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Team

Sowing Opportunities Board of Directors

Fern Remedi-Brown, M.Ed., MBA, President

Fern’s expertise is in designing successful programs that understand the needs of multicultural and multilingual populations, and she has a passion for eliminating global healthcare inequities.  She has traveled multiple times to Guatemala and is working closely with the Guatemala NGO CorGuate.  She has worked at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard School of Public Health, as well as freelance as a journalist, writing on global issues of social justice.  150 published articles can be found at Guardian Liberty Voice.

Fern has a Master’s of Education (English as a Second Language) and an MBA (Global & Healthcare Management).  Fern and her spouse have two daughters of Latina heritage, one adopted from Guatemala.

Helene Weitzenkorn, Treasurer

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Helene Weitzenkorn has a strong commitment for social justice and has worked for women’s rights for many years in the National Organization for Women (NOW).  Helene has served as President, Vice President and Treasurer in Massachusetts NOW, as well as serving on the National NOW Board in Washington​.​ Professionally, she has worked in Purchasing, negotiating corporate-wide contracts for a Fortune 500 company. 

Rabbi David Kudan, M.A.H.L., A.M.,Clerk

Rabbi Kudan has served at Temple Tiferet Shalom of the North Shore (formerly Temple Tifereth Israel of Malden) since 2009.  He was ordained in 1987.  He studied Semitic Languages at the Catholic Institute of Paris and worked at a Paris synagogue during his rabbinic training.  He also studied Aramaic, Ethiopic, and Hebrew Bible at the graduate level at New York University and at Harvard.  He is completing his Ph.D. at Harvard University in the Department of Near Eastern Languages.  Rabbi Kudan has been a Reform Rabbinic Advisor and has served as Director of Outreach at Harvard Hillel.  He is a member of the outreach faculty of the Union of Reform Judaism.   

A major focus of Rabbi Kudan’s work is in interfaith dialogue.  He is committed to building bridges between the Jewish community and other ethnic and religious groups.  Rabbi Kudan researched within Temple Tiferet Shalom that donations to Sowing Opportunities could be tax-exempt going through the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund because of the Temple’s mission focus on hunger and poverty.

 

CorGuate Team

Héctor Ricardo San José Roca, Project Manager

Ricardo has seven years of experience in international negotiation, six years in balancing the books of a company, purchasing, and managing a construction firm.  He also has two years of experience in the food industry and in balancing books.

Eva María Castillo De San José, Business Administrator

Eva María has 9 years of experience in quality control, supervision of personnel, agency administration in a warehouse, marketing, and cashier’s window responsibilities.  In addition, she has 7 years of experience in international negotiation, 6 years in balancing the books of a company, purchasing, construction, etc.  Both Ricardo and Eva María have 2 years of experience in the food industry and in balancing books.

Juan Antonio Longo Arcia, Agricultural Engineer
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