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!
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.
Mike is an esteemed technology "guru" who, at just 19 years-old, wrote software for General Motors and GMAC, and at 21 was contracted by the United States Navy to write software for submarines. At the age of 25, Mike co-founded one of the world's first "interactive marketing agencies" which produced many of first multimedia web sites, integrating audio, video and animation.
Mike is perhaps best known as the father of the "Internet Infomercial" and the co-creator of Traffic Geyser, a service that distributes videos to over 35 top websites, driving traffic through the power of Internet video. He is frequently sought as a consultant by some of the largest companies in America including 20th Century Fox, Sony, Mazda, General Mills, Domino's Pizza, Carlson Companies, Northwest Airlines, and 3M.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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