Advisors

Robert E. Williams, Attorney at Law – Legal Counsel – Nonprofit

He is a sole practitioner concentrating on estate planning, wills and trusts, probate and the formation and guiding of nonprofit organizations

He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in economics and also took ROTC as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Three years later he graduated "with distinction" from the University of Arizona School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree.  He was selected for a position as a prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C. where he served for three years in the Antitrust Division as well as a staff attorney representing clients before President Ford's Amnesty Review Board after the Vietnam War.

Wilhelm Wang, Sustainability Consultant – Standards Expert

Having over 30 years of experience in petrochemical and chemical industries Involving high-risk environmental and occupational health and safety compliance, quality system implementation, assessment, and consultation, Mr. Wilhelm Wang now leads a group of experts at TransReg LLC, a New Jersey US based management Consulting firm and TransRegMEGA DMCC, a Dubai UAE based entity, assisting organizations to better identify, prioritize, and manage issues that are key to business Sustainability, from quality, environment, occupational health and safety management, to energy use optimization, asset management, and integrated business system Improvement. Mr. Wang holds Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from University of California, Berkeley, and Master of Science degree in international business from St. Mary’s College of California. Mr. Wang was a funder and working group member in the development of the new global standard for Managing Sustainability in Dentistry.

Chair of Trustees of Virtual Doctors in Zambia – Nonprofit

He has been involved in the development of several international charities including Opportunity International in the UK, a micro credit agency. He has worked on assignment for Oxfam and visited and designed development projects in more than 20 countries. He is on the boards of three UK charities including one in India and one in Pakistan. Prior to retirement, he was a Fellow of the British Institute of Management, The Institute of Financial Accounting, and The Institute of Fund Raising.
He was a founder member of the Association of Fundraising Consultants and a long term member of Amnesty.

Tourism and Travel Industry Expert – Nonprofit

Tricia Barnett is presently the director of Equality in Tourism in the UK.  Previously, she was director of Tourism Concern from 1991 to 2011, establishing it as the key organization for advocacy and change in sustainable tourism both in the UK and globally, working with donors, government departments, international agencies, tourism developers, tour operators, and communities.
In 2004, she received a highly commended award for the Greatest Contribution by a Person for Responsible Tourism from the Responsible Tourism Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 from the British Guild of Travel Writers. She was runner-up in the Observer awards as the Green Campaigner of the Year, identified by Travel Trade Gazette as one of the 50 most influential women in the UK industry, and by Which? Magazine as one of the five most influential people in the UK travel industry.