GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Usha R. Balakrishnan, (CARTHA Founder, CEO, and Board Chair since 2006), Iowa City, Iowa, bio
Lois Bartelme, (Board member since 2019), Crawfordsville, Iowa, USA bio
Nancy Halder, (Board member since 2022), Iowa City, Iowa, USA bio
Linda Harrar, (Board member since 2012), Boston, Massachusetts, USA bio
Luke Juran, (Board member since 2019; 2007 Fellow), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA bio
Judith Leavitt, (Board member since 2016), Coralville, Iowa, USA bio
Roger Williamson, (Board member since 2016), Iowa City, Iowa
For their service on CARTHA’s Governing Board of Directors, we thank the following individuals, some of whom continue to provide ongoing counsel and encouragement to our volunteer teams from time to time:
- Anu Subramanian of Iowa City, Iowa; Board Member, 2016-2018
- Assata Caldwell of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Board Member, 2016-1018
- Horacio Olivo of Iowa City, Iowa; Board Member, 2016-2018
- George Krull of Wheaton, Illinois; Board Member, 2006-2016
- Anahita Vasudevan of Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Board Member, 2011-2016
- Neil Shulman of Decatur, Georgia, USA; Board Member, 2011-2016
- Michael A. Apicella of Santa Rosa, California, USA; Board Member, 2010-2016
- Policarpio Antonio Soberanis of Burlington, Massachusetts-USA; Board Member, 2010-2014
- Julie Rajagopal of San Francisco, California-USA: Board Member, 2010-2012
- Thomas J. Mercolino of Chapel Hill, North Carolina-USA: Board Member, 2008-2011
- Joan E. Sieber of Hayward, California-USA: Board Member, 2009-2010
- Chris Hillier of Glasgow, UK: CARTHA Board Member, 2008-2009
- D. Balasubramanian of Hyderabad-India: Founding Board Member, 2006-2009
- Charles A. Gardner of Westchester, New York-USA: Founding Board Member, 2006-2009
- Adhiambo Yvonne Owuor of Nairobi-Kenya: Founding Board Member, 2006-2009
- Mark Sidel of Iowa City, Iowa-USA: Founding Board Member, 2006-2008
- David B. Audretsch of Jena, Germany: Founding Board Member, 2006-2007