Ian Robert Stark

Born Dunedin, New Zealand in 1953

Live in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia

Married to Donna (since 1975) & we have 2 sons (David [aged 28] & John [aged 25] who both live in Brisbane)

We have been family hosts to exchange students from Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Bolivia & Japan varying form 6-12 months, most of whom we are in regular contact with. John also spent 2004 away as an exchange student in Thailand. Our Bolivian host son (Jose) lives in Cochabamba with his wife & family & it will be really good to see him again & contribute to the community.

I have previously undertaken a HFH trip to My Tho in Vietnam in September 2009

I am a quantity surveyor (building cost engineer) by profession & have a small (but very busy) consultancy business based in Townsville.

I enjoy traveling, fishing, gardening & reading

Jessica Fong

Born in Hong Kong. Lived in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai and now studying in Paris. I am fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and conversational French. I'm in my last year of university, double-majoring in Business Administration and Global Communications. At the same time, I'm working as a researcher in an architect firm. When I was in high school in Shanghai, I co-founded the Habitat for Humanity Club in my school (Shanghai American School-Pudong Campus) and I went on the first Habitat trip in the Guangdong province in China. I’ve wanted to get back on another Habitat trip but it never worked out until this trip that fits perfectly in my spring break holiday.
My passions are traveling, bikrim yoga, fashion design,art, architecture, golf, exotic cuisines and experiencing different cultures. I've always wanted to travel to South America and finally, I have the opportunity to. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Yunkyung Lee

Hello, I’m Yunkyung from Gwangju, very south and western part of Korea,
2012 is my fifth year in Latin America, Bolivia is my fifth country here and Habitat is my first.
I am staying in Honduras, I came here because I love Spanish and Latin culture so I studied Spanish and Latin America language & literature in collage.
I wanted to find a job here to live in Latin territory after graduation and I made it, so lucky! Recently I quit my fourth year job to study in Argentina and find something to do the rest of my life.

I love travel, read and writing, learning language, going museum, animal, all kind of music, meeting people, and everything something new.
I was looking for some meaningful activity, not just travel before I become a student again, and I found this opportunity for me. I am so happy to start early year with you everyone.

Forrest Yelverton

This is my second Habitat International Build (Nepal 2010) as Roger’s allure just keeps me coming back for more. I am recently liberated from 21 years as Engineering VP at a major publicly owned corporation and do not miss a single thing about my old life. I spend roughly 300 hours on a plane every year between travel for work and travel for fun or both and this will be my second venture into South America but first time to Bolivia.

My passion is bicycles. I design them, I build them, I ride them and my latest focus is the development of more elegant and efficient ways of getting one and their “stuff” from where they are to where they want to go...on a bike. When not working or riding on a bike, I’m working on the house that my wife and I built in the Colorado mountains near Lyons. We recently installed 8 more solar thermal panels in a continuing effort to be energy independent in anticipation of the coming global economic and financial collapse.

Thanks to our geriatric bird dog my wife of 29 years unfortunately can not attend the Bolivia build (She did attend Nepal) but would have been a valuable addition with her vast quiver of construction skills spanning more than 35 years! But, I’ll be telling the great stories of this build to her and my 21 year old Daughter currently studying in Kenya and Tanzania.

Martine from NYC

I’m a native New Yorker focused on becoming an eternal nomad, one trip at a time. This is my first international habitat trip although I did do a Habitat build in the states back in college for spring break one year. I make an annual pilgrimage to Central America but somehow never made it down to South America, so I am looking forward to this trip. It should be fun getting my hands dirty—and playing with power tools.

I herd cats for a living—OK, not really but it is an apt way to describe my time in the ad world, think modern day Mad Men (and Women). When I’m not working crazy hours I can usually be found watching hours of sports center that is if I’m not out playing touch rugby or Capoeira.

Betti Krapfl, Volunteer

Hello Team!
I am Betti, and live in the metro Denver area in Greenwood Village, CO, but I’m
originally from North Carolina and went to UNC in Chapel Hill for my Physical Therapy degree. Yes! I am a Tar Heel!
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, 1965-67 where I met Roger and am still married to the old goat!
We have two adult children: Heidi, who lives with her husband Erik in Santa Fe; Zach, who lives with his wife, Robyn in Paonia, CO—western CO.
I worked for many years as a Physical Therapist on a rehab team treating people with spinal cord injuries, some with traumatic brain injury. Loved it! Now, I teach in a Doctoral Physical Therapy program at the University of Colorado Medical School on our new campus. I love it as well!
Passions:
Friends, my family, running, IHN of Greater Denver (housing and caring for recently homeless families), March Madness, my small Lutheran church, our Siberian Husky, Nanook, desserts, oh, and did I mention running?? Teaching, mentoring current and prospective doctoral students.
I am a vegetarian. Should be interesting challenge from what I remember about Bolivian food. So eager to go back to Bolivia! And very excited about meeting all of you. Some of you I know already. We will be the BEST team ever!!

Jeff Moxley, Volunteer

I'm Jeff and this will be my second Habitat trip, but my first time in South America. I'm a FedEx courier, singer and bad at writing bios. I'm currently in school trying to become an EMT. Hopefully, by the time we all meet I will have been an EMT for a few months. I'm bad with computers and all forms of technology, but that shouldn't be an issue in Bolivia. Recently married to Trish and looking forward to our honeymoon in Bolivia. See you all soon.

Trish Moxley, Volunteer

Hi, My name is Tricia Moxley. I grew up both in NJ in the winter and on my grandparent's farm in upstate NY every summer. A bit of a tomboy and a goofball, I firmly believe life is too short and so I try to make the most of any situation. I love helping people, making people laugh, solving puzzles, a good story, music, and trying my hand at photography. I even have a career in solving puzzles in my job as a Project Manager/Technical Consultant at a prescription management company. Jeff and I have built a crooked house, have three cats and one dog and are spending our honeymoon on this build in Bolivia.

Mary Dee

I’m a Born-and-Bred Okie who left Oklahoma after graduating from college, lived in various places in the Midwest, on the East Coast and in Northern California before moving back to Oklahoma in February 2011. I graduated from OSU with a degree in Music Education, taught school for a few years, and then spent 35 years in various arenas of the hospitality industry. I worked as a waitress, bartender, hostess and office manager, then my ex-husband and I purchased a restaurant on the Jersey Shore which we also operated and managed “hands on” while living above “the store.” In the late 90’s, I migrated to California Wine Country – first Sonoma County, then Napa Valley. I worked for various wineries, then for an olive oil producer before “coming home” to Oklahoma. Now I volunteer at an equestrian therapy center, at a community project preparing and serving dinner to those in need once a week and I sing in a church choir. I also enjoy working out, gardening, cooking, antiquing, decorating, travelling and spending time with my dog Molly. My first experience with HFH was in Papua New Guinea, followed by builds in Argentina and China. HFH Bolivia is my fourth project with Global Village, but it won’t be my last!

Valerie Kilfoil

Born and raised on the beautiful east coast of New Brunswick (a "Maritimer" as we are called by those from the other parts of Canada), I have always loved to travel and learn about the world. I have been fortunate that my career in communications has taken me to Turkey for a year, and to Costa Rica for six years. Of course living in these two countries allowed for lots of exploring of nearby countries.

My volunteer work with the Maritime-Guatemala Solidarity Network gave me the opportunity to be part of a carpenter team that built a school in Rabinal, Guatemala several years ago - one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The school kids were literally swinging from the rafters as they came in groups each day to help us build and I am sure managed to break every work safety rule ever written (but there were no accidents). Despite my travels, I am a Maritimer at heart and always return to my roots and my very large Irish/Scottish (my Dad's side) and Acadien French (my Mom's side) family in New Brunswick.

I have a 13 year old son who decided he would rather attend school (go figure) rather than backpack with me for three months in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. He unfortunately didn't catch my travel bug but he is an amazing young man with a wonderful mind of his own...and he will join me for the Italy and Egypt trip in July.

I am looking forward to starting my nine-month sabatical from my communications job with the Government of New Brunswick by meeting everyone on the team and being part of what I am sure will be an amazing experience with Habitat for Humanity.

Colin Waldin

Colin Waldon is a retired geologist and general contractor from Greenwood Village, Colorado. Colin has been involved in the design and construction of homes in Colorado, New Mexico and New Hampshire (where he and his wife Firth have a cottage on a lake). Colin has a bachelors degree in geology from the University of Colorado and a masters degree in geology from the University of Wyoming. He worked as a geologist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts where he worked aboard the research vessels Chain in the Indian Ocean and Atlantis II in the Atlantic Ocean. He is a former board member of Santa Fe Conservation Trust in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Colin is a board member of South Suburban Parks Foundation, a builder of urban trails in metropolitan Denver. Colin enjoys photography, woodworking, antique cars, hiking, travel and any water activity (sailing, kayaking, fishing, etc.). Colin and Firth have two grown daughters who live in NYC and Oklahoma City. In 2009 he participated with HFH Global Village project in Nepal where the team built a experimental bamboo home for a local villager.

Dean Ericson

Dean has lived in Colorado for thirty three years. His family, Judy and two grown sons, Ben and Peter, are skiers snowboarders, tennis players, and lovers of the “Colorado lifestyle.” Dean’s career includes business development leadership for what is now Time Warner Cable, founding a media consulting company, a Scandinavian channel cable programming network, a board member of the Colorado Prevention Center Foundation, chairman of Rocky Mountain PBS, and President of the International Skiing History Association. He is currently co-producing a PBS documentary series, Colorado Music Legends, featuring artists who are closely associated with Colorado, such as Richie Furay, Joe Cocker, and Judy Collins. Residing in Denver, Dean and Judy recently welcomed their first grandchild and a golden retriever put to their home. An experienced remodeler and long time admirer of Habitat For Humanity. Dean was a Global Village Volunteer in Nepal in 2010.

Lynn Brown

Lynn joined SIRVA Relocation in 1993 and is Vice President of Business Development. She received the Outstanding Sales Team of the Year Award from 2004-2007. Prior to joining SIRVA, Lynn was a multi-million dollar producer for Van Schaack Real Estate, Denver Colorado. She was awarded Outstanding Achievement of the Year in 1992. Before Lynn's real estate career, she was responsible for successfully taking Tofruzen Inc. public. Lynn enjoyed a five year entrepreneurial and business ownership experience for Tofruzen Inc. a specialty frozen foods company located in Denver Colorado.Lynn served on the board of directors for Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Denver, a national non profit organization. IHN is a shelter and a self-sufficiency program for homeless families in Denver, Colorado.Lyn sponsors a child in Indonesia through Compassion International. Lynn resides with her husband Jeff in Seattle. They have 7 grand children ranging in ages from 17 years to 18 months.

Lynn enjoys running working out, yoga, reading, photography, snoorkelleing, scuba diving and spending time in Placencia, Belize. Lynn was a Global Village Volunteer in Pokhara, Nepal in April 2010 and Vietnam in 2011

Fred Snyder

Hi, everyone. I retired a year ago on my 63rd birthday after working some 40 years in the non-profit sector in a variety of positions including church administrator, symphony musician, camp/conference center director and most recently as director of the Lawrence (University) Academy of Music. I am not one to sit around in a rocking chair so am busy pursuing new outlets of service for my talents, energies and labor. Habitat for Humanity Global Village program is dear to my heart and this trip to Bolivia will be my seventh in less than two years. Prior builds include El Salvador, Costa Rica, Kauai, Guatemala, Honduras and Paraguay (October 2011). I have traveled extensively to 37 countries often on mission ministry trips to such remote places as the Northern Frontier District of Kenya, Burundi (scary place), and my favorite, Cape Town, South Africa. I’ve been married for 39 years to Laura, a wonderful African-American lady who is a 41-year career veteran member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. We have 3 grown children and a delightful granddaughter, Isabella. I love to cook, am an avid photographer, workout most every day at the local gym, enjoy reading African adventure novels and am a pretty good tinkerer-handyman. I can’t wait to meet everyone in person and bond together as a team working to assist others to provide adequate, safe shelter. With anticipation…Fred (Federico) Snyder

Team Leader, Roger Krapfl

I have been both an active volunteer and an employee with Habtiat for Humanity of Metro Denver since 1991. My volunteer service with Habitat includes Treasurer, Board Member, President and Founder & Director of two Habitat Home Improvement Outlet stores generating over $5 million in net profits for Habitat in their first 5 years of operation. Prior to that I served as President of three Fortune 100 subsidiaries with operations in Japan, United States and France. I've lived and worked in England, Russia and (as a Peace Corps Volunteer)in Bolivia. I've led two previous Global Village trips to Nepal and Vietnam.

My education includes an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and an Engineering degree from Iowa State University.

I enjoy skiing, mountain and road biking, tennis, kayaking ( Alaska, Colorado and Belize) and sailing (two ocean crossings). Former Peace Corps Volunteer, Bolivia. Extensive travel through South America, Central America, Europe, Russia, China and Japan, Nepal and Vietnam.

Jack of all trades, master of none.