Rich Halvorson is the founder of Global Fast, a charity-driven movement to end global poverty in our generation. His experience includes global technology, print media, and teaching at an inner-city high school. After growing up in Boise, Idaho with a love for soccer and skiiing, Rich studied philosophy and government at Harvard where he wrote his thesis on global poverty. He was a global affairs columnist for The Harvard Crimson and later The Miami Herald . Rich has worked from Spain, Croatia, Korea, the Philippines, Panama, Colombia, and Haiti. His work has been featured on NPR Marketplace , NBC, MTV, The Houston Chronicle , TEDx and The New York Times .

Jonathan is the rallying force behind our large events, website and college outreach, and is working at GF to inspire the next generation of global change makers to tackle poverty through personal sacrifice. Since before he can remember, Jonathan has had a passion to create big impact. Leaving home at an early age, he’s worked in 18 states in campus organizing, student leadership, and building grassroots movements. In early 2008, Jonathan became a technology entrepreneur starting companies in both the US and Europe. In his down time, Jonathan loves putting on his chef’s hat and tricking his friends into cooking culinary masterpieces.

Jenna loves working with students through Campus Outreach for Global Fast. Coming to GF in September of 2010, she has always been drawn to helping people in poverty – especially after seeing poverty up close during a student trip to Thailand. Currently, Jenna works with students and charities to catalyze campus-wide events and sponsor excellent projects. Since graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in International Business, she took a year to live in Poland and teach English. Her main passion is the aid and rescue of women sold into sex slavery, forced into underage marriages, or otherwise oppressed within their society. To deepen her knowledge of global cultures, Jenna hopes to travel the world for a year, visiting India, Nepal and Brazil.

Coming to Global Fast January 2011, Kimberly works behind the scenes to keep our operations up and running. She is a natural writer who loves creating and shaping GF communications. In 2005 she came face-to-face with global poverty while working in an orphanage in Nicaragua to serve high-risk girls with classes in music and dance. The girls learned creative outlets to grow beyond their challenging environments. Because of this experience Kimberly hopes to heal children and orphans globally through exposure to creative arts. Graduating from American University with a BA in music, she taught music to students K-8 at two DC area schools. Kimberly is currently in graduate school at Pepperdine University getting her MFA in Screenwriting.

David is a young software engineer whose life mission is to change the world through technology. He joined the Global Fast team to build the social fundraising platform that powers our website. Previously, David has built high-level banking platforms, social engagement platforms, and has engineered innovative contributions to the open-source programming community. David grew up on a family farm in Canada, where he milked cows every morning and learned to code by night. David has a contagious laugh, a passion for adventure, and a strong interest in human behavior. In his spare time, David enjoys flying a Bell 206 Helicopter and is working towards his pilot’s license.

Justin is an independent graphic designer living and working in Omaha. As a community-minded designer and activist, he is extremely interested in how America exists in the world, what it means to be a global citizen today and how to make change beautiful. Justin was the creative mind behind Power to the Poster – a graphic design democracy project that has reached hundreds of thousands of people through creative activism and idealistic design.