Our Board of Directors
The Library Project’s Board of Directors is a strong and diverse group of individuals dedicated to supporting our local teams. This support comes in the form of organizational governance, ensuring the organization stays mission/vision focused and fundraising support.
The Library Project’s Board of Directors might look a little different from traditional non-profit Boards in that our internal team members sit on most of them, and we have local Boards in many of the countries we work in. This helps provide a clear voice for those who benefit from our programs.
If you’d like to learn more about our organization’s governance structure, please contact Tom Stader, TLP’s Founder.
Executive Board of Directors
Tom Stader — Board Chair, TLP Founder & Executive Director
Tom Stader is the Founder of The Library Project and Board Chair of the Executive Board of Directors. In 2006, Tom had a simple idea to donate libraries to two orphanages in Dalian, China. Soon after those libraries were complete, Tom founded The Library Project. Since then, Tom and his dedicated team have completed over 1700 library donations throughout Cambodia, China and Vietnam and impacting over 500,000 eager young readers. He is incredibly happy and proud of the impact The Library Project team accomplishes every day.
Donn Garton
Donn Garton has lived and worked in Vietnam for over 7 years. Originally from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Donn currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City and is General Manager of Resident Vietnam, a corporate relocation and immigration company serving clients such as Proctor & Gamble, General Electric and Chevron. Along with Resident Vietnam, Donn serves on the board of Alive Interactive Media, a video games outsourcing studio producing 3D animation for game companies around the world. Since moving to Asia, Donn has been involved in several start ups and has extensive experience in operational management and business development. He is honored to be part of The Library Project and assist in its efforts to bring the gift of reading to children throughout Asia.
Philip McCrea
Philip McCrea is the Managing Director at Red Nucleus—a global leader in interactive health education with offices in Yardley, PA, London and Pune, India. In addition to Red Nucleus, he has founded several other technology and education companies. Philip brings expertise in building organizations as well as a passion for children’s education to The Library Project. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden with his wife and three children.
Advisory Board of Directors
Amanda Yiu
Amanda Yiu lives in San Francisco and works in Partnership Success with Facebook’s Global Marketing Solutions team. Prior to Facebook, Amanda was a Management Consultant, helping companies thrive in a digital world across the Media & Entertainment, Smart Energy, Retail and Airline sectors. She was involved in developing a partner ecosystem for an innovation exchange, to help connect corporates with startups in emerging technologies. Amanda was born and raised in Toronto, Canada and lived in sunny Los Angeles for three years before moving up to The Bay. In growing her passion for social impact and philanthropy, Amanda founded an early-stage startup called Givfolio, a discovery platform that aims to connect donors to fund the world’s most impactful charities and promising social enterprises. She is a world-adventurer and foodie at heart, having visited over 35 countries to date. She is passionate about The Library Project’s cause and has personally volunteered with a library build and donated three libraries through the organization in Vietnam. She hopes to help grow the support for The Library Project across the international community over the next several years.
Scott Glassmeyer
Scott currently resides in Bangkok, Thailand where he has lived for the past 10 years. He is managing partner of One World Imports, which focuses primarily on remarketing secondhand computers from other countries in Thailand. This model extends the life of computers while also helping Thai citizens gain access to quality secondhand computers at very reasonable prices. Prior to One World Imports, Scott worked in numerous fields both in Thailand and the US ranging from software sales to business brokering to owning a restaurant. He graduated from Colorado College in 1991.
Celia Hatton
Originally from Canada, Celia Hatton has worked as a broadcast journalist in China since 2001. Working primarily as a correspondent for CBS News, Celia has reported from almost every corner of China, in addition to filing numerous breaking news stories from across Asia. Celia’s coverage of China’s Sichuan earthquake in 2008 garnered a Gracie Award from the Association of American Women in Radio and Television. Celia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Adam Simkins
Adam Simkins is the Director of Interior Solutions at The Getz Group based out of Singapore. A British national, Adam was born in Thailand and spent his childhood in many different Asian countries. Since graduating Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, he has worked in Hyatt hotels all around the world including South Korea, Saipan, Hong Kong, Bali, Tianjin, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Hangzhou and Xi’an. Adam’s belief in the power of education has led him to work as advisory board member in The Library Project and as a passionate ambassador.