, Delaware

Becky Showalter, Corporate Secretary

Engineer, VPG Micro Measurements

Raleigh, North Carolina

Melanie Musgrove, Treasurer

CPA, Consultant with PwC

New York, New York

Hunter Bowman

Recent Graduate, Master of Forestry/MBA, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Fuqua School of Business

Chapel Hill, NC

Jim Goetz

Conservation Scientist and Practitioner

Upstate New York

Dan Jenkin

Federal IT Executive, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Czech Republic 1997

Silver Spring, Maryland

Gwen Manseau

Attorney with the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office in the Executive Office of the President

Annapolis, Maryland

John Morrison

Medical Physicist

Charlottesville, Virginia

Bill Piatt

Retired IT and International Economic Development Executive

Annapolis, Maryland

James Rhoads

Agricultural Research Scientist, University of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Growing List of Partners

For 32 years we have enjoyed a variety of partnerships with other organizations – foundations, charities, businesses, and faith communities. They have provided various support including financial gifts, agricultural expertise, mechanical and engineering know-how, architectural drawings and designs, construction support, materials and tools, computer equipment and training, strategic planning, financial management, leadership development, and training. They have sponsored interns from the US as well as other full-time advisors and workers.

We could not have effectively supported CODEP without constant and enthusiastic partners.

If you have ideas about how we can work together, please contact us at:

Info@haitireforest.org

P.O. Box 7116, Charlottesville, VA 22906