Our charity remains managed and governed in the US by an active volunteer Board of Directors. We hire only local (in-country) staff to execute our work. All paid staff are deployed to the field, which allows us to direct all donor funds towards program services.
Amit Kapadia (Founder and President)
Amit Kapadia is the Founder and President of The Unforgotten. Amit holds a MS in Environmental Engineering and a MA in International Relations and has over a decade of experience in international development. Amit’s passion is to help vulnerable children in the developing world.
Please feel free to contact Amit Kapadia with any questions or concerns at:
: 443-668-2648
: amit.kapadia@unforgotten.org
Michelle La Duca (Chief Financial Officer)
Michelle La Duca is a new Board Member and will be serving as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Michelle has over 20 years of experience as an executive leader in facilities management, and is serving as a Captain/Vice Commander in the US Navy. Michelle holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
: michelle.laduca@unforgotten.org
Ramé Hemstreet (Director – Capital Projects)
Ramé Hemstreet is a retired U.S. Navy officer who now lives in San Francisco and works for the healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente.
: rame.hemstreet@unforgotten.org
Aminata Alharazim (Country Director, Sierra Leone)
Ms. Aminata Alharazim, is the Country Director for Unforgotten Sierra Leone. Aminata’s family is from Sierra Leone and she speaks Krio.
Ms. Alharazim has over eight years of professional experience in project management, design engineering, and facilities management. She presently works for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Technical Certificate in Regulatory Affairs for Biotechnology.
: aminata.alharazim@unforgotten.org
Madina Alharazim (Finance Country Director, Sierra Leone)
For the last five years, Madina Alharazim has served as the Finance Country Director for Unforgotten Sierra Leone. Madina and her sister, Aminata, founded the Unforgotten – Sierra Leone office in December 2013.
Madina holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and M.S. in Environmental Management and Renewable Energy. When Madina is not volunteering her time for the Unforgotten, she works for the US Navy.
: madina.alharazim@unforgotten.org
Vandana Naik (Country Director, India)
Longtime Unforgotten Board Member and Rotarian, Vandana Naik, is leading our program in the Pune region of India.
Vandana has a passion for helping vulnerable children, especially young girls. She is currently working to raise funds for empowering girls in rural India by providing them with bicycles so they can get to school. This has succeeded in reducing their dropout rate. To support her Crowdrise campaign directly, please visit this link.
Anita Pandey (Education Advisor)
Dr. Anita Pandey is a professor, researcher, and professional development (PD) provider at Morgan State University. As U.S. Liaison for the Association for Childhood Education International and the Alliance for Childhood, Anita champions quality and equity in childhood education/socialization. Her latest book, “Language Building Blocks” is a best-seller from Teachers College Press. Anita is also the Director of the Howard County African American History Project, part of the Howard County Historical Society and is currently running for Howard County Board of Education.
: languagebuildingblocks@gmail.com
Sepo Imakando Musokotwane
Sepo Imakando Musokotwane, Ph.D., is new to the Unforgotten Board and has an interest in creating recycling programs and empowering women through entrepreneurship training in this nascent field in Zambia. Based in Lusaka, she is an Operating Partner/Managing Director of Elderberry and leads the operations of the firm’s education investment vehicle. She has previously worked with the United Nations at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Washington D.C. She has previously also worked as an Assistant Dean at the University of Lusaka (UNILUS) in the School of Health Sciences and the School of Business. Sepo is responsible for Elderberry’s Thebe International School, American Varsity, Thebe University and Little Explorers Nursery Schools.
Diana Maimone
Diana Maimone has been a longtime advocate and volunteer for UNFF. In 2018 she formally joined our Board. For over a decade she has worked in protecting air and water quality using her BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and MS in Biological Resources Engineering. She’s fluent in Italian and American Sign Language and currently resides in Texas.
: diana.maimone@unforgotten.org
Dave Butler
Dave Butler joined as a Board Member in January 2019 and will be utilizing his professional skills as a geologist, project manager, and water expert to support the capital projects undertaken by The Unforgotten Fund.
Mr. Butler has over twenty years of professional experience in environmental consulting and project management having functioned as a Geologist, Physical Scientist, and Environmental Strategist. He presently works for a private consulting firm in Colorado.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Geology and Water Resources from the University of Colorado at Boulder.