Current Board Members

Scott Stadum – President

Scott graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2001 with a B.S. in Visual Communications Technology. He drove the 8,000 miles from Ohio to Minnesota, living briefly outside of Minneapolis for two years. At that time Scott helped job train the mentally impaired for the state of Minnesota. After two years in Minnesota, he went on to join the Peace Corps and served in Guyana from 2003 to 2005. While in Guyana, Scott was an IT volunteer with the World Wildlife Fund, promoting environmental causes through collaborations with organizations such as UN Volunteers, U.S.AID, The Wishbone Project/Smile Train, Iwokrama, and the Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society. Post-Peace Corps, Scott moved to Washington, DC and wore a tie for two years while working in a cubicle for the FAA and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Scott joined Idealist in January 2008 and took off the tie.

Scott is also FROG’s co-technology chair and program manager

Louise Stenberg – Vice President

After realizing that her degree in humanities from the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University in Minnesota didn’t give her a clear career direction, Louise joined the Peace Corps and served as a Community Health Education Volunteer in Guyana from 2004 to 2006. During her service, she worked with Hope For All, a local NGO that focuses on HIV/AIDS education and services. After finishing her Peace Corps service, she went back to school and in May 2008 earned her Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Soon after graduation, she returned to Guyana and worked with the USAID/Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Project. Then, after a year in Washington, DC, Louise moved back to Minnesota and currently works at the Minnesota Department of Health.

Louise has been doing a spectacular job as a grants coordinator.

Aimie (Langenfeld) Mims – Secretary

Aimie received a BA in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 2000 and a MA in International Studies and Conflict Resolution from the University of Denver in 2002. From 2004-2006, Aimie served as a Community Education Promoter in Uitvlugt, WCD, Guyana and extended her Peace Corps service for a third year from 2006-2007. Aimie served as VAC Chair and co-authored the training guide “Literacy Manual: For Effective Literacy Teaching and Training in the Guyanese School System�. After her Peace Corps service, Aimie lived in Bartica, Guyana from 2007-2008. She now works as a Siting and Land Rights Technician for a Utility company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Aimie coordinates community outreach activities for FROG as well.

Jody Knueppel – Treasurer

Jody was sold on the idea of joining Peace Corps after seeing their advertisement on AFN in 1986. With her husband Jason, she served in Bartica, Guyana, as an Education Volunteer with St. Anthony’s Primary School. A military brat, she has lived in 5 different states and spent most of her childhood in Germany. Prior to PC, she attended Indiana University majoring in German and Sociology, and then worked for IU as a Foreign Student Advisor and VITA Coordinator. She is currently working in the Community Liaison Office in the US Mission in Mozambique and chipping away at her Masters in Accounting.

Kati Ringer

After graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in History and Studio Art, Kati Ringer served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guyana from 2004-2006. It was there, working as an Educator, that she discovered a love for working with young children. She currently lives and works in Burlington, Vermont and spends her free time running non-profits, making art, listening to great music, spending time with her family and friends and looking for great spots to hang a hammock.

Eric Terpstra

After growing up in Iowa and graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in MIS and Finance, Eric became a bit restless and joined the Peace Corps. In addition to teaching a slew of computer classes, Eric opened a small internet cafe at the Georgetown YWCA, assisted other volunteers with small IT projects, and rubbed elbows with Jimmy Carter, Mick Jagger, and the U.S. Ambassador. Following the Peace Corps and a short stint in Chicago, Eric participated in a one-year “Residency in Social Enterprise” in Boston, where he assisted the Young Entrepreneurs Alliance with various capacity building projects. He then decided Tennessee was the place to be, so he currently resides in Memphis and manages projects for Mind Over Data.

For FROG, Eric is co -technology chair and membership chair

Mike Geurink

Michael Geurink is originally from Western Wisconsin and his biggest aspiration is to continue working in developing countries overseas. He graduated from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in Recreation Management, and completed his internship at Wilderness Inquiry where he guided canoe trips for people with all abilities in the state of Maine. After leading trips in Maine he applied to the Peace Corps and accepted an invitation to serve in Guyana. There Michael was a Physical Education instructor for children with developmental disabilities and the hearing impaired. His secondary projects included youth leadership camps for kids, an HIV/AIDS workshop focusing on persons with disabilities, a resource center for people with disabilities, and editor of the Peace Corps Guyana news publication. He was inspired to join after spending a part of his summer in Thailand, shadowing his friend who was there serving as an English teacher.

Michael is a Finance and Administrative Manager for the Ethiopia field office on the DELIVER Project with John Snow, Inc. JSI’s goal is to improve the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI applies practical and innovative solutions in management, research, education, information and training.

Michael currently resides in Washington, DC and dedicates his spare time to FROG. He continues to travel with JSI but spends most of his time within the District of Columbia.

Additionally, Michael is a FROG fundraising coordinator and assistant to the treasurer.

Shane Loorz

Mica Gaard

Mica Gaard graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Music Education in 2008 and left shortly after for the Peace Corps in Guyana. There, in addition to chairing VAC (where she helped to re-establish the Peer Support Network), she worked in a small farming community as a Community Education Promoter. Teaching at a K-9 school, she worked with teachers to build a new library and establish an arts program in two schools. Mica now lives in California, continuing to teach–now a children’s choir and handful of piano students. Although the future is uncertain for her, she knows it will continue to include Peace Corps, boulanger choka, and hammocks in some capacity.

Want to get involved with Friends & RPCVs of Guyana? Contact board@guyfrog.org.