Our Board

Carla lives in New Rochelle, New York and is a member of St. John’s Church in Larchmont. She went on her first Bridges trip with St. John’s in 2006 and has been organizing trips for the church annually since then. She has a background in arts education and has worked both in schools and museums. She is active as a community volunteer in New Rochelle. Carla enjoys visiting her children in locations around the globe, reading, gardening, watching her favorite soccer teams, and going to Nicaragua.

Nanette H. Bourne is a Sr VP of AKRF, Inc., an environmental planning and engineering firm. Nanette received her Master degree in Urban and Regional Planning from USC, and her B.A. in Social Psychology from UCLA. She is a member of the Board of the New York State League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) and Chairs LCV’s Westchester County Chapter; the Sustainability Advisory Board for the City of New Rochelle; Rotary Club of White Plains; and is a Board Member of the White Plains Beautification Foundation. read more

Steve Dishart is the Executive Director of Blue Ocean Institute and the President of Dishart Communication and Crisis Management Consultants in New York. read more

Heather currently serves as the President of the Workers' Compensation Division of The Flanders Group. She has participated annually since 2005 on Bridges trips through her affiliation with The Sitkins International. She joined the Bridges Board of Directors in 2009, and serves on the Finance committee.

Heather lives in Rochester NY with her husband Chris Duerr, their daughter Taylor, and twin sons Ben and Will.

Lisa Kunstadter is Vice President/Secretary and Trustee of the Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation – a small, general-purpose foundation based in New York City, and making grants to organizations in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the greater New York metropolitan area. She has 35 years of experience serving on, and working, with non-profit boards including Heartsong, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Greater NYC Chapter), Reformed Church of Bronxville, Junior League of Bronxville, Bronxville Adult School, and MIT Soaring Association.

Brian was born in Manhasset, NY. He received his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins, Masters at Minnesota, and PhD from Princeton, all in Geology with a focus on groundwater contamination and subsurface microbiology. He is currently an assistant professor at Barnard College. read more

Frank lives in Larchmont, New York. He has gone on three Bridges trips since 2006. read more

Born in Willard, Ohio in 1942, Chuck graduated from Wittenberg University with a BA in Political Science in 1964. From 1965 until 1981 he was in the entertainment industry, starting as a Road Manager and eventually becoming an agent for International Creative Management. Chuck went into Executive Search in 1982 and on Black Monday 1987, he and David Beirne founded Ramsey/Beirne Associates, Inc. that became the premier search firm in high technology. He and David left the firm in October of 1997. read more

Mr. Smith is the English department coordinator at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, NY, where he has been teaching since 1998. He coaches the girls varsity swimming & diving team and serves as the faculty advisor for the Habitat club. In 2003, he started an Alternative Spring Break for seniors with Bridges to Community and has been leading annual trips ever since. Over the years, he has taken students to Ticuantepe, Masaya, and Siuna. read more

The Rev. William Weisenbach is the Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Katonah NY. Prior to his pastoral ministry he serves for 24 years as the Academic Vice President of New Your Theological Seminary in NYC. He has been traveling to Nicaragua with Bridges since 2004.