Dan Heath, President

My background is in petroleum Engineering, chiefly drilling, for the first half of my career. During the second half of my career, I worked in Environmental Remediation and Remedial Construction. In these capacities, I provide Project Management to large, high impact environmental projects throughout California, Nevada, Guam and Hawaii. My job responsibilities required the ability to work with Federal, State, and Local authorities and agencies, as well as an ability to manage contractors, subcontractors, and technical people with a variety of disciplines and skill sets.

Joseph Lunsford, Vice President

My work experience combines leadership and teaching competencies as a successful military leader with my corporate experience as a strategic planner, information systems coordinator, operations manager, and maintenance advisor. While in the military I successfully led approximately 500 people instilling a sense of pride in accomplishment, taught many students at the United States Military Academy, and managed assets worth over $800 million dollars (US). While working for my current company, I have been able to develop innovative programs to streamline costs while simultaneously implementing operational efficiencies and improving maintenance operations. Much of what I have been able to accomplish was because of teamwork. My teams have done it: I actually have done very little. If you can establish trust, develop your focus on your people, be innovative, have a vision, understand and listen to them they will do wonders for you.

Simon Hemming, Treasurer

In 2006/2007 I served for twelve months as an advisor to the Finance Sub-Committee of the Khartoum International Community School Board in my capacity as Acting CFO of the School's parent's company, and took part in and presented to many Full School Board meetings during this time.

AISL has created a warm and welcoming community for our family. The school was a major selling point in persuading us to relocate to Lagos last year, and remains a primary incentive for us to stay. Our daughter is enrolled in grade seven and our two sons in grade four and two, so in less than two years we will have children simultaneously in the Elementary, Middle, and High School programs.

Ekaba Davis, Secretary

I have a Masters degree in Architecture from Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana. I have over fourteen years of experience in the building industry. I am currently employed as the Regional Head of projects for Standard Chartered Bank. I am responsible for the design, supervision, and implementation of the Banks, building project. I am married to Alan Davies, and we have two children Ben, who are ten in fourth grade and Sophie who is eight in third grade.

Robin Chi Kong Cheung,
Funding Executive Director

Mr. Robin Cheung is the Group Managing Director of V-LOGIC, a logistics company with Headquarter in Hong Kong and branches in various cities in China. Mr. Cheung recently opened a sister logistics company, V-LOGIC FORWARDING & CLEARING LTD in Nigeria. Mr. Cheung was one of the original founders of V-LOGIC in the year 2000.

Mr. Cheung also has eighteen years of international banking experience; his last banking position was as Deputy Head of Foreign Exchange in Asia for HSBC with expertise in Asian economies and the emerging markets. HSBC was voted the best foreign exchange house by Asiamoney and the Greenwich Survey during Mr. Cheung's tenure at the bank. Mr. Cheung has held key positions at Barclays in Hong Kong, AIG in New York, Unibank in New York and Privatbanken in Singapore. Mr. Cheung holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University and an MBA from Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Stuart McGeoch, Member

Stuart McGeoch is a senior Exploration/Commercial manager working in Lagos for Shell, with whom he has worked for 23 years. A long term expatriate, Stuart and his family of Jennifer and three kids (Cameron, Dominic, and Amy) have been 4 years in Nigeria, the first two of which were in Port Harcourt, and before that in the USA (Houston), Australia (Melbourne and Perth), the Netherlands and the UK. A mechanical engineer by degree, a petroleum engineer by training but with stops along the way in learning and development, applied research and exploration, and now working in oil & gas commercial, Stuart is truly a"'jack of all trades, master of none", which is standing him in good stead for the challenges and opportunities that regular face AISL.

Hemant Patel, Member

I came to Lagos, in August 2007 for Chevron Nigeria LTD. I am Gen. Mgr of Commercial and Bus. Dev.  I have 27 years of diverse energy expertise and have had the opportunity to be affiliated with excellent companies like Texaco, Shell, Duke Energy and an opportunity to own my engineering consulting business.  I hold a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum engineering from Texas Tech University and an EMBA from Pepperdine University. I have had the opportunity to work in North and South Americas, Middle East, Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. I am committed to excellence in education of our children. Being part of the AISL team is very important to me as it enables me to help develop our children’s future. I enjoy all sports, travel and diverse cultural experiences.

Tanya Oaks, Member

I am very excited about the opportunity to serve the AISL community. Prior to entering into this journey of a trailing spouse of a Shell Manager. I was the Director of Sales and Marketing for a pathology company in Texas. I have over 17 years of experience in the Healthcare industry and my education consist of a BS in Health Administration, and several hours toward a Masters in Health, Economics, Policy and Law. I have two beautiful children at AISL who have settled quite well into the community.

Vicki Hutchinson, U.S. Ambassador Appointee

Vicki Hutchinson was assigned to the U.S. Consulate General - Lagos as the Management Officer and has been here since August 2007. She has lived and worked in Bermuda, Sierra Leone, Papua New Guinea, Brazil. She received her Doctorate of Business Administration in 2007 from the University of Sarasota (AKA Argosy University) in Florida. The focus of her dissertation was crisis management planning. Her MS degree in Human Resources was attained in 1990 from Golden Gate University (San Francisco, CA), and her BA in Geology from Western State College (Gunnison, Colorado) in 1978. Hobbies include swimming, tennis, reading, and scuba diving.