- Timothy Lomas
- Corey Burchman
- Clamra Celestin
- Donna Sylvester
- Jill Kring Carter
- Ken Wong
- Ayesha Rabadi-Raol
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Timothy Lomas, Co-Founder and President of Global Children's Art Programme, Artist and Educator
Timothy Lomas, who died in February 2023, was the founder and artistic director of GLOCAP. Artist, art educator and humanitarian, he was renowned internationally as an ambassador of inclusion education in the arts. A Fine Arts Major from Tyler School of Art (BFA), Temple University Italy, and Parsons School of Design, Timothy taught students from preschool and formal K-12 programs, to adults and the elderly. He co-created the art curriculum at the IDEAL School, an inclusion school serving a neurodiverse student body, and also taught at Third Street Music School Settlement where he created an art exchange exhibition with the Reyum Art Institute in Phnom Penh. His mission specific philanthropic and humanitarian projects were extensive and reached communities globally. Passing along the light of creativity to others was his mission and artistic journey which we carry on.
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Corey Burchman, Co-Founder Global Children's Art Programme
Corey Burchman, MD is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical School, in Hanover, NH. He is actively involved in teaching residents, medical research, and administering clinical care. He has been involved in humanitarian medical care for most of his adult life, primarily in South America, and most recently, Southeast Asia.
A US Navy veteran, Dr. Burchman has traveled extensively throughout lesser-developed countries. He conceived the notion of a global children’s art venture over 20 years ago while in east Africa. He found that children, from all parts of the world, are the keenest observers of life, often unencumbered by constraints of cultural differences, socioeconomic status, and convention.
His love, respect, and appreciation of art as an expressive medium is matched by his desire to bring art instruction to children. Through their expression, the world possibly can be made a better place. He is both a serious poet and writer; engaged in decades of creative writing and painting workshops from high school in Maryland, through college in upstate New York while at Cornell, and then as a medical resident at Harvard. His hobbies are numerous, but include the alchemy of brewing beer, blue-water sailing, skiing, and enjoying the outdoors in every season.
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Clamra Celestin, Vice President
Clamra Celestin, Vice-President, Global Children’s Art ProgrammeBorn in Kindiri, ChadEducated (Primary- High School) Jesuit School in Chad.Institute Superieur de Gestion, BFA. Emphasis on economics, finance management, and strategic planning, Tokyo, Japan.Universite de Paris VIII, Science of Education with an emphasis in anthropology, psychology, and intercultural relationships.Golden Gate University, SF, MBA, Emphasis in international business, including studies of diverse financial, cultural, economic and political environments.
Celestin promoted and coordinated funds and medications in France for leprosy patients in Calcutta with the Mother Theresa Foundation.
Celestin is the co-founder of the École Communautaire de Kindiri, Chad (School for primary education). He is the author of "Fils du Ciel - De Kindiri á Manhattan"
Currently Celestin is a collector and dealer of African art and a contributing writer for the African Tribal Magazine. He lives in Manhattan and Paris, and makes frequent visits to Chad. -
Donna Sylvester
The art of Donna Sylvester, MFA, is represented in numerous museum and corporate collections. Beyond her art, her deeply held values around creativity as essential human birthright have led her to share her vision through ‘experiential creative process’ workshops around the US, and in various organizational capacities. Sylvester is a founding board member of Transformational Energetic Arts, an NPO in New York City celebrating egalitarian community through music, movement and art.
A long time community arts activist, she has served on the board and as board president for YorkArts, a York Pennsylvania not-for-profit arts education organization, dedicated to supporting the arts as a central part of the community through its outreach programs, free art gallery exhibits and children's art education programs. One of the many programs of YorkArts is ArtReach!, which, in collaboration with York Housing Authority, volunteers and staff work with at-risk children to provide opportunities for creative and safe self-expression through art. Currently, she serves as acting curator of the ‘ART+ Industry’ exhibit with YorkArts, a collaborative between multimedia artists and local industry.
Sylvester brings mission specific values, and commitment as an artist to the Board of Directors. In addition, she offers insight into the challenges that lay ahead in a newly established NPO in the arts, which will help insure our ability as a board to deliver on our mission, now and in the future.
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Jill Kring Carter
Over the past 30 years, Jill has worked in executive level management, and as a writer, consultant and entrepreneur in the non-Profit, Dental, and Medical arenas. Jill volunteers regularly with local, national and international charities, and has been involved in numerous 501c3 nonProfits as founding board member, board advisor, and consultant.
When asked to join the founding efforts with GCAP, she did not hesitate. Her daughters lives and education had been tremendously enhanced by a gifted elementary school art teacher, thus she was keenly aware of the gift of art in a child's life.
In early GCAP development stages, Jill penned the text on the landing page of the website for GCAP under "The Universal Language of Art," and "The Many Advantages of Artistic Expression for Children."
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Ken Wong, Advisory Board Member
KEN WONG is the Founder and Executive Director of The Face-to-Face Project, which he started in 2004. He previously worked as a documentary photographer and production manager of art books at Little, Brown & Company, Princeton University Press, and Yale University Press. Originally from Oberlin, Ohio, he is a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. -
Ayesha Rabadi-Raol, Advisory Board Member
Ayesha Rabadi-Raol (Ed.D.) is an Assistant Professor in the department of Early Childhood Studies at Sonoma State University. She has a doctorate in education from Columbia University, New York. She is a strong advocate for the rights of underserved and historically marginalized children, families and communities. As an artist herself, she believes in the transformative power of artistic education for equity and justice.
