The Hathaways - Co-Founders

Martha and James Hathaway are co-founders of CPI, which they began with other supporters in October, 2000. Both having served previously at the helm of PeaceTrees Vietnam, they saw a need for a new organization in the field of demining and victim assistance in Vietnam and South East Asia. Martha Hathaway also serves as the organization's Executive Director.

Martha Hathaway

Born in Chicago, Martha Hathaway found her love for international work when she first traveled to Asia at age eighteen. Two years later, she lived in Andhra Pradesh, India for a year while she researched and wrote a paper on a youth-based non-governmental organization.

Her professional career started in 1993 with the Japan-America Society of Washington State, where she served as Program Affairs Assistant for three years. After departing from the Japan America Society in early 1997, Hathaway worked for PeaceTrees Vietnam as a program manager and was quickly promoted to Executive Director. She made frequent trips to Vietnam to manage and implement the activities of the humanitarian effort. Hathaway graduated with honors in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oregon .

James Hathaway

James Hathaway, before founding Clear Path, served as the Development Director for PeaceTrees Vietnam. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Board of Directors for Clear Path International. Professionally he has been a Web site developer, a technical writer in the network security and data encryption field and is the Communications Manager for The Orton Family Foundation in Rutland, Vermont.

James and Martha live in Vermont with their two young sons, Ryder and Colvin, their dogs, Mike & Goliath, and a bunch of unnamed chickens.

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Who We Are

Nancy Norton
Board President

Imbert Matthee
Executive Director & Co-Founder

Kristen Leadem
Co-Founder & Aghanistan Program Manager

James Hathaway
Co-Founder

Martha Hathaway
Co-Founder

Peter Albertsson
Finance Manager & Afghanistan Program Manager

Melody Mociulski
Director, SE Asia Programs

Gail Suitor-Follett
Administrative Office Manager

Vietnam Office
Tran Thi Thanh Toan
Tran Duc
Le Thi Yen Nhi
Tran Hong Chi
Phan Thi Ai Phuong

Cambodia Office
Pat Roe

Thailand Office
Lobke Dijkstra

Arn Chorn-Pond
Cambodia Advisor

Dr. Joan Widdifield
PTSD Advisor

Dr. Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett
Burma Advisor

John Perry Barlow
Advisor

John McEeuen
Advisor



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