Board of Directors

Vivian Glyck

Vivian Glyck is an accomplished entrepreneur, strategic marketing consultant, and esteemed author. With great enthusiasm and insight, she has experienced a lifetime of dynamic success helping health-based organizations, authors, speakers, and publishers develop and reach their marketing goals.

Vivian is also the founder and CEO of Glyck Communications, a highly-successful organization whose successes in marketing strategy include direct marketing/advertising campaigns and publicity strategies that have landed clients on the cover of national news magazines.

The publication of her first book, 12 lessons on Life I Learned From My Garden: Spiritual Guidance from the Vegetable Patch, involved a seven city speaking/media tour which resulted in sales of approximately 15,000 copies. Ever multi-talented, Vivian is also the founder of www.SmartMamma.com, a website which hosts a series of parenting products, including The 90-Minute Sleep Miracle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Your Baby How to Nap and Sleep through the Night, and she is the author of the book, The Tao of Poop: Keeping Your Sanity (and Your Soul) While Raising a Baby.

In 2007, inspired and awed by the love for her own son, Vivian determined that she would shift her focus, energy, and talents away from her traditional business endeavors and onto a broader and much farther-reaching vision - delivering hope to children in rural Uganda. She founded the Just Like My Child Foundation on the premise that every child in the world is deserving of all of the dreams, hope, education, opportunities, healthcare, and love that her son has been offered. In only 18 months, the Just Like My Child Foundation has experienced enormous success, far beyond even Vivian's imagination - and the momentum continues!

Betsy Bracken

Betsy Bracken is an expert in event design and execution, with extensive experience in creating and managing all facets of event planning and production. Her comprehensive knowledge of the event industry, along with her attention to detail and effective contract negotiation skills, have won the praises of clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Best Buy, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Alzheimer’s Association and many more.

Prior to launching Citrus Special Events in 2007, Betsy planned and implemented small meetings and large scale events for clients such as AT&T, the University of Washington and Holland America Line at Columbia Hospitality’s highly acclaimed Bell Harbor International Conference Center and World Trade Center in Seattle, WA. Betsy graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Music and earned a certificate of completion from the prestigious Floral Design Institute in Seattle, WA. She now lives in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA.

David Johnson

David is a Principal with Clearpath Advisors LLC. Prior to joining the firm he was SVP of Corporate Development at Memec LLC. Prior to Memec, he worked at McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company. David has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Travis Mottet

Travis Mottet is a senior executive who has been providing strategic advice and developing financial models for various start-up ventures and small to mid-sized companies in Southern California for the past ten years. Travis is a visionary leader particularly adept in company acquisition environments. He has a unique ability to leverage keen analytical, strategic planning and technical expertise to realize ambitious growth goals and achieve market and profit contributions. Travis has successfully led a variety of strategic teams to develop new systems, products and processes. Most recently, Travis worked for Student Loan Xpress, a CIT Company as the Senior Vice President of Information and Sales Support. He held various positions within the company since being recruited as part of the core management team during start-up in 2002. As one of the largest and fastest growing student lending companies in the U.S., Student Loan Xpress was acquired by CIT Group in 2005.

Richard Taylor

An advocate for many charitable causes and participant in the growth of several non-profits, Richard became involved in the Just Like My Child Foundation when he realized that its mission was attainable and its founder was motivated and inspired. Richard values the orgainzation's commitment to serve the Ugandan people. Originally from Virginia, Richard has a degree in Business from Emory University and worked for several years for his family's heating and air conditioning distribution business before relocating to California almost ten years ago. He is also active with local non-profit organizations including Second Chance and the Tariq Khamisa Foundation. On a national level, Richard is involved with Mercy and Sharing and World Vision.

Advisory Board

Sister Ernestine Akulu, RN, PT, MA Founder & Director of the Bishop Asili Hospital

Sister Ernestine founded Bishop Asili Health Centre in 1996 and has played a key and inspirational role in the development of the Just Like My Child Foundation. She has studied in Italy and Kenya, has an MA in Health Services Management, and works tirelessly to help women, children, and families in Uganda.

Brendon Burchard, www.BrendonBurchard.com

Brendon was blessed to receive life’s golden ticket—a second chance—ten years ago after surviving a dramatic car accident in a third-world country. Since then, he has dedicated his life to helping individuals, teams and organizations create and master change. His clients have included Accenture, Alcoa, JC Penney, eBay, Best Buy, Nordstrom, Levi's, Gateway, Walgreens, Federal Mogul, and thousands of executives and entrepreneurs in speeches and seminars across the country. As a dynamic speaker and innovative businessman, he is in constant demand and regularly appears on national television and radio shows. As one of the top leadership and motivational speakers in the world, Brendon's authentic, powerful and hilarious presentations have become legendary and he has shared the stage with the greats like Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, John Gray, Mark Victor Hansen, Bob Allen, Barbara D'Angeles and Jack Canfield. His message — that we are all called to "live by choice and live to contribute" — has changed thousands of lives around the globe.

Arielle Ford, www.EverythingYouShouldKnow.com

Arielle is a well-known public relations and marketing expert with over 25 years of experience working with bestselling authors, new products, tourism bureaus, world class hotels, non-profit organizations and fundraisers, and Fortune 500 companies.

Bradley Kay, CPA

A certified public accountant and small business tax planning specialist, Brad Kay has steadily grown his business, Bradley Kay, CPA, Inc. over the past nine years. Brad is a current member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. He has also been involved in investment partnerships as a GP and/or LP for 18 years and has been approved for the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) designation. Before founding Bradley Kay, CPA, Inc., Brad was a senior member of the income tax department at the accounting firm of Gursey, Schneider & Co. LLP where he specialized in forensic accounting. Brad is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara where he majored in business economics and accounting.

Marcy Morrison, www.CareerswithWings.com

Marcy Morrison is a career strategist and owner of Careers with Wings. Marcy is passionate about helping others find their dream career opportunities via workshops, speaking engagements, and TV/radio appearances. She is the author of the book Careers with Wings: Finding Your Dream Job & Finding Your Passion: The Easy Guide to Your Dream Career.

Kristin Young Rayder, JD

Kristin Young Rayder is a business law attorney specializing in the creation of partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and trademark registration. She also devotes part of her private practice to estate planning and the development of family foundations. Kristin received her Bachelor's Degree from San Diego State University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego.

In law school, Kristin was associate editor of the Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, and a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. She was honored for serving two consecutive years as a member of the National Mock Trial Team and was one of only 10 recipients of the Order of the Barristers Award.

Ulrike Schaede, PhD

Ulrike Schaede is a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California at San Diego where she teaches Japanese Business and Strategy and Negotiation, a course based on the conviction that nonprofit management can benefit greatly from the principles developed in business strategy. Ulrike is the author of multiple books and scholarly papers on corporate strategy, government-business relationships, and financial markets. After earning her M.A. and PhD degrees in Germany, Ulrike conducted research in Tokyo for more than six years at Hitotsubashi University, the Bank of Japan, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

Kumud Singh, PhD

Kumud is a prominent researcher at the Mother, Child & Adolescent HIV Program at the University of California at San Diego, and has been an advisor to the Just Like My Child Foundation since 2006.