Marc Dumur: Born in Switzerland, he holds a degree form the Swiss Hotel Management School at Lucerne.   Mr. Dumur lived in Amsterdam for three years and trained in a five star hotel there. He returned to Switzerland and worked for Hilton International Hotels, concentrating on marketing.  He was  hired in 1988 by Amari Hotels and Resorts in Thailand. After a year he was promoted to General Manager and opened the Amari Boulevard Hotel in Bangkok.  In 1994 he was promoted to the J. B. Hotel in Hat Yai in the south of Thailand. After two years in Hat Yai, he accepted the position of General Manager of the Amari Rincome Hote,l Chiang Mai. He left the Amari Hotels in 2003 to build the Frangipani Serviced Residences in Chiang Mai, a luxury Serviced Apartment which his wife, Luxami, manages. Since 2004 he has been the General Manager of The Legend Chiang Rai Boutique River Resort & Spa. Mr. Dumur is an active member of the Chiang Mai community.  He is Past President of Rotary Club of Chiang Mai West, a member of SKAL International and a member of the Thai Hotel Association. In his spare time he restores vintage cars and mountain bikes.  He has been a member of the Foundation for the Education of Rural Children since its inception.

Frank J. Weicks: Mr. Weicks holds degrees in diplomatic history and criminal justice.  He was a police detective in New Orleans, LA, USA , specializing in cases involving children as victims and later in complex drug cases.  He joined USDEA in 1991, and was posted to Thailand in 1998.  In 2003, he was awarded the U.S. Secretary of State’s Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad award by then Secretary Colin Powell at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. He retired in 2004 and is a partner in an international training firm. He is past-president of Rotary Club Chiang Mai West.  A U.S. court certified expert in all areas of child abuse and narcotics investigations, he has extensive experience teaching throughout Asia and the US.  He serves on several international committees on human trafficking.

Carolina San Miguel Thompson: Dr. Thompson has been described as a lady scholar, fighter, quality maker, peacemaker, professor, dean, youth expert, and specialist.  She is indeed a woman of exceptional talents and an outstanding educator. A BSBA (cum laude) graduate, she also holds 2 graduate degrees: MBA & Ph.D., major in Commerce.  As a professional, she has distinguished herself not only in the history of her country, the Philippines, but also in Southeast Asia.  In addition to her charity work as the foundation's Treasurer, Dr. Thompson was recently installed as the Charter President of the Soroptimist International of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Rebecca Lomax, Ph.D.: Dr. Lomax holds a master’s degree in social work and a doctorate in public health.  She has extensive non-profit organization management experience in the United States. Since moving to Thailand, she has worked with universities and other organizations in program development and evaluation, including services to survivors of human trafficking.   Writer, lecturer and consultant, she serves as adjunct faculty to an international training organization and is active on several international fact-finding committees on human trafficking.

Luxami Utaipol Dumur: Born in Chiang Mai, she holds a Bachelor degree in French and English from Chiang Mai University. She worked for six years at the Amari Rincome Hotel as Front Office Manger. In 1990 she moved to Bangkok and worked at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at the Front Desk for almost five years. She and Marc Dumur were married in 1994, and she moved with him and became his valuable companion to host guests in the hotel industry. She now manages the Frangipani Serviced Residences in Chiang Mai. In her spare time she likes to bird watch.  She is an avid fitness participant.  Mrs. Dumur was a charter member of the Foundation for the Education of Rural Children.

Celeste Tolibas-Holland: started her career in the USA at the Accounting office of a trucking industry.  She later moved to the Sales department and became one of the first female sales representatives in this industry.  She then opened an antique business, which developped into several other enterprises, like reproduction furniture and restaurants.  At the same time she raised 2 sons.  In 1986 she moved to Chiang Mai, where she started to work as a volunteer at the Vieng Ping Childrens Home, where she stayed for over 10 years and received an award from the Thai Government for her work.  She now is envolved in Red Cross, Zonta Women Group and FERC.

Scott Jones: Writer, musician, photographer, comedian Scott Jones has released four albums of original music and comedy, performed in all 50 states in America, writes for Chiangmail Mail newspaper and Tom Yum magazine in Thailand and recently published his first book Life in the Laugh Lane: facts, fiction and photos from America to Asia. He organizes and leads charity motorcycle tours in Thailand and benefit concerts in the USA with his nonprofit organization Give and Live.  As a Board Member, he helps FERC with marketing and event production.

Donna S. Dauenhauer: Mrs. Dauenhauer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in English.  She was an English teacher of 10th, 11th and 12th graders at St. Joe-Ogden High School in St. Joseph, IL.  For most of her years in the United States, Singapore and Thailand, Donna has worked as a volunteer with Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and the Girl Guides Association of Thailand, specializing in training new leaders and managing the business of weekly troop meetings, special events, and forming links with the host country girls and adults.  She has also worked extensively as a volunteer at International School Bangkok with the Parent Teacher Auxiliary and Booster Club.  She received a paid position working on the Steering Committee for ISB's 50th Year Reunion and Celebration, a 5-day event that took place in January of 2002.  Donna is Member of the Board of FERC, and serves on the committee of Soroptimist International Chiang Mai.  Donna resides in Chiang Mai,Thailand with husband Terry.  They have two children who reside in Austin, TX, and two grandchildren.     

H. Stephen Deering, J.D: Steve Deering recently retired after thirty-six years of government service.  He held a variety of top management positions with several agencies, including the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education.   Steve has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, a Masters degree in Asian Studies from the Dominican University of California, and a baccalaureate degree in Political Science from Seattle University.  He has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia.

Ans Scholten: She graduated in sports in her native Holland, and went on to coach volley ball, working in the major leagues and managing sports clubs in Tilburg.  She married Jo Wolfgang, who managed the family business producing authentic Dutch candy for both retail and wholesale customers.  Ans left professional sports and worked with Jo in the candy manufacturing business until they retired to Chiang Mai in 2004.  She volunteers at a local public school as a teacher.  She is active in the Chiang Mai Choral Society and continues to enjoy sports.  She is an avid bird watcher.

Ans has put together a Dutch language website about FERC which you are invited to visit.

Michael McCune: holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, because in his day there were no Computer Science programs. He has been a programmer, system architect, and system designer for over 40 years, rising in responsibility to become a Vice President of a specialist systems company he co-founded and then the director of computer systems R&D for a member company of a Fortune 500 conglomerate. After moving to Thailand, he founded Infothai CM Co., Ltd., the first web design and hosting companies in north Thailand, where he serves as managing director. Infothai has a policy of "giving back", which led to the donated development of the FERC (an many other) web sites for charitable and community organizations in Chiang Mai.

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