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Board of Directors

by admin, December 29, 2016
  • Jaime Figueroa, MPA
    Jaime Figueroa, MPA
    Country Director, Peru
  • Lindsey Zimmerman
    Lindsey Zimmerman
    Secretary
  • Scott Evans, CPA
    Scott Evans, CPA
    Treasurer
  • Van Evans, PhD, LCSW
    Van Evans, PhD, LCSW
    President
Jaime Figueroa, MPA
Country Director, Peru

Jaime has worked for more than 17 years directing micro-enterprise and rural development projects in Perú, Bolivia, México, Ecuador and the Philippines with expertise in strategy, budgets, personnel, training, project design, evaluation, and conflict management.

Lindsey Zimmerman
Secretary

Lindsey obtained a Bachelors degree in FCHD Family and Community Services with a minor in Psychology from Utah State University in 2012.  She has gone on several expeditions and her duties include donations, marketing, fundraisers, and the monthly newsletter.

Scott Evans, CPA
Treasurer

  • Treasurer

Scott works as an Auditor for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He has taken numerous humanitarian expeditions to Peru and Ecuador. He graduated from the University of Utah with a BA in Accounting.

Van Evans, PhD, LCSW
President

Van is the founder of Generations Humanitarian. He served as executive director from 2008 – 2016. In 2012 he worked in Global Philanthropy at the Council on Foundations in Washington, D.C.

His interests and research include Latin American and global philanthropy, voluntarism, religious philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and civil society. Past research includes best-practice interventions for street children, and child trafficking for slavery, sexual exploitation, and organs. He has worked in the sector for 17 years in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Honduras. He has published several peer-reviewed articles, and his first book on Latin American philanthropy, Generosidad en México, was published in late 2013 where he co-authored several chapters.

He obtained a M.S.W. degree from the University of Utah, a M.S. degree in Nonprofit/NGO Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He has taught philanthropy at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, Beijing Normal University, University of Utah, Westminster College, and the Utah Nonprofits Association.