We are grateful For:
Mary Vargo - Non-profit specialist. She is excellent & efficient and did the administration to establish Cause to Wonder as a 501 c3 organization.
Triana Rosas - Editor and communications director.
Eddie Hawkins - Our Speaker in the School Gang Prevention Program. RIP 2020.
Rachel McKuria - Assisted in Organizing the YWCA Women's College Scholarship Fund.
Neway Ezikial - Our Camera Man / Ethiopian Location + Video Production Coordinator.
Paul Ginsberg - Our Forensic Audio/ Video Expert.
Alisha Womack - Our Visual Designer.
Lisa Menna, Johnny Fox, and Steve Silverman - Magic Performers.
Jacque Menna - Our Videographer in Mozambique’s Clean Water Program and created Lisa Menna.
Helina Hewlitt - Family of Tortola for Ongoing Support in our Caribbean Campaign.
Marie Cherniy - Graphic and Social Media Coordinator.
Anastasia Voronina - Junior Project Manager
Mary V and Goivanni, of Zaratan Libreria (bookshop), in Siracusa, Sicily - Sponsored our Cause to Wonder Corso Umberto office in Sicily.
Jagpreet Singh Cheema - Cultural liaison * thunder award winner
As coordinator of “If You Want to Have Good Luck, Don’t Beat or Kill Females,” Punjabi Women’s empowerment campaign, he directly impacted 24,000 individuals in 4 cities and 11 villages by producing 36 school programs and 268 street theater events.
Board of Directors
LISA
Manager- With 30 years and 60 countries of performing experience, professional stage magician Lisa Menna understands why theater and education have gone hand in hand since antiquity. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Entrepreneur Magazines and on CNN, Discovery and the Disney Channel. The United Nations High Commission of Human Rights requested Menna to come brief them on her grassroots approach to spreading information. She is a Fellow at the Academy of Magical Arts, the Magic Castle. The International Brotherhood of Magician calls her the most influential woman magician of the 20th century. She humbly asks you to support us with a donation.
Jeffrey Korst
Mentor to our founder, Jeff comes to Cause to Wonder with wisdom and a modern view. His muse is Operatic and his life is curious. He says :I’ve been performing magic for over 30 years at private parties-as well as in nightclubs, restaurants, hotels and review shows. Magic had always interested me, but not the trick deck, plastic box type to which I had access as a boy. Then, I found a book on sleight of hand. Immediately, I became obsessed. Four years later, I was working as a full time magician. I loved performing in ice shows – on skates – at state fairs, hotels, even a cruise ship! But the deeper mystery was how magic affected the rest of my life. That secret is revealed at every show. Now, I’m busy creating new material and performing at a variety of special events. Contact me and together we’ll make your next event unforgettable! jeffkorst@comcast.net
Jim Short has volunteered for Cause To Wonder for more than a decade. Born in 1959, Jim is an American citizen who, regretfully, has never been outside the continental US. After being employed in several diverse areas, he settled in to computer work, including programming, training, technical writing, and customer support. He retired in 2018. Jim joined the IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians) in 1982, and has maintained his membership since then. He became a member of the IBM Sick & Convalescent Committee in 2010 and became Chairman of that committee in 2019. He has had articles published in various magazines, including The Linking Ring and Lee Earle's SYZYGY.