2002-04 - University of QueenslandName: Matthew Bright
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Northbrook, USA
Sponsor District: 6440
Citizenship: USA
Languages: Spanish and English
Applied Field Experience: Save the Children, Mozambique
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Current Position: Enrolled as a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. His working project title is ‘Good Global Citizens? International Non-Governmental Organizations and the Cosmopolitan Justice Project’.
Name: Francesca Del Mese
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Watford, United Kingdom
Sponsor District: 1260
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English & Italian
Applied Field Experience: Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, Dili, East Timor
City: London
Country: UK
Current Position: Consultancy work for UNICEF, working in both UK and Sudan.
Name: Carolyn Fanelli
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Raleigh, USA
Sponsor District: 7710
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: Education for Peace, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
City: Harare
Country: Zimbabwe
Current Position: Documentation and dissemination officer with Catholic Relief Services in Zimbabwe. The position is a communications role -- gathering information about their programs in Zimbabwe, facilitating internal information-sharing, writing annual reports, reporting to donors, sharing best practices with other relief agencies, etc. They do a lot of work with orphaned and vulnerable children and people affected by HIV/AIDS.
Name: Path Heang
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bathurst, Australia
Sponsor District: 3350
Citizenship: Cambodia
Languages: English & Cambodian
Applied Field Experience: Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
City: Phnom Penh
Country: Cambodia
Current Position: Community conversations specialist for UNDP, working on Cambodia's Access to Justice project.
Name: Ryan Hendy
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Windsor-St. Clair, Canada
Sponsor District: 6400
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: UN Assistance Mission, Sierra Leone
City: Ottawa
Country: Canada
Current Position: Senior analyst for the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. Their mandate is to detect and deter money laundering and terrorist financing by providing financial intelligence to law enforcement in military/relief/peacekeeping affairs. Ryan is also an infantry section commander for the Canadian Forces Army Reserve.
Name: Amy Kay
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Virginia Beach, USA
Sponsor District: 7600
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and Arabic
Applied Field Experience: Hope for the Children, Ethiopia
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Current Position: Senior technical advisor for CEPDA, a member of the UNAIDS Regional Resource Group, developing a series of leadership trainings across the Arab Region. CEDPA is a non-profit organization that improves the lives of women and girls in developing countries. Amy is developing a proposal for overall AIDS strategy in South Sudan. Amy is also a lead consultant with the UNDP in South Sudan, where she supports a number of HIV-related interventions on behalf of the UN DDR program and the South Sudan AIDS Secretariat.
Name: Sofia Knöchel Ledberg
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Täby--Attunda, Sweden
Sponsor District: 2350
Citizenship: Sweden
Languages: English & Swedish
Applied Field Experience: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia
City: Uppsala
Country: Sweden
Current Position: Pursuing doctoral studies in political science at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her researh project focuses on the professionalization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the consequences this process has for the role of the military in Chinese society.
Name: Rebecca Milligan
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Alpena, USA
Sponsor District: 6310
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, German, Russian, Uzbek & Arabic
Applied Field Experience: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Cairo, Egypt
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Current Position:
Name: Christian Oakes
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Green Cove Springs, USA
Sponsor District: 6970
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: Habitat for Humanity, Boston, USA
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Current Position: Works for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He is usually posted at disaster sites, helping with temporary housing operations.
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