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***NEW ANNOUNCEMENT:  STRATEGIC DECISIONS & PARTNERSHIPS FOUNDATION UNDERTAKES U.S. $1 MILLION CAMPAIGN FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE SCHOOLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE PROJECT IN VILLAREAL, COSTA RICA        TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: REMEMBER TO REGISTER BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST TO SAVE …JANUARY REGISTRATION FEE’S RISE TO $2,500 PER PERSON       JANUARY 3RD WE BEGIN OUR FIRST GREEN ZONE QUEST…A THREE WEEK LIVE INTERNET VIDEO FEED….REGISTER YOUR CLASS AND COME JOIN US ON DAY ONE AT ARENAL VOLCANO FOR THE BEGINNING OF A FANTASTIC LEARNING ADVENTURE CURRICULUM…EACH DAY WE WILL BE LEARNING FROM A NEW COSTA RICAN DESTINATION        COSTA RICA PROVIDES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN STUDENTS MINDS AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING THROUGH ITS BIODIVERSITY, VAST ARRAY OF NATURAL WONDERS AND DIVERSITY OF CULTURES…INQUIRE WITHIN ABOUT OUR CLASS TRIPS TO VARIOUS LATIN AMERICAN DESTINATIONS       TEACHERS FROM BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, SPANISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENTS HAVE FOUND OUR SCHOOL TRIPS TO BE AN IDEAL COMPLIMENT TO THEIR CURRICULUM        WE HAVE WORKED WITH GROUPS FROM PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS…JUNIOR HIGH AGED TO UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS       OUR MISSION IS TO HELP GROW A NEW GENERATION OF ECO-CONSCIOUS WORLD CITIZENS        BECOME A UNIVERSITY OR CORPORATE SPONSOR OF OUR MISSION       ALL DONATIONS AND GIFTS ARE KINDLY ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED        THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED AND INTEGRATED SCHOOLS WILL BE DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH…AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ECO-LITERACY, GLOBAL STEWARDSHIP, INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE      

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                     BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                               BOD@www.sdpus.com

                                                                                                                         Peter F. Fiorentino
-President Ed.D. Candidate (University of Rochester)
-Educational Leadership & Administration
-Canandaigua, New York/ Tamarindo, Costa Rica

John C. Polimeni
-Environmental Engineer (Cornell University)
-Bloomfield, New York

Gordon Radovich
-Mechanical Engineer (University of Washington)
-Land Acquisition/ Development
-Seattle, Washington/ Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Christopher Reilly
-Real Estate/ Mortgage Broker/ Developer
-Fort Collins, Colorado

Sharon J. Kalish
-Corporate Law (Columbia University)
-New York, New York

Romina Gutierrez
-Marketing/ Advertising (National Bank of Chile)
-Santiago, Chile

Kasey Sparks
-Physical Therapy (M.D.-Regis University)
-Bellingham, Washington

Anthony Irland
-Agronomic Sciences (University of Arizona)
-Tucson, Arizona

Carlos Bonilla
-Travel & Tourism (Marriot Resorts)
-Hacienda Pinilla, Costa Rica

Tom Treat
-4th & 5th Grade Teacher (retired June 2010- Red Sandstone Elementary) 
-Vail, Colorado / Caye Caulker Island, Belize

Matthew Mahoney
-Middle School Principal
-Walworth, New York (Gananda Middle School)



STAFF & ADVISORS

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERING PROFESSORS
International Professors are the academics in the field, who have been welcomed into the project, as associates from diverse academic disciplines. They travel to universities & field sites in the developing world of Latin America to help further goals related to education, conservation & security studies.

International Partnering Professors research, develop and teach internationalized curricula at universities or field sites. They also mentor soon-to-be and fledgling professors, at the local level- to help develop an academically diversified and well-trained core of knowledgeable future aspiring Professors.

PROJECT FELLOWS
Project Fellows are members who help further the goal of internationalized curricula, sensitive to local cultural practices. Visiting fellows conduct research and scholarship related to SDPUS project goals. They are the in our university support network, for International Partnering Professors and Instructors. In short, Visiting Fellows are the
ones who lay the groundwork for the success of many of our CR research projects.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
International students, both graduate and undergraduate, receive information and guidance from our International Partnering Professors & Instructors- to contribute to the vitality, growth, and sustenance of our projects. Students also network on academic
and professional interests with peers around the world. Visiting students are a well-spring of enthusiasm, well also being a highly energizing force within our global society.

                     
 

       

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