Team+Members

Mr. Chow: Mr. Chow is a 45yo male agricultural scientist, with asian background and heritage. He has lived a very colourful life. As a teenager he ran away from home and joined the circus. He got 'caught up' in the wrong crowd and started heavy drug abuse. He initially studied agricultural science to learn how to cultivate better marijuana crops. He has lived in Bankok for the past 10 years and owns a few of the clubs there. After a near death experience last year he decided to turn his life around and use his knowledge for good, hence joinging the SMITE team. Mr. Chow is single and has never been married. He has one child, a boy of 10 years and a pet chihuahua named Bruce (whom he takes everywhere). Mr. Chow enjoys attending his local pony club on weekends where he rides a pony named Fidgit. He is a dedicated horse rider and his dream is to one day be a part of the Thailand Equestrain Team. Mr. Chow strongly dislikes the media (after they have given some of his nightclubs a bad reputation) and takes a while to 'warm' to journalists. Mr. Chow is very excited to be part of this new development, and is looking forward to working aside his team members.
 * Team Members**

25 years of age and recently graduated with 1st class Honors from the university of Sydney Australia, in the field of Civil Engineering. As a child I was fascinated with structures like bridges and skyscrapers, as well as water treatment plants after a school excursion in grade 3. I wanted to know how everything was developed and created. The Chairman of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Sydney suggested S.M.I.T.E and how the project on the Island would allow me to put theory into action. I happily accepted the challenge to further develop myself as a Engineer by tackling broad aspects of society. S.M.I.T.E underpins natural and human factors that have caused global warming and severely damaged our planet. My ambitions for this project are to develop sustainable systems and infrastructures that minimize human impact on the planet. The Megan friends and family know enjoys traveling and having a good time. I have been to America,Africa,France,Germany,Netherlands,Spain,Italy,Russia,Ex-Yugoslavia,Finland,Noway,Arabia,Turkey,Indonesia,Malaysia,Singapore, Ecuador,China.Japan,Korea,Samoa,Austria and New Zealand. I also love sun tanning and tropical climate another reason as to why the island will be a great place to work.My dream is to one day direct and produce a movie at Warner Brothers Studios.
 * Megan Thor**

Looking forward to starting and confidently completing our mission on the island!!! :) //**MEGAN THOR** ....FIRST VISIT TO THE ISLAND//

I am a 40 year old ecologist, born in Scotland but now residing in Australia. During my childhood I was raised as a traveller, or hippie, if you like, in the highlands of Scotland. My parents taught me about living off the land and how important it is to respect this beautiful world of ours. As I grew older I yearned to be like my friends and watch television, ride in a car, wear shoes that were bought from a shop rather than being made by my mother out of cow hide. In rebelion to this lifestyle and the mockery that came with it, after I finished school I gained a degree in buisness at Glasgow University and set about making as much money as I could. This lead to a highflying job for a major oil company. I was now able to have the things my childhood friends had when we were growing up, and more! I had a television set in every room of my mansion. Enough cars thatI could use a different one everyday of the week, and shoes with a price tag that would bring keep a small family going for a month! However, one event would change all this. During my time working for the oil company I never really considered the damage that was being done to the environment. My materialistic needs and wants obscured the harm we were doing until one day I visited an oil spill site. Seeing the destruction to the environment and animals was heartbreaking and put perspective into my life once more. I quit the job there and then and went back to uni to study ecology. Outside of work I am a keen musician and play instruments including the triangle, recorder and maracas. S.M.I.T.E will be my first paid job since becoming an ecologist and I am looking forwrd to working with like minded people and begining a new chapter in my life.
 * Doobie McTavish**


 * Levi Hassellbeck**

I am a 39 year old economist, originally from Billings, Montana, U.S.A. I currently reside in Melbourne, Australia where I have been working as a financial forecaster at Fairfax Media for the past six years. I studied Law and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley Campus, graduating in 1996 and majoring in taxation law. After graduating I worked for the Oakland Raiders,managing all salaries and incomes as well as assisting the club and NFL during labor talks. I moved from there in 2003 to work for the District Attorneys office in Washington D.C. as a tax fraud consultant. I didn't enjoy that work very much and in 2005 accepted my current job at Fairfax Media in Australia. I am in my second marriage with my wife who I met in Australia, she is a musician. In my spare time I enjoy playing for my local basketball team, buying shares and cooking. I am looking forward to working with S.M.I.T.E. and helping set up The Island to become an international player financially. I believe there are many exciting opportunities for The Island to prosper and as an economist I am giddy with anticipation.
 * __ Ethan Snoop __**

I am a 29 year old journalist, born and raised in Bonnie Doon, Victoria. I now live in Melbourne where I have been working for the age since I became a columnist. I graduated from the University of Melbourne with first class honours in 2005. I was fortunate enough to be asked by The Age to start writing for them in my last year of university. After completion of my course I started writing for The Age more frequently. This has put me in good stead both financially and professionally.

I love skiing and try to do as much as possible during our winter months. I do try and get away overseas during other countries winters to experience the skiing elsewhere. I am planning on taking a trip to the Silver Star Mountain Resort to do some skiing in Vernon, Canada. I use my free time to do as much skiing as possible as I find, this is a good way to forget about the stress of my job. The new opportunity I have been given by working with S.M.I.T.E. is a very exciting one as I will play a crucial part in helping set up The Island. I believe that The Island will be a success and both myself and others involved and ‘bursting’ with anticipation.



**Jenny Jenkins**
Numbers, numbers, facts, facts... I live for them! My name is Jenny Jenkins, a bright, bubbly, determined young gun. Since graduating from NYU in 2006 at the age of 22, I have been fortunate to be part of the team at National Bureau of Economic Research, which is a non profit organisation based in the US of A. We are famous for providing the start and finish dates for recessions in the US. Although a born and breed New Yorker, I have had the chance to travel the world; Egypt, South Africa, Rwanda, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, UK, Germany to name a few. Now at my ripe age of 26, I am looking forward to the new challenges and experiences my time at S.M.I.T.E will bring. As my Granny would always say " don't wait for a light at the end of the tunnel; stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself!" *



* (Sara Henderson [|www.selfhelpcollective.com])