Advisory Council

Pueblo a Pueblo’s Advisory Council members bring skilled knowledge and expertise to the organization.

Louise Stoner Crawford, founder and principal of Stoner Crawford & Associates, brings more than 20 years of experience growing organizations both locally and internationally. Louise’s expertise includes assisting executive and leadership teams build and sustain successful organizations through strategic planning and implementation, executive development and fundraising strategy and development. Louise holds an M.B.A from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Lee Gillespie-White is an accomplished attorney with over 15 years of US and international experience and specialization in commercial, intellectual property and media law. She is a member of the New York Bar. Prior to moving to the United States 9 years ago, she was a senior associate for one of South Africa’s most renowned law firms, Bell Dewar.

Lee is now Senior Counsel in Special Olympics’ in-house legal department. Her work there includes handling governance issues for Special Olympics and its many branches and affiliated companies, accreditation for the over 200 Special Olympics Programs throughout the World, as well as managing the non-profit’s trademark portfolio.

James M. Derham retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2008 after more than 30 years in the U.S. Foreign Service. His last post was as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala (2005-08). Prior to that assignment, he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). James holds masters’ degrees in economics from George Washington University and in public administration from Harvard University.

Nancy Derr works as a Senior Policy Analyst for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She joined Pueblo a Pueblo in 2007 as a volunteer after hearing about our work from a founding board member. She soon began sponsoring a child at the Panabaj School, and in the spring of 2008, she spent six weeks in our Santiago Atitlan office helping with grant development. While there, Nancy tried couldn't ignore the plight of an injured street dog lying in the sun near the central market. Shortly after Nancy's return to the States, "Miguela" joined her in the USA.

Dan Stoner is Associate Vice President for Education and Child Development for Save the Children, where he oversees a $100 million annual portfolio for education the developing world. He leads a team of 30 education experts focusing on early childhood development, basic education, school health and nutrition, and youth education. Prior to joining Save the Children, Dan spent 15 years with Plan International, where ran large sponsorship and grant-funded operaions focused on education, child rights, health, and emergency response in South America, East Africa, and their international headquarters. He has also worked in Ecuador with USAID, and as the director of a school for Central American refugees in Washington DC. Dan holds a B.A. from Brown University in Development Studies and an M.A. in Development Education from the American University.

Justin Trezza has worked as Field Program Director since early 2008 for Sustainable Harvest International, a small Maine-based international non-profit. To date, Justin has focused heavily on reformulated the organizations approach to sustainable and regenerative development, with specific on participatory research action. Presently Justin is working with staff to devise new tools to measure and evaluate current programs in Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and to verify success of participants.

Passionate about the environment and food sovereignty, Justin enjoys spending his free time in the garden, promoting local food systems, and feeding his worms. When not in the garden or in Central America, he can be found cycling through Maine’s hills, cooking up a new culinary invention for friends, or learning more about biodynamic farming techniques.