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 Matt Mitro
Mr. Mitro has a longstanding interest in African development and has traveled extensively on the continent. He is currently a Fellow of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics and the StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation, where he focuses on social entrepreneurship in Africa. Mr. Mitro’s professional training includes three years spent as a practicing attorney in the United States coordinating the legal aspects of financing large-scale infrastructure projects in developing countries such as Bolivia, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. As a corporate attorney, he gained firsthand experience in the formation of non-profit companies and a host of corporate transactional and governance issues. Mr. Mitro also has spent time working in the U.S. Department of State and Department of Justice on international legal issues. He has conducted published legal research on the topic of combatting exploitative child labor through the global trading system (click here) and is conversational in French & German. Visit Mr. Mitro's Friendster, LinkedIn, Facebook and Xing pages.  Tom Mitro
Mr. Mitro has spent about one-third of his 32-year career as a financial manager living and working in Africa, notably in Angola and Nigeria. As the head of Mitro Consulting , Mr. Mitro provides high-level financial and personnel advice to African government organizations with respect to major natural resource development projects. He is an expert in fiscal and tax policy in several countries, including Angola and Nigeria, and presentations at seminars in the U.K., Nigeria, Angola, Papua New Guinea and the U.S. Mr. Mitro has acquired considerable experience negotiating various financial and commercial issues with national governments, banks, oil companies, multilaterial institutions and non-profit organizations in Africa. He was formerly responsible for corporate policymaking and strategic planning for African subsidiaries of Chevron, a Fortune 100 natural  Ben Stone Benjamin D. Stone: Senior Vice-President and General Counsel.
Ben Stone, born and raised in Maine, graduated with a degree in English and Photography from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000. After a stint at The Astrophysical Journal at the University of Chicago Press, Ben went on to complete his law degree at New York University in 2004. For the last four years Ben has practiced law in New York City, focusing on complex commercial litigation at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a strong supporter of Indego Africa. After establishing and  Byron Townsend J. Byron Townsend III: V.P. Marketing & Fundraising and Member of the Board. Byron Townsend serves as Mission & Music Pastor at CrossPoint Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA. Mr. Townsend grew up with the Mitro family in Nigeria for 5 years and has spent parts of his life in Brazil, the Congo, Gabon and other far-flung locales. He played an integral role in Indego Africa's 2007 trip to Rwanda and provides advice and much-needed counsel to Indego Africa leadership in a number of areas. Mr. Townsend has held a variety of positions in the church and the wider business world, including positions where he was actively involved in marketing and in fundraising for a 501(c)(3) non-profit. He is finishing up his master's degree in theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Of particular importance, Mr. Townsend has demonstrated a commitment to working with the under-served (including Indego Africa's partners) and to educating his congregation and the wider world about the role of service in their lives.  Lyse Hunger
Lyse Hunger and is a Rwandan citizen with significant experience in commercial and social enterprises throughout Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Rwanda, Angola and Algeria. Ms. Hunger earned her Master’s of International Relations in Lumumbashi, DRC where she studied social sciences, administration and politics. She conducted six years of technical studies in social work, where she volunteered at a foster home for children with AIDS in Zambia and as a counselor for orphaned and traumatized children in Rwanda. With the support of the Dutch and German Embassies in Angola, Ms. Hunger founded Rainbow Home as a facility for housing and caring for street children in Luanda. She also supported an old age home and orphanage in Luanda. Now living in Algeria, Ms. Hunger has worked with street children and adopted a family of eight struggling to make ends meet. As a major volunteer and Director, Ms. Hunger has been instrumental in helping Indego Africa establish a foothold in Rwanda and has put Indego Africa officers in touch with government ministers and willing volunteers in Rwanda. Ms. Hunger speaks English, French, German, Portuguese, Swahili, Lingala and Kinyarwanda fluently.
Mr. Murthy is an accomplished attorney who specializes in intellectual property, electronic commerce, pharmaceutical and other information technology legal issues. He has experience in all stages of major litigation and in reviewing and analyzing license agreements and IT services agreements in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Murthy has a demonstrated interest in economic development and has been published on the topic of delivering life-saving drugs to developing countries in light of international trade agreements. Prior to his career as an attorney, he practiced as a licensed pharmacist.
Mr. Reichel is a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, working in the National Criminal Enforcement Section of the Antitrust Division in Washington DC. Before joining DOJ, he was in private practice, focusing on antitrust and complex civil litigation matters. He earned his J.D. in 2003 from the University of Virginia, where he was named to Order of the Coif, was a member of the Virginia Law Review, and served as the managing editor of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. Mr. Reichel earned his A.B. cum laude in government from Harvard College in 1998. Prior to commencing his legal career, he taught high school government and world history in Peachtree City, Georgia.
Ms. Mitro has lived in Africa for over 11 years and been affiliated with innumerable community projects in Angola and Nigeria, including orphanages, churches, senior citizens’ homes, prisons, hospitals, small businesses and womens’ groups. She served on the board of directors for a project to provide mosquito nets to communities in Luanda, Angola. Ms. Mitro has been a tireless advocate of economic development and a source of support to those struggling to lead a more prosperous life. For 12 years, she worked as a full-time elementary school teacher and has taught English classes to young children in Angola. Ms. Mitro currently serves as a volunteer at the MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston.
Mr. Grandy has a strong history of IT management and software development. His three years of technology consulting provided experience in solving technology problems using a wide variety of solutions. As a high school physics teacher he led technology training sessions for colleagues and experimented with new technologies in the classroom. Ten years of software development experience enable him to design custom solutions for any problems that arise unique to Indego Africa. But with a strong interest in open source technologies and deep current knowledge of open source tools, he can leverage the value of publicly-available software. His formal training includes coursework at the undergraduate level and a masters degree (in progress) in computer science from Oxford University.
OUR MAJOR VOLUNTEERSWilliam Craven: Media & Publicity. Will Craven is the media officer for ForestEthics, a forest and climate advocacy group credited with saving over 12 million acres of Endangered Forests in Canada, the United States, and Chile. This follows a 150 episode run as producer for the nationally-syndicated radio show EcoTalk. From time to time he writes 'green' tips for CBS radio, and has written on LEED building incentives in San Francisco. Earlier in the decade Will could be found doing communications work and training pollworkers at San Francisco's Department of Elections, and also teaching ESL in San Francisco and rural Japan. Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000 with a BA in English Literature.
Indego Africa benefits immensely from Zack Shankman’s experience and intellect. In 2000, Zack received his A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis, magna cum laude, with majors in History and Finance and a minor from the John M. Olin School of Business. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006, where he was a notes editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, taught legal writing workshops, and authored two widely cited scholarly works about constitutional law and national security. Zack has worked in the consulting division of Ernst & Young and in the strategic valuation services group of Arthur Andersen, and for two years he co-managed major label recording artists and produced a music video that aired on MTV. Recently an associate with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, Zack is now a law clerk to a United States District Judge in the Southern District of New York.
AJ Al-Fayez brings to Indego Africa a savvy and experienced business mind. AJ graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001 with a B.S. in Business Administration and majors in finance, international business and psychology. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, AJ was a member of the Finance, Consulting and Social Enterprise Clubs, a founding member of Young Professionals Consulting (a project based non-profit consulting group), and he interned in the marketing department at Amnesty International, United Kingdom. After college, AJ excelled at Egon Zehnder International, the largest privately held search firm with specialization in board & executive search and management consulting, and then went on to earn his MBA at Harvard Business School in 2006, where he launched the Boston chapter of a national non-profit organization. AJ is now an energy trader for JPMorgan’s Commodities Division in New York City.
Marni, a 2000 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in political science, brings to Indego Africa a wealth of media experience and a sparkling personality. She has worked as a Production Associate on the National Geographic Channel, as a freelance Writer/Producer on Fox News, and as a Broadcast Associate at “60 Minutes” and “60 Minutes II” on CBS. Marni is currently a Story Editor in New York City at “20/20” and “Primetime” on ABC.
Andrew Satter, a multiple award winning journalist, filmmaker and producer who specializes in online enterprise reporting and the creative use of multimedia, is working with Indego Africa to develop compelling online content to maximize Indego Africa’s reach and impact with prospective clients and partners. Andrew graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000 with a degree in English Literature. Since then he has been at the forefront of bringing multimedia to websites throughout the country, including publications such as the Arizona Daily Star (where he twice earned Employee of the Year), the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Andrew received his Masters in New Media Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he was the recipient of the Harrington Award for journalistic promise and high scholastic achievement in new media. Andrew is currently an online video producer for Congressional Quarterly in Washington, DC and hosts his own website (http://asatter.com/).
Melissa assists with all website and e-commerce initiatives. Melissa graduated from The George Washington University in 2006, magna cum laude and phi beta kappa, with a concentration in English and Communications. Melissa now works in New York City at Jo Malone and La Mer Online (Estée Lauder Companies) as E-Commerce Coordinator, where she supervises web-based designers and engineers for brand website re-designs and microsites; helps design weekly e-commerce emails; and manages relationships with Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Melissa was elected as a member of the exclusive Team iForce, a new Estée Lauder initiative intended to implement innovative Web 2.0 concepts. Melissa also serves as Marketing Co-Chair for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, Young Professionals Committee.
Mr. Brusser is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He is currently an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. His primary practice areas are mergers and acquisitions and litigation. Prior to joining Weil, he was an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, where he litigated violations of federal antitrust laws. In 2003 he received his JD from of the American University, Washington College of Law.
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