Habele was initially founded by three young men, all of whom have taught in the classrooms of Outer Island Schools. Incorporation of the Fund in 2006 formalized individual efforts of sponsoring students and organizing book donations which began in 2002.

• Neil Mellen is President of the Board of the Directors. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, and a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Yap Outer Islands 2002-05). Mr. Mellen is a member of the South Carolina Educational Broadband Service Commission. He also serves as the Communications Director at South Carolinians for Responsible Government, a non-partisan political advocacy group. Mr. Mellen has a Masters Degree in Philosophy.


• Alexander Sidles is Secretary of the Habele Board Directors. He is a former classroom teacher with experience in Chuuk and Yap States (2000-03). Mr. Sidles is a Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the United States Marine Corps and a veteran of four deployments to Iraq, where he earned a Combat Action Ribbon and a Purple Heart.


• Regina Raglmar Raigetal is a member of the Habele Board of Directors. She attended Xavier High School and the College of Micronesia. She serves as the United States Peace Corps' Field Representative in the State of Yap. She has also worked for the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA) as well as the Federated States of Micronesia National Office of Planning and Budget.


• Marc McNamara is Treasurer of the Board of Directors. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and a former Peace Corps Volunteer who served as a community health adviser and classroom teacher (Republic of Madagascar 2003-2005). Mr. McNamara is an analyst at the United States Department of State. He has a Master's degree in public administration.


• Maureen Nunn is a member of the Habele Board of Directors. She is an author, teen guidance counselor, and award-winning television host. She is active in a range in of nonprofit, philanthropic, and education organizations in the greater Los Angeles area and has participated in Faith in Practice, a non-profit group that works in Guatemala. Mrs. Nunn is the proud mother of five children. She holds a Bachelors and Master's degree from the University of Southern California.


• Scott Leis is a member of the Habele Board of Directors. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Outer Islands of Yap State (2005-07). Mr. Leis worked as a teacher, librarian, and educational trainer on Asor and Falalop Islands in the Ulithi Atoll. He is an aeronautical information specialist with the Federal Aviation Administration and earned a Master’s Degree in Geography from Kansas State University.

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