Who We Are
Mateo Garibaldi President/Founder/Executive Director
Chris Garibaldi Vice President/Assistant Executive Director
Jay Sueno Director of Finance/Treasurer/Special Events
Kate Baber Director of Development and National Volunteers
Paulina Lopez Director of Community Programs
Anne Mi Bosse Director of Public Relations/Secretary
Maria Guerra Director of Curriculum Development
Brendan Reville Director of Technology
Tome-Jo Trujillo Director of Special Programs
Mateo Garibaldi has a Bachelors degree from the University of Washington in Latin American studies and History.
He has worked in the non-profit world all his life, and sees this as a natural continuation of his previous work history.
Mateo first visited Leon Nicaragua in 2000, while he was a volunteer with Amigos de las Americas (www.amigoslink.org).
The very next year he returned on his own to create a library in a small elementary school in the very same community where he volunteered
just the year before. Since that year, Mateo has returned, at times, three times a year to visit his host family and continue to support that school.
It has always been a dream of his to start his own non-profit, and only now this dream is becoming a reality. Mateo plans to permanently move to
Nicaragua where he will be overseeing the various programs ADELANTE plans to implement.
Phone: 206-240-3969
E-mail: Mateo.garibaldi@gmail.com 
Chris has been married for over 25 years and has three grown sons, one high school senior daughter and two grandchildren. He and his wife,
Vera, have owned and operated two successful businesses focusing on their passion for infant aquatics, Waterbabies.
Over the last 10 years Waterbabies has grown from 30 students per quarter to over 1200 students per quarter and is one of the largest infant
aquatic programs in the United States.
He is inspired by the vision of ADELANTE and the diverse and committed Board of Directors. His main goal is to extend his experience of
community by supporting and connecting with those in Nicaragua through English and computer literacy programs. With the shadow of conflict and
separation seen in the world today, he believes ADELANTE as a way to support connection, sharing and being a part of an enlightening and
uplifting spirit across global borders. His hope is that many of you will too.
Jay Sueno has a Bachelors degree in Geography and Construction Management from the University of Washington.
He has served on the board of Back Stage Pass in previous years, which is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Additionally, he has gone through Project LEAD from the United Way of King County. He has experience in the Finance,
Marketing and Technology Consulting. His passions include surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding and his family and friends.
Kate Baber currently resides in Seattle, Washington and is studying health and social policy at the University of Washington
School of Social Work. With a background in public health, Kate has worked with a number of organizations conducting health outreach
programs to underserved populations including Hispanic migrant farm workers in rural Washington State. Additionally, Kate has significant
teaching experience.
At present she is a teaching assistant at the University of Washington, and has taught English as second language to young adults, medical
literacy classes to migrants, and violin and viola lessons to children and adults. Kate is excited to apply her experience in social work,
public health, and teaching toward developing ADELANTE into a successful and sustainable organization.
Paulina, a 32 year old Ecuadorian, has been in Seattle for almost five years. She started her work in social advocacy by working on human
rights issues for several years and she has a LLM -Masters Degree in International Human Rights from St. Thomas University.
In her home country of Ecuador, she developed community projects for indigenous populations, mainly focusing on education, social,
environmental justice and human rights issues. She developed a clinical externship program which enabled young students from law, social
work, and other disciplines to carry out voluntary public service in rural indigenous communities. Ms. Lopez strengthened human rights
education skills that contributed to the improvement of the situation facing the indigenous people in Ecuador.
She came to the United States through an invitation from Columbia University to participate in the Human Rights Program offered by the
School of International Affairs. This program gathers advocates from all over the world to participate in a four month special program.
Currently, she works as the Manager of the American Red Cross, International Department. Here she is allowed the opportunity to help the
immigrant and refugee populations in Washington State. She also belongs to many Latino and other ethnic organizations that promote social
justice issues for the immigrant and refugee community.
Anne is a six year resident of Seattle, and a lifelong Army brat. She has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University
of Washington where she focused her studies in Marketing. Her life experience of living all over America, as well as abroad, has provided
her the understanding of the importance of good communications, contentiousness and has also lent her an extremely organized streak.
Her previous work in volunteer and paid positions include work in marketing research and consumer behavior, acting as the on-campus marketing
intern in charge of cultivating positive work relationships between the UW Athletic Department and various student organizations, guerilla
marketing tactics to build excitement and increase attendance at athletic events at the UW, managing marketing materials for a commercial
real estate firm, as well as planning operations and managing a $100K sorority budget.
Maria, a native Ecuadorian, was born in Quito, but has lived in Washington state most of her life.
Maria received a Bachelors Degree in Literature from the University of Washington. She managed a group of
editors for a Market Research firm for 3 years before starting her own business.
For 2 years, she imported roses from her family's farm in Ecuador and sold them wholesale to local florists. She
also specialized as a floral designer for weddings and corporate functions. With her floral business, Maria was able to
donate her time and talent to different organizations and non-profits such as The Women's Funding Alliance yearly auction.
In 2005, Maria received a Masters in Teaching degree from the University of Washington. She currently teaches 1st
through 4th year Spanish classes at Mountlake Terrace High School In the future, Maria hopes to return to school
to get her Doctorate degree in Multi-Cultural Education.
Brendan Reville comes from Sydney, Australia, and has lived in Seattle since 2000. He graduated from Macquarie University, Australia
with a B. Sc. Computer Science and first class honors. His interest in education began as a computing tutor while at university,
and he continued as a volunteer tutor in an after-school tutoring program in Seattle for the past five years. He currently works on
a high-program game console produced by a local high-profile software corporation.
Tome'-Jo is 33 years young and has been working with non-profit organizations beginning in 1997. He has extensive fundraising experience
for organizations such as the Sierra Club, the Los Angeles Mission, Theaters, Museums, Aquatic centers and many more. His resume includes a wide
vaiety of positions ranging from lead project manager for Ostrom Glass and metal works to working on promotional projects for Microsoft and many
other local companies in an organizational capacity.
Recently Tome'-Jo has been focusing on raising his two children with his partner and working as a contributing member on Adelante's board of
directors in the hopes of more directly supporting worthwhile outreach and humanitarian projects.