IT’S OUR PASSION TO HELP…

K12 Haiti is run by the people of Roost & Root and other corporate and individual volunteers.

IT’S OUR PASSION TO HELP…

K12 Haiti is run by the people of Roost & Root and other corporate and individual volunteers.

Meet the Team

Ana is a seasoned social media manager and has been involved in every aspect of the rebranding of K12 Haiti and the launch of Haiti Joe Coffee. She is involved in all aspects of marketing and creative for Haiti Joe Coffee and for K12 Haiti as well.

Ana Uribe, Assistant Marketing Manager, Roost & Root | Communications Director, K12 Haiti

Kevin brings his operational expertise that he uses daily at Roost & Root to the fulfillment of coffee orders for Haiti Joe. He is responsible for coordination of volunteer staffing and  all aspects of the warehouse operations.

Kevin Luby, General Manager, Roost & Root | Haiti Joe Coffee Operations Manager

Faham (aka Monty) manages all aspects of the web presence for Roost & Root. He has been involved in all development aspects of the Haiti Joe and the K12 Haiti web sites and maintains the sites from his home in India.

Faham Shaikh, Web Manager, Roost & Root | Web Manger K12 Haiti

Olivia has been active in developing the K12 Haiti Member School Network since she was in High School. She is a student at UT Dallas and graduates in 2022 with a Biomedical Engineering degree and then has her sights set on Medical School. In her role as Technology Coordinator she helps synthesize the requests of the schools into actionable plans that then become that schools annual technology goal.  Once funded, she serves as the coordinator for the school to make sure initiatives are implemented.

Olivia Twining, Technology Coordinator For Member Schools

Ian is deeply involved in the day-to-day shopping of shipping rates for several large shipping agents and brings to bear considerable expertise on the customs and import aspects of the coffee from Haiti, and its delivery to Haiti Joe’s warehouse in Texas.

Ian Brzeski, Shipping Logistics Solutions Developer | Coffee Logistics K12 Haiti

Cassandra has been active in developing the K12 Haiti Member School Network since she was in High School. She is a student at the UT Health Sciences Center in Houston and graduates in 2022 with an RN-BSN. She has her sights set on a DNP degree. In her role as Textbook Coordinator she helps synthesize the requests of the schools into actionable plans that then become that schools annual textbook funding goal. Once funded, she serves as the coordinator for the school to make sure initiatives are implemented.

Cassandra Twining, Textbook Coordinator For Member Schools

Rachel is an international executive who generously contributes her considerable talents and resources to K12 Haiti. She lead the successful Ekolaj Project for what was then K12 Canaan before the organization rebranded itself K12 Haiti.

Rachel Kelly, Fundraising, K12 Haiti

Matt and his family are both generous financial donors to K12 Haiti causes and he is also actively involved in pursuing corporate partnerships for the member schools we support.

Matt Hugo, Corporate Donor Liaison K12 Haiti

Dyan has been an active supporter and participant of all things Haiti for over a decade. Her particular passion is being involved in the educational excellence of the schools that K12 Haiti supports and special projects for teachers.

Dyan Twining, Founder & Customer Service Manager, Roost & Root | School Liaison K12 Haiti

Montie is an active Philanthropist with a heart for Haiti. Montie and his wife Dyan adopted their son Nathan after the 2010 earthquake and have been working to increase their involvement in Haitian causes ever sense. Montie decided in early 2020 to instead of only depending on fundraising, to reorganize K12 Canaan into K12 Haiti and develop a Haitian Coffee cause product. After delays from COVID, gang issues in Haiti, more hurricanes, presidential assassinations and even another earthquake… finally in late 2021 Haiti Joe Coffee will get launched.

Montie Twining, Founder & Product Development @ Roost & Root | Executive Director, K12 Haiti