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Kara Scheer,
New Product Development
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gretchen Sunko,
Business/IT Consultant
Chicago, IL/USA
Kellogg Corps,
Organizational Development
Chicago, IL
Chris Johnson,
Production Consultant
Chicago, IL
Grace Yoon,
Fair Trade Consultant
Chicago, IL
Robin Ross,
Business Consultant
Chicago, IL
Keely Jones,
General Projects Manager
Evanston, IL
Jeannie Weber,
Business Intern
Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
Kristina Anderson,
Marketing and Management Consultant
Munster, IN
David Ripley,
Production Management Analyst
Winfield, IL
Sarah Schepker,
Apparel Design and Technical Manager
Naperville, IL
Kiley O’Brien,
Graphic Designer
St. Charles, Illinois
Hillary Van Ham,
Design Intern
Batavia, IL
Brittany Campanelli,
New Product Development
Huntley, IL
Kathleen Kosnar,
Export Logistics Analyst
Milwaukee, WI
Pam Wyrowski,
Project Leader
Milwaukee, WI
Mary Jane Gregan,
International Music Educator
Lafayette, Indiana
Eana Agopian,
Photographer/Photo Editor
Kalamazoo, MI
Shane Bohbrink,
Business Consultant, Naasakle Ltd.
Bloomington, IL
Jennifer Christiansen,
Human Resources Consultant
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Olivia Keusch,
Merchandising Intern
Portland, MI, USA
Jack McCarthy,
Small Business Consultant
Indianapolis, IN
Marne Petersen,
Marketing & PR Intern
Waupaca, WI
Rachel Orloski,
Apparel Merchandising Intern
Mt Pleasant, Michigan/USA
Indiana University Students,
Fair Trade Educators
Bloomington, IN
Katie Boyer,
Fair Trade Advisor
Cadillac, Michigan
Gretchen Sunko
Business/IT Consultant
[Chicago, IL/USA]


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Gretchen helping with the Charity USA order, lots of folding!

Description: Many of our Mamas struggle to manage the financial aspects of their business and set attainable financial goals. Gretchen and fellow volunteer, Kirsten, planned and executed a financial training workshop and then visited a variety of women to help them understand and update their books. Gretchen also assisted with database implementation, producer earning analysis, cost modeling, social networking and in general was ready and willing to lend a hand whenever needed.

Achievements: Gretchen assisted WIP in many areas:
  • Conducted a training workshop for over 40 local women in Cape Coast on "Managing Customer Orders".
  • Met one-on-one with Global Mamas to follow up on training concepts, understand production capacity of their business, analyze consistency of work orders received from Global Mamas, and ensure the Mamas are paying fair wages to their employees.
  • Helped implement a new production database that will be used across the organization. The database was designed to improve efficiency of the production process and provide a wealth of data that will help Global Mamas better analyze inventory, profitability and overall performance of the business.
  • Worked on an updated cost model that would allow Global Mamas to analyze costs and establish prices based on varying factors such as business line and production location.
  • Temporarily assisted with production management activities at the Prampram site while the site managers were on vacation.
 Highlights: Coming from an IT background, Gretchen admitted that when she first arrived in Ghana she had no idea what the word 'batik' meant. She thought was some kind of place like a 'boutique'. and 'boutiquers' were the people that worked in 'boutiques'. Now, after 4 months, she has not only learned how to batik her own fabric, she's helped to oversee the Global Mamas batik production in Prampram and contributed to a new production database that will improve their overall production process! Gretchen has come to appreciate Ghanaian culture through and has been moved by Ghanaians overwhelming sense of hospitality. She really enjoyed being in an environment with so many other volunteers. It was great for her to get to know people from all different parts of the world and all different backgrounds who share the same desire to help support women in Ghana

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