Our Board of Directors
Totally committed to the groundbreaking work of A PROMISE OF HEALTH in rural Mexico, the directors give generously of their time and abilities. Richly diverse in talent, they are the core of the organization’s cadre of volunteers.
Executive Director Barbara Grannell
Barbara Grannell, co-founder of A Promise of Health, is a fervent advocate of Homeopathic healthcare, having personally experienced its healing properties. Former Executive Director of a national grassroots activist organization, she brings 34 years of organizational and motivational talents to inspire others to become involved in bringing primary healthcare and education to indigenous communities we serve. When not in Mexico, fundraising or speaking, Barbara spends her precious free time at her desert home in Hurricane, Utah.
President and Director William Grannell
Bill Grannell, co-founder of A Promise of Health, grew up in Colorado. Forever an activist, he is a former Oregon lawmaker who, following his political career, became a state and national lobbyist representing county government. When he retired he followed his passion, Mexico. There he discovered a vast network of rural native communities who were in need. Fluent in Spanish, Bill has been instrumental in the design of A Promise of Health’s Mexico program. At the outset of the Oaxaca program he personally visited each community, meeting with leaders and attending village meetings to talk about our program. At home he maintains communication with our Mexican partners that support A Promise of Health.
Bill Grannell, co-founder of A Promise of Health, grew up in Colorado. Forever an activist, he is a former Oregon lawmaker who, following his political career, became a state and national lobbyist representing county government. When he retired he followed his passion, Mexico. There he discovered a vast network of rural native communities who were in need. Fluent in Spanish, Bill has been instrumental in the design of A Promise of Health’s Mexico program. At the outset of the Oaxaca program he personally visited each community, meeting with leaders and attending village meetings to talk about our program. At home he maintains communication with our Mexican partners that support A Promise of Health.
Treasurer and Director Wes Hamdorf
Wes and his wife Roberta live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wes retired from Rockwell Collins after 40 years as an engineer. He is active in his church, Saint Andrews Lutheran, where he served as treasurer for many years. Both he and wife have visited Promise of Health clinics in Yucatán and are long time active participants in our organization. Today, carrying on the family tradition, Wes is assisted by his son Kevin who lives nearby . Wes has been A Promise of Health's treasurer for more than a dozen years!
Secretary and Director Larry Vollman
Larry Jay Vollman was born in Corvallis, Oregon and grew up in California's Central Valley. For 20 years of his working life he was a radio disc jockey in Merced, Stockton and San Jose. During that time he co-owned, and taught, at a radio broadcast school in San Jose. Retiring in 2011 after 15 years at Coastal Circuits, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, he has rededicated his life to service, helping as he can as a volunteer at Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen and Meyer Elementary School tutoring reading to second graders. “My golden rule,” says Larry, “is whatsoever you do to the least of my people, you do to me."
Director Doug Brown
A graduate of Yale University’s Family Nurse Practitioner program in 1987, Doug Brown moved to Portland, Oregon to begin his practice. Following 10 years of prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, he thought that there was something more, but he didn’t know what. During this time of exploring the healing arts, his son was cured from a serious ear infection by homeopathic medicine. This epiphany moment changed his life forever. Today, homeopathic medicine is his passion and profession. He studied homeopathic medicine at the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy. Busy in his private practice, he sees children and adults of all ages for a great variety of problems. “I am proud to be a part of A Promise of Health, which is one of the few organizations which bring homeopathic healing to people who would otherwise have no access.”
A graduate of Yale University’s Family Nurse Practitioner program in 1987, Doug Brown moved to Portland, Oregon to begin his practice. Following 10 years of prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, he thought that there was something more, but he didn’t know what. During this time of exploring the healing arts, his son was cured from a serious ear infection by homeopathic medicine. This epiphany moment changed his life forever. Today, homeopathic medicine is his passion and profession. He studied homeopathic medicine at the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy. Busy in his private practice, he sees children and adults of all ages for a great variety of problems. “I am proud to be a part of A Promise of Health, which is one of the few organizations which bring homeopathic healing to people who would otherwise have no access.”
Director Bill Torretti
Bill has worked as a Counselor with Hearing-impaired individuals, as a Computer Network Analyst in the health field and most recently as a Homeopathic and Holistic Health Practitioner. He works with individuals on many health-related problems with Homeopathy and continues to learn more about healing and natural health. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and spends a lot of time in the great outdoors. He is active in his church, social justice issues and is active with his community's food bank. There, as a part of his service to his community, he serves as Operations Assistant at State College Food Bank where he helps supervise over 100 volunteers to feed low income families.
Bill has worked as a Counselor with Hearing-impaired individuals, as a Computer Network Analyst in the health field and most recently as a Homeopathic and Holistic Health Practitioner. He works with individuals on many health-related problems with Homeopathy and continues to learn more about healing and natural health. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and spends a lot of time in the great outdoors. He is active in his church, social justice issues and is active with his community's food bank. There, as a part of his service to his community, he serves as Operations Assistant at State College Food Bank where he helps supervise over 100 volunteers to feed low income families.