Felix L James  Mr. James is an attorney with more than 30 years experience in marketing, sales and finance, having worked for several fortune 100 companies and  investment houses in the US. He is also a former Higher Education administrator, with extensive experience in public safety, international partnerships, multicultural and diversity management and community development. He has 15 years experience working in Cuba, Namibia and South Africa, dealing with international business transactions and economic and community development. Mr. James is the former owner of a company specializing in Emergency Management and Notification Systems.

Beverly J Lucas  Ms. Lucas is an attorney, mediator and entrepreneur whose background also includes local community development, and international micro-economic development, economic and community development, human rights, international education projects and conflict resolution. Ms. Lucas has worked for over 25 years on education issues in Haiti and Southern Africa, including consulting for a South African Provincial Ministry of Education. She helped establish educational partnerships with US schools, resulting in a program to train South African educators to develop new curricula, incorporating methods of critical thinking.

Ms. Lucas is also an experienced travel coordinator, having organized travel to Haiti for work teams as a volunteer and to South Africa for and with the company’s business clients. Her knowledge of both countries, their cultures and histories has been an asset to our company and to the organizations for which she volunteers.

Ms. Lucas is also a trained and experienced mediator who has mediated individual and community-based disputes for over 10 years.