About

Chairman of the Board

Born in the Middle East, Chris has also lived in South Africa and all across the United States. She has a nursing degree and, having retired from a medical position with United Airlines, she currently works on-call for Kaiser Permanente, which allows her to indulge her passions for traveling and serving. Chris is working hard to fulfill her goal of seeing every nook and cranny of our wonderful earth. Her nursing knowledge gives Chris the opportunity to help people wherever she goes. During her ten years in South Africa, she worked in the medical profession and ran a Boys Town home for boys from troubled families. In the United States she partnered with an Asian cultural exchange program, hosting foreign businessmen in her home. She has also volunteered many hours organizing youth camps and conferences.

Vice Chairman of the Board

Alisa moved to Africa during her early teen years and developed a love of the land and people. She worked in public relations for the South African Northern Cape Publicity and Tourism Bureau, where she gained an intimate knowledge of the area. With a degree in communications, she continued her career in marketing, public relations and journalism in New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C.  For the past 14 years, Alisa has been working in the Airline industry, has traveled extensively throughout the world, and has volunteered considerable time to teaching youth and organizing educational camps and conferences for them.

Secretary

One of Christi's fondest memories is playing barefoot soccer with the village children in Magareng, South Africa when she was 14 years old. It literally changed her life. She went on to study International Relations with a focus on African Studies and then pursued her passion for health and medicine by acquiring a Masters in Public Health and becoming a Registered Nurse. She has worked on hygiene, sanitation, HIV/AIDS, Buruli ulcer and child health projects in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Vietnam, and India. She and her husband are passionate about health, education and equal rights, and plan to spend their lives making sure our brothers and sisters around the world can enjoy these.

Board Member

Darla Marburger gets her love of service from her parents who, as lifelong community volunteers and parents to 22 children, are the ultimate example of charity and selflessness.  Darla began volunteering at age 12, announcing baseball games and keeping books for her community little league in Rockne, Texas.  She served as a student senator, sunday school teacher, community fundraiser, grant reviewer, volunteer coordinator, humanitarian expeditioner, and organizer of community service events.  Darla knows first hand the power of volunteering has in lifting a community as well as the one who serves.  She loves being a part of Serve a Village because it enables individuals to learn about other cultures while benefiting communities in need, and it is 100 percent volunteer-run.  Darla has traveled to every state in the U.S. and to over 20 countries.  She has a Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Texas A&M University and enjoys a successful career in education policy and data management consulting.

Board Member

Lauren has a passion for helping others realize and work towards their unique and incredible potential. This has motivated her to volunteer at Serve a Village, receive a Master's in Education, and pursue a career at a tech company that is determined to improve individual's lives through their products and services. Lauren also loves getting to know different people with visibly different backgrounds from hers. This is largely what has lead her to learn four languages (Arabic, Italian, Spanish, and Polish) and live in six other countries. She is always amazed at how much there is to learn from diverse experiences, yet how much can be found in common.

Board Member

Terry has always had a great love of animals and helping others, young and old. Through the years she has volunteered for several different community programs. She has had careers in Insurance, Veterinary assisting, and for the last 20 years in the medical field as a phlebotomist. 

Terry's mother grew up in South Africa and being able to go to South Africa and retrace some of her mom's steps has always been top on her bucket list.

Through Serve a Village expeditions Terry was able to go to Kenya, and then on to South Africa to see some of the places that her mom lived as a child. Terry is looking forward to more expeditions through Serve A Village and helping make a difference in other's lives.