Chris Dearnley is the co-founder of Pura Vida Coffee. He has lived in Costa Rica for over 16 years. He coordinates the Pura Vida Partners staff and volunteers in the implementation of Pura Vida's programs for at-risk children and families in Central America. Chris draws on his experience in international business, non-profit and pastoral work in making life-changing impact in the lives of children in need.
Chris Dearnley earned a BA from Wheaton College and a MBA from Harvard University.
Well the way we came up with the name Pura Vida really goes back to how the initial idea first came about. Really this company is built around the friendship - friendship between John and myself and I had been living in Costa Rica and reaching out and working with at-risk children down there and I ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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