Les
Bonde, the construction specialist
for Pura Vida, is an engineer and former
Science Support Director for Raytheon
Polar Services,as well as a former
VP of Engineering Services at EG&G.
Gene
Branch, an engineer turned patent
attorney, is a frequent attendee on
Pura Vida-sponsored work trips to Lemoa,
Guatemala. He and his wife Dawn and
are avid fundraisers for the John Wesley
School in Santa Cruz del Quiché.
Executive
Director
Mark
Ely,the founder of Pura
Vida Ministries, travels to Guatemala
throughout the year to administer programs
and lead work trips. He also provides
occasional IT consulting to Compassion
International. [ read
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Richard
N. Ely brings extensive nonprofit
experience to Pura Vida as a former
executive director of Ruritan
National, a national civic organization
based in Dublin, Virginia. He serves
on the Community Relationships Committee
of the Boy
Scouts of America and is a partner
of the Freedoms
Foundation.
David
Money is the Executive Vice President
and General Counsel for First
Data Corporation. Member, Planning
& Facilities Committee of The
Children’s Hospital board of
directors. Former Associate Pastor,
St.
Luke’s UMC, Highlands Ranch,
CO. David is a long time Pura Vida student
sponsor and trip attendee.
Treasurer
Nicolette
Rounds, CPA, is the principal of
the rounds company. Her hands-on involvement
with Pura Vida began when she traveled
to Guatemala with her daughter’s
youth group, and was deeply touched
by the exceptional work done by Pura
Vida and the people of Guatemala. She
continues her involvement as a work
trip participant and lends a hand to
the organization with tax compliance
services. Additionally, she is a long-standing
active member in the American
Society of Women Accountants where
she serves as Chapter President and
Scholarship Trustee.
Secretary
Lyle
SmithGraybeal is the Projects Director
for Renovaré,
a parachurch organization dedicated
to renewing the Church.
Jennifer
Watson is vice president of MGA
Communications, Inc., a public relations,
marketing and research firmed based
in Denver, Colorado. Jennifer works
with a variety of Colorado nonprofit
organizations and traveled to Guatemala
on her first Pura Vida trip in 2010.
Isaak