Viva Bolivia: Viva Bolivia Board Members

Viva Bolivia Board Members

The Viva Bolivia Board of Directors is made up of five members. However, as the spouses of the members are also involved and participate in our annual meetings, we have included a picture of the couples together. The underlined name is the official board member. Feel free to contact any of our board members with questions about Viva Bolivia and/or about how you can get involved.

Kristi & Rick Calawa kristi@vivabolivia.org	Kristi Calawa joined the Viva Bolivia Board in 2003 and serves as the Treasurer. She graduated with a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington in 1992. After graduation she joined a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) team and served in Tonga and Samoa for six months. After returning to the US she took a position with the Shoreline School District Accounting Department where she served for seven years. Today, she devotes her full attention to raising her family.
Neeky (Veronica) Cliffe joined the Viva Bolivia Board in December of 2004 and serves as our Secretary. She is no stranger to cross-cultural work. Her adoptive parents worked in Mexico and her husband's parents currently serve as missionaries in Ecuador. Neeky is a graduate of LeTourneau University's Aviation Program (class of 2000) and is a licensed pilot and A&P mechanic. She was employed as a flight instructor before semi-retiring in order to devote her full attention to raising her family.	Neeky & Charlie Cliffe neeky@vivabolivia.org
Carrie & Mike Rice mike@vivabolivia.org	Michael Rice joined the Viva Bolivia Board in 2003 and serves as the Vice President. He is a commercial real estate appraiser, specializing in multifamily and affordable housing projects and in low-income housing tax credits. He earned a BA in Literature from Central Washington University in 1995. Mike lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Carrie, a former MK (missionary kid) and their son, Derek.
Jonathan and Karin Schoenhals founded Viva Bolivia in 2002 as a ministry of First Free Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington. In 2003, Viva Bolivia was incorporated as a Washington State Nonprofit Organization and in 2004 Viva Bolivia received it's 501(c)(3) designation as a publicly supported charity from the IRS. Jonathan earned a BS in Missionary Aviation from Moody Bible Institute and an MBA from the University of Washington. Karin earned a BA in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Washington, and received her Teaching Certificate through the UW's Teacher Education Program. Together they serve as the full-time representatives for Viva Bolivia in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Jonathan serves as the board President.	Jonathan & Karin Schoenhals jonathan@vivabolivia.org
Sara & Nate Wetzel nate@vivabolivia.org	Nate Wetzel joined the Viva Bolivia Board in 2003. He graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1999. Today he is employed as an embedded software engineer designing handheld electrical tools for the Fluke Corporation. Besides working with Viva Bolivia, Nate has also served on a short-term team to Guatemala with the Agros Foundation, where he worked with their community development projects.