Board of Directors
 John Badgley, Executive Director John H. Badgley, Ph.d, Executive Director /CEO; BA, University of Montana, US Infantry Lt. Korean War, MA Johns Hopkins SAIS, Fulbright–Burma, 1957; doctorate in political science, University of California, Berkeley; taught at Miami University, Ohio and SAIS, author of two books on Burma, another on Asian Development; co-founder with wife, Patricia, of Institute of the Rockies in 1973, CEO until 1985; joined Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program in 1986 as curator of the John M. Echols Southeast Asia Collection; awarded a second Fulbright in 1987 to join U Thaw Kaung, dean of Universities Central Library–surveyed Burma’s university and college libraries & raised funds for book preservation and librarian training programs; director serving on Myanmar Book Aid & Preservation Foundation. Lives in Edmonds, WA. |
| David Leuthold, Ph.d, Board Chair; Ph.D. UC Berkeley; rtd Professor, U of Missouri– specialized in public administration, public opinion polling, and political campaigns; original associate, Institute of the Rockies. David and his wife, Carolyn manage the family wheat and cattle ranch near Billings, Montana. |
 Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung and daughter Yuri Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung, MD Institute of Medicine I, Yangon, Myanmar; briefly practiced medicine with his wife & classmate, Dr. May Moe Nwe, then soon retired to open Myanmar Book Centre in 1994 to feature English titles and commitment to preserve traditional palm leaf manuscripts. In 2001 he also created Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation to carry on projects designed by his father, U Thaw Kaung, retired Dean of Myanmar’s Library Diploma program. |
 Allen Bjergo in Washington D.C. Allen Bjergo, Ph.d, Cornell agricultural economist, career in cooperative extension service, volunteer rural development officer, Vietnam; international consultant–rural economic transition into the global market; Director, National Center of Appropriate Technology, also Director Montana Land Reliance, a conservation NGO; 30 year Director, Institute of the Rockies. Lives near Corvallis, Montana |
 Jack Simpson, Finance Committee Member, Founder and Board Chairman, Chief Architect, Inc., a software corporation located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Founder and Chair, Opportunity Foundation, a charity supporting slum schools in central India and providing care for abused and trafficked children in Thailand. Jack lives in Coeur d’Alene and Nang Rong Thailand. |
 Thant Thaw Kaung, Hector Rivas, Sue Simpson Hector Rivas, Finance Committee Member, is lead partner and CEO of Thrift Books. He served as an LDS missionary in Mexico, and his experience in Guatamala, his parents native country. His company recently grew to become the world’s largest on-line used book dealer. Hector lives in Auburn, WA |
| Dave Richards, Board Member and Treasurer, a business and social entrepreneur, he led technology and digital media businesses at RealNetworks, Sybase and Symantec. In 2008, Dave co-founded Bodega Ventures, an Internet technology business incubator which has launched its first operating company, HelpHive in 2009. He also co-founded Busy Investor, a social business that matches investors with credit-challenged home buyers to provide bridge financing for home ownership; administers a blog on effective sustainable and scalable approaches to reduce global poverty at DefeatPoverty.com; board member and advisor to Unitus, a partner with Social Venture Partners. Lives in Seattle. |
Advisors
| Matthew Daley, Rtd ambassador, former Asst Secretary of State, Asia & Far East; Chair, US-ASEAN Business Council, international consultant. |
| Daw Ah Win, MLSci, U Hawaii; UN Librarian, Vienna, Austria |
| Carolyn Leuthold, BA; Director, Montana Mental Health Assn & Missouri Mental Health Assn; League of Women Voters |
| Sue Simpson, BA, Director, Hydrabad slum revitalization project in India, an Opportunity Foundatiton project. |
 U Thaw Kaung, MLsci, London; Founder Myanmar Library Diploma Program; Member Historical Commission/Constitutional Convention |
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 Aleksandar Babic Aleksandar Babic, Former diplomat stationed in Myanmar seven years; currently, global product manager for Intermec, Int’l, Everett, Washington |
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