W. Frederick Shaw DrPH - CEO
Presently
: CEO and founder of Developing Indigenous Resources
Formerly: Chief, Health Team, President of Pakistan's Task Force on Human Development; Co-founder and Consultant for APPNA SEHAT, Pakistan; Consultant for International Medical Corps; Associate Director in charge of programs in Asia, Africa and Oceania for Project Concern International; Assistant Country Director for CARE in The Philippines; CARE Representative in India; Chief, Waterborne Disease Project, Swaziland; Served on the faculties of Health, of Management, or of International Management at the University of Massachusetts, The Center for Higher Education in California, The University of Phoenix, and at Diablo Valley College, California: Gerontological Health Research Project Director, UC, Berkeley; Cross-cultural Programs Co-ordinator at the School for International Training, Vermont.
Academic Background: Doctor of Public Health and Masters in Public Health degrees from University of California School of Public Health, Berkeley.

Audrey D. Cole - Treasurer
Presently: Audrey D. Cole manages her own successful microcomputer consulting business in San Francisco, specializing in custom database applications, and has done so since 1985.  She is currently Vice-President of the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association, and is a board member and Treasurer for the Bay Area Association of Database Developers.
Formerly: Treasurer for the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association.
Academic Background: BA degree in Linguistics from the University of California, Irvine.

Gayle Hagen - Secretary
Presently:
Volunteer activities center around international health and local public school education.
Formerly: Director of Development for medical research programs, University of California San Francisco; Bay Area Regional Director for Breast and Prostate Health, American Cancer Society; communication staff or consultant for many Bay Area nonprofit organizations; Peace Corps health educator, Togo.

Academic Background:
Master's in Nonprofit Administration, University of San Francisco; BA, University of Washington. 

 

K. T. Srinnivasan - India Representative
Presently
: Representative in India for DIR.  Provides liaison with Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh and various other agencies in India.  Concurrently part-time consultant to a film production unit in North Carolina, representing their interests in India establishing contacts with various Producers, Directors and financing agencies.
Formerly:
With CARE International for 39 years in various departments (Finance, Food, Port, Internal Audit, Development - which included health, agriculture, construction) and liaison with Central Government and State Governments.  Retired as Assistant Director.
Academic Background:
Graduate. Specialized training courses done in various prestigious institutions in Ahmedabad, Delhi & Hyderabad in the Management of Rural Development; Strategies for Rural Development; Design & Evaluation and Human Resource Management for Executives.