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Global Child Advocates Board Of DirectorsMrs. MaLeesa D. Meyers, President
Prior to starting her non profit charity, MaLeesa worked in health care management and human resources. In 2000 she relocated from the Midwest to Arizona to do wellness clinic consulting. She is also the bookkeeper for the Meyers family farm business. Her most important job is being mother to her 11 year old son Quinten and 4 year old daughter Zoë. After adopting Zoë from Jiangxi China in May 2005 she decided to start Global Child Advocates. MaLeesa has always had a special love for children and the elderly. MaLeesa is a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) in Arizona and devotes all of her spare time to advocating for children in need. In 2007 she decided to produce an integrated wellness video entitled Wellcome Home (tm) to help orphan children and adoptive families. MaLeesa also serves on the Hope Village Board of Directors as an Advisor. She is also the moderator of two Yahoo groups and active in several local adoption groups. She is also the co-author of a soon to be released adoption book. http://kidscareccclub.blogspot.com/ Dr. Duane Meyers, Treasurer
Attorney Barbara Luther, Director Attorney Luther is the owner of the Luther Law Firm in Scottsdale. She graduated from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1989. She also graduated from Northwestern University Medical School with a B.S in medicine and has a M.B.A from Keller Graduate School of Management. Her practice areas are; Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and licensing with expertise in Life Sciences including Medical Devices. She is an AV-Rated Intellectual Property Attorney with the highest rating by her peers (Martindale-Hubbell). Attorney Luther has helped Global Child Advocates by preparing the Copyright agreement for our video project. She has reviewed our photo releases and has demonstrated a real desire to further our mission to help the children. www.barbaralutherlaw.com Dr. Cindy Marble, Director
Cindy earned her Bachelor's Degree in Special Education at Western Michigan University, a Master's Degree in School Counseling at Michigan State University, the equivalent of a second Master's in Learning Disabilities and Special Education Administration at Western Michigan University, and her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy at Michigan State University. While in Michigan, Cindy created a self-contained classroom for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and facilitated the program for ten years. Prior to coming to Arizona, Cindy taught at the University of Idaho for five years. Cindy has served on other non-profit boards, including the Michigan Association of Teachers of Emotionally Disturbed Children and the Idaho Council for Children with Behavior Disorders.
Advisory BoardMrs. Linda Huang, China Program Director
Linda started her own business as an in-country liaison in 2006. (http://www.China-ias.com) She also serves as a Director on the Global Child Advocates Advisory Board and she is our China Program Director. Linda will be overseeing our orphanage wellness programs in China. She will monitor the success of these programs and inform GCA about the children's needs. She will help to ensure that your financial contributions make a significant improvement in the lives of the children. With a lot of love for children, and being touched by those innocent faces, Linda has been teaching kids English on weekends at Jiangsu Provincial Children's Center since 2006. With the idea of teaching our kids to learn different races and cultures, and then to develop mutual understanding and respect, Linda helped GCA develop a partnership with JPCC and created the Kids Care Cultural Communication Program. She helps Mrs. MaLeesa Meyers, the president of GCA, to manage the Kids Care Yahoo group as a co-moderator. She also set up the Kids Care-China web site and is in charge of it. Linda has devoted her life to serving children, including orphaned, disabled and homeless children in China. Mr. Bob Frost, Advisor
Mr. Tim Suzor, Advisor
GCA Friends & Supporters
Phoenix Children's offers world-class care in 40 sub-specialty fields of pediatric medicine and, most recently, has focused the development of its medical programs to build Centers of Excellence in neonatology, hematology/oncology, neurosciences, cardiac services, and orthopedics. Phoenix Children's has shown interest in reaching out to adoptive families by joining us in our mission to encourage adoption, educate adoptive families and provide health care to children that have been adopted domestically and internationally. www.phoenixchildrens.com This seminar is being offered as a free public service to adoptive families or those considering adoption. Please join us at PCH on Saturday November 8, 2008 from 8:30-11:30. GCA President MaLeesa Meyers will be speaking about international adoption and how her adoption changed her life forever.
Hope Village AZ
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MaLeesa Meyers is the founder and President of Global Child Advocates. MaLeesa is dedicated to advocating for orphan and foster children around the world. Uniting seniors and children to serve as global citizens and be the voice for the disadvantaged is her personal mission. Helping to create acceptance, understanding and reality between Chinese and American children is her current focus.
Dr. Meyers started his first Chiropractic practice in 1975. He was the owner and operator of one of the largest multi-disciplinary practices in the Midwest. Before retiring from practice in 2000 he had grown his business to five clinics. Dr. Meyers enjoys all aspects of natural health care. Dr. Meyers has a Bachelors degree in business, is licensed to perform acupuncture, physiotherapy, Chiropractic and practices Applied Kinesiology. Recently, he agreed to serve as a relief doctor for other physicians in the Scottsdale area. Dr. Meyers is a Titleist Performance Institute certified medical evaluator and certified golf fitness instructor. He has over 30 years of experience in physical medicine. He has conducted the GCA sponsored Golf Holeistic program at Troon Golf & Country Club with great success. Dr. Meyers is also a partner in Kinetic Golf. He conducts the golf specific physical, orthopedic and strength testing as used by PGA and LPGA touring professionals to identify a golfer's key weaknesses. Dr. Meyers then formulates a customized golf prescription for each and every golfer. Over the years Dr. Meyers has donated much of his time and financial resources to help children in his community. He is also an avid supporter of GCA and serves as our Treasurer.
Cindy is currently the Coordinator of Special Education Graduate Programs at Arizona State University - Polytechnic where she teaches and supervises current and aspiring special education teachers. In addition, she is the proud mother of Jainan Cheng Rose (pictured) and Taira Yue Iris, who were both adopted from China.
Linda Huang brings more than a decade of business experience working with people from all over the world. She began her career as a business woman in the import and export field. In 2000, impressed by the opportunity to make significant social contributions and remain active in the international community, Linda directed her business skills towards international adoption.
Bob serves on several valley boards including the Troon Country Club Board of Directors and is currently Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission for the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. He is an excellent auctioneer and is invited to work at many valley charity events. Bob is well known in the non profit community and has provided many contacts for Global Child Advocates. Bob is a consultant and helps his clients with strategic planning, executive coaching, management consulting, team building and retreat planning. Prior to retiring he was a General Manager with the City of Scottsdale responsible for Parks, Libraries, Recreation, Social Services and the Arts. He is a poet and author. He is married to his wife Judy. He has helped provide auctioneer services for our Seniors United in Love event. His experience and talents has been a true asset to Global Child Advocates.
Tim Suzor has been a PGA Professional since 1995 and utilizes his comprehensive knowledge and extensive golf instruction background to head the overall teaching operations of Kinetic Golf. A native of Michigan, Suzor graduated from Ferris State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and Management with emphasis on Professional Golf Management. Tim spent 9 years as the Director of Instruction at Marriott's Camelback Golf Club where the original Kinetic Golf Academy was founded. In the fall of 2006, Tim took a swing coach position with the ASU Men's and Women's golf team. Tim is certified as a TPI Level 3 Fitness Instructor and is an education director in the Kinetic Swing System. In addition Tim has spoken at numerous educational seminars including being the Keynote Speaker of the Southwest PGA Section Teaching Summit in 2006. Voted as one of America's top instructors, Tim coaches players at all levels including PGA, LPGA, and numerous NCAA Division I golfers. Tim in partnership with Dr. Duane Meyers helps GCA by involving golfers and golf clubs in our mission. Tim's marketing and management advice aids GCA in creating sound, strategic business plans as well as community outreach suggestions.
PHOENIX CHILDREN'S Hospital has provided hope, healing, and the best health care for children and families since it was born 25 years ago. Today, Phoenix Children's is one of the ten largest children's hospitals in the country and provides specialty and sub-specialty inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care to patients throughout Arizona and other Southwestern states.
TROON GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
GLOBALArizona.com is evidence of the growth of a "Global Arizona." The site is comprised of a global business and cultural event calendar, global education options for students of all ages and adults, global trade information (import, export and foreign direct investment), global food categorized by geographic area & cuisine, and global resources including websites, magazines and organizations. Learn more about global business and culture throughout Arizona at 
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Kinetic Golf was designed to offer a golf instructional experience that is unparalleled throughout the world. This is because the Kinetic Golf provides the ultimate learning experience for golfers ranging from beginner levels to those who are already successful on the PGA and LPGA tours. Kinetic Golf utilizes the latest in technology and methodology to offer lesson programs that objectively improve golfer's swings from the ground up. The Academy's strength lies in the ability to use an objective teaching system that goes directly to the cause of the problem, each and every time eliminating the subjectivity of improvement. Utilizing the latest in wireless motion analysis technology, Kinetic Golf Academy's professional staff can diagnose swing inefficiencies 8X faster than a standard video based lesson. Combining this type of learning experience with a proven and highly successful business model will allow premier facilities to seamlessly integrate the Kinetic Golf into their facility. Hosting a KG facility will allow each property to create more brand awareness, provide an unparalleled academy to promote the game, while continually offering value added services to the bottom line of the property. Kinetic Golf will offer these services to the premier golf facilities across the country. The facilities will house excellent practice facilities, provide high levels of customer service, and that are looking to showcase the latest in golf instruction and technology.
FACIALPRO Owner, Aileen Chu has been performing facials and skin care services for the global community in Arizona for the past thirteen years. She reminds her customers who often visit her more than once a month, that men enjoy facials and skin care services too. The salon also sells a variety of skin care products including Decleor, one of the leading brands in Europe and Asia.
Aileen Chu also works for Next Weekly newspaper and has been a great supporter to GCA in terms of news releases and community contacts. 
Suppoa Base Camp Productions is a digital video production company based in Phoenix, Arizona. We specialize in digital video productions for corporate, training, as well as seminars and special event videography. Our services include shooting low-to-medium budget productions, events, television commercials, website promotional/information videos and ad spots on location, as well as editing in-house to produce broadcast quality video productions done in Standard Definition (SD). Suppoa-Base Camp worked with GCA on our Wellcome Home video and did this project at a reduced fee.