STAFF IN JACMEL

VLADIMIR SIMEON, COO ACFFC
vladimir.acffc@yahoo.com
5094 860 3853
B.S. Keiser University
Founding Executive Director of ACFFC
Prior employment:
Tire Kingdom Accounting Department West Palm Beach FL
Aid to Artisans Accountant, Jacmel Haiti
Profamille, Jacmel Haiti

GEORGES METELLUS, Executive Director
georges.acffc@yahoo.com
5093 874 7474
Graduate of Lycee Cinchinhe
Jacaya Institute for English language
InfoPlus (computer skills)
Global Leadership Faculty, World Studies Institute Lafayette LA
Aid to Artisans Coordinator
Fosaj Consultant
Restaurant Management

Rue Petion 391
Jacmel Haiti

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS:
JUDY HOFFMAN, President ACFFC  President of Profile Marketing Research Lake Worth FL
NICK RUGGERI CPA, Treasurer ACFFC  Ruggeri & Associates  Tampa FL

DIRECTORS:

DR. JACQUES BARTOLI, Physician, based in Port Au Prince, artistic and philanthropic activities include the Haitian Resource Development Foundation (KRDF) and APAAC (Association Pour la Prevention des Adictions)

LAURIE BEASLEY Owner Ridge Art   Oak Park, IL

MAJOR JOSEPH BERNADEL (US ARMY RET)  Founder Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice; Founder RethinkHaiti; President Haitian Diaspora Foundation

DR. CONNIE DUKE   Academic Dean, ITT Technical Institute, National Advisory Board for Service Learning   Jupiter FL

TED FRANKEL, owner of American Visionary Art Museum Store (Sideshow) and Uncle Fun retail establishments  Baltimore MD

GALE FREEMAN, Attorney and President of the Freeman Foundation  West Palm Beach, FL

MICHAEL OSTROFF Development Director, Hadassah New York   New York, NYThe Ostroff Group, non-profit management.

WILL RAY  Consultant; President, Palm Beach Cultural Council (Ret), Chief Philanthropy Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (Ret)   Santa Clara CA

DIANE SMOOK  Award winning fine art photographer New York, NY

MARCIA WEBER  Owner Marcia Weber Art Objects  Montgomery AL

MARGARET WILESMITH, President of Wilesmith Advertising and Design  West Palm Beach FL

ADVISORY BOARD:

TURGO BASTIEN, Artist born in Haiti and living in West Palm Beach, Florida *

VIKTOR EL-SAIEH  Artist; Manager Epilepsy Foundation of Florida; born in Haiti, grandson of Issa El-Saieh, (Gallery Issa), works with Haitian Diaspora youth via the Haitian Heritage Museum

Barry Horowitz  Owner Linbar Products, conducting business in Haiti for over 20 years. He has negotiated and manged shipping and supplies and materials to ACFFC, a significant contribution to the organization.

Nancy Mitchell  Visual artist, team leader of Hearts Service Learning Program for ACFFC   Baltimore MD

Laurel True   Mosaic Artist; Laurel True Mosaics; Global Mosaics Projects; Lead ACFFC Mosaics Program  New Orleans LA

Jennifer Pantaleon   Zanmi Lakay; Photography Program founder at ACFFC and Jouk Li Jou Kan Event