Mona Foundation Staff

Staff and Volunteer Biographies

Sarah Rohm, Business Operations Director and Public Relations

Sarah began as a volunteer with Mona Foundation in 2004 and now works on the staff.  She holds a BA from the University of Washington in Global Studies and Business, and a MA from Seattle University in Nonprofit Management.  Most recently Sarah has worked at Microsoft doing program and project management, and in Washington D.C. at a leading Nonprofit Management company doing program management for an international nonprofit.

Sarah is originally from New England, but has lived and traveled all over the world, including the Falkland Islands, Israel, Turkey, Greece, France and Italy.  She has now come to settle in the great Northwest, the home office of Mona Foundation, with her husband and daughter.

Gaellen Quinn, Director of Development

Gaellen Quinn graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and has 23 years experience in entrepreneurial business. Her wide travels sparked an interest in social and economic development and she served as an unpaid volunteer for three years in a project in the Amazon.

Her Master's Degree is in International and Community Development with a focus on multi-stakeholder processes and fundraising management.

Gaellen dedicates time to support efforts at racial reconciliation, children's education and the advancement of women.

She is also a writer, working on her third novel. Her themes, related to development work, explore what causes individuals and societies to effloresce and what causes them to decline.

Mark Moran, Digital & Social Media Communications Officer

Mark Moran has over 12 years of experience in the web and graphic design fields with experience as a project manager, producer and creative director.

He has worked for such clients as Warner Brothers, Disney, Artisan Entertainment, RKO Pictures, Edko Films and many more.  For 10 years he served as the webmaster and head designer for Jet Li and was also a founding member of the team that created the popular website, Rotten Tomatoes (www.rottentomatoes.com).  Most recently he spent two years in Hong Kong developing the artist-focused social networking community, Alive Not Dead (www.alivenotdead.com). 

Mark has also trained in Chinese martial arts (wushu) for 15 years, both as an athlete and a coach.  He and his wife currently live in Xi’an, China where he spends his non-working time training with the Shaanxi Professional Wushu Team, studying the Chinese language and pursuing interests in photography, writing, music and film.

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