Our Board of Directors represents a diverse body of experience in photography, journalism, and law.

Nina Chaudry is a documentary producer based in New York. She’s currently working for the PBS award-winning foreign affairs series Wide Angle and has covered stories on the cultural impact of outsourcing in India and the rise of a conservative middle class in Turkey. Ms. Chaudry has also served as an editor for the women’s health magazine MAMM, reported for The New York Times, and produced a women’s health website for Lifetime Television.

Balazs Gardi is a Hungarian photographer who worked for Népszabadsag, Hungary’s largest political daily newspaper before becoming a freelancer in 2003. His work focuses on documenting the everyday life of marginalized communities and societies facing humanitarian crisis. He is a contributor to magazines like Timeand Newsweek, and has received grants and awards from Getty Images, the Alexia Foundation and World Press Photo, among others.

Jeremy B. P. Hagan is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He is a member of its Tax Department, where he focuses his practice on federal income tax matters. Mr Hagan is a member of the Illinois bar.

Teru Kuwayama is a photographer based in new york. His work focuses on issues of humanitarian crisis and expeditionary travel. He is a contributor to magazines like Time, Newsweek, Fortune, and Outside, and a recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the W. Eugene Smith Fund, and the Alicia Patterson Foundation.

Sheryl Mendez was one of the founding members of The Crimes of War Project. Today, she is the field researcher and photography editor on the upcoming 2nd edition of the book, Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. She is also the New York photo editor for US News & World Report.

Ms Mendez has covered the aftermath of the war in Iraq, producing coverage for US News & World Report,World Picture News, and National Public Radio’s, This American Life. Since 1989, she has traveled throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East working on numerous editorial projects.