Founder: Warner Woodworth

Warner Woodworth is a founder of MicroBusiness Mentors and has served as chairman of the board since 2003. He is a social entrepreneur and professor at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University, where he teaches international development, corporate change and consulting, NGO and social enterprise management, ethics and global business sustainability, as well as other courses. He is a consultant to major corporations, governments and trade unions. Warner has published ten books and more than 180 articles, many on microcredit and NGOs. Over the last decade he has been a founder and/or director of 16 NGOs that in 2006 alone raised in excess of $10 million, trained some 200,000 microentrepreneurs, and grew to over 1.2 million microfinance clients. The grand objective of all these efforts is to empower the poor and build family self-reliance in 21 countries. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Michigan. For more information, visit his website here.

Director of HR: Jayme Pierringer

Jayme Pierringer serves as the Director of Human Resources for MBM and has been with the organization since May 2009. In this position she organizes recruiting efforts, coordinates volunteer efforts each semester, and manages internal affairs. Jayme is pursuing a degree in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Business and will finish her schooling in December 2009. Her passions involve traveling, playing competitive sports, horseback riding, reading, cooking, and spending time with family.

Director of Finance: Tory Norman

Tory Norman began working with MicroBusiness Mentors in the summer of 2008 as a trainer, before becoming the Director of Finance. Prior to working with MBM, Tory participated in a volunteer service mission in Chile where he met his wife and brought her here to the United States. This connection with Latin America helped Tory cultivate a great love for the Hispanic people and a desire to help them grow and succeed here. Tory is currently studying Accounting at Brigham Young University and hopes to someday work as a business advisor.

Director of Training: Ken Katschke

Ken Katschke began as a trainer with MBM and currently serves as our Director of Training. He has a great love for the Hispanic Community and a passion for business and teaching. Before joining MBM, Ken served as a missionary in Mexico. Along with many of his colleagues, he is studying Business Management at Brigham Young University and hopes to become an Internal Operations Consultant. His hobbies include basketball, joke-telling, and cooking.

Director of Alumni: Charles Hunt

Charles Hunt serves as the Alumni Director of MBM and helps course graduates continue to improve their own businesses. He has first hand experience with entrepreneurship, having started his own successful windshield repair business. Currently, he works as a purchasing specialist for Omniture where he manages contracts totaling over $30 million annually. He served a mission in Argentina.

Class Coordinator: Heather Hatch

Heather Hatch began working with MBM in May 2009 as Class Coordinator because it combines her favorite things: Spanish, education, and business. She will graduate from BYU in Dec. 2009 with a degree in Business. One day she would like to own her own business and travel to Machu Pichu.

Director of Communications: Aaron Arnson

Aaron Arnson serves as the Director of Communications, and has been with MBM since May 2009. His current responsibilities include developing and executing MBM's marketing strategy, recruiting clients, and raising awareness and developing relationships between MBM and the communities in which it operates. Aaron is a senior majoring in general business at Brigham Young University, and will being pursuing a law degree in the fall of 2010. Before starting at MBM, Aaron served a volunteer mission in Finland for two years. His hobbies include volleyball and traveling.

Grant Writer: Eric Darsow

Having traveled half way around the world to South Africa in search for his true love, Eric found her behind a small desk in a crowded passage at a local nonprofit organization. The long hours and late nights Eric spent with his government grant proposals forged between them a resilient, lifelong relationship. While somewhat reluctant to part ways, Eric did eventually separate from his partner in South Africa to continue his schooling in social anthropology and organizational behavior at a large, private university in Provo, Utah. He anxiously looks forward to cultivating new romantic interests at MBM in coming months.

Director of IT: Tim Chaves

Tim Chaves uses technology to improve our course content and instruction, as well as maintaining and updating MBM's website.