Beth Rice
Beth lived in a small village in Kenya where her father was a secondary school teacher. She attended Nairobi Primary School for 3 years. Her career began as an analytical chemist before moving into research and development for a major semiconductor company. She retired in 2014.
Beth has traveled extensively and returned to Kenya with The Imani Project to volunteer with medical clinics. She is an avid photographer, volunteers with Hospice, and loves to cycle.
Dana Hawkins
Dana’s interest in the Imani Project began in 2008. That summer, she has the wonderful experience to going to Kenya with Marlene to help teach classes on HIV/AIDS awareness. Dana has a Masters degree in education and taught in public schools in Oregon for 34 years. In retirement, she volunteers with the Imani Project, the Portland Food Project, Make-A-Wish Oregon and her church.
Eliud Imbuye
Director
Born and raised in Kenya, Eliud Imbuye has a master’s degree in Economics from Portland State University. He has almost 20 years’ experience creating efficiencies in the areas of systems development and analytics for a variety of companies. He is a Business Systems Analyst at Bonneville Power Administration and previously worked for Visa and IBM.
Jason Rison
Secretary
Jason joined Imani Project in 2020 at the suggestion of fellow Board member, Stephanie. Though he hasn’t yet been to Kenya, he has a B.A. in International Political Economy and spent a few consecutive summers working on research projects in Botswana.
Jason works in technical support and sells vintage housewares in his free time. He currently serves as the Board’s Secretary.
Anne Draper
Anne has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Imani Project for several years. Anne has served on the boards of Unitarian churches and other not-for-profit organizations. She has a master’s degree in management from the Atkinson School at Willamette University and is now retired from a 36-year career at the Bonneville Power Administration.
Kimberly Lewis
Treasurer
Kimberly has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1960.
She has worked at Oregon Health Sciences University since 1995. Her current position there is the Executive Assistant with the OHSU, Partnership Project which provides an array of comprehensive services to people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and those at-risk.
As an Imani Project board member, Kimberly’s role is the nonprofit’s treasurer. She has been an
Imani orphan sponsor since 2009.
Marlene Anderson – FOUNDER
Marlene Anderson,founder of the Imani Project, passed away in September 2024. Marlene changed the lives of hundreds of Kenyan children and adults through her legacy of the Imani Project, which continues to serve villages on the eastern coast of Kenya. Marlene’s life was dedicated to helping others. She epitomizes the fact that just one person’s actions can change the world.
Stephanie Harlow
Stephanie is a retired Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She worked in public health and health education in addition to outpatient primary care.
In the October 2018 she traveled to Kenya with Marlene and Beth and two other volunteers and taught HIV/AIDS classes to village women, assisted Marlene with the midwives class and taught the diarrhea treatment class. One highlight of the trip was meeting James, the boy she sponsors.