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Rotary Centers students


2006-08 - University of California - Berkeley



Name: Roni Abusaad

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Lamorinda Sunrise, USA
Sponsor District: 5160
Citizenship: Palestine
Languages: Arabic, Dutch, English and Hebrew
Applied Field Experience: World Bank, Washington, DC; Symantec, San Francisco, USA
City: Berkeley
Country: USA
Current Position: Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and two other universities in the San Francisco Bay Area. He teaches courses on politics, the Middle East and Arabic language and culture.



Name: Veronica Chalmers

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Hutt, District 9940, New Zealand
Sponsor District: 9940
Citizenship: New Zealand
Languages: English, French, and basic Japanese and Maori
Applied Field Experience: Asia Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
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Name: Renato Fajardo

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Aracatuba-Bandeirantes, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4470
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian
Applied Field Experience: Grameen Bank, Bangladesh; World Health Organization, Switzerland
City: Sao Paolo
Country: Brazil
Current Position: Teaching dentristy in Sao Paolo.



Name: Suresh Kakani

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary club of Latur, India
Sponsor District: 3130
Citizenship: India
Languages: English, Hindi, and Marathi
Applied Field Experience: World Bank, Washington DC
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Name: Trent Newman

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Taree on Manning, Australia
Sponsor District: 9650
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Croatian, and French
Applied Field Experience: RESPECT, Uganda
City: Sydney
Country: Australia
Current Position: Working for the Sydney Peace Foundation as coordinator of a new project, the "Schools Peace Initiative", which is aimed at promoting peace education in high schools and encouraging young Australians to develop and implement projects and activities related to peace and social justice.



Name: Maria Rossel

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Salamanca de Monterrico, Peru
Sponsor District: 4450
Citizenship: Peru
Languages: Spanish, French, and English
Applied Field Experience: Academy for Educational Development, Nepal Transition to Peace Initiative, Nepal
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Current Position: Consulting for the Peace Appeal Foundation for a future peace-building project in the Pacific Region in Colombia.



Name: Sandra Sheard

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Islington, Highgate & Muswell Hill, UK
Sponsor District: 1130
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Mercy Corps, Tajikistan
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Name: Yvonne Wong

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ginninderra, Australia
Sponsor District: 9710
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: UNHCR, Japan; World Bank, Washington, DC
City: San Francisco
Country: USA
Current Position: Working on her JSD dissertation and doing a bit of work with the Berkeley Law 2048 Human Rights project.