Habele was initially founded by three young men, all of whom have taught in the classrooms of Outer Island Schools. Incorporation of the Fund in 2006 formalized individual efforts of sponsoring students and organizing book donations which began in 2002.

• Neil Mellen is President of the Board of the Directors. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, and a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Yap Outer Islands 2002-05). Mr. Mellen is a member of the South Carolina Educational Broadband Service Commission. He also serves as the President of the South Carolinians for Responsible Government, a non-partisan political advocacy group. Mr. Mellen has a Masters Degree in Philosophy.


• Alexander Sidles is Secretary of the Habele Board Directors. He is a former classroom teacher with experience in Chuuk and Yap States (2000-03). Mr. Sidles served as a Senior Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a veteran of four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.


• Regina Raglmar Raigetal is a member of the Habele Board of Directors. She attended Xavier High School and the College of Micronesia. She serves as the United States Peace Corps' Field Representative in the State of Yap. She has also worked for the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA) as well as the Federated States of Micronesia National Office of Planning and Budget.


• Marc McNamara is Treasurer of the Board of Directors. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and a former Peace Corps Volunteer who served as a community health adviser and classroom teacher (Republic of Madagascar 2003-2005). Mr. McNamara is an analyst at the United States Department of State. He has a Master's degree in public administration.


• Maureen Nunn is a member of the Habele Board of Directors. She is an author, teen guidance counselor, and award-winning television host. She is active in a range in of nonprofit, philanthropic, and education organizations in the greater Los Angeles area and has participated in Faith in Practice, a non-profit group that works in Guatemala. Mrs. Nunn is the proud mother of five children. She holds a Bachelors and Master's degree from the University of Southern California.


• The Honorable Miriam K. Hughes is a member of Habele Board of Directors. She served as U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia from 2007-2009. Previously, she was U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Her career as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer spanned 30 years. Among other assignments, she was U.S. Consul General in Mexico City and Director of Consular Fraud Prevention Programs in the State Department. Her other overseas postings included Santo Domingo, Quito, Bangkok, London and Thessaloniki. Ambassador Hughes is a graduate of Barnard College in New York City and obtained a teaching certificate from Columbia Teachers College.

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