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HCEF Annouces the appointment of three committee chairpersons
16-Jan-01
Contact: Robert Younes, M.D.
(301) 983 3022, (301) 871 9222
ryounes@hcef.org
January 10, 2001
The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) announces that it has appointed chairpersons to three new organizational committees in response to the demands created by the increased awareness of American Christians to the plight and suffering of Christians in the Holy Land. Dr.Jad Daniel will chair the Development Committee, Francois Quinson will chair the Membership Committee and Julia James will chair the Newsletter Committee.
Dr. Daniel is a partner in the Management Consulting Group with PriceWaterhouseCoopers located in Bethesda, Maryland. His previous employer was Oracle Corporation. Dr. Daniel's career has been concentrated in the high tech disciplines. He was born in Amman, Jordan and attended the Terra Sancta School. He obtained his education from the University of Manchester, England (BA, MS and PhD in digital communications). He moved his family to the Washington, DC area in 1987. He has been active Christian and Palestinian causes for many years.
Mr. Quinson is a private independent consultant to a wide variety of organizations in the United States and abroad with primary emphasis on performance management, strategic organizational design and compensation strategies. Mr. Quinson received his education in France and the United States and is a graduate of Williams College (BA) and Cornell University (MBA). He was formerly with the Hay Group and Mercer Consulting. He has been active in the Right to Life movement. He is a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem and is a member of the Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Quinson is a parishioner of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Barnesville. He is married and has four daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Ms. James is a graduate of Notre Dame (BA) and Indiana University (MS). She has been active as a teacher in both the high school and college level and has specialized in curriculum and instruction. Her interest in the Arab World led her to continue teaching and learning about the history, religions and politics of the Middle East. She has conducted teaching workshops on Arabic culture and history. Currently she works at home as the mother of two children.
These new HCEF committees will help raise funds to support HCEF activities, increase awareness of American citizens to the plight of Christians in the Holy Land and improve communication with HCEF members, the New three committees reflects the growing Western Christian interest in the suffering of the Palestinian Christian, Rateb Rabie, HCEF president said in announcing the three new committees' Chairpersons.
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* The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation is a tax exempt, non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of Christians in the Holy Land by developing bonds of solidarity with Christians in the United States. HCEF, PO Box 6687, Silver Spring, MD 20906. (301) 871-9222, Fax (301) 871-2277. www.hcef.org. email:rabie@hcef.org
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