Our Board of Directors
Isis Initiative, Inc. board members are volunteers who donate their time and talents.
Cheryl Hatch, Founder and President
Cheryl is a photographer, writer and educator. As a photojournalist, she covered conflict in the Middle East and Africa for nearly a decade. Cheryl has Master of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in photojournalism from the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in French and a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Journalism with a business minor from Oregon State University.
You may view her work at www.isisphotos.com.
Melanthia M. Peterman, Secretary
Melanthia is a Seattle writer and mother of one. She was a military reporter with The Associated Press from 2001 until 2008, when she resigned to stay home with her young son. During her free time, she maintains several blogs and writes for Seattle’s Child magazine, focusing on organic gardening and environmental topics. Melanthia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Communications from the University of Montana in Missoula. Born in California, she and her family later moved to a small farming town in northeast Montana. She is married to Michael Peterman, a software engineer with Disney Internet Group.
Web site: www.gardeness.com
Samanda Dorger, Treasurer
Samanda has been documenting people and places since 1991, and has worked as a photographer, editor and photo editor for newspapers and magazines around the U.S. She has a Master of Arts in photography from the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, and a B.A. in journalism from San Jose State. Her award-winning images have been exhibited and published around the world. Based in Napa, California, she is an independent photojournalist, and is currently working on new projects. She teaches photography and photojournalism at Napa Valley College and Solano Community College. Visit her Website at www.samandadorger.com
Alice Anderson
Alice Anderson is a first-year student at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, where she's studying arts and marine science. She is a co-editor of Off The Wall, the college newspaper. A PADI-certified scuba diver, she's an ocean enthusiast and an aspiring underwater cinematographer. Alice is a resident of Corvallis, Oregon.