I am the founder of Life in Africa and a member of the Ned Board. I am an American who has lived in Uganda since 1998 - throughout that time one of my main passions has been finding ways to use the internet to create meaningful grassroots change in African communities. I became an Ashoka Fellow in 2001 after creating the first microfinance program in Africa driven by global online donor relationships. That work evolved toward a focus on community building - both online and off, including connections between the two.

Apart from continued activity on the Opok Farms project, in 2008 taking a 1 year breather to focus on family, I will try to check in and keep abreast of nedster's happenings when I can.