SANTA FE, NM, US – The Coffee Kids Board of Directors concluded a thorough three-month-long search for Coffee Kids’ new executive director with the selection of Rebecca Singer. Singer has more than a decade of experience in humanitarian assistance and development work.
A registered nurse and nursing doctorate, she is the former program director at Grounds for Health, where she implemented and managed a cervical cancer prevention program in Chirinos, Peru, and provided support to programs in Nicaragua and East Africa.
She also oversaw the development of publishing and advocacy activities.
Prior to that, she helped implement and also managed sexual and family violence response programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Papua New Guinea for Doctors Without Borders.
She possesses leadership skills as well as expertise in research, international development and issues at coffee’s origin.
Mike Ebert, President of the Coffee Kids Board, stated, “We are fortunate to have found such a qualified leader in Rebecca and are very confident that she has the knowledge, passion and leadership skills to carry out Coffee Kids’ mission of cultivating the power of coffee-producing communities to determine their own terms for the future.”
Rebecca Singer
Rebecca follows Carolyn Fairman as executive director, who successfully led Coffee Kids for the past eight years and recently helped them celebrate their 25th anniversary. “Coffee Kids gives a warm welcome to Rebecca,” said Fairman. “I am confident that her leadership skills will help Coffee Kids continue to grow and strengthen our projects at origin.”
Fairman and Ebert will work together to ensure a smooth transition through the month of December, with Rebecca taking the reins January 6, 2014. All activities will continue as usual throughout the transition. For the time being, the Coffee Kids offices will remain in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
About Coffee Kids
Coffee Kids, Inc., is a development organization dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of coffee-farming families.
Founded in 1988, the organization works closely with partners in coffee-growing communities to create programs that respect the values, cultural integrity and ingenuity of the communities they serve.
Coffee Kids supports 19 projects managed by 16 partner organizations in Mexico,Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Peru. To learn more about Coffee Kids or to make a donation, please visit www.coffeekids.org or call 5058201443.
