Manyatta Committee
Committee Chair
Committee Chair
Committee Chair
Amadeus
Treasurer
Committee Chair
Committee Chair
Christine
Secretary
Committee Chair
Secretary
Rueben
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Grace
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Leah
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Leah C.
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Mary R.
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Mary
Board of Directors
President
Carolyn Tague
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Carolyn was a Special Education teacher for thirty-two years. Her sense of adventure brought her to Alaska in 1991. The Lemong'o Project began with Carolyn's life-long draw to Africa and her dream of helping children there. In the summer of 2005 she visited for the first time to volunteer with a service group. Each year thereafter, she returned to volunteer, and in 2007 her journey led her to the village of Lemong'o. She formed the non-profit organization, The Lemong'o Project, in 2011 to address the educational, medical, health, and economic needs of the village. The beautiful people of Lemong'o have become her African family.
Vice President
Emily Karr
Saudi Arabia
Emily was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Always in search of a little adventure, Emily drove to Alaska in her mid-twenties where she received her Master of Arts in Teaching at Alaska Pacific University. She taught for 7 years in Anchorage, Alaska (where she met and worked with Carolyn) and is currently working in Saudi Arabia. Emily has a strong commitment to children and the underprivileged which led her to visit Lemong'o for the first time in 2012. She has since traveled to Lemong'o every year and plans to visit often in the future.
Treasurer
Bryan Stenehjem
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Bryan is Carolyn’s husband and he strives to support her in any and all aspects of The Lemong'o Project. He sees the joy and fulfillment Carolyn receives from working with and giving to the people of Lemong'o. He knows that her life would be incomplete without this opportunity to help those that truly need assistance. Bryan’s involvement with the project has been through providing support from the States, but he does plan to visit the village soon.
Secretary
Mike Concannon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just 2 doors down from Carolyn, Mike has been a lifelong friend to The Lemong’o Project, only recently getting involved as an active board member. As Secretary of the Board, Mike hopes to bring some of his 30-plus years in experience in the business world to this very important non-profit organization. Mike is especially interested in helping The Lemong’o Project with long term planning and sustainability initiatives. In his day job, Mike works in the international business industry.
Director
Doug Tague
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Doug is a lifelong horticulturalist, who serves as a Therapeutic Recreation Unit Leader, caring for nursing home residents. He became involved with The Lemong’o Project in 2012 after hearing first-hand accounts of the villagers’ struggle to meet the most basic needs of food, clean water, health care, and education for their children. Our involvement is proving how regular folks, living thousands of miles away, can make a difference in the lives of needy children.