GSC Full Time Staff

• Rick Lathrop - Executive Director
• Maxine Lathrop - Assistant Director/Tanzania Program Coordinator
• Kent Hung - Database Manager/Thailand Program Assistant
• Alison Kaneko - Program Assistant

GSC Interns

• William Li - Accounting Intern



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.


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 and became a full-time GSC staff member in 2007.


Kent Hung - Database Manager/Thailand Program Assistant
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
Alison began her work with Global Service Corps as a program intern and now serves as a Program Assistant. She received her B.A. degree in Psychology from California State University East Bay and is now obtaining her M.A. in International Relations from San Francisco State University. Alison enjoys traveling and has been to many different countries including Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Italy, France, and Japan.


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.