Travis Bays
Travis brings six years of experience developing creative grassroots community development programs in Costa Rica. He holds degrees in economics and cultural anthropology from the University of San Diego, where he graduated with Deans List First Honors, and was recognized as a James & Stella Eagen Endowed Scholar. During his time in Costa Rica as a Peace Corps micro-enterprise development volunteer he was trained in micro credit community banking, project design and management and best practices for sustainable tourism. After completing his field service, Travis worked one year in the Peace Corps Costa Rica central offices in San Jose where he gave direct support to 90+ volunteers in administrative, training, and project design and management. In 2008, Travis became regional coordinator of micro credit community banking in Osa, Costa Rica, for the Fundacion Integral Campesina (FINCA) in strategic alliance with the Costa-Rica-USA (CRUSA) Foundation. He currently works as a part-time field consultant for the CRUSA Foundation, is regional coordinator for the Osa-Golfito Initiative in conjunction with the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, owns/operates Bodhi Surf School and directs the community based youth program, Siempre Unidos para Reforzar nuestro Futuro (SURF).