Liberian Assistance Program, Inc.
4001 Hiawatha Dr.
Madison, WI  53711
Phone: (608) 233-0775
LAPorg@gmail.com

Liberian Assistance Program, Inc.
Building schools and hope for Liberians


This page was last updated: January 28, 2012
Jane Scharer in Monrovia. April, 2007
Links  to related organizations:

Friends of Liberia

Goods for Good

Government of Liberia

National Peace Corps Association

Operation Classroom

U.S. State Department
Board of Directors

Chair  
Judy Reed
Retired
Madison, WI 
Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, 1964-66
judyreed42@yahoo.com

Vice Chair  
Jane Scharer
Artist
Madison, WI
jcscharer@yahoo.com

Secretary    
Carol Cohen, Ph.D
Grants Manager
Wisconsin Public Television
Madison, WI
carol.cohen@wpt.org

Treasurer
Carla Reynolds
Retired
Madison, WI
roncarla@usa.com
Judy Reed with Jessie Kekula and Family.
April, 2007
Advisory Council

Abraham Bull
Department of Workforce Development
State of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Former citizen of Liberia

Suzanne Fahey
Santa Fe, NM
Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, 1966-68

Jim Gray, PhD
Education Advisor, USAID
Monrovia, Liberia
Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, 1972-76

Lyn Gray
Senior Civil Society Specialist
The International Research and Exchanges Board
Monrovia, Liberia
Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, 1972-76

Margo McKnight
Vice President
The Friendship Force of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Scholarship Chair

Justine Michas
Fresno, CA
Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, 1964-66

Richard  A. Nisbett, PhD, MSPH
Department of Global Health
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Richard Sweet
Attorney
Madison, WI

Nikki Tupesis
Nutritionist
Madison, WI

Marlene Walker
Alexandria, VA

Hattie Woller
Madison, WI 
Liberian citizen, currently working and studying in Madison                         
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Board members, Jane Scharer, Judy Reed, and Carla Reynolds meet with a Senate staff aide on African affairs at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.  June, 2009
Jean Feraca of Wisconsin Public Radio interviews Judy Reed,
March 15, 2010.
UW Conference:  Peace Corps and Africa, 50 Years presentation by Judy Reed, March 25, 2011.
StoryCorps A recording of Judy Reed's Peace Corp Experience - COMING SOON
Jane Scharer with Abubakar and Hawa Sherif at a reception in Madison, WI, July, 2011. Abubakar is a former student of Judy Reed from her Peace Crops days in Liberia.  He and Hawa are the parents of Abbas Sherif, the scholarship
student supported by LAP.
Advisory Council Member Nikki Tupesis speaks about nutrition to class in new school.  Fall, 2011
Chair Judy Reed and Vice Chair Jane Scharer attend the Friends of Liberia reception at the Embassy of the Liberian Ambassador to the U.S.  The reception was held as part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps.  Sept. 2011