Donald E. Dana

President and Founder

Don Dana holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco and a law degree from Hastings College of the Law. He joined Wells Fargo Bank in 1980 as counsel specializing in real estate acquisitions, sales, commercial leasing, secured lending, loan brokerage and mortgage banking. Currently, Mr. Dana is an Executive Vice President for Wells Fargo and is responsible for overseeing all acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, design, construction and property management for 50 million square feet of commercial real estate owned or controlled by the Bank throughout the United States. Don serves on the Board of the Leakey Foundation and St. Ignatius College Preparatory. He has traveled to over eight countries in Africa and has always considered it one of the places closest to the heart.

Natalie A. Dana

Treasurer and Founder

Natalie Dana graduated from Stanford University in 2006 with a major in Human Biology focused on human evolution. After graduation, she worked as a Reporting Analyst for Hall Capital Partners, LLC (a private wealth management company) in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY. Natalie is currently living in Atlanta, GA and attending Emory University School of Law, graduating in Spring 2012. Natalie is on the board of AOF and serves as their Treasurer. She has visited East Africa several times and plans to return very soon to revisit the orphans that AOF is funding.

Danielle M. Dana

Secretary and Founder

Danielle attended the University of Colorado where she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Danielle is currently employed as the Director of Development for Science Friday and its nonprofit counterpart the Science Friday Initiative. Science Friday is a popular weekly science talk show broadcast nationally on NPR. Danielle is on the Board of AOF and serves as the Secretary; she also assists with fundraising initiatives. Danielle first visited Africa in 2003, and was very taken by the warmth and beauty of the people. She currently divides her time between San Francisco and New York.

Brad Goodhart

Trustee

During the last 35 years, Brad Goodhart has planned and led over 100 safaris in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganada and the congo for well-known eco-tourism companies, his own company, and private individuals. He has pioneered eco-tourism into new areas to observe African’s unique wildlife. He has coordinated fund-raising for schools and orphanages in Tanzania, Uganda and Ecuador. He has always felt a strong affinity for the land and people of east and central Africa. He is currently teaching high school science and planning African adventures for small groups of interested individuals.

Paddy Moore-Goodhart

Trustee

Paddy has degrees in nursing from Mt. Zion Hospital, a B.A. in anthropology from U. C Berkeley and a Master’s degree in Anthropology from San Francisco State University. She has been teaching anthropology at several Bay Area colleges for the past 25 years. For the past 8 years she has served as the director of the Anderson Valley Food Bank. Along with her husband, fellow trustee, Brad Goodhart, she has led primate study trips to East Africa and Madagascar. She is currently working at the Leakey Foundation as grant and program officer.

Alan Almquist

Advisor

Alan Almquist, AOF advisor, received his Ph.D. in physical anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972. He is now emeritus professor of Anthropology At California State University, East Bay after teaching anthropology there for 35 years. He has done field work in the Afar region of Ethiopia in paleoanthropology since 1993. He has authored six books in anthropology including the introductory text "Biological Anthropology" with co-author Noel Boaz. He considers the work of AOF to be of great benefit to these girls in attaining their goals of becoming important contributors to their respective societies.