The main people in Jhai Foundation are the kids. We're serious about this. The Lao people we work with look at everything we do as much as possible from the vantagepoint of the next generation. We follow suit. On any given week up to 125 people volunteer on our project, too. These people work at things they enjoy, usually at the top of their skill levels. We have farmers, attorneys, businesspeople, accountants, graphic designers, website designers, database management experts, construction workers, computer program trainers, agricultural experts, small business developers, coffee tasters, coffee industry experts, clerical workers, bankers, warehousemen, procurement specialists, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, food industry technologists, weavers, engineers, telecommunication specialists, well-diggers, teachers, and non-profit management experts - among others - working on our project. Of these about 1/4 are vets. The rest are folks from around the world who want to lend a hand. Our network is global. Jhai Foundation is considered 'best practices' in all its programs. Lee Thorn is chair. Lee has 35 years of experience in management consulting in poverty communities worldwide. He co-founded Jhai Foundation in 1997 with Bounthanh Phommasathit and Rich Stoll after teaching at the graduate business school at the University of San Francisco. Jhai's board includes Dr. Ed Gaible (20 years of ICT and education consulting), Bounthanh Phommasathit (social work administrator), Ravi Gopalan, CEO, Argusoft/India, Jim Ketola (retired), Dr. Michael Best (Georgia Tech) and Earl Mardle (Chairman of the Jury, Stockholm Challenge). We have offices in San Francisco. Jhai's major funding has come from Cisco Systems, World Bank, Soros Foundations, Sweden, Canada, and individual donors. Individuals who have supported us include Ken Haughton, inventor of the Winchester drive, Milan Momirov, who developed seminal telecommunication software, Howard Neff, a former senior manager at Applied Materials, and Lee Felsenstein, recognized by many as one of the pioneers in the personal computer industry and inventor of JhaiPCv1.0. Jhai ICT advisors include Chetan Sharma (CEO, Datamation), Ravi Gopalan (CEO, Argusoft), Lee Felsenstein, Ken Haughton, Howard Neff, Deepak Amin (CEO, Covelix; advisor, Grameen USA), Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (IIT-Madras), Paul Dravis (Dravis Group, formerly of JP Morgan), Jim Forster (distinguished engineer at Cisco), Jon Peizer (formerly Soros Foundations), and Janine Firpo (President of Sevak).