Purnell is the CEO of Teach The World Online, a charitable organization that offers free education via Skype to students around the world who benefit from English language lessons taught by American volunteer teachers. Purnell travels regularly between Haiti and other countries where he trains indigenous teachers and set up new internet schools. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Christopher Purnell Foundation, which performs a variety of charitable endeavors in the Himalayan region of Nepal. He is a graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, and has worked as director of student programs at Christ School, a preparatory boys school, in Asheville. Website: www.teachtheworldonline.org (more…)