Father Don Vettese, S.J.
President and Founder

A member of the Jesuit Order since 1977; current Special Consultant to the United Nations Committee on Economics and Poverty; former President and Trustee, St. Johns Jesuit High School, Toledo, Ohio; Trustee, Co-founder/Former President, Boys Hope/ Girls Hope, St. Louis, MO. Longtime activist for the poor and disadvantaged, serving on numerous charitable and nonprofit boards both nationally and internationally. Nominated CNN Hero; recipient of the United State's Jefferson Award for Public Service, Guatemala's Distinguished Humanitarian Award, Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, commended by President George and Barbara Bush for outstanding public service.

Oscar Dussán
Executive Director

Current Special Consultant to the United Nations Committee on Economics and Poverty; former Consultant World Bank Global Financial Markets Department; former Consultant United Nations Pan American Health Organization; former Researcher World Bank Finance and Infrastructure Department; former Counselor for the General Secretary, Banco Union Colombiano, Bogota, Colombia.

Andrew Pawuk
International Program Director

Latin American International Affairs Specialist; former Coordinating Assistant for Development and Recruitment, Ohio University Puerto Rico Study Abroad Program; former Researcher, Tosepantomin Microfinance Internship, Cuetzalan, Mexico.

Mary Hall
Office Manager

Twenty years' project accounting and office management for custom home and commercial builders; Project Accountant/Bank Liaison for Mallard Condominiums, LLC; Extensive volunteer work including Board Secretary/Treasurer of Education Commission for Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, FIRST Robotics, and Brian's House Hospice.

Sam Shopinski
International Program Coordinator

Relief worker for displaced families after Hurricane Katrina; Peace Corps Volunteer, St. Lucia (2007-9); former employee St. Lucia Diabetes & Hypertension Association.

Erick Garby
Country Director, Guatemala

Former Operations Manager for the Guatemalan Affairs in New York and Los Angeles, Creacion Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi; former Internet Media Director, Creacion Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi; former Executive Director, Boys Hope, Guatemala.

Jesus Santos
Country Director, Honduras

Former Representative, Honduran Institute of Childhood and the Family; former Coordinator and Sociologist, Honduran Ecology Sustainable Development Network, former Logistics Monitor, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, World Food Program - United Nations.

Kenneth Coleman
Research Consultant

Kenneth Coleman has assisted International Samaritan in recent years with quantitative and qualitative research endeavors among beneficiaries of programs supported by International Samaritan, as well as among our mission trip volunteers. Currently an independent qualitative research consultant, Coleman has worked in the market research industry and as an academic specializing on Latin America. His academic appointments have included the Universities of Kentucky, North Carolina and New Mexico in this country and as a Fulbright Lecturer in Mexico, Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Scott Savage
Sylvania, OH

Founder and CEO of SJS Investment Consulting, Inc., a Sylvania Ohio based investment advisory firm. He currently serves on the board of several Catholic charities and educational institutions in Northwest Ohio.

Board Members

Alvaro Andrade
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Grupo Altamira, one of Guatemalas largest urban development firms. Former professor of Architecture, has studied at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, MS Construction Management, Texas A&M.

Mary Lou Fox
La Jolla, CA

Former President Westhaven Services, former Marketing Vice President Omnicare Inc.; current CEO KYSO; CEO and Founder Fox Marketing LLC; active member of a number of boards for community and educational causes.

Christopher Lindsey
New York, NY

Director for the Central Funding Group of Royal Bank of Canada in New York City; formerly worked for the bank in London, England; Bachelor of Science and Engineering Degree, University of Pennsylvania; 1995 Salutatorian of St. John’s Jesuit High School. Chris was one of the four students who traveled with Father Don to Guatemala in 1994. His work raising awareness and funds for the Guatemala City garbage dump dwellers helped lead to the founding of International Samaritan.

Clay Mathile
Dayton, OH

Former President and CEO, former Chairman of the Board of Iams Company; current chairman of investment firm CYMI, Ltd., chairman of Aileron (formerly the Center for Entrepreneurial Education), President of Mathile Family Foundation; active board member for non-profit organizations focused on education for the underprivileged.

Rev. Thomas J. Pipp, S.J.
St. Paul, MN

Director of Novices for the Society of Jesus (Chicago, Detroit, Wisconsin provinces); former assistant pastor at St. Mary’s Student Parish; held various key roles at St. John’s Jesuit High School for 17 years; ordained to the priesthood in 1992; earned three master’s degrees in English, Divinity and Theology; Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Notre Dame.

Karen and Bill Pulte
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Retired founder of Pulte Homes; many philanthropic interests with emphasis on the poor, elderly, the homeless and children. Karen and Bill are founding members of the International Samaritan Board of Trustees.

Joe Rideout, Esq.
Toledo, OH

Partner in law firm of Shumaker, Loop, & Kendrick, LLP of Toledo & Columbus, Ohio, Tampa, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina; current Administrator of the firm’s real estate department; extensive history with civic and charitable pursuits in Ohio and elsewhere.

Duane Stranahan, Jr.
Naples, FL

President or Director of multiple enterprises; personal and family investment portfolios manager; President Stranahan Foundation; President and Trustee Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation; Trustee Hillsdale College, collier County Community Foundation, NCH Foundation.

Truman Timmis, J.D.
Birmingham, MI

Founding Partner of Legacy Private Capital, LLC. Extensive business and legal experience gained over a twenty eight year career in estate planning and wealth management, real estate development and consulting and the practice of law. Very active in the community including extended terms on the boards of Boys Hope Girls Hope Detroit, Detroit Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and the Executive Board of the Wayne State University Law School Alumni Association.

Joan and John Vatterott
St. Louis, MO

Founders Vatterott College of St. Louis; current consultants to Vatterott College. Mr. Vatterot is Chairman of the school’s management team.