Director of Operations

Tim served as an intern for The 1010 Project in 2008 and 2009 while in graduate school at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He secured the organization’s first foundation grant. Tim returns to The 1010 Project after a year in California as an inaugural Faiths Act Fellow, a program of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

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Director of The GEA in Nairobi

Josephine is a community leader with years of knowledge and training, she also founded Fair Oaks Academy (a partner of The 1010 Project) with her husband Brown (see inset picture) to meet the educational needs of impoverished children.

Read Josephine’s story where she tells us about her inspiration and aspirations for equipping entrepreneurs to break the cycle of poverty.

Executive Director

One moment, you might find Melissa listening, learning, and growing in her role as a servant-leader for The 1010 Project. The next moment, you might not be able to get her to contain herself as she shares the inspirational stories of our innovative partners in Kenya and here in the United States.

After having served as a member for five years, the Board of The 1010 Project asked Melissa to transition into the role of Executive Director. As such, she is responsible for providing clear leadership and building strong partnerships to enable The 1010 Project to pursue its vision of breaking the cycle of poverty and sharing “abundant life.”

Melissa is passionate about listening to peoples’ stories, inspiring people to use their unique talents and skill sets to positively impact the world around them, forging strategic partnerships and networks, cultivating a culture of transformative service/engagement in our communities, and looking for synergistic, creative solutions to daunting social issues.

Melissa’s story includes an eclectic mix of being a wife, and a mom to two dynamic daughters; living and teaching in Japan; visiting or backpacking through more than 40 countries; administering service-learning programs for nine years at the University of Denver; operating a home-based business; growing spiritually with her church family at Highline Community, volunteering at her daughters’ school; and training for triathlons to raise money for The 1010 Project.

Melissa’s academic background includes establishing her vision for Kingdom service and integrating faith and learning while studying economics and communications at her much-loved alma mater, Calvin College, and earning a Master’s in Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy at Harvard University Graduate School of Education where she became enamored with the concept of international service- learning. Melissa’s interest in international issues was instigated while studying abroad at Reading University in Reading, England.