Some kids still believe dreams come true
David L. Haskell, Chief Executive Officer
David’s resolve to serve those suffering in hard places started as a civilian in war-torn Lebanon. Now CEO of Dreams InDeed International, David models vision and values and mentors indigenous social entrepreneurs. Formerly Habitat for Humanity regional director, David has twenty years entrepreneurship experience, launching six Middle Eastern start-ups and directing four African turn-arounds. David earned his Master of Public Administration from Harvard specializing in Leadership and Negotiation; an MA in Applied Linguistics from UCLA; and a BA in Communications magna cum laude from Wheaton. A Pforzheimer Nonprofit Fellow at Harvard and Fulbright Scholar at University of Jordan, David received an Outstanding Teaching Award at UCLA and has presented at Adelphi, Berkeley, Harvard, Notre Dame, Oxford, Princeton, Stanford, Tufts, and Wheaton.
Richard F. Speck
Vice-President of Operations
After an early experience serving a community of people with leprosy in Nepal, Richard’s passion has been to create the context for the marginalized to experience all they are created to be. As VP of Operations, Richard is responsible for developing and directing Dreams InDeed’s operational capacity and resources. Richard has over twenty years of management experience ranging from for-profit administration of a healthcare group serving 25,000 lives with a $16 million budget to a non-profit urban community development initiative impacting 1200 lives a week with 30 staff, a $2.2 million budget, and 1000 volunteers per year. Richard holds a Master of Public Health from University of Missouri, an MA in Biblical Studies from Dallas, and a BS in Biology from University of Colorado at Boulder.
Janice Hayashi Haskell
Vice-President of Program Development
Janice’s passion to empower the marginalized grew from her heritage scarred by Hiroshima’s devastation and U.S. internment of Japanese-American citizens. For over twenty years, Janice has tapped the power of love and wisdom to elicit transformative potential – from life-coaching Stanford students and innovating curriculum with abused children in the USA to strengthening street children mentoring and support of the mentally challenged in the Middle East. As Dreams InDeed VP of Program Development, Janice develops indigenous social entrepreneurs, weaves strategic networks, and assesses mapped outcomes. Janice earned her MA in International Affairs from Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, an MS in Education summa cum laude from Portland State, and a BA in Psychology cum laude from Lewis and Clark.
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