Steve Deering – Thailand Program Volunteer Assistant
Steve recently joined GSC as a volunteer working on the Thailand program. Steve retired in 2007 after more than 35 years of government experience. Among the positions he held were Program Director for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in San Francisco, and Deputy Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also in San Francisco. Steve has traveled extensively in Asia, most recently to Thailand, Laos and Burma. In addition to a B.A. in Political Science from Seattle University and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis, he has a Masters degree in Asian Studies from the Dominican University of California.

Brian Fabian - Thailand Program Coordinator
Brian Fabian returned to the Global Service Corps San Francisco headquarters having recently completed a year stint in Thailand as the GSC In-Country Coordinator. Prior to his post in Thailand, Brian completed a Master's of Public Administration Degree at San Francisco State University focusing on nonprofit management. Before earning his M.P.A., Brian spent three years in Hanoi, Vietnam gaining valuable international development experience at Asia Injury Prevention Foundation working in the field of traffic safety. A trained TEFL teacher, Brian also taught English at Apollo Education and Training in Hanoi. In addition, Brian holds a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Political Science.

Kent Hung - Database Manager
Kent began his volunteering experience at Global Service Corps as a part-time database intern in 2001. In 2005 he became an employee of GSC where he continues to work part-time today. His principal tasks are with the ongoing maintenance of GSC’s custom-designed MS ACCESS database as well as supporting many of its varied functions. Kent received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in 1990 with an emphasis in database processing and management followed up with a Certificate in Accounting from Foothill College. He previously has worked as an accounting specialist for a Palo Alto high-tech start-up, as a data specialist for a department in the Stanford School of Medicine, a Human Resources specialist for Quantum Corporation, and in the Sales/Credit department of Extreme Networks in Santa Clara. On his days off from GSC he works for a broker-dealer company in Campbell where he converts and indexes company client files into a web-based document management system.

Alison Kaneko - Program Assistant Intern
Alison was born and raised in Berkeley, CA. After high school, she attended UC San Diego. Missing the Bay Area, Alison moved back up north and finished her undergraduate studies at California State University, Hayward, receiving a B.A. in psychology. Alison is a world traveler having spent time in Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Italy, and Japan. Most recently, Alison volunteered in an elementary school in Ghana for several months. During her time in Ghana, Alison developed a strong affinity for fried plantains and hopes to return to Africa in the not so distant future!

Maxine Lathrop - Assistant Director/Tanzania Program Coordinator
Following four years studying liberal arts at California State University-Fullerton, Maxine worked in the food service industry that lead to a career including menu design, consulting, event planning, cooking for internationally known leaders and managing the food service operation at a wellness conference center on an organic farm.. From 1992 to 2006, Maxine embarked on a property management career that included managing a 73-unit property in San Francisco. During this time she also acted as a consultant and supporter of Global Service Corps andbecame a full-time GSC staff member in 2007.

Rick Lathrop - Executive Director
Prior to forming Global Service Corps (GSC), Rick had experience as a high school teacher, a Navy Officer, a print advertising account representative, a non profit administrator, and an adult holistic educator and leadership trainer. Rick's graduate studies were part of the Human and Organization Development Ph.D. program at The Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California. At Fielding, Rick became interested in global studies, particularly in the area of sustainable development, and discovered that there were few educational programs available for adults to gain firsthand experience in the field of international development. With the assistance of a small startup grant from Fielding, he began the development of a program of short-term, "mini Peace Corps" types of experiences to provide Fielding students and others international grass roots exposure to global issues. The concept soon expanded to include participation of adults from all walks of life interested in this kind of experience. Rick continued developing the GSC program part time while completing his studies, and finished his Masters degree in Organization Development in August of 1994. He has been working full time on this endeavor since that time.

William Li - Accounting Intern
William is currently studying Economics at the University of San Francisco, while working as an accounting intern with Global Service Corps. William has lived in many different cities around the world including Beijing, Boston, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, learning how to speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. When not working or studying, he likes to play computer games or instant message with his friends. Other interests include reading about science, technology, and current events in the news.

Alpa Mistry – Program Assistant Intern
Alpa is in the midst of a one-year San Francisco stint after leaving the United Kingdom to take a break from her career and see the world. Living in London for most of her life, she decided to move to San Francisco with her husband for a year where she also volunteers at a local school. Prior to interning at Global Service Corps, Alpa worked in Head Office Merchandising for large retailers for five years after graduating from De Montfort University (UK) with a BA (Hons) in Business Studies.