Board of Directors
The current members of the Board of Directors of KEY International
Foundation are Bala Batavia,
Georgia Gebhardt, Cynthianna
Hahn, Christine A. Garvey, and
Kathyrn Mikel .
Dr. Batavia is a Professor of Economics
at DePaul University since 1976, and has been the prime motivator
in the starting of this Foundation. He grew up in India but has
lived in the U.S. since 1967 and has been a naturalized U. S. citizen
since 1981. He has traveled widely throughout India and many other
developing nations. After observing the widespread poverty and deprivation
in these countries, he and several of his friends were motivated
to start this foundation to help the impoverished children and their
families in developing countries. He is also the President and Treasurer
of KEY International Foundation.
Email address: bbatavia@depaul.edu
Phone: 312-337-4163
Ms. Gebhardt has earned
degrees in international affairs and liberal studies. For the past
thirty-three years she has taught intermediate students in the Glenview
Public Schools. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, she
has been involved in education reform, first helping to create a
clinical teacher training program in partnership with DePaul University,
and then serving as a mentor teacher to the interns and residents.
Serving on the Key International Board is a welcome opportunity
to combine two seemingly disparate interests in education and international
affairs.
Email address: ggebhardt@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 847-853-8225
Dr. Hahn has her Ph.D. in social work.
In the mid 1960s she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama, where
she lived and worked in a low-income community. Since then she has
worked as a social worker in a variety of jobs in hospitals and
social agencies. From 1979 to 2006, she was a social worker in the
Chicago Public Schools. She worked with students who come from low-income
families and who have problems such as learning disabilities, and
emotional or behavioral problems. She has now retired and teaches
part-time in the graduate program in social work at the University
of Chicago. She has also traveled to India, Central and South America,
Africa and Europe. She is the Vice-President and Secretary of KEY
International Foundation.
Email address: cynch42@gmail.com
Phone: 773-244-1914
Dr.Garvey, PhD,
RN is an Assistant Professor at Rush University College of Nursing.
She has worked with children and their families in a variety of
settings for over 30 years. These settings include the Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Ward in a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian
border, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, and caring
for children with Developmental Disabilities both in the home and
at school. She is co-developer of a parent education program for
parents of young children, called The Chicago Parent Program (www.chicagoparentprogram.org).
This program is designed for a culturally and economically diverse
audience experiencing everyday parenting challenges.
Email address: Christine_A_Garvey@rush.edu
Phone: 312-942-6953
Kathryn Mikel worked in child
protective services for the Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services for 20 years, the last seven years as supervisor
of a team of child protective investigators. Kathryn is retired
from the field of social services, and is now a legislative assistant
in the document research section of the City Council Division-City
Clerk’s office. She has done volunteer work for the Gabriel
Richard Institute, Ravenswood Hospital Mental Health Center, Madden
Mental Health Center, Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, Centro
Romero, and Albany Park Community Center.
Email address: kmikel@att.net
Phone: 773-929-2958
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