Tom Lane brings more than a decade of nonprofit management and fundraising expertise to the Advisory Board of the Child Soldier Relief Foundation, having advanced the work of several leading regional, national and international political advocacy, health and human rights organizations. Tom currently serves as a Major Gifts Officer with the Global Greengrants Fund, an organization dedicated to promoting global social justice and environmental sustainability. In addition, Tom is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and active member of The New School Alumni Association. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College and a M.S. in Nonprofit Management from The New School.

Charlotte Rademaekers has worked in TV and documentary for 7 years with shows on TLC, National Geographic and A&E. In that time, she wrote, directed and edited several award-winning shorts. Previously, Charlotte worked in New Media building innovative, educational, video-based websites for Columbia University, her alma mater, where she graduated magna cum laude. Throughout her life, she has traveled extensively and volunteered frequently.

Marc Garlasco is an accomplished military analyst with over 15 years experience. He has worked for Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based human rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights of the oppressed worldwide and currently runs the Civilian Casualty Tracking Center for The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). He has worked in Afghanistan, Gaza, Georgia, Iraq, Lebanon, and Kosovo during combat operations, stability operations, and peacekeeping and has experienced firsthand the impact war has on children.

Amy Eldon Amy’s career in broadcasting began with the Emmy-nominated documentary, Dying to Tell the Story, which she brought to TBS and CNN. She went on to associate produce and present that documentary which wove the story of her brother, photographer Dan Eldon, with those of other journalists working in conflict zones around the world. The two-hour documentary was nominated for a Director’s Guild Award as well as an Independent Spirit Award, and was short-listed for an Academy Award. Amy also co-produced Soldiers of Peace for CNN. In 2003 she was the host and co-creator of Global Tribe, a PBS series about “change-makers,” —ordinary people finding solutions to the challenges they face.She is the co-author, with Kathy Eldon, of three books, published by Chronicle Books, Soul Catcher: A Journal to Help You Become Who You Really Are; Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Rembrance andLove Catcher: A Journal to Invite Love into Your Life.

Lenny Easter is an attorney specializing in non-profit, intellectual property and entertainment law. His various clines include local, state, national and international organizations. He has served on the board of directors of numerous cultural and charitable organizations and now heads the board of directors of the YMCA of Kingston/Ulster County. He also taught courses in nonprofit law, ethics & professionalism as an adjunct faculty member at the New School University at Columbia and Yale Law Schools. He is a frequent lecturer on the fiduciary responsibilities and duties pertaining to governance. Mr. Easter has also produced opera and special event benefits. On top of all this, he is a serious musician (piano) and martial artist. He is a graduate of Harvard College, cum laude, and Columbia Law School.

Christopher R. Lane is a senior associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in the Washington, DC office of Clifford Chance US LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of representation of multi-national broker-dealers and other financial services companies in enforcement and regulatory matters, and conducting cross-border internal investigations of international financial institutions involving allegations of tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and violations of economic sanctions. Chris supervised a team of attorneys from the Washington, New York, Amsterdam and London offices in covering the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor before the Special Court for Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Open Society Institute Justice Initiative and the International Senior Lawyers Project. Chris and other CC attorneys were present for a number of court sessions at The Hague and developed and contributed to a blog that provided news and analysis of trial-related developments.  Chris won the Clifford Chance Best Contribution to Community award in 2009.

Julian V. Brandt III, owner of Julian V. Brandt Real Estate founded 1917 has been involved in the restoration of over thirty historic buildings in Charleston. He is an active board member of the Preservation Society of Charleston City of Charleston, Board of Architectural Review.  He has served on many committees forming city preservation policy and procedures and has represented the BAR at the Department of the Interior, testified at Congressional Hearings for the Department of the Interior, lectured to The National Trust For Historic Preservation, National Association of Realtors and Maryland Trust on the benefits of Historic District Zoning, appointed by the South Carolina State Legislature to the Old Exchange Building Commission, served as president of the Footlight Players, raising over $300,000 for the restoration of the theatre.  He has served as consultant to the American College of the Building Arts, member of the Order of St. John, Regional Committee Chairman; co-ordinating fundraising efforts to maintain the St. John’s Eye Hospital.  He has authored articles for Real Estate Trade Magazines on Community Revitalization, and preservation issues and for the Charleston Mercury Co-authored “Preserving Freedom 1800-1816” South Carolina and The Sea Vol. II.

Sarah Pierce is an associate attorney at the immigration law firm of Kempster, Keller & Lenz-Calvo in Chicago, IL. Her practice focuses on all aspects of immigration law, including removal defense and employment and family immigration. Sarah is published and has been an invited speaker on human trafficking and corporate liability in the United States. She is also very familiar with the nonprofit organizations, advocacy, and social media, having interned for Human Rights Watch, the Chicago Foundation for Women, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the National Immigrant Justice Center, the Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado, and Common Ground. Sarah is a graduate of Grinnell College and the University of Iowa School of Law, where she was the Senior Symposium Editor of the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.