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URF Headquarters
P.O. Box 10538
Holyoke, MA 01041, U.S.A.
Volunteer Coordinator
John Mary Lugemwa, OSB
300 Fraser Purchase Road
Latrobe, PA 15650, U.S.A
Ph: 763-291-1102
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URF Board of Directors Profiles
Rev. Michael C. Lillpopp is President and Co-Founder of the Uganda Rural Fund USA. A native of Dalton, Massachusetts, he is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts. He holds a Master of Divinity and a Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and German Studies from St. John Seminary College in Boston, and an Associate of Applied Science from the Community College of the Air Force. Rev. Lillpopp is the associate pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Westfield, Massachusetts, and a member of the Board of Directors of Camp Holy Cross in Goshen, Massachusetts. He is also a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve and has had assignments throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. In co-founding the Uganda Rural Fund USA, Rev. Lillpopp brings attention to a frequently neglected corner of the world. “The impact that HIV/AIDS has made on East Africa is tremendous,” he says, “and has left millions of orphaned children in its wake. It is the responsibility of the world community to join efforts in seeing that the child-victims of this terrible disease are given the resources to grow and learn.” Rev. Lillpopp observes, “As we have been taught time and again throughout history, problems grow when good people absolve themselves from responsibility and do nothing.” Br. John Mary Lugemwa, OSB, Vice President and Volunteer Coordinator
John Mary holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from St. John's University. Besides spending a year at Law school back in Uganda, John Mary has taken classes in Non profit management at the University of Richmond's Institute on Philanthropy. John Mary is a member of the Benedictine Society of Virginia where he serves as an assistant in the finance office and as webmaster. During his college career, John Mary initiated the Africa Service Learning Program, a program that continues to send groups of college students to work with AIDS support organizations in East Africa. He also founded two student organizations: the Global AIDS Awareness Organization and the Africa Students Association at the St. Benedict's College and St. John's University, MN. John Mary was also active in other student clubs and student government. He sat on the Joint Academic Board and also served on various administration committees as a studnet representatives: these included the Academic Assessment Committee, and the Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee. John Mary received varios awards for his work in Africa and the United States. He was the recipient of the International Peace Award in DC in 2007, the 2006 Excellence in Leadership Award and Inspiring a Shared Vision leadership Award from from the College of St. Benedicts/St. John's University. He was one of the recipients of the Peace and Justice Award from the Vincent L. Hawtkinson foundation, MN in 2006. John Mary is enrolled in graduate school/seminary pursuing studies for the S.T.B and M.A programs leading to ordination and further academic work in Canon Law. John Mary is passionate about children and his work bring him much joy and peace knowing that his small deeds can make a difference in other people's lives.
Matthew Kuntz, JD Matt Kuntz has been a board member of the Uganda Rural Fund USA, Inc. since Matt Kuntz graduated from the United States Military Academy with a major in International Relations and a minor in Environmental Engineering. Matt is a Distinguished Member of the Thirty Fifth Regiment. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon and currently practices law in Helena, Montana. Matt is a member of the Helena International Affairs Council and the American Bar Association.
Conor Hynes
He has been an active volunteer for various humanitarian relief organizations since high school, and discovered the Uganda Rural Fund through a friend in Catholic Relief Services.
Peter Francis Luswata, Uganda Country Director
He has previously worked with Mercy Corp aiding people in IDP camps in Northern Uganda.
Henry is the Managing Director, Ewing Bemiss & Co., Investment Bankers based in Richmond, Virginia. He holds a B.S. degree in Accountancy from
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Ben Kaster has been with Uganda Rural Fund since the beginning, he graduated from St. Johns University in 2006 with a degree in Peace Studies and he is looking forward to a career in medicine. Ben is currently enrolled at Ross University Medical School.
the spring of 2006. He began his boardship by touring the organization's projects. That tour helped Matt form strong relationships with the organization's Ugandan volunteers. It also led to a short video series illustrating the challenges faced by Uganda's rural communities and the organization's projects that are addressing those challenges.
Conor is the director of URF activities on the campus of Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where a growing number of students have been effectively fundraising and spreading awareness about the destruction of AIDS and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. He expects to graduate with a pre-medical science degree in May of 2008. From there he will attend medical school in or around Maryland, his home state.
Peter is the Country Director for Uganda Rural Fund overseing all operations in Uganda. Peter attended the St. Mbaaga Ggaba major seminary in Uganda and also the St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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