Gelila Tadesse is Ethiopian and grew up in Addis Ababa. She has been an active volunteer in humanitarian work for the last eleven years and has dedicated her life work to the improvement of hearing impaired children and youth in Ethiopia. Gelila is a mother to a young son and daughter.

Lisa Perez is half Ethiopian and half Swedish, a successful businesswoman and physiotherapist who runs her own health center -- Cabinet 22 Geneva -- which also houses other practitioners of alternative health and physical well-being. Lisa is also a mother of two, a son and a daughter.

Rita Raulet is Brazilian born, trained in general administration and experienced in financial accountancy and a mother of two. Rita is the financial advisor for Chance for Change, and supervises the association's financial record-keeping.

Angie Simottel is an American born mother of two, trained in public relations and journalism. Angie worked in a start up magazine in Geneva and is experienced in networking and marketing.

Megan Paterson-Brown MA, CMHC, is a Kenyan-born, half South-African, half American, who spent part of her early childhood in Ethiopia due to her father's work with the Ford Foundation. She is a trained mental health clinician and lecturer in the psychology department at Webster University. A mother of one young son, she was raised in developing countries where her parents were active working on behalf of advocating for underprivileged communities.