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Clifton Bailey

Peter A. Bainbridge

Jared Hamilton

Brendan Walsh

Michael Washburn

Clifton Bailey

Clif Bailey joined the Child Aid International board in 2008 after graduating with a master’s degree in ethics from Union Theological Seminary (Columbia University).  Clif is passionate about the study of social justice, specifically in that place where theology, public policy, and politics merge.  Currently, Clif teaches ethics at Brown Mackie College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and also teaches ethics and philosophy classes at Cincinnati Christian University.  He lives with his wife Ashley in Cincinnati.

Peter A. Bainbridge

A Doctor of Osteopathy, Pete works at Solo Family Practices and Conservative Family Care, two separate practices in central Ohio. For more than 20 years, he has worked in hospitals and clinics as well as in private practice. Since 1996 he has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at Ohio University. Pete has extensive military experience. Currently in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve, he served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserves. In 2003-2004 he spent time in the Middle East with the U.S. Army. A member of the American Osteopathic Association, Pete lives with his five children in Gambier, OH. He received his D.O. from Ohio State University.

Jared Hamilton

Jared is a founding director of two CFC federations that serve children’s organizations: Child Aid USA and Child Aid International.  From 2005-08, he was on the staff of Human & Civil Rights Organizations of America, a national CFC federation, screening charity applications and supporting groups seeking to enter various state and local workplace campaigns including the City of Boston, California, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. 

Jared is youth director at First Parish Church, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA.  He is also a candidate for Master of Divinity at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton MA and is currently going through the ordination process in the United Church of Christ.

Jared is married to Leah Hamilton who is director of admission and member services for Workplace Giving Alliance federations including CAI.  They live in Salem MA with their young daughter, Camille, who often visits the federation office to check up on her mother.

Brendan Walsh

Brendan is president of Peace and Reconciliation Charities, a federation in the CFC. He is a member of the Salem, MA school committee, a director of several nonprofit organizations including the Plummer Home for Boys in Salem, MA and Axis Mundi, which operates in poor communities in Washington, DC and Brazil. A retired school teacher and school administrator, Brendan continues to educate parents on the importance of reading aloud to children through his company, The Wonders of Reading Aloud. Brendan lives with his wife Katherine in Salem, MA. Brendan received a D.Ed. in Education from Boston College.

Michael Washburn

Michael Washburn is Director of Sustainability at Nestlé Waters North America.  Prior to joining Nestlé he spent 15 years working in conservation non-profits and universities on issues of sustainable forestry, land conservation, green building, and conservation leadership, holding senior positions at The Wilderness Society and the Forest Stewardship Council- US. While on the faculty at Penn State and later Yale, he served as an advisor to the USDA Forest Service. Michael serves on the boards of two other national CFC federations: Aging and Disabilities Charities of America (where he is president) and Human & Civil Rights Organizations of America. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Natanya and their two children. He received a Ph.D. in forest resources from Penn State.