30197: Ashmore (announce) Lambi Fund of Haiti Appoints Deputy Director (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Karen Ashmore <info@lambifund.org>

For Immediate Release

CONTACT:

Karen Ashmore, Executive Director
info@lambifund.org <//info@lambifund.org/> email
303-204-3964 cell


*Lambi Fund of Haiti Appoints New Deputy Director*


March 14, 2007 -- Leonie Hermantin was named Deputy Director by Lambi Fund
of Haiti, where she will be responsible for outreach and education in North
America and Haiti. Formerly the Director of Research and Strategic Planning
at the Santa La Haitian Neighborhood Center in  Miami, FL, Hermantin was one
of two Haitian Americans cited by the Miami Herald for special recognition
as up and coming leaders in South Florida. She has a Juris Doctor from
University of California - Berkeley and over ten years of non-profit
management experience. She currently serves on the board of Little Haiti
Housing and Accion USA - Miami and has received numerous awards for her
activism and civic contributions. A resident of South Miami, she can be
reached at leonie@lambifund.org <//leonie@lambifund.org/>

 The Lambi Fund's mission is to assist the popular, democratic movement in
Haiti. Lambi Fund works in partnership with rural grassroots peasant
organizations to support economic *justice, democracy and sustainable
development in Haiti. More information can be found at www.lambifund.org
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Karen Ashmore
Executive Director
Lambi Fund of Haiti
Supporting economic justice, democracy and sustainable development in Haiti
www.lambifund.org