In 2004, Glenn Jampol was elected to the Board of Directors of The International Ecotourism Society. Founded in 1990, TIES is the largest and oldest ecotourism organization in the world dedicated to generating and disseminating information about ecotourism. As a non-governmental organization, TIES is unique in its efforts to provide guidelines and standards, training, technical assistance, research and publications to foster sound ecotourism development and to make tourism a viable tool for conservation, poverty alleviation, protection of culture and biodiversity, sustainable development and educational as well as leisure travel. In 2007, Glenn Jampol was elected President of the Board of Directors the National Chamber of Ecotourism of Costa Rica, (Cámara Nacional de Ecoturismo- CANAECO  www.canaeco.org, a government-sanctioned institution for ecotourism affairs and an affiliation of hotels that adhere to the goals and precepts of responsible tourism in Central America. Glenn is an artist who has had exhibitions in the United States, Costa Rica and Europe.

Teri Jampol is on the board of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Costa Rica (www.taoist.org), an international nonprofit organization which promotes tai chi, health and community service throughout the world. Teri’s other passions include cooking and the cultivation of organic fruit and vegetables.