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Board of Directors
Marilyn Rousseau
President/CEO and Board Member
Marilyn Rousseau
President/CEO and Board Member
Marilyn Rousseau is a speaker, coach, information technology leader, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Her mission is to empower individuals from all walks of life to claim their God-given power to overcome life’s obstacles and achieve their goals and dreams.
She is the founder of Right to Learn Global Literacy Project, an organization dedicated to eradicating childhood poverty and illiteracy in Haitian communities in the US, Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Marilyn holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Master in Business Administration (MBA), and an Associate degree in Computer Engineering. She is also a certified life coach and positivity practitioner.
A native of Haiti, Marilyn speaks four languages, and is a breast cancer survivor who credits her faith in God for her recovery. In her spare time, she loves to travel, read, dance, and spend time with her adult children and grandchildren.
Right to Learn Global Literacy Project is a work of love for Marilyn. She is not only a Board Member, but also an unpaid President/CEO, so every penny of your donations are used to support our mission.
John Samuel Craig
Board Member and Full Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
John Samuel Craig
Board Member and Full Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
John is a proud North Carolinian. Born in Raleigh, he studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving a degree in Journalism. He then pursued a master’s in Education from Indiana University in Bloomington. And, finally, received an MBA from the Kenan Flagler school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He began his career in Marketing Management at Sara Lee Corporation, where he served 21 years. He was then the Vice president of Kaplan Early Learning Company, a company that sells products to daycares and Head Starts. In 2004, with a business partner, he started Windward Group, a boutique consultancy, providing consulting in marketing. They served clients like Crate&Barrel, Godiva Chocolate, World Vision, Barnes & Noble, Nationwide Insurance and 4-H. John Retired in 2022.
John has had a lifelong passion for missions. Beginning with short term mission trips to a number of countries, and, for ten years, he led teams to Haiti, doctors and dentists, providing humanitarian aid.
From 2016 to 2019, he was a missionary for the Anglican Church in Rwanda, working for the Anglican Archbishop. He established a capital investment company, owned by the Anglican Church, to make real estate investments to provide a rental income stream to fund ministries of the Church.
In retirement, John dedicates himself to a number of pursuits. He has a passion for investing in the next generation of Christian leaders by mentoring younger men. He has also provided pro bono consulting to a number of Christian organizations.
John has a passion for both travel and connection, and often his trips involve connecting with friends around the world.
Steve Desrosiers
Board Member and Administrator with the Boston Public Schools
Steve Desrosiers
Board Member and Administrator with the Boston Public Schools
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Steve Desrosiers grew up in Boston Massachusetts and attended Boston College where he earned a BA in History, Boston University where he earned a Master’s in Management and Endicott College where he earned his Masters in Education.
The bulk of his professional career has been in educational administration; primarily with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) where he currently works in the Office of Advancement.
A lover of learning, the arts and music; Steve’s favorite hobbies continue to be playing his guitar, PBS Documentaries and reading as many books as possible to develop workshops on Haiti’s history and other interesting topics.
Brad Johnson
Board Member and Full Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Brad Johnson
Board Member and Full Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Brad Johnson received his BSE in1979 and his Juris Doctor (JD) in 1983. He was employed as an attorney at the Smith Gill Law Firm in Kansas City from 1983 to1988. Brad was a business owner from1988-1993.
He then served as Administrative Hearing Officer for the Missouri Division of Employment Security and as Interim Director of the Missouri Board of Mediation and Legal Counsel for the Missouri Labor Relations Commission from1994-2017.
Michael J. Hart
Board Member and Half-Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Michael J. Hart
Board Member and Half-Time Resident of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Michael served for 38 years in various operational and corporate positions for Sunrise Community, Inc., one of the largest not-for-profit organizations in the United State which provides services for people with developmental disabilities. During his final ten years with the organization, he was Division Vice-President responsible for operations in six states and Vice-President responsible for Corporate Human Resources and IT functions for 2,500 employees.
Prior to serving as Vice President, his accomplishments include: Purchasing and renovating more than $14,000,000 (in 2024 dollars) of community homes, day programs and office buildings and initiating and serving as Chief Learning Officer of Sunrise University, an in-house educational platform for employee development.
Before joining Sunrise, Michael served as Project Coordinator for a nationally certified educational program that was developed for students with disabilities and shared the program with educators throughout Florida and in other states.
Michael served for eight years as a Board Member of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, including two years as Vice-Chairperson.
He earned his B.S. in Education at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and his M.A. in Education at the University of South Florida.