Meet our Board of Trustees. Each is unpaid. Each volunteers his or her time to help the Teach Them To Fish Foundation do its share to eliminate the unimaginable human suffering caused by poverty in the developing world by building schools in Cambodia and building schools in Uganda for orphaned and disadvantaged children who do not have schools to attend while addressing the importance of educating girls at risk for human trafficking to attend school for the first time in their lives.
PROFESSOR OF LAW LLOYD R. COHEN, BA, MA, PhD, JD (2006-2023):
Professor Cohen is a charter member of the Board of Trustees. He earned his B.A. from Harpur College (1968), M.A. (1973), Ph.D. (1976) from the State University of New York, Binghamton University, and J.D. from Emory University (1983). Professor Cohen is a tenured professor at George Mason University Law School in Arlington, Virginia, where he teaches Wills, Trusts, and Estates and Statistics for lawyers as well as several courses in applied economics. Among other functions for the Teach Them To Fish Foundation, Professor Cohen reviews, copy and line edits our articles, books, and website content.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW RACHELLE HOLMES PERKINS, BS, JD:
Rachelle Perkins teaches Corporate Tax, Federal Income Tax, International Tax and Professional Responsibility at George Mason School of Law. She publishes scholarly work in the corporate, international and federal income tax fields. She is a 2002 graduate of Columbia Law School and holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the George Mason School of Law faculty, Professor Perkins served as the Transactional Studies Research Fellow at Columbia Law School. She was a tax associate with King & Spalding, LLP, in Washington, DC, from 2004-2006 and with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York from 2002-2004.
MS. KYONG HEE LEE, BA, BS, CPA:
Ms. Kyong Hee Lee is a charter member of the Board of Trustees. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. She is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in the State of Maryland. Ms. Lee volunteers as the foundation’s Secretary and Treasurer.
CHASE SIZEMORE, BBA, JD, LLM (Taxation), MS (Nonprofit Management, Candidate)
Chase Sizemore is the founder of the Teach Them To Fish Foundation and serves on its Board of Trustees. He oversees the foundation’s efforts to establish primary schools in rural Cambodia and Uganda for children who would otherwise lack access to education. Chase identifies potential sites that meet the foundation’s investment criteria, conducts due diligence, negotiates enforceable foreign contracts, supervises the construction process, and participates in both groundbreaking and opening ceremonies.
He built the foundation on a simple belief that lasting change begins with education. By building schools in remote and underserved communities, the Teach Them To Fish Foundation provides children with the opportunity to learn, grow, and pursue futures that were once out of reach. The foundation places particular emphasis on educating young girls who are at risk for human trafficking, helping them gain the knowledge and independence needed to protect them from exploitation.
Chase is also the author of the foundation’s first book, The Road to Kitgum. The book chronicles the foundation’s journey from building its first primary school for 380 vulnerable children in Battambang Province, Cambodia, to expanding its mission into the remote bushland of northern Uganda.
During one visit to Kanyanga Primary School in Uganda, a student quietly handed Chase a handwritten note from his mother asking for help rescuing her son who had been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. What followed drew Chase into the dangerous world of armed militias and internally displaced persons camps near Kitgum. During the effort to help, Chase was kidnapped by armed mercenaries and later escaped by jumping out of a window and fleeing to safety before returning to the village to report his failed rescue attempt to the boy’s mother. The full story is told in The Road to Kitgum.
Experiences like these reveal the harsh realities faced by children in the communities the foundation serves and reinforce the foundation’s commitment to building schools that provide hope, safety, and opportunity for the next generation.
The work of the Teach Them To Fish Foundation also carries a broader impact. In many of the remote communities where the foundation builds schools, families have long felt forgotten by the outside world. When villagers see an American working alongside them to build a school for their children, it sends a powerful message of goodwill and partnership. The schools become more than places of learning. They stand as lasting symbols of compassion and generosity. In communities that once felt abandoned, the work helps strengthen America’s reputation and demonstrates the positive role Americans can play in improving lives across the developing world.
Chase is also deeply engaged in service to his local community. He serves as a Georgetown University AAP interviewer for undergraduate and law school admissions and as a Georgetown Scholarship Chair. He is a lifetime member of the E Street Loyalty Society, the Hogan Society, and the Blue and Gray Society. He has also been a candidate for the Georgetown University Alumni Association’s Board of Governors and is a member of both the Columbia and Georgetown Clubs of Washington, D.C. He also serves on the Dartmouth College Family Leadership and Fundraising Committee and is a member of Columbia University’s 1754 Society.
Through the Teach Them To Fish Foundation, Chase and its supporters continue working to expand access to education and create opportunities for children who would otherwise be left behind.
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