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John Sage - Founder, Bridges to Life
John Sage - Founder, Bridges to Life

John Sage
www.bridgestolife.org
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713-463-7200

John Sage is the Founder and Executive Director of Bridges To Life. Born and raised in Houston, John graduated from St. Thomas High School. He attended Louisiana State University where he graduated with a BS degree in Finance and a Masters degree in Business Administration. Most of John's professional life has been spent in the real estate and financial areas of business. John has been married to his wife Frances for 41 years and they have two sons, John and Hunter, daughters-in-law Tiffany and Dominique, and grandsons Hunter, Jr., and Hudson.

In 1993, John's younger sister, Marilyn, was murdered. The two killers were apprehended and subsequently sentenced to the death penalty. After several years of trauma, rage, and grief, this life changing experience inspired John to found Bridges To Life in an effort to empower victims and rehabilitate prisoners. Bridges To Life searches for and embraces victims of violent crime, who are often broken by their pain, grief, and rage.

 
Salah Boukadoum
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Salah Boukadoum, the Co-Founder of Soap Hope, passionately believes it is unacceptable to allow another human being to suffer in poverty without assistance.

At the age of 15, he decided his career would be as a classical concert pianist. He toured the world playing concerts in America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. While on tour he was invited by the Ambassador of Kenya to a high-level dinner where he was seated by the country director of the World Bank in Kenya.

sh1_logo_volusionThe man told Salah a story that haunted him: he explained that at least 50% and perhaps up to 90% of the aid being delivered to the people of Kenya was being lost to corruption. His story led the young musician to a lifelong interest and study in creating effective solutions to end poverty.