Directors

Julia Faith

International Outreach Director, 2012-Present

Julia began her international service at the age of ten. She began by buying pregnant goats for Haitian farmers through CCH, a non-profit in Haiti, and within two years, she had acquired 400 goats. This caught the attention of Robert Duvall and in 2009 Julia was asked to be the Ambassador to The Robert Duvall Fund. During her years working with The Robert Duvall Fund, she made jewelry, selling it at local boutiques, to fundraise. She also raised money through bake sales at Wakefield School. Although she continued to buy goats, she donated money to support the education of girls in India.

As Ambassador, Julia traveled to Haiti in early 2011 to learn more about the people and the needs of the country. Julia's largest project as Ambassador was to raise enough money to build a well for a village, which had no local water source. In September of 2011, Julia travelled to Haiti to help build the well in Bally and to fulfill the village's greatest need.

Julia's love for Haiti and its people has been a focal point in her life. When her sister Diane founded Goals Beyond the Net in October 2011, Julia joined as International Outreach Director. She has devoted years of service to GBTN. In 2013 Julia spent her sophomore year living in Haiti designing, developing and implementing our Goat Farming Program and our English Literacy Program.

Julia designed the Goat Farming Program and also the educational program for the GBTN families. She worked closely to mentor our Community Director of Sustainability in his new position. This program's tremendous success is directly correlated to Julia's creativity and knowledge.

Julia designed the five level curriculum of our English Literacy Program based on phonics and phonemic awareness, grammar, sentence formation, idioms and metaphors, written language strategies, public speaking, and conversational fluency. She enrolled and taught children and adults, who advanced from Level 1 to Level 4. Julia taught English class full-time for one year and also mentored other instructors. She taught our English classes the first year (2013-2014) and subsequent summers. She evaluates the program's effectiveness yearly and implemented the necessary curriculum changes.

Julia has been a member of the arts community since she was in kindergarten. She has performed in over 31 plays, taking the lead role her junior year in the play Harvey, and a major role in Almost Maine. After graduating from Wakefield School, Julia completed a Conservatory Year in Screenwriting at The New York Film Academy. She continued her academic pursuits at the New York Film Academy, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Screenwriting degree in 2019.

Julia is been instrumental in the administrative aspect of Haiti operations, mentoring and supervising Haitian staff. She has also had a critical role as a translator and translating documents. Julia is fluent in French and conversational Haitian Creole.

Meghan Mace

Outreach Director, Tennessee

Meghan played for the nationally ranked Brentwood Soccer Club's Real Madrid and won State Cup eight times. She graduated from Franklin High School, in Tennessee, with high honors in 2008. In high school Meghan volunteered at St. Bartholomew's Church where she helped feed homeless men and women in the Nashville area.

Meghan attended Arkansas State University where she played soccer collegiately for four years. She graduated cum laude in August 2012 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. During her college years Meghan participated in several volunteer opportunities including visiting the elderly in hospice, painting public parks, and taking part of the massive cleanup and rebuilding process of her hometown after the devastating flooding in 2010. Also, during her senior year Meghan was an intern at the Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness.

Upon graduation, Meghan has coached a U-8 boys soccer team and the Junior Varsity Girls team at her alma mater, Franklin High School for 4 years. In 2014-2015 Meghan coached the U/11 Girls for the Tennessee Football Club.
She was a research assistant for Dr. Saori Ishikawa in a study correlating elderly women's bone health and daily activity.

Currently Meghan is attending medical school at DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. This past spring she helped organize a charity soccer match at the school which raised money for Goals Beyond the Net. She is the Outreach Director of Tennessee for Goals Beyond the Net. Meghan has successfully established a partnership with the Tennessee Soccer Club, organized donation drives, and is networking with other organizations to facilitate partnership opportunities.

Jaimi Viveros

Community Outreach Director and Marketing

Joining the GBTN Directors, Jaimi will be managing fundraising events, child educational sponsorships, marketing opportunities, and public relations, both locally and nationally.Jaimi is no stranger to public relations, having spent 13+ years managing a local Starbucks, interacting with customers and staff, and ensuring a great experience for all. In fact, President and CEO Kathy Leggette saw Jaimi's passion and ability to connect with others, and knew Jaimi was the right fit for GBTN.

Jaimi is focused on applying the core key elements of education, empowerment, and sustainability to improve the lives of impoverished children in Haiti. Prior to GBTN, Jaimi earned her cosmetology degree and was a barista and manager at Starbucks. Jaimi has two children who are the loves of her life; she plans to take that passion for all children and help connect others to the GBTN programs that elevate the minds, bodies, and souls of Haitian children.

Izidore Christopher

Administrative Director

Christopher is responsible for the supervision of all personnel and administrative oversight of all six programs and activities of GBTN in Haiti. He reports directly to the GBTN President. Mr. Izidore works with the local schools to implement our educational program. He evaluates all programs and supervises the Directors to facilitate the success of our programs.. Mr. Izidore is active in collecting data for evaluating programs, generating reports, and facilitating partnerships to benefit the GBTN children. Christopher works closely with the Directors and staff to accomplish our yearly goals. Additionally, Mr. Izidore coordinates our partners' activities while in Haiti.