.: ti Staff :.

.: Daniel & Ashlie Lipparelli :.
daniel@transformedinternational.org
ashlie@transformedinternational.org

Daniel Lipparelli is the founder and international director of Transformed International. He was born and raised in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. and moved to Kenya in January 2004 to work with orphan children. After 6 months of living in a mud hut with a grass roof, surrounded by Kenyan children, Daniel knew that he found his new home and the adventure that he had been looking for. Since 2004, Daniel has spent over five years working in Kenya. In March of 2006, he knew that it was time to seek out beginning his own project known as Transformed International.

In the last five years, TI has grown and the team working in Kenya, the U.S. and Canada has expanded. Daniel desires to be able to reproduce the same models being used in Kenya to other third world countries. He also desires to spend several months a year in North America speaking and encouraging youth and young adults to step out of the box and experience life in its fullest. 

Daniel has a bachelors degree in social work from the University of Nevada, Reno. 
 
Ashlie Lipparelli was born in Escondido, California and raised in Hermosa  Beach, California.

She visited Malawi, Africa during the summer of 2008 and through the short trip, a passion to return to Africa was planted in her heart. In July 2010, Ashlie traveled to Kenya to work with abandoned children and babies. Quickly, she felt her compassion grow as she fell in love with the children. She knew she was living the life she was created to live and doing what made her come alive.

Daniel and Ashlie met in Kenya in 2010 and got married in California in May 2011. You can read more about their personal journeys by going to the following links.

www.danielandashlie.blogspot.com
www.dlipparelli.blogspot.com

.: Eric Mangala :.
eric@transformedinternational.org

Eric Mangala is the Kenya Country Director for Transformed International.

Eric was born and raised in Kakamega, Western Kenya.
Eric has a bachelors degree in Teaching from Moi University and is a CPA-K Masters degree from Strathmore University. He has taught at Calvary High School, Nairobi and also served at Hope for AIDS Kenya, an affiliate of SIM-Kenya.
Before moving to Kitale to work with Transformed International, Eric was working with young people from the slums of Kibera and DOVE Christian Fellowship where he served as the Youth leader. This triggered his passion for working with the less privileged in society; widows, orphans and vulnerable children.

.: Autumn Hansen :.
support@transformedinternational.org

Autumn Hansen is the Sponsorship Coordinator for Transformed International and the newest member of the TI team.

Autumn lives in Reno Nevada with her husband Luke who she has been married to for 5 years. They are the proud parents of their 15 month old daughter, Kayla.

In September 2010, Autumn quiet her job so that she could be home full time with her daughter. She proudly says that there is no greater calling for a woman than to care for her children, husband and home. In her spare time, Autumn enjoys gardening, crafting, baking, decorating, painting, hiking, biking and landscaping. Autumn and Luke have been attending a local home church for the past 5 years.