Founder and Executive Director

Floriane is a native of Rwanda and has lived in the US since 1988. She is fluent in Kinyarwanda, French, and English and proficient in Swahili. Floriane has attended school in Belgium; has worked as a radio broadcaster; as a freelancer for UNDP and UNICEF; and worked as an English teacher at the American Embassy in Rwanda. In the US, she has worked for Pillsbury (now General Mills); the US Embassy in Ouagadougou; 3M; St. Jude Medical; St. Paul Companies and RBC Dain Rauscher.

Board Chair

Mary Beenken is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and currently serves as Board Chair of the NCV Board of Directors. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Writing from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) in 2012 and with her Master's of Divinity from Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota) in 2017. In 2010, Mary spent a summer as an English teacher in Rwanda, which sparked a lifelong love for the country and its people.

Director of Development

Arnaud Muhimpundu is a Supervisor of the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment Program at St. Vincent Catholic Charities and currently serves as the Director of Development for Nibakure community Village. Arnaud graduated in 2018 with a Master’s Degree in International Development from St. Mary University in Minnesota.

Secretary

Clint Robins is the son of Floriane Nibakure, the founder of Nibakure Community Village (NCV). Clint currently serves as the Secretary on NCV's Board of Directors and joined the board in 2016. Clint is a Ph.D. student in wildlife ecology at the University of Washington (UW) based in Seattle, WA. Clint received his M.S. in wildlife ecology from UW and received his B.A. in biology and environmental studies from Williams College.

Vice Board Chair

Kim Raymond is a licensed architect that owns a boutique Architectural and Interiors firm in Aspen, Colorado for the past 27 years. She is NCV’s architect, providing countless hours of consultation. She has worked passionately with the other members of the NCV Board and the staff ‘on the ground’ in Rwanda from the beginning; and with the Rwandan architect Straton Nizeyimana.

Advisor

Kelly Kabeho was born and raised in Rwanda, where the values of community service and giving back were instilled early on through her mother’s nonprofit work. Her academic journey later took her to France and the United States, experiences that opened new doors and strengthened her commitment to education as a pathway to opportunity.

She holds an Associate degree in Business Administration and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain Management. Professionally, she works as an Escalation Specialist for a leading U.S. e-commerce company in the home space. Alongside her career, she has gained experience in youth development, having worked in summer camps from age 15 to 20.

Fluent in French, English, Spanish, and Kinyarwanda, Kelly Kabeho brings both global perspective and deep cultural roots to her role. She views serving on the board of Nibakure Community Village as a meaningful opportunity to give back to the country that shaped her, by helping to open doors for others just as education opened doors for her.

Volunteer Advisor

Johan Brusten is a retired educationalist, with a masters in Science and Education, who worked in Africa and SE Asia. Teacher, teacher training, curriculum development, advisor to education authorities in Districts, Provinces and at National level.

Mostly in Rwanda, also in Burundi, Ghana, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Since 2022 living in NCV.