Current Board of Directors

Demet YEZGI: Demet has been an active volunteer devoted to social change since 1999. She is co-founder of the Istanbul-based TOG Community Volunteers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating social awareness among youth, and has been a youth coordinator for TEGV Education Volunteers.

Since her move to the Bay Area two years ago, Demet has completed her certificate in nonprofit management from San Jose State University, is volunteering for the local Turkish American Community, and is writing articles for various websites and magazines. She is founder of a small consultancy business, which offers services to nonprofit organizations. She has worked in the Office of Development at Stanford University as Assistant Director of Research.

She received her undergraduate degree in political science and international relations from Bogazici University, Turkey, and will pursue her masters degree in Nonprofit Adminstration from University of San Francisco starting Fall 2005. She is the founder of Friends of Anatolia. She served as the President on the Interim Board of Friends of Anatolia between June 2004 and June 2005.