Mary Embry, Board President
Mary Embry is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design at Indiana University. She has lived in Bloomington since 1988.
Elisabeth Simeri, Treasurer
Elisabeth Simeri is an artist, entrepreneur, and author of The World Needs Me. She currently makes her home in Bloomington.
Dave Debikey, Secretary
Dave Debikey is the Bloomington store manager for Global Gifts, a not-for-profit fair trade store supporting marginalized artisans around the globe. He has been with Global Gifts since 2009 when the store first opened. Dave previously worked for Bloomingfoods, our community owned natural foods cooperative, for 15 years.
Dave also serves as a volunteer board member DBI (Downtown Bloomington, Inc.),
a non-profit organization supporting a strong and economically vibrant downtown. Dave participates with two student advisory boards on the IU campus, the IU Global Village Books and Beyond project and Enactus (which includes the Fair Trade Bloomington student project). Dave is an active volunteer with the American Red Cross Monroe County Chapter and an occasional volunteer with the MCPL Friends of the Library.
Dave also serves as a volunteer board member DBI (Downtown Bloomington, Inc.),
a non-profit organization supporting a strong and economically vibrant downtown. Dave participates with two student advisory boards on the IU campus, the IU Global Village Books and Beyond project and Enactus (which includes the Fair Trade Bloomington student project). Dave is an active volunteer with the American Red Cross Monroe County Chapter and an occasional volunteer with the MCPL Friends of the Library.
Juan Carlos Carrasquel
Juan Carlos Carrasquel is a Realtor and he is actively involved in the
Bloomington community. He has lived in Bloomington since 1996.
Lori Dahlstrom
Lori Dahlstrom has been volunteering weekly at Global Gifts since November, 2009. She has also done volunteer work with the Boys & Girls Club. Lori has a Master's degree in Counseling. She lives in Bloomington with her husband, Dave and their daughter, Nicole who will be an IU student in the Fall of 2012. Their son, Mike is also a student at IU majoring in Informatics.
Leslie Igartua
Nicole Main
Nicole Main works at Global Gifts and volunteers with the Community Justice and Mediation Center. She graduated from Indiana University in 2010 with a BA in International Studies and Russian Language.
Kate Oates
Kate Oates is an artist and full time mom to her little guy, Nelson. She has been volunteering with Global Gifts since 2009. Kate and her family currently call Bloomington home.
Gracia Valliant
Hannah Fidler, Head of Youth Outreach
Hannah Fidler attends Bloomington High School North, where she is a member of the National Honor Society, the Tri-M Music Honor Society, and serves as the Vice President of the Student Council. As the Head of Youth Outreach for FTB, she has designed a fair trade curriculum for K-12 students. Hannah also volunteers at Hilltop Gardens and Nature Center as a research intern.
