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BEGO GERBER
President and Co-Founder

Bego Gerber Photo Bego Gerber is President and Co-Founder of Chemists Without Borders, and focuses on board development, fundraising, public relations and partnerships. He is an Executive Associate accredited by the Institute for Independent Business. He is Managing Director of Business Development International, a lifestyle marketing company. Dr Gerber's experience ranges from academic medical research to patented new product development in a no-walls start-up and in Fortune 100 R&D; and from idea processing and information management to entrepreneurial lifestyle marketing and the development of B-Quadrant businesses on the Internet. Bego was educated at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, has Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of California, and was a postdoctoral fellow at The Johns Hopkins University. Bego is a passionate Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children.

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K. C. WANG
Chief Operating Officer

K.C. Wang PhotoK. C. Wang is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Chemists Without Borders, responsible for overseeing and managing all Chemists Without Borders' operational and administrative functions, and field programs. Specifically, he develops and manages organizational infrastructure including processes, methodologies, tools, resources, policies, protocols and culture. He also supports the President's duties in fundraising, public relations and partnership functions. Mr Wang is a seasoned management executive with more than fifteen years experience in progressive leadership positions combining operations, sales, marketing, services, manufacturing, and supply chain and partnership development in the for-profit sector. He has been General Manager and Managing Director of business operations in high tech industries as well as Marketing Director and Manager at DuPont and Hewlett-Packard. K. C. grew up in Taiwan, is a graduate of National Taiwan University (BS, Chemical Engineering), and has Masters degrees in Business Administration (San Jose State University) and Chemical Engineering (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago). He is a consultant in business strategies, partnerships, and operational and intercultural management.

STEVE CHAMBREAU
Vice-President of Memberships and Co-Founder

Steve Chambreau PhotoSteve Chambreau is a Co-founder of Chemists Without Borders, and is Vice President of Memberships, responsible for member recruitment and management, volunteer services, and technology management. Dr. Chambreau is a Research Scientist in the Propellants Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base, where he studies reaction dynamics. He is a consultant for hydrogen technologies, and is a tutor for high scool chemistry students. Steve grew up in California, attended school at UC Berkeley (BS 1993), San Diego State University (MS 1997), and UC Riverside (PhD 2002). He spent 2 years working as an NRC Associate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB near Boston, and 2 years as a postdoc with Professor Arthur Suits at Wayne State University.