TEAM LEADER - Mr. Michael Jerome, Cooperstown Rotary Club, Cooperstown, NY
Travel & Tourism, primarily Hotel Administration, for 30 years. Speaks English and a little French. Married 10 years to Marianne Bez no children
Vocational interests: Tour community-based ecotourism projects and visit cultural sites such as Ashante country and coastal forts in Ghana; fetish market and Grand Marche in Lome, Togo; Ganvie in Benin; and the Dogon region, Mopti, Timbuktu, Djenne and Falaise de Bandiagara in Mali to see how tourism has affected these various sites.
E-mail: mjerome@stny.rr.com
TEAM MEMBER: Ms. Debra Giordano from Interlaken, NY, sponsored by the Trumansburg Rotary Club
Executive Director for Workforce Development for 5 years. Speaks English and Spanish. Married to Arthur w/ 2 stepsons: Antonio 27; Gabriel 23 and 1 daughter, Jacqueline 16
Vocational interests: Tour employment and training facilities; meet with economic and workforce officials; visit various workplaces to get a sense of work ethics, use of technology, growing employment sectors, etc.
TEAM MEMBER: Ms. Shari L. Haldeman, Ithaca, New York sponsored by the Ithaca Rotary Club
Community Educator in Youth and Sustainable Development for 7+ years. Speaks English and Spanish. Engaged to be married.
Vocational interests: Art/artisan, women and youth development; orphanages, and agriculture. Interested in how women and youth are involved in community development.
TEAM MEMBER: Ms. Barbara Harman, Cooperstown, New York sponsored by the Cooperstown Rotary Club
Educator for 20 years and Office Manager recently. Speaks English and a little Spanish. Married to Bill w/ 2 children: Jessica 20 and Samuel 18
Vocational interests: See and interact with indigenous peoples, land, parks and natural resources. Tour educational (schools and museums), environmental, and dental facilities.
TEAM MEMBER: Ms. Kristin Sloth from Oneonta, New York sponsored by the Oneonta Club
Massage Therapist in Health industry for 15 years. Speaks English, German and a little French. She is single.
Vocational interests: visiting health care facilities.
