ME³ Board of Directors

Amber Smith
President

Amber has lived in North Carolina for the majority of her life and is currently a resident of Cary. Amber
co-founded ME³ when she noticed that people seemed to want to get involved to help the community
but were not sure how to get started, and that many causes could benefit from the help of more
volunteers. Before ME³ she volunteered with organizations such as Kiwanis, StandUp for Kids, Hope for
the Homeless, and Amnesty International. Amber is currently a student at N.C. State University where
she is working to complete her multidisciplinary degree, entitled "Social Change Leadership". Amber one
day hopes all individuals will see the potential they have to make a difference, and act to fulfill that
potential.

Nicholas Turza
Vice President

Captain Nicholas Ryan Turza grew up in Greenville, South Carolina and received his commission from the
United States Army the same day he graduated from Furman University in 2003. After serving near the
DMZ in South Korea and seeing combat with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, he is now attending the
John F. Kennedy School of Special Warfare in Fort Bragg, joining the Civil Affairs Branch of Special
Operations. He brings ample leadership experience and organizing skills to ME³, and has some
incredible service experiences under his belt from inside and outside the United States!

Charlie Chrisawn
Secretary

Charlie Chrisawn has lived in Raleigh all his life. He is a recent graduate from Davidson College, where
he was active in volunteering through his fraternity. He is currently employed by Health Decisions, a
pharmaceutical research company in Chapel Hill. Charlie brings some fundraising experience to the
Board, and has enjoyed both hands-on and administrative varieties of volunteer service in his past.
When not helping the community through ME³, Charlie enjoys watching movies and 'being comical'.
Though he wasn't a huge fan of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, Charlie likes the quote, " I not only use
all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."

Tom Zajkowski
Treasurer

Tom is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and also lived in Southern California for five years. He and his
wife, Amy, moved to the Triangle in June 2005 and currently live in North Raleigh. Tom is the Vice
President of Tax and Treasury for Tekelec and brings with him knowledge of accounting and taxes as
well as leadership and volunteer experience with organizations such as United Way, Habitat for
Humanity, and the YMCA. Tom strongly endorses ME³'s philosophy of Volunteerism Education and
hopes to get more people in the Triangle area involved in philanthropic activities.

Shane Fitzsimmons
Chairman

Shane is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, but moved to Raleigh in 2004 and joined the ME³ team
before it became an official not-for-profit organization. He has provided support to ME³ through a
variety of creative tasks, ranging from photography to videography, layout and design support of ME³'s
website and ME³ newspaper: EMPOWER. Shane is looking forward to working on various other
media-based projects to promote and support ME³.

Sarah Johnson
Attorney

Sarah is originally from San Diego, California and has lived in Raleigh since 2004. She currently
practices commercial litigation with Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, a full service law firm based in
Raleigh. Sarah has served as a Guardian ad Litem in both Forsyth County and Wake County and has a
particular interest in the prevention of the abuse and neglect of children. Sarah also hopes to
encourage other attorneys to make public service a priority and give back to their local communities.