<p><strong>Allen Andersson, founder of the Riecken Foundation, has announced the appointment of Malcolm Butler as President of the Foundation.</strong> <p><em>"Malcolm is the right person at the right time for the Foundation. His breadth of experience and entrepreneurial approach will help us take a proven model to scale."</em> -Allen Andersson</p> <p>The Riecken Foundation, founded in 2000, builds and supports lending libraries with free internet in Central America. It currently has 52 libraries in Honduras and nine in Guatemala, with more under construction in the region. The Foundation's mission is to foster prosperity and democracy in Central America.</p> <p>Mr. Butler brings a wealth of experience from the public, private, and non-profit sectors.</p> <p>In the public sector, he served at the US State Department, Office of Management of Budget, and on the National Security Council before moving to USAID. At USAID, he directed high-priority foreign assistance staff initiatives in Bolivia, Peru, Lebanon, and the Phillipines while these countries faced critical changes. Later he led the Washington Bureau for Latin America, established and led the Bureau for Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union, and served as the agency's Executive Secretary.</p> <p>In the private sector, Mr. Butler founded and built a successful consutling firm that served clients in business development, overseas operations, and acquisitions.</p> <p>In the non-profit world, he served as President of the Pax World Services subsidiary of Mercy Corps, and as President & CEO of Partners of the Americas for six years. Most recently, he consulted with Mercy Corps on establishing a holding company for the agency's microfinance portofolio. He sits on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations and civic associations.</p> <p><em>"(I am) excited at the prospect of working with Allen and the highly motivated, entrepreneurial staff at the Riecken Foundation to create portals of opportunity for the people of Latin America."</em>- Malcolm Butler</p> <p>Riecken Foundation's newest member resides in McLean, Virginia with his wife Tish and sons Tony and Martin.</p> <p><br /> <strong>The rapidly growing Riecken Foundation has unveiled </strong>a number of new projects, including its first urban library and a funding-partnership initiative. The projects were made public on the same day that the Foundation went live with a redesigned Web site. </p> <p>Honduran Minister of Culture Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle joined U.S. Ambassador Charles Ford and Riecken Foundation President Allen Andersson at the Nov. 15, 2007, inauguration of the Flor del Campo library in Tegucigalpa. The library became the sixtieth in the Riecken network of community libraries and its first urban facility.</p> <p>Andersson, a prominent business and social entrepreneur, used the occasion of the library's debut to unveil an initiative for new funding partnerships with corporations, grant-making organizations and individual donors. He also announced plans to finish connecting Internet service to all the network's libraries in 2008. Once connected, the libraries will be part of a Web-based network-wide portal through which they can more easily share ideas and experiences.</p> <br /> </p>Allen Andersson, founder of the Riecken Foundation, has announced the appointment of Malcolm Butler as President of the Foundation. "Malcolm is the right person at the right time for the Foundation. His breadth of experience and entrepreneurial approach will help us take a proven model to scale." -Allen Andersson The Riecken Foundation, founded in 2000, builds and supports lending libraries with free internet in Central America. It currently has 52 libraries in Honduras and nine in Guatemala, with more under construction in the region. The Foundation's mission is to foster prosperity and democracy in Central America. Mr. Butler brings a wealth of experience from the public, private, and non-profit sectors. In the public sector, he served at the US State Department, Office of Management of Budget, and on the National Security Council before moving to USAID. At USAID, he directed high-priority foreign assistance staff initiatives in Bolivia, Peru, Lebanon, and the Phillipines while these countries faced critical changes. Later he led the Washington Bureau for Latin America, established and led the Bureau for Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union, and served as the agency's Executive Secretary. In the private sector, Mr. Butler founded and built a successful consutling firm that served clients in business development, overseas operations, and acquisitions. In the non-profit world, he served as President of the Pax World Services subsidiary of Mercy Corps, and as President & CEO of Partners of the Americas for six years. Most recently, he consulted with Mercy Corps on establishing a holding company for the agency's microfinance portofolio. He sits on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations and civic associations. "(I am) excited at the prospect of working with Allen and the highly motivated, entrepreneurial staff at the Riecken Foundation to create portals of opportunity for the people of Latin America."- Malcolm Butler Riecken Foundation's newest member resides in McLean, Virginia with his wife Tish and sons Tony and Martin. The rapidly growing Riecken Foundation has unveiled a number of new projects, including its first urban library and a funding-partnership initiative. The projects were made public on the same day that the Foundation went live with a redesigned Web site. Honduran Minister of Culture Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle joined U.S. Ambassador Charles Ford and Riecken Foundation President Allen Andersson at the Nov. 15, 2007, inauguration of the Flor del Campo library in Tegucigalpa. The library became the sixtieth in the Riecken network of community libraries and its first urban facility. Andersson, a prominent business and social entrepreneur, used the occasion of the library's debut to unveil an initiative for new funding partnerships with corporations, grant-making organizations and individual donors. He also announced plans to finish connecting Internet service to all the network's libraries in 2008. Once connected, the libraries will be part of a Web-based network-wide portal through which they can more easily share ideas and experiences.
Allen Andersson, founder of the Riecken Foundation, has announced the appointment of Malcolm Butler as President of the Foundation.
"Malcolm is the right person at the right time for the Foundation. His breadth of experience and entrepreneurial approach will help us take a proven model to scale." -Allen Andersson
The Riecken Foundation, founded in 2000, builds and supports lending libraries with free internet in Central America. It currently has 52 libraries in Honduras and nine in Guatemala, with more under construction in the region. The Foundation's mission is to foster prosperity and democracy in Central America.
Mr. Butler brings a wealth of experience from the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
In the public sector, he served at the US State Department, Office of Management of Budget, and on the National Security Council before moving to USAID. At USAID, he directed high-priority foreign assistance staff initiatives in Bolivia, Peru, Lebanon, and the Phillipines while these countries faced critical changes. Later he led the Washington Bureau for Latin America, established and led the Bureau for Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union, and served as the agency's Executive Secretary.
In the private sector, Mr. Butler founded and built a successful consutling firm that served clients in business development, overseas operations, and acquisitions.
In the non-profit world, he served as President of the Pax World Services subsidiary of Mercy Corps, and as President & CEO of Partners of the Americas for six years. Most recently, he consulted with Mercy Corps on establishing a holding company for the agency's microfinance portofolio. He sits on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations and civic associations.
"(I am) excited at the prospect of working with Allen and the highly motivated, entrepreneurial staff at the Riecken Foundation to create portals of opportunity for the people of Latin America."- Malcolm Butler
Riecken Foundation's newest member resides in McLean, Virginia with his wife Tish and sons Tony and Martin.
The rapidly growing Riecken Foundation has unveiled a number of new projects, including its first urban library and a funding-partnership initiative. The projects were made public on the same day that the Foundation went live with a redesigned Web site.
Honduran Minister of Culture Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle joined U.S. Ambassador Charles Ford and Riecken Foundation President Allen Andersson at the Nov. 15, 2007, inauguration of the Flor del Campo library in Tegucigalpa. The library became the sixtieth in the Riecken network of community libraries and its first urban facility.
Andersson, a prominent business and social entrepreneur, used the occasion of the library's debut to unveil an initiative for new funding partnerships with corporations, grant-making organizations and individual donors. He also announced plans to finish connecting Internet service to all the network's libraries in 2008. Once connected, the libraries will be part of a Web-based network-wide portal through which they can more easily share ideas and experiences.
