Nisreen Abdallah 2009-11 University of Bradford Palestine Arabic, English, Hebrew, French 1040 Steven Abels 2003-05 International Christian University Steve is an office management specialist with the U.S. State Department, posted to Doha, Qatar. His current assignment is to work in the Regional Security Office which is part of Diplomatic Security. This office is tasked with maintaining the overall security of the embassy and the embassy staff so diplomacy has a safe environment in which to take place. Doha Qatar USA English and German UNHCR in Washington DC Rotary Club of Columbus, OH, USA 6690 Bella Aberin January 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is the principal at Southern Naguilian National High School in La Union, Philippines. La Union Philippines Philippines Bisaya, Ilokano, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of San Juan, La Union, Philippines 3790 Elisabeth Abeson 2003-05 International Christian University Elisabeth is based in New York where she is a business and human rights consultant to organizations dedicated to social justice. New York USA USA French, English United Nations, India Rotary Club of Westport, CT, USA 7980 Piyal Abeysekera January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is the operation director for the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka English, Tamil, German, Chinese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Colombo Midtown, Sri Lanka 3220 James Abraham 2010-12 University of Queensland James is a pro bono consultant for Project Enterprise, a microfinance institution in the Bronx, NY, USA. New York USA USA Malayalam, English, French, Spanish Moris Rasik in Timor-Leste. Rotary Club of Bergenfield Dumont, NJ, USA 7490 Mariângela Abreu Lima January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is the chair for Vistage Brasil, a chief executive organization (she helps senior executives become better leaders who make better decisions and achieve better results). She is also a mediator for FEBRAFARMA and Mediação Coroporativa in Campinas, SP, Brazil. Campinas Brazil Brazil Portuguese, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ipero, Brazil 4620 Mariam Abuhaideri 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is interested in working as an independent policy consultant in India and parts of the Middle East, assisting in implementing a number of projects and ideas. She is passionate about youth-led socio-economic development. Eventually, she would like to serve as a policy maker in India. Durham USA India English, Persian, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic Ashoka, Cairo, Egypt. Rotary Club of Poona Downtown, India 3131 Roni Abusaad 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley He is a 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. Berkeley USA Palestine Arabic, Dutch, English and Hebrew World Bank, Washington, DC; Symantec, San Francisco, USA Rotary Club of Lamorinda Sunrise, CA, USA 5160 Omini Acharya July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is a senior promotion officer for the Nepal Academy of Science & Technology. He is also a volunteer project coordinator for Global Partners (UK) in Nepal and is an academic advisor to the Yoga (Meditation) Center in Nepal, advising on curriculum, academic calendar, and program processes. Kathmandu Nepal Nepal Nepali, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pashupati, Nepal 3292 Brian Adams 2003-05 University of Queensland Brian is the director of the Multi-Faith Centre at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He is also a PhD student at University of Queensland in Brisbane. Brisbane Australia USA Joseph and Muriel Alexandrowski Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Bamana, French and Swahili Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Brisbane, Australia Rotary Club of East Lansing, MI, USA 6360 Wisdom Addo February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Wisdom is the executive director of West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation in Accra, Ghana. The West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation is a non-governmental organization that works with young people in schools and communities by providing education on human rights, conflict resolution, leadership, and peace building. Accra Ghana Ghana Krobo, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Akron, OH, USA 6630 Krishna Adhikari January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is studying IT at the University of Texas in Austin, TX, USA. Austin USA Nepal English, Nepali, Hindi, Tharu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dillibazar-Kathmandu, Nepal 3292 Hasim Adnan June 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is the coordinator of Bandung Gusdurian Community and is the director of the Youth Interfaith and Peace Movement in Indonesia. Bandung Indonesia Indonesia Indonesian, Arabic, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bandung Dago, Indonesia 3400 Thomas Agalomba June 2011 Chulalongkorn University He served in four international missions (Timor-Leste, Nepal, Afghanistan and Sudan) under the UN auspices to support peace and conflict resolution. Arusha Tanzania Kenya Luhyia, Kiswahili, English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nairobi - Langata, Kenya 9200 Anslem Agbonyeme July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police in Apapa-Lagos, Nigeria. Apapa-Lagos Nigeria Nigeria English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Amuwo, Nigeria 9110 Nathalie Ahanda 2010-12 International Christian University Tokyo Japan France French, English, French, Fang Assisting Fellow of Global Leadership Studies - International Christian University, Tokyo & Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared (IKOHI), Indonesia Rotary Club of Paris-Nord, France 1770 Abdikheir Ahmed 2010-12 University of Queensland He is interested in the relationship between conflict and extremist ideologies. His specific focus will be the emergence of extremist groups and escalation of conflicts in the horn of Africa. Somalia James and Linda Bradley Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Somali, English, Swahili, German Mercy Corps International in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Rotary Club of Charleswood, Canada 5550 Shakeel Ahmed 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a teacher at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Jeddah Saudi Arabia Pakistan Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi IIMCR Symposium, Cyprus Rotary Club of Lahore Cosmopolitan, Pakistan 3270 Mahamoud Ahmed 2008-10 University of Bradford He works for Action Aid International as program support coordinator for development in Hargeisa, Somalia. He also teaches several classes at the University of Hargeisa and the University of Admas. Hargeisa Somalia Somalia Somali, English, Arabic, Amharic World University Service of Canada, Sri Lanka. 1570 Luish Aind June 2012 Chulalongkorn University He is the superintendent of police of the district of Goalpara in the south-western part of the state of Assam, India. Goalpara India India Assamese, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Guwahati, India 3240 Nigora Kadyrovna Akhmedova 2012-14 University of Bradford Her areas of interest are minority issues and peacebuilding in Central Asia and the Middle East. Nigora believes that multiculturalism is a key to make the world a better place. Bradford UK Kyrgyzstan Uzbek, English, Russian, Turkish, Spanish Rotary Club of Kingman Route 66, AZ, USA 5490 Marion Akiteng 2012-14 University of Queensland Marion is interested in promoting patience and understanding in her home country of Uganda, which has been through long periods of war. Brisbane Australia Uganda Ateso, English, Swahili, Lunganda Rotary Club of Kampala East, Uganda 1570 Raseema Alam July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a humanitarian officer for CIDA's Afghanistan Task Force in Ottawa. Ottawa Canada Canada English, French, Urdu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Toronto Earlscourt, ON, Canada 7070 Lucia Alcántara June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Lucia is a seasoned consultant with expertise in organizational capacity building and strategic planning. She is passionate about adult learning and is currently involved in several projects to eradicate poverty by increasing the number of female policy makers throughout the developing world. Her areas of expertise include program evaluation, strategic planning, program design, coaching, and peer learning. Riverdale USA USA Spanish, English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Wall Street New York, NY, USA 7230 Monica Alfred 2002-04 University of Bradford She is a faculty member of Action Asia's Applied Conflict Transformation two years Masters course, conducted in alliance with Pannasastra University, Cambodia. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sinhala, Tamil, and English Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, Sri Lanka 3220 Giorgio Algeri 2009-11 University of Queensland Giorgio works in Phnom Penh as a consultant for a small coalition NGO called Chab Dai (in Khmer, Joining Hands). His responsibilities are to assess the strengths and weaknesses of this coalition organization and identify some best practices on how the organization can better serve its members to achieve the aim of "working together to end sexual abuse and trafficking." Phnom Penh Cambodia Italy Italian, English, French, Portuguese Jesuit Refugee Service Asia-Pacific, Thailand. Rotary Club of Palermo Monreale, Italy 2110 Melis Alguadis 2004-06 Sciences Po She works at the European Commission in the Panafrican Issues & Institutions, Governance & Migration section as DG Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States. Geneva Switzerland Turkey English, French, Portuguese, Turkish and basic Spanish IIMCR Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic Rotary Club of Altunizade, Turkey 2420 Patricia Aliperti 2006-08 International Christian University New York USA USA English, Spanish, and Russian Global March Against Child Labor in New Delhi, India & Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rotary Club of Clarksville, TX, USA 5830 Charles Allen June 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a manager (police inspector) for the Greater Dandenong Police Service Area. Carnegie Australia Australia English, Nil Other Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chadstone/East Malvern, VIC, Australia 9800 Richelieu Allison July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is regional director of the West African Youth Network in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Freetown Sierra Leone Liberia English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Freetown, Sierra Leone 9100 Richelieu Allison 2012-14 University of Bradford Bradford UK Liberia Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Krio, Bassa Rotary Club of Folsom, CA, USA 5180 Bobby Anderson January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is the deputy chief of party for International Relief and Development. He develops governance, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and livelihood grants for local civil society partners; creates and maintains a monitoring & evaluation system; and acts as technical advisor to USAID and local civil society grantees across Indonesia. Jakarta Indonesia USA English, Serbian, German, Spanish, Indonesian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chapel Hill, NC, USA 7710 Victoria Anderson January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Tori founded Children United, an NGO that partners with grassroots organisations to fight for the elimination of sexual exploitation of children. She is also co-authoring a new book called 'The Power of One'. It will feature short stories of remarkable and inspiring women across the world who are making a positive impact in their own community. Melbourne Australia Australia Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Hindi, Urdu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Hope Island, QLD, Australia 9640 Stefani Angelopoulos 2003-05 University of Bradford Athens Greece Canada French and English Department of Public Information at the United Nations in New York. Rotary Club of Dartmouth East, NS, Canada 7820 Marios Antoniou 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, focusing on peace education. Chapel Hill USA Cyprus Al and Nancy Jubitz Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Greek, English, French European Youth Centre, Budapest, University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus and Budapest, Hungary. Rotary Club of Nicosia Salamis, Cyprus 2450 Maria Sheila Arado 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley Sheila is an associate professor at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, USA. Monterrey USA Philippines Filipino and English Research for University of California Berkeley Political Science Department, Berkeley, CA Rotary Club of Hiyas Ng Maynila, Philippines 3810 Kozue Araki 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina She will pursue her research interest in educational assistance as a tool to promote peace in post-conflict areas. She is particularly interested in working with former child combatants in Africa and/or Arab countries. Chapel Hill USA Japan Japanese, English, Arabic UNESCO Iraq Office - Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Rotary Club of Tokyo Mitaka, Japan 2750 Zuleika Arashiro February 2012 Chulalongkorn University She is engaged in a short-term consultancy for the department of education of the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo Brazil Brazil Portuguese, English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Gozel Arazmedova 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is volunteering at a women's organization in Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Chapel Hill USA Turkmenistan Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Turkmen, English, Russian, Uzbek Committee on the Status of Women, New York. Rotary Club of Almaty, Kazakhstan 2430 Maria Arcenas June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a social risk management consultant in the energy and mining sectors, based in Davao City, Philippines. Davao City Philippines Philippines English, Philipino, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of East Davao, Philippines 3860 Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter 2008-10 University of California - Berkeley She is the overseas operations director for Asylum Access in San Francisco. Geneva Switzerland Ecuador Professor Hayward R. Alker Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Spanish, English Summer Research Fellow with the International Accountability Project in New Delhi, India. Rotary Club of Quito, Ecuador 4400 Rochelle Arms 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador Rochelle is the restorative justice coordinator at the New York Peace Institute, focusing on restorative justice initiatives in the community and nationally. New York USA USA Spanish and English Education for Peace, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Rotary Club of Lexington, KY, USA 6740 Simon Artz January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a detective and senior leading constable for the State of Victoria Police in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Melbourne Australia Australia English, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Canterbury, VIC, Australia 9800 Bakhtiyar Aslanov 2012-14 Uppsala University Bakhtiyar hope to improve himself as a strong specialist in the field of humanitarian research and contribute to the solutions of the conflicts in Caucasus and any part of the world. Uppsala Sweden Azerbaijan Azerbaijani, English, French, Turkish Rotary Club of Baku International, Azerbaijan 2430 Ayca Atay Davies 2005-07 University of Bradford Ayca lives in Istanbul where she is working on a documentary TV series project that will cover peace and reconciliation work in the world. Each episode will cover one topic from a different part of the world such as peace movements in Israel, reintegration of child soldiers, life of female guerrillas after war, the role of truth commissions in overcoming the fear society, or dance and movement therapy for conflict-trauma victims. Istanbul Turkey Turkey Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Turkish, German, and English Intern at the home news desk of the Independent newspaper, London, England Rotary Club of Kocaeli-Körfez, Turkey 2420 Samantha Aucock 2006-08 University of Bradford She works on election processes, most recently focusing on elections in Egypt. South Africa English and Afrikaans The Carter Center, Timor-Leste; Msunduzi Hospital, South Africa Rotary Club of Pietermaritzburg East, South Africa 9270 Daniel Auguste 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Daniel plans to research the intersection of economic development and peace. He is particularly interested in investigating the intersection of economic opportunity, educational inequality, and peace. Durham USA Haiti Swift Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Creole, English, French, Spanish Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Rotary Club of South Brunswick Islands, NC, USA 7730 Aung Aung 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a protection associate with the UNHCR in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon Myanmar Myanmar Kyu Hang Lee Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Burmese, English, Japanese, Korean InterFaith Works, Syracuse, NY Rotary Club of Maesai, Thailand 3360 Duncan Autrey 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador His passion is in exporting the frontiers of mediation and conflict resolution. He is particularly interested in ways to use dialogue to help the people of the world to see their common humanity. He is involved with a project of Mediators Beyond Borders in Colombia that is working with a community that was displaced by armed conflict. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Guarani Fundación Cambio Democrático (FCD) (Foundation for Democratic Change), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast, WA, USA 5030 Leah Aylward 2005-07 University of Queensland She commenced her doctoral studies at the University of Queensland in July 2008. She was awarded both a University of Queensland Research Scholarship and a University of Queensland International Research Award to complete her studies. She is currently working on her research project entitled: Development and Violence: rethinking the analytical framework. She also works in the School of Political Science and International Studies as a research assistant and as a tutor. Brisbane Australia USA Spanish and English CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) in Chile Rotary Club of Cheyenne, WY, USA 5440 Sharif Azami 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina Sharif is a program officer for the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, MI, USA. He monitors the organization's business professions and world religions advisory council's portfolio. Kalamazoo USA Afghanistan Central Asia Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Pushtu, English, Urdu, Dari/Parsian Internship with Oxfam International in Washington, DC. Rotary Club of Kurpkka, Finland 1380 Sebastian Lopez Azumendi 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina He works in a consultancy with World Bank in Washington, DC, USA, working on public sector reform in Latin America. Washington, DC USA Argentina Spanish and English The South Centre Trade and Development Program, Geneva Rotary Club of La Plata Tribunales, Argentina 4915 Cherine Badawi 2005-07 International Christian University She is the director of curriculum and training for a social justice education non-profit called the Mosaic Project, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She designs and facilitates peace education trainings for young people and educators working in multicultural contexts. She also launched her own business, Integral Trainings, which offers organizations training and support around diversity, communication, sustainability, and strategic planning. Oakland USA USA/ Egypt English, French, and basic Arabic International Bureau of Education – UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of North Oakland, CA, USA 5170 Joy Balazo January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is the executive secretary for the Uniting International Mission of the Uniting Church in Earlwood, NSW, Australia. She is responsible for the Young Ambassadors for Peace program in 8 countries in the Asia/Pacific region. Earlwood Australia Australia Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Penrith Valley, NSW, Australia 9690 Fay Ballard June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Fay is the head of programmes in South Sudan with GOAL. The organization responds to the influx of internally displaced people in Warrap and Upper Nile State. Fay's role is to provide a strategic framework for the programs and to manage the technical program coordinators. South Sudan UK English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dublin Central, Ireland 1160 Gina Ballesfin 2006-08 International Christian University She has been working for Amnesty International Asia Pacific on their ongoing human rights campaigns. Philippines Philippines English, Spanish and Serbo-Croatian, Tagalog Equator Media, London, England Rotary Club of Legazip Central, Philippines 3820 John Balouziyeh 2003-05 Sciences Po USA USA English, French, Spanish, and Turkish UNESCO project in Senegal Rotary Club of Passaic Valley, NJ, USA 7490 Thomas Bamforth June 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a program officer with the Australian Red Cross, working specifically on disaster management in the Pacific region. Melbourne Australia Australia English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Batwyn, Australia 9800 Jennifer Banza January 2008 Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand DR Congo French, Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Elland, UK 1040 Fernando Barrio February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Fernando is the head of International Relations and associate professor of law at the Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Argentina. Viedma Argentina Argentina Spanish, English,Japanese, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Viedma, Argentina 4930 Crisostomo Bas 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina Jun is the Director IV at the Anti-Terrorism Council Program Management Center in the Philippines. Talisay Philippines Philippines Tagalog, Filipino, English Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Rotary Club of Pasay Central, Philippines 3810 Abdillahi Bashir 2012-14 University of Queensland Abdillahi has profound interest in studying peace and conflict resolution and strong commitment to social justice through grass-root level economic development. Brisbane Australia Somalia Somali, English, Arabic Rotary Club of Kansas City, MO, USA 6040 Sonja Basic 2010-12 University of Bradford Sonja is a partnership consultant at Cardno Emerging Markets in Melbourne, Australia. Cardno Emerging Markets is an integrated professional services provider delivering the specialist expertise necessary to create and improve the physical and social infrastructure that underpins communities around the world. Cardno’s team comprises leading advisers who plan, design, manage and deliver sustainable projects and community programs. Melbourne Australia Australia English, Serbian, French, Spanish UNDP - Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil Rotary Club of Ashgrove, QLD, Australia 9600 Jaqueline Denise Bass 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador She is a PhD candidate in political science University of California, Berkeley. Her focus is religion and politics. Berkeley USA USA Spanish and English West Virginia Department of Education Rotary Club of St. Albens, WV, USA 7550 Renata Bauab Isolato 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador She is an independent consultant in International Affairs and Communication. Brazil Portuguese, Spanish, Italian Arab West Foundation, Cairo, Egypt. Rotary Club of São Carlos, Brazil 4540 José Joaquin Bayona Esguerra 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador He is the director of the Political Science and Conflict Resolution Department at the Universidad de Valle in Cali, Colombia. He is also involved in creating a project with the Government of Valle in developing young leaders in peace and conflict resolution. Cali Colombia Colombia Spanish and English Instituto General Gutierrez Mellado Para la Defensa, la Seguridad y la Paz, Madrid, Spain Rotary Club of Cali-San Fernando, Colombia 4280 Mary Bean 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador She is the academic and administrative director of Creighton University's study abroad/immersion program in the Dominican Republic. Santiago Dominican Republic USA Spanish CARE International, El Salvador. Rotary Club of Geneseo, IL, USA 6420 Pantea Beigi 2010-12 University of Queensland She is teaching a Human Rights and International Politics course at the School of Political Science and International Studies at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane Australia Iran Yen-Shen and Catherine Hsieh Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Persian International Medical Corps (IMC) in Turkey. Rotary Club of Commerce City, CO, USA 5450 Erinma Bell June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is the trustee chair for the Community Alliance for Renewal of Inner South Manchester. Manchester UK UK English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Manchester Breakfast, UK 1050 Francisco Manuel Benavides 2002-04 Sciences Po Francisco has been appointed as Manager of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development project: Overcoming School Failure: Policies that Work. The aim of this international initiative is to provide schools and policy makers with tools to improve equity and reduce school failure in basic and lower secondary schools. Particular attention is given to vulnerable and at risk populations. Paris France Mexico English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Caritas, Mozambique Rotary Club of Monterrey Metropolitano, Mexico 4130 Mélanie Bennett 2005-07 International Christian University She is teaching French and modern dance in a minority French school in English-speaking Canada. She is also a member of two committees that monitor education in Ontario through research and standardized tests. She works as part of the comite de sensibilte for the standardized literacy tests for grade 3 and grade 6 students as well as the test de competences linguistiques (language competency, or literacy) for grade 10 students. The mandate is to ensure that the content of standardized tests are not offensive to minorities (i.e. cultural or religious minorities, disabled students) and that the tests are void of sexist or racially sensitive content, etc. Canada Canada Charles and Carol Loh Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French, Japanese Action Femmes Juristes, Rabat, Morocco Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise, ON, Canada 7040 Karen Bernstein 2003-05 University of Bradford She is a part of the civil affairs team of UN Mission in Sudan, based in Juba. Her position assists in the set up and proper functioning of government institutions and political analysis on the ground, as well as works with the HQ Office of Civil Affairs on coordination and policy matters. Juba Sudan USA Hebrew and English Ockenden International, Cambodia Rotary Club of South Glens Falls, NY, USA 7190 Ankur Bharali January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is the executive magistrate for the Government of Assam in Sivasagar, Assam, India. He is responsible for law and order with police, disaster management, and land administration of 176 villages under his jurisdiction. Sivasagar India India English, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Digboi, India 3240 Smita Bharti July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is the executive director for Sakshi in Gurgaon, Harayana, India. Gurgaon India India English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of West Delhi, India 3010 Tenzin Bhuchung 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley Tenzin works in the field of Buddhist translation, both oral and written. He is involved with Buddhist studies and meditation as a translator and sometimes as a teacher. New York USA India English, Hindi, Sanskrit Tibet Justice Center, Berkeley, California, USA Rotary Club of Sandy Bay, TAS, Australia 9830 Christina Bischoff 2005-07 University of Bradford Christy is the education and training coordinator for Bradford Action for Refugees in Bradford, England. Bradford UK USA English, basic Arabic, and Spanish Rotary Club of Asheville, NC, USA 7670 Domingo Antonio Blanco-Gutierrez 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley Venezuela Spanish, Portugese, French Did not propose an AFE. Rotary Club of Caracas Casco Histórico, Venezuela 4370 Paolo Bocci 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill USA Italy Spanish, English, Chinese, French ACRA, Dakar, Senegal. Rotary Club of Brescia, Italy 2050 Roland Allan Bolado 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley He is a Lt. Commander in the Philippine Navy. Philippines Philippines Robert S. and Eileen Brown Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Tagalog, French United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations, New York Rotary Club of Bagumbayan-Manila, Philippines 3810 Catherine Elizabeth Bollaert 2007-09 University of Bradford She is working on a PhD at the University of Ulster Institute for Transitional Justice. Bradford UK South Africa/Switzerland Afikaans, French Rotary Club of Lukhanji Sunset, South Africa 9320 Alison Bond 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley She is a PhD candidate at University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley USA New Zealand German and English Institute for Conflict Management and Mediation, Hamburg, Germany Rotary Club of Hamilton East, New Zealand 9930 Rajiv Bora 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley Rajiv is an officer in the Indian Administrative Service working for the state government of Assam in India. He is posted as Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel and Department of Administrative Reforms & Training in Guwahati, India. Guwahati India India Hindi and English Department of Political Science, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Rotary Club of Gauhati South, India 3240 Dibya Jyoti Borkotoki January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a cadre officer of the Assam Civil Service for the Government of Assam in India. Jorhat India India Assamese, English, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Jorhat, Assam, India 3240 Jackie Bornstein 2005-07 University of Bradford She is writing an entry on creativity, dogmatic thinking, and conflict for Daniel J. Christie’s forthcoming Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (a Wiley-Blackwell publication). She is also writing a chapter for Peace Psychology in Australia: Dreamings of Peace, the latest book in the Peace Psychology Book Series published by Springer. This chapter will be on the contributions peace psychology can make to conflict and its transformation. Melbourne Australia Australia French and English Center for Cultural Studies and Social Change at Muhammadiyah University, Indonesia Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Stephanie Borsboom 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina Stephanie works for the World Bank in Nepal as an operations officer in the Social, Environment, and Water Resources Unit. Kathmandu Nepal Netherlands English, Dutch, basic Nepalese UNICEF India, New Delhi, India Rotary Club of Maassluis, the Netherlands 1600 Larissa Bosch Paullada 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley Larissa is currently at the Yale School of Management, working in the Program for Social Entrepreneurship. New Haven USA Mexico English, French United Nations Human Settlements Programme: Centre for City to City Cooperation., Seville, Spain. Rotary Club of Mexico City, Mexico 4170 Wendi Boxx 2004-06 International Christian University Teacher and PHD student at Ludwigs Maximilian University in Munich Munich Germany USA English and Romanian UNHCR in Bucharest, Romania Rotary Club of Ottumwa, IA, USA 6000 Helga-Bára Bragadottir 2002-04 University of Bradford She is studying French while living in Amboise, France. Amboise France Iceland English, Icelandic, German, Danish, and Spanish University of Bradford Peace Studies Department, Sri Lanka Rotary Club of Akranes, Iceland 1360 Zoe Brent 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Zoe is interested in issues of Food Sovereignty, Labor and Immigrant Rights. Her recent work has focused primarily on fighting for workplace justice throughout the food chain. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, French Friends of Earth Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, CA, USA 5130 Julia Brentano Assef 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador 2009-11 Rotary Peace Fellow. Buenos Aires Argentina Brazil Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, French, Catalan UNICEF Radio and Radio France International, NYC and Paris Rotary Club of Itajai-Porta do Vale, Brazil 4651 Matthew Bright 2002-04 University of Queensland He is an associate lecturer at the University of Queensland, teaching masters and undergraduate coursework. Also pursuing a PHD at UQ. Brisbane Australia USA Spanish and English Save the Children, Mozambique Rotary Club of Northbrook, IL, USA 6440 Luke Brothers 2006-08 University of Bradford Luke is a global incident analyst in the 24/7 monitoring center of the National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination in Los Angeles. He follows events around the world that affect security and business continuity. His focus is Mexico and Latin America. Los Angeles USA USA John and Kirsten Swift Family Fund Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Spanish NATO, Division of Public Diplomacy, Belgium Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime, CA, USA 5240 Pamela Broussard July 2007 Chulalongkorn University Houston USA USA English, American Sign Language; English Sign Language; Spanish; Farsi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Cypress-Fairbanks, TX, USA 5890 Susan Brown January 2011 Chulalongkorn University Susan was appointed to the Newburyport Commission on Diversity and Tolerance. The Commission supports diversity education, anti-discrimination and anti-violence activities, gives (very small) grants for such initiatives, and serves as a clearing-house for addressing so-called "hate-based" incidents in the city. Susan also mediates and arbitrates labor and workplace disputes as an independent practitioner. Newburyport USA USA English, Norwegian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Amesbury, MA, USA 7930 Dana Brown 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador She is the executive director of the US Office on Colombia, an NGO in Washington, DC, USA that lobbies the US Congress around its funding for Colombia and its military and development projects there and who connects civil society groups in Colombia with politicians in the US. Washington, DC USA USA English and Spanish Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, Strategic Affairs Unit, Jerusalem, Israel. Rotary Club of Columbus, OH, USA 6690 Sophie Brown 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Sophie is an economist with experience working in the field most recently in Indonesia and Central Asia on various rural development projects. Sophie's main area of interest is public expenditure and poverty-related policy. Durham USA Australia English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic GRM International, London, UK. Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Cathy Brown Stummann 2005-07 International Christian University She is pursuing a PhD at the LIFE Sciences and Forestry Faculty at University of Copenhagen. Her focus is a recently developed theoretical tool to aid practitioners and researchers in their assessment, design, and evaluation of participatory processes in natural resources management. Copenhagen Denmark USA Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Italian, and intermediate Japanese Duke University and University of Geneva Program on Global Policy and Governance, also The South Centre Trade and Development Program, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA, USA 5150 Angela Bruce-Raeburn 2005-07 University of Bradford She is the senior policy advisor for humanitarian response-Haiti for Oxfam America in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA English and French Caricom, the Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana Rotary Club of Modesto, CA, USA 5220 Larissa Bruun 2004-06 University of Queensland Larissa is coordinator for the Nepal programme for DEMO-Finland. The programme supports the youth and student wings of parliamentary political parties in Nepal. It aims to strengthen political participation of youth in Nepal and to enhance constructive dialogue between the youth and student organizations. Kathmandu Nepal Finland English, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, basic French and German Public information section, UNHCR, Islamabad, Pakistan Rotary Club of Kurikka, Finland 1380 Alan Bull 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley He works as an environmental scientist. He is a project manager in a contaminated land and groundwater remediation consultancy in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Melbourne Australia Brazil Portuguese and English Center for Latin American Studies, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Rotary Club of Ituitaba Primeiro de Maio, Brazil 4770 Lydia Bulmer 2007-09 University of Queensland She is a primary school teacher at Ta'allum in Doha, Qatar. Doha Qatar UK French Global Conscious Initiative in Kumba, Cameroon. Rotary Club of Horsham, UK 1250 Rithy Bun July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the executive director of the Democracy Resource Center for National Development (DND) in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. Kampong Cham Cambodia Cambodia Khmer Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. 3350 Mayumi Burgener 2005-07 University of Queensland She is pursuing her PhD at the University of Queensland, while living in Tokyo. Her topic is the concept and philosophy of peace journalism. Tokyo Japan Japan English and Japanese Tarayana Foundation in Bhutan. Rotary Club of Calgary Centennial, AB, Canada 5360 David Burgener 2010-12 University of Queensland Brisbane Australia Australia English, French, Japanese xSport Coaching in partnership with FC Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. Rotary Club of Kenmore, QLD, Australia 9600 Ferdinand Catoera Buscato July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He works in the Chief International Logistics Cooperation Branch & Acting Chief Joint Logistics Operation Branch for the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines. Bacoor Philippines Philippines Filipino, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pasay South, Philippines 3810 Jessica Butcher 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Jessica’s area of expertise is multicultural interfaith dialogue, especially between and within Muslim and Christian communities. She is interested in researching and developing methodology to promote understanding of emerging and stigmatised religious groups within mainstream society. Chapel Hill USA Australia English, Indonesian, Dutch, Chinese Mandarin Graduate School of Governance, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands, Maastrict, The Netherlands. Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Bryn Cain 2009-11 University of Queensland Bryn works in the International Office at the University of Texas in Austin, TX. Austin USA USA Sollenbarger Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, French, Wolof U.S. Commercial Service - US Department of Commerce, Hong Kong. Rotary Club of Bricktown, OK, USA 5750 Agustina Calatayud 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley She works for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC as part of the team working on freight logistics, which aims to support and improve freight movement and trade in the Americas. Washington, DC USA Italy Spanish, Italian, English, Portuguese, Chinese, French United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile & the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), Argentina Rotary Club of Asti, Italy 2030 Zarrin Caldwell January 2011 Chulalongkorn University She is the principal of Global Dreams Consulting, helping clients to improve outreach and communications on critical global issues. Columbia USA USA English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, DC, USA 7620 Ana Paula Calil 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Durham USA Brazil Jason and Betty Hsu Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Portuguese, English, Spanish, French Rotary Club of Brasilia Leste, Brazil 4530 Susan Carew January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is developing an organization called Funny Business. Funny Business is a Melbourne-based organization that offers businesses a range of services and workshops aimed at identifying conflict in the workplace. The workshops facilitate skills and practice in conflict resolution and promote a culture of good-humored communication, trust, empathy and empowerment to enhance teamwork within the workplace. Melbourne Australia Australia Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Canterbury, VIC, Australia 9800 Rosamaria Carloozi June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She works as "Housemaster" at New Bedford High School, where she supervises more than 50 faculty members and is in charge of disciplining and counseling 700 students. Fall River USA USA/Italy Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Greater Fall River, MA, USA 7950 Hélène Carvallo 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley She is an attorney in France at a family law practice. She focuses on issues such as divorce, adoption, and international kidnappings. Paris France France French, English, and Spanish Human Rights Watch, New York Rotary Club of Paris West, France 1660 Diego Casagrande 2012-14 University of Queensland Diego has a particular interest in post-war/post-disaster development as well as conflict resolution and peace building. He is excited to see how the Rotary Peace Fellowship will help further his expertise in the areas of mediation and cross-cultural understanding. Brisbane Australia Italy Portuguese, Italian, English, Japanese, French/Spanish Rotary Club of London, UK 1130 Joyce Castañeda 2012-14 University of Bradford Joyce’s interest lies in education, youth, and community development. She wants to hone her conflict resolution skills by learning from various people in different parts of the world sharing their experiences at the University of Bradford and from Rotary’s work on peace building. Bradford UK Philippines Filipino, English Rotary Club of Bagumbayan-Manila, Philippines 3810 Carla Castañeda Jimeno 2004-06 University of Bradford She is a senior policy advisor (security) for the regional policy unit of the Americas bureau at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Ottawa Canada Canada/Guatemala English, French, Spanish, basic KiSwahili and Portuguese Rotary Club of Ottawa, ON, Canada 7040 Alison Castel July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is enrolled in the PhD program at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. Arlington USA USA English, Spanish, Hebrew, Nepali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ardmore, PA, USA 7450 Karla Castellanos 2004-06 University of Queensland She is the associate director at GM Urban Design and Architecture in Sydney, Australia. The firm concentrates in creating better places to live for locally disadvantaged communities and some more remote communities where there is a majority of aboriginal inhabitants. Sydney Australia USA English and Spanish Did not propose an AFE. Rotary Club of Miami Beach, FL, USA 6990 John Catlin July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is the executive director of the Department of Premier and Cabinet for the Western Australian Government. He manages their strategic input on a range of matters with indigenous people. Shenton Park Australia Australia Mandarin, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Matilda Bay, WA, Australia 9455 Veronica Chalmers 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley She is an independent consultant focusing on the role of law and regulation in improving water and electricity services in the Pacific, including improving community access and affordability. Wellington New Zealand New Zealand English, French, and basic Japanese and Maori Asia Development Bank, Manila, Philippines Rotary Club of Hutt, New Zealand 9940 Nisa Chamsuwan 2003-05 International Christian University She is a program officer of the Fredskorpset Asia office based in Bangkok, Thailand. (Fredskorpset is a Norwegian development agency which aims to improve economic, social and political conditions of people in developing countries with specific emphasis on assistance which benefits the poor and realization of human rights.) As part of the organizational vision and mission, her work helps promote world peace by bringing people from different backgrounds across the globe together through the core activity of exchange of personnel between Norway and developing countries in Asia and Africa. Her work in the Asia office specifically supports exchange of personnel within Asia and sometimes between Asia and Africa. Her projects include projects related to peace communication (to develop peace communicators), human rights, sustainable agriculture, HIV/AIDS and tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai and English Pax Romana in Geneva Rotary Club of Dhonburi, Thailand 3350 Sharon Chanda January 2011 Chulalongkorn University Sharon works as a transit center supervisor at Action Africa Help International, a UNHCR funded program dealing with refugees from Somali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, and Angola. AAH-I has an Urban Refugee Transit Centre which hosts approximately 100 asylum seekers who will go through security clearance and are offered "refugee status" by the Zambian Ministry of Home Affairs and UNHCR, before relocation to various settlement camps within Zambia. Her responsibility is to ensure their relocation and safety in terms of food, health, security, accommodation, etc. Lusaka Zambia Zambia Bemba, Swahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kasama, Zambia 9210 Jianrong Chen January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a lecturer and chief of research of diplomacy for the Department of International Relations at Jinan University in Guangdong, China. Guangdong China China English, Chinese, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bangkok Chinatown, Thailand 3350 Phumphat Chetiyanonth 2006-08 International Christian University He is a regional program assistant for rapid response in East and Southeast Asia for the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand Thailand Thai, English, and Burmese Grameen Bank, Dhaka Bangladesh Rotary Club of Silom, Thailand 3350 Ouida Chichester 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador She works for Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco, CA, USA. Her title is Associate , Advisory Services. San Francisco USA USA Professor Hayward R. Alker Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Spanish United Nations Development Programme, Belize Rotary Club of San Francisco, CA, USA 5150 David Chick 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina David is the sub-national program director for AusAID in Papua New Guinea. He works with the national and provincial governments to increase their ability to manage their finances and staff and to monitor service delivery outcomes at the local level. Port Moseby Papua New Guinea Australia Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Mandarin, and Spanish UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Canberra-South, ACT, Australia 9710 Mwila Chigaga 2004-06 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is the senior regional gender specialist for the African region under the United Nations International Labour Organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa Ethiopia Zambia Anonymous Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French and Ngoni Duke Global Policy and Governance course, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Lusaka, Zambia 9210 Yoshio Chikamatsu 2003-05 University of Queensland He is a project consultant for Shin Nihon & Co, working on international development projects in Japan. Japan Japan Japanese and English Japan International Cooperation Agency, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Rotary Club of Tokyo Seihoku, Japan 2580 Edward Chinhanhu June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Edward is the director of Africa Centre for Peace-building and Conflict Transformation (ACPC). His area of expertise is transitional justice, peace building and conflict transformation. He is currently involved in national healing and peace-building efforts in Zimbabwe, using the holistic/hybrid approach. Edward’s current research area is on the role of indigenous cultural mechanisms in the resolution of modern conflicts. Mutare Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Shona, English, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Mutare, Zimbabwe 9210 Cameron Chisholm 2006-08 University of Bradford Cameron is the president of the International Peace & Security Institute. He is also an adjunct professor at George Washington University, teaching "Theory and Practice of Peacebuilding." Washington, DC USA USA English, Spanish, and Slovak Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and GTZ, Ethiopia Rotary Club of Corpus Christi, TX, USA 5930 Jin Joo Choi January 2011 Chulalongkorn University She is a change manager and consultant in the Leadership and Development Division of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA Korea Korean, English, German, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Youngin, Korea 3600 Negaya Chorley 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Her areas of interest and expertise include advocacy, strategic planning and organizational development. Negaya sees the Rotary Peace Fellowship as a unique opportunity to enhance her conflict resolution skills; skills that she believes are critically required to strengthen and extend the work of organisations in the international development/global health arena. Durham USA Australia English, Kiswahili Rotary Club of Sydney Inner West, NSW, Australia 9750 Banamallika Choudhury February 2012 Chulalongkorn University She is a program officer for ActionAid International in Guwahati, India. Guwahati India India Assamese, English, Bengali, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Guwahati East, India 3240 June-ho Chung 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina June-ho is interested in effective, efficient, and sustainable economic development for post-conflict regions and transition countries. Republic of Korea Korean, English, French United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand Rotary Club of Gangreung, Republic of Korea 3730 Kathy Clark 2007-09 University of Queensland She is the ESOL coordinator at Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, FL, USA Daytona Beach USA USA Spanish, beginning Burmese, and French Swedish Red Cross in Kalmar, Sweden. Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, IN, USA 6540 Nicole Clark-Somerville 2009-11 International Christian University She is the coordinator of School Culture for CentroNia, a non-profit. Washington, DC USA USA English, Spanish, French Plan Benin, Benin. Rotary Club of Westport, CT, USA 7980 Victoria Cochrane-Buchmueller 2009-11 University of Bradford Munich Germany New Zealand English, French National Public Prosecution Authority in Kigali, Rwanda. Rotary Club of Port Nicholson, New Zealand 9940 Mary Coffman 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador Mary is a parent educator in the Youth Parents Program at the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. She facilitates workshops and classes on prenatal and parenting education for teenage parents. She is also a co-director with Shalom Educating for Peace, a Kigali, Rwanda-based NGO. She is in charge of resources mobilization, volunteers and internships program, networking and partnerships. Washington, DC USA USA English, Spanish UNESCO San José, Costa Rica; Shalom Educating for Peace, Rwanda Durham Sunrise Rotary Club, NC, USA 7710 Lauren Conn 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Lauren is interested in links between international development and security. She has a background in grassroots campaigning and advocacy around issues of global poverty and preventable disease. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Arabic, Moroccan Dialect Rotary Club of Fairfax, VA, USA 7610 Paul Conroy 2011-13 University of Queensland Paul’s interests lie in helping refugees survive conflict and rebuild lives of health, security and self-sufficiency. He aims to develop bridges of understanding and cooperation between refugee and host communities that empower refugees to establish lives of dignity while becoming integral members of their host communities. He plans to achieve his professional goals by applying his training in Peace and Conflict Resolution in a career with an international refugee agency. Brisbane Australia USA English, Swahili, French Rotary Club of Monticello, MN, USA 5950 Giovanni Contarin January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the vice-provincial, first counselor, and bursar at the Camillian Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand and is the director of Camillian Home Latkrabang for children living with disabilities. Bangkok Thailand Italy / Thailand Italian, English, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Eastern Seaboard (Pattaya), Thailand 3340 Vanessa Contopulos 2008-10 University of Bradford Vanessa is a music therapist in San Diego. Her research interests focus on the role of the arts and music in peace building. She is starting a consultancy called Create4Peace with the mission of supporting peace building organizations through providing creative resources, workshops, and training. San Diego USA USA English, Spanish Internship with the Pacific Centre for Peacebuiding in Nabua, Fiji. Rotary Club of Temecula, CA, USA 5330 Olga Cooke 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina She works for the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in Investor Relations department as an analyst in London, UK. London UK Kazakhstan Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Russian IBM Business Consulting Services in Dubai, UAE Rotary Club of Almaty, Kazakhstan 7330 Daniel Cooney 2008-10 University of California - Berkeley He is based in Manila, working for the Asian Development Bank. Manila Philippines New Zealand William and Marilyn Tennity Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Indonesian, French Researcher with the Stockholm Environmental Institute in Maldives. Rotary Club of Heretaunga, New Zealand 9940 Renia Corocoto 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley She is the director of the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Center of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in Manila, Philippines. Manila Philippines Philippines English and Tagalog ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Jakarta, Indonesia, Cambodia, & Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Hiyas Ng Maynila, Philippines 3810 Marien Yolanda Correa Corredor 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador She is the dean of the Faculty of Law at Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Bucaramanga Colombia Colombia Spanish & English Justicia y Paz, Madrid, Spain Rotary Club of Bucarmanga Nuevo Milenio, Colombia 4270 Erin Corrigan-Thomas 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador Erin is a program manager for the Jubitz Family Foundation's War Prevention Initiative. Portland USA USA English & Spanish Medicos Del Mundo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rotary Club of La Jolla, CA, USA 5340 Heidi Cosanovich July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a psychologist for the Ministry of Health in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. Resistencia Argentina Argentina Spanish, English, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Resistencia, Argentina 4790 Aaron Couchman February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Aaron is a human resources manager for the New Zealand Army. Waiouru New Zealand New Zealand English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Wellington, New Zealand 9940 Elias Courson 2008-10 University of California - Berkeley He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of California-Berkeley. Oakland USA Nigeria Izon, English Institute of Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. Rotary Club of Yenagoa, Nigeria 9140 Langan Courtney February 2012 Chulalongkorn University She is a refugee specialist for the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, CA, USA. Oakland USA USA English, French, Spanish, Wolof Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Oakland, CA, USA 5170 Yolanda Cowan 2003-05 Sciences Po Yolanda is a humanitarian affairs officer within the Emergency Preparedness and Response team for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)'s Regional Office for Southern Africa in Johannesburg. She works with a number of countries' governments, UN agencies, and NGOs to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Johannesburg South Africa Australia French, Spanish, and English Education for Peace (EFP) Program in Sarajevo Rotary Club of St. Lucia, QLD, Australia 9600 Lisa Craig June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Lisa is the manager of Peel Community Legal Services, Inc. She manages legal and non-legal staff in the delivery of accessible justice and advocacy. Dwellingup Australia Australia English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts, WA, Australia 9465 Casey Crocket 2011-13 University of Queensland Casey's interests include utilizing cultural education as a part of conflict resolution. She is working to broaden her focus into resource management and the role it plays in conflicts. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Japanese Rotary Club of Traverse City, MI, USA 6290 Anna Crumley-Effinger 2012-14 Uppsala University Anna is particularly interested in healing processes at personal and national levels that occur or are envisioned after violent conflict, such as truth and reconciliation commissions and holistic health care that addresses community pyscho-social support. Uppsala Sweden USA Monroe Albin and Nancy Thompson Jubitz Rotary Peace Fellowship for 2012-14 English, French Rotary Club of Richmond, IN, USA 6560 Paulina Cruz Velasquez 2012-14 Uppsala University Paulina's background is in electoral observation in Guatemala, screening civil organizations and the recruiting individual volunteers. Uppsala Sweden Guatemala Spanish, English Rotary Club of Guatemala Vista Hermosa, Guatemala 4250 Fernando da Costa January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He works with Secretariat of State for Youth and Sports as an adviser for youth development programs. He also provides training on conflict prevention with some youth organizations and village chiefs. Currently, he serve as focal point for the Secretariat of State for Youth and Sports for the establishment of National Youth Parliament in Dili, Timor-Leste. Dili Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Tetun, Indonesian, East Javanese, Portunguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dili, Timor-Leste 9550 Zsofia Anna Daboczy 2012-14 University of Queensland Zsofia is dedicated to further the comprehension and communication among nations, for a more peaceful and prosperous future in the international community. She is interested in fostering international cooperation, innovative partnerships to facilitate problem solving, crisis management and international development to bring about change in our world. She is interested in working along the lines of communication, international development and civil-military cooperation. Brisbane Australia Hungary Hungarian, English, Spanish, German Rotary Club of Budapest-Budavár, Hungary 1911 Raymond Da-boi July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a lecturer/research fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution at Cuttington University in Bong County, Liberia. Bong County Liberia Liberia Lorma, French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia 9100 Eduardo R. DaCosta 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Belem Norte Brazil Brazil Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Portuguese, English National Parks Conservation Association, Knoxville, TN, USA Rotary Club of Belem Norte, Brazil 4720 Yuki Daizumoto 2006-08 University of Bradford She is a desk officer at the Japan International Cooperation Agency, based in Tokyo. She focuses on Sri Lankan issues. Tokyo Japan Japan Japanese and English IOM, Indonesia Rotary Club of Tokyo-Ebara, Japan 2750 Keren Dalyot 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Keren is studying for her PhD at the University of North Carolina School of Education. Chapel Hill USA Israel Al and Nancy Jubitz Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Hebrew, English, Spanish International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), Washington, DC Rotary Club of Mealot Montfort, Israel 2490 Gert Danielsen 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador Gert is a democratic governance specialist for the UNDP, based in Norway. Norway Norway Norwegian, Spanish, and English Project Office of Culture of Peace, UNESCO Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil Rotary Club of Nannestad, Norway 2260 Katia de Mello Dantas 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Katia is the Latin America & Caribbean policy director for the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Brasilia, Brazil. Brasília Brazil Brazil Paul F. and Carolyn C. Rizza Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, Portuguese, some French International Organisation of Migration, Geneva/Duke program. Rotary Club of Brasilia, Brazil 4530 Brad Darling June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Brad is the director of Pearson Education’s Learning Teams in Santa Monica, California. He works with schools and districts around the United States to ensure quality teaching is occurring in poor and working class communities. Anaheim USA USA English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Long Beach, CA, USA 5320 Kishu Daswani January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a professor of law at the Government Law College in Mumbai, India; professor of law at University of Navarra, Spain; and at St. Xavier's College. He is also a partner in L.R. Trading Co., Mumbai, India. Mumbai India India Hindi, Sindhi, Spanish, Marathi, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bombay Central, India 3140 Mary Therese Soundarie David 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley She is the deputy director for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which aims to foster mutual understanding, good neighbourly relations and meaningful cooperation among its member states. She also lectures part time at the Colombo Law Faculty for LLM students. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka English and Sinhala Did not propose an AFE. Rotary Club of Colombo Mid-town, Sri Lanka 3220 Rachel Davidson 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador Rachel is the program director for Avodha, the Jewish Service Corps in Washington, DC. She is responsible for youth service programs in the US. Rachel also leads service-learning programs for the American Jewish World Service, taking groups of college students abroad. Washington, DC USA USA/Canada English, Spanish, French, Hebrew Search for Common Ground, Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Chicago Far North, IL, USA 6450 Adrian Davis 2006-08 University of Bradford She is the director of corporate partnerships at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. Denver USA USA Dr. Edward and M. Patricia Blender Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Portuguese University of Bradford, London, England Rotary Club of Colorado Springs, CO, USA 5470 Alessandro De Carvalho Souza 2004-06 University of Queensland He is a business and international lawyer in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, providing consultancy for companies and government agencies in the field of International Relations. He teaches classes in international relations at University of Itajai Valley. He also writes articles for the Diario da Região newspaper. Florianópolis Brazil Brazil English, French and Portuguese Australian Red Cross, Brisbane, Australia Rotary Club of São José do Rio Prêto - Boa Vista, Brazil 4480 Bremen de Haan 2012-14 University of Queensland Bremen has worked extensively with urban populations and underprivileged youth in the USA and in Panama as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He is interested in sustainable development especially for underprivileged/marginalized youth because he believes that sustainable development is directly related to the construction and maintenance of peace and equality. The lack of sustainable and effective programs, especially for youth, is one of the greatest struggles facing projects and organizations founded in poor neighborhoods and developing countries. If sustainable development is successful, poverty and many situations that incite conflict between groups, communities or nations, can be avoided. Brisbane Australia USA English, Papiamentu, Spanish, Dutch Rotary Club of Atlantic City, NJ, USA 7640 Christina DeAngelis 2006-08 University of Bradford She works on a peacebuilding program for women called Creators of Peace in Sydney, Australia. The program aims to empower women at the grassroots to become peacebuilders in their own communities and nations. Sydney Australia Australia, France, and the United States English, French, German, Italian, conversational Spanish, and basic Hindi Tides and the Corrymeela community, Ireland Rotary Club of West Lakes, SA, Australia 9500 Audra Aleksandra Degesys 2007-09 University of Bradford Audra is a development/ foreign service officer with USAID, currently based in Ukraine. Ukraine USA Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Russian, Arabic, Lithuanian Sesame Workshop, New York City. Rotary Club of Willoughby Hills, OH, USA 6630 Swapnaneel Deka January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a police officer with the Government Services Group in Guwahati, Assam, India. Guwahati India India Assamese, English, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Guwahati South, India 3240 Francesca Del Mese 2002-04 University of Queensland Francesca is based in Geneva where she is the legal advisor to the UN Commission of Inquiry into atrocities committed in Syria. London UK UK English & Italian Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, Dili, Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Watford, United Kingdom 1260 Justin DeLeon January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Justin is a PhD candidate in political science and global governance at the University of Delaware. His study focus is the intersection of development and ethnic conflict, with a particular interests in the treatment of women and children. Philadelphia USA USA/Philippines English, Tagalog-Filipino Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Sanford, FL, USA 6980 Pedro Pablo Delgado Hinostroza 2004-06 University of Queensland He is the counselor of the Peruvian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. Bern Switzerland Peru English, Czech and Spanish International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France Rotary Club of San Antonio-Miraflores, Peru 4450 Sevinç Demirci January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a food security and livelihood program manager for Action Against Hunger in Sierra Leone. Freetown Sierra Leone Turkey English, Turkish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ankara Emek, Turkey 2430 Noëlle DePape 2003-05 University of Queensland She is the director of training and development at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba. IRCOM provides transitional housing as well as social services (i.e.: recreation, literacy and family programming) to newly arrived refugees in the City of Winnipeg. She also teaches at the University of Winnipeg in the Human Rights Department. Winnipeg Canada Canada English, French, Spanish and Arabic Seeds of Peace, Mumbai, India & Lahore, Pakistan Rotary Club of Winnipeg-Charleswood, MB, Canada 5550 John Deporres Ayimbire 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley He started his own organization in Accra, Ghana, the Center for Peace Building, Leadership and Conflict Resolution (CENPLECORM). It operates in five program areas with peace building and leadership development as the core areas. Accra Ghana Ghana English West African Youth Network, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Rotary Club of Dartmouth East, NS, Canada 7820 Sofia Deria 2012-14 Uppsala University Sofia hopes the Rotary Peace Fellowship will help her develop valuable skills to qualify her to work with an integrative political approach capable of handling growing complexity within societies and facilitate social transformation in fragile or conflict-ridden societies. She believes only the involvement of different disciplines can we reach a deeper level of transition, leading to true peaceful stability and transformation. Uppsala Sweden Denmark Danish, English, German, French Rotary Club of Kobenhavns, Denmark 1470 Nagarjun Devaraj 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley He is an assistant sessions judge in Wanaparthy, Andhra Pradesh, India. Wanaparthy India India English and Telugu National Human Rights Commission of India, New Delhi, India Rotary Club of Kurnool, India 3160 Bhimsen Devkota July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is an associate professor at Tribhuvan University of Nepal. Kathmandu Nepal Nepal Nepali, Hindi, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Rudramati Kathmandu, Nepal 3292 Jennifer Devlin 2008-10 International Christian University Australia Megumi Takayama Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, French, Yolngu Matha, Italian Caux Scholars Program, Caux, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Darwin, NT, Australia 9550 Joseph DeVoir 2009-11 University of Queensland Joe is teaching high school history and philosophy in Palestine. Palestine USA English, Spanish, Arabic, Dutch Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Palestine Rotary Club of St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, MI, USA 6360 Indri Dewi 2009-11 International Christian University She is a lecturer and researcher at Indonesia Christian University in the faculty of International Relations. Indonesia Indonesia Indonesian, English, Japanese, Korean Lila Pilipina, Inc., Philippines and The House of Sharing, South Korea. Rotary Club of Mataram Yoyakarta, Indonesia 3400 Giulia di Cristo June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Giulia is a free-lance consultant in international projects focused on social integration, humanitarian assistance, refugees emergency response, local development, and institutional and no state actors capacity building. Aprilia Italy Italy Italian, English, Spanish, Serbian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Aprilia-Cisterna, Italy 2080 Cecile Diatta Senghor July 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is working as a United Nations Volunteer (UNV) with the United Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), where she is an electoral advisor. Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire Senegal French, Spanish, Porguguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ziguinchor, Senegal 9100 Lisa Dittmar 2011-13 University of Bradford Lisa plans to focus on using microfinance and social entrepreneurship as a way of rebuilding infrastructure and helping people reinvent themselves in conflict and post-conflict countries. Bradford UK USA English, Spanish, Portuguese Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers, WA, USA 5030 Pravin Dixit 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is the principal secretary of the Home Department of the Government of Maharashtra in Mumbai. His work mainly relates to peacebuilding there. Mumbai India India Marathi, English Save the Children India, New Delhi, India Rotary Club of Poona Midtown, India 3131 Kassapa Diyabedanage February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sinhala, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, Sri Lanka 3220 Linh Do January 2011 Chulalongkorn University USA English, Vietnamese, French, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nevada City, CA, USA 5190 Chantelle Doerksen 2011-13 University of Queensland Chantelle worked for a local non-profit with youth to develop projects and leadership skills prior to beginning the fellowship. Her interests include how NGOs support change on a community level, conflict resolution between governments, immigration and immigrations effects within communities. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Guarani Rotary Club of Las Vegas, NV, USA 5300 Gina Donoso January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is a researcher on vulnerabilities and protection for Ecuadorian migrants in The Netherlands at the Embassy of Ecuador in The Natherlands. Netherlands Ecuador Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of San Pedro-Curridabat, Costa Rica 4240 Virorth Doung 2007-09 University of Queensland He is a researcher and consultant for national and international NGOs in Cambodia. Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia English Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) in Brisbane, Australia. Rotary Club of Bangrak, Thailand 3350 Louisa Dow 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina Louisa is a policy/program manager in AusAID’s Office of Development Effectiveness, overseeing strategic evaluations, communications, and influencing activities. Canberra Australia Australia/UK The Labadie Family Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish Internship with Habitat for Humanity in San Jose, Costa Rica. Rotary Club of Glenwaverley, VIC, Australia 9810 Mara Duer 2010-12 International Christian University Tokyo Japan Argentina Spanish, English, Hebrew, Portuguese Jorge Mario Jauregui Architecture Firm - Brazil & Hias - Venezuela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Caracas, Venezuela Rotary Club of Montserrat, Argentina 4890 Elisabeth Dumont 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador She works with Escuela Taller in Bogota which works as a holistic education center for young people to give them a chance to become productive members of society. Bogotá Colombia Belgium Dutch, Spanish, Portugese, German Fundación Senderos y Memoria in Colombia Rotary Club of Verviers, Belgium 1630 Akhil Dutta July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is an associate professor and general secretary of the Teachers' Association at Gauhati University in Assam, India. Gauhati India India Assamese, English, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Gauhati West, India 3240 Gabriel Dvoskin 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley He is a project director for Sayara Media & Communication in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sayara Media and Communication is Afghanistan’s leading communication agency dedicated to social marketing and public information. Kabul Afghanistan Argentina Spanish and English produced a documentary from Brazil describing the struggle for democracy and equality Rotary Club of Turdera, Argentina 4915 Naganan Ananth Edirisinghe July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is a program manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' community engagement exercise in Sri Lanka. The program endeavors to sustain the communities affected by Tsunami that are living in relocated sites constructed by the RC movement. Kotte Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowment German and English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Colombo East, Sri Lanka 3220 Maria Saifuddin Effendi 2006-08 University of Bradford She is an assistant professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Management at National Defense University in Islamabad, Pakistan. She and her colleagues led a movement to establish a Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the university. Islamabad Pakistan Pakistan Urdu and English Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Rotary Club of Lahore, Pakistan 3270 Vivian Eichler 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador She is a reporter for the political division of Zero Hora newspaper in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Porto Alegre Brazil Brazil Spanish, Portuguese, and English El Tiempo newspaper, Bogota, Colombia Rotary Club of Passo Fundo, Brazil 4700 Jonathan Eischen 2005-07 University of Bradford He is a consultant to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He functions as an international project coordinator managing a project in Ninewa Governorate in the north of Iraq. Indianapolis USA USA English, German, basic American Sign Language, and Bosnian Mercy Corps in Tbilisi, Georgia and International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance training course, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Queen Anne, WA, USA 5030 Siri Ekbom 2012-14 International Christian University Siri's professional portfolio includes working for human rights at Amnesty International Mexico, working for freedom of speech and creativity with youth organizations in Belarus, and starting up a free internet center in one of the world’s largest slums in Mumbai, India. At ICU Siri will be focusing on how innovative process design can be used to create useful, efficient, and needed solutions in conflict resolution. Tokyo Japan Sweden Swedish, English, Spanish, Danish Rotary Club of Stockholm, Sweden 2350 Karis Eklund 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Karis is interested in the management of archaeological resources in post-conflict and post-disaster areas. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Turkish Rotary Club of Los Angeles HS, CA, USA 5280 Peter Emberson 2006-08 University of Queensland Peter's title is program manager [climate change] resettlement for the Pacific Conference of Churches in Fiji. He accompanies PCC's member churches in raising awareness about the impacts of climate change as well as the consequent wide-scale resettlement of population in the near future due to reliable sea level rise predictions. Suva Fiji Fiji English and Fijian Spirit in Educational Movement (SEM), Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary Club of Suva North, Fiji 9920 Amy Erickson 2002-04 University of Bradford Amy is an Africa country program manager for World Vision, based in Washington DC. She works with several countries in Africa. Washington, DC USA USA English, French, KiCongo, Spanish University of Bradford Peace Studies Department, Sri Lanka Rotary Club of Milwaukee, WI, USA 6270 Gail Ervin January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is the principal and CEO at the Ervin Consulting Group in Orangevale, CA. They provide environmental planning and assessment and other similar services. She is also completing her doctorate in human science with a focus in international peace and conflict resolution at Saybrook University. Orangevale USA USA Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Orangevale, CA, USA 5180 Ali Eshraghi 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Iran Persian, English, French, Arabic Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Berkeley, CA, USA 5160 Yasmin Espinoza 2012-14 Uppsala University Yasmin hopes to focus on conflict resolution and disarmament issues. She would like to deepen her work on the disarmament and gun control as a way to fulfill peace and promote development. Uppsala Sweden Chile/Germany Spanish, English, French Rotary Club of Vitacura, Chile 4340 Danilo Estrañero 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is now the Executive Officer of Land Warfare Center Branch of the Philippine Army's TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command, the "school" of the Army). He focuses on studies to back reform initiatives towards improving the different aspects of Philippine Army operations and on how its units are trained. Philippines Philippines Philippino, English Internship with the Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Rotary Club of Pasay Central, Philippines 3810 Danilo Estrañero July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is now the Executive Officer of Land Warfare Center Branch of the Philippine Army's TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command, the "school" of the Army). He focuses on studies to back reform initiatives towards improving the different aspects of Philippine Army operations and on how its units are trained. Philippines Philippines Philippino, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pasay Central, Philippines 3810 Lucine Eusani 2005-07 University of Bradford She is a certified life coach. Los Angeles USA USA William and Mary Lee Dimond Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Spanish Azahar Foundation, New York and Colombia Rotary Club of Southfield, MI, USA 6380 Jude Ewing 2004-06 University of Queensland Skelmersdale UK UK English and Swedish United Nations' Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), Islamabad, Pakistan Rotary Club of Skelmersdale & Upholland, United Kingdom 1180 Renato Fajardo 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley He is coordinator of the Center for Promotion of Quality of Life and also teaching dentistry in Sao Paolo, SP, Brazil. Sao Paolo Brazil Brazil English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian Grameen Bank, Bangladesh; World Health Organization, Switzerland Rotary Club of Aracatuba-Bandeirantes, Brazil 4470 Carolyn Fanelli 2002-04 University of Queensland She is the country representative in Sudan for Catholic Relief Services, based in Khartoum. Khartoum Sudan USA English Education for Peace, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Rotary Club of Raleigh, NC, USA 7710 Andrea Fanta 2006-08 University of Queensland Andrea works in corporate relations at the southern regional headquarters of Allstate Insurance Corporation. Her duties include coordinating disaster relief volunteer efforts for employees who wish to help neighbors affected by storms in our region. Nashville USA Canada Spanish, French, and English UNESCO, Peru. Rotary Club of Dickson, TN, USA 6760 Janalee Farr 2007-09 University of Bradford She is a coordinator for Prosperity 2020, an NGO dedicated to promoting education in Utah. Salt Lake City USA USA Spanish US Fund for Unicef, New York, NY, USA. Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, UT, USA 5420 Brian Farr January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is division chief for the State Agency Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General of the state of Utah, USA. Bountiful USA USA Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, UT, USA 5420 Lynne Favinger January 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is the executive director of the Central Mediation Center in Minden, NE, USA. Minden USA USA English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Minden, NE, USA 5630 Yuka Feigenbaum 2008-10 University of Bradford Tokyo Japan Japan Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Japanese, English Internship with the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission in Kigali, Rwanda. Rotary Club of Tokyo Josai, Japan 2750 Monica Ann Fennell June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Monica is the executive director of the Indiana Pro Bono Commission and a registered mediator. Greencastle USA USA English, French, Italian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Greencastle, IN, USA 6560 Ryan Fenwick 2005-07 International Christian University Ryan is a senior associate at Burson-Marsteller China. Beijing China USA English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, Beijing, People's Republic of China Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau, MO, USA 6060 Amritha Fernandes-Bakshi 2002-04 University of Bradford She is an independent music professional in the Vancouver, Canada area. Richmond Canada Canada Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French University of Bradford, Africa Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of St. Albert, AB, Canada 5370 Priscilla Ferreira 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is teaching and undergoing training in global education curriculum design at Global Citizenship Experience High School in Chicago. Chicago USA Brazil Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Universidad de La Tierra en Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico Rotary Club of Tres Lagoas, Brazil 4470 Scott Field 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley Scott is the Middle East manager at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. The Skoll Global Threats Fund supports innovative ideas and individuals combating global challenges. San Francisco USA Australia English, French, and basic Arabic Palestine Center, Washington, DC; Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany; independent field research in the West Bank, Palestinian Authority and Israel Rotary Club of Burnside, SA, Australia 9520 Pamina Firchow 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador She is the associate director of doctoral studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, USA. South Bend USA USA/Germany English & Spanish Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Burnsville, MN, USA 5950 Caitlin Fitzpatrick 2004-06 University of Queensland Caitlin is a director at Intercambio de Comunidades Denver, an non-profit organization whose mission is to build respectful communities and broaden opportunities for immigrants through language education, cultural exchange, and friendship in Denver, CO, USA. Denver USA USA English and Spanish US State Department - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Evergreen, CO, USA 5450 Mark Flanigan 2010-12 International Christian University Mark is the program director for the Japan ICU Foundation in New York. His duties involve outreach and program development to promote ICU as a key liberal arts academic institution in Japan. New York USA USA English, Japanese, Spanish UN-OCHA - Emergency Services Branch, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA 7620 Christina Fleming 2006-08 University of Bradford Christina is a certified nurse midwife at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA Spanish and English Learning Enterprises, San Francisco, USA & Guatemala Rotary Club of Monarch Beach Sunrise, CA, USA 5320 Luke Anthony Fletcher 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley Luke is studying for his PhD in politics and international studies at the University of Cambridge. His topic is the politics surrounding the establishment of global economic governance and development aid in the first decades after World War II. Cambridge UK Australia French Global Witness, London. Rotary Club of Mosman, NSW, Australia 9680 Teddy Foday-Musa 2008-10 University of Queensland He is working on setting up an NGO and working for people with disabilities in his home country Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone English, Krio, Dutch West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Accra, Ghana. Rotary Club of Maastricht, Netherlands 1550 Fatoumata Fofana January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is the associate editor of the Daily Observer newspaper in Monrovia, Liberia. Monrovia Liberia Liberia English, Mandingo, French, Fulah, Twi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia 9100 Rose Foley 2008-10 University of Queensland Rose is a media officer for Plan International, an international children's development organization based in England, with projects around the world. London UK UK English, French, Kinyarwanda, German UNESCO, Dehli, India. Rotary Club of Glasgow, UK 1230 Sandra Fong 2012-14 University of Bradford Sandra’s areas of interest include human rights, disarmament, conflict resolution, and gender. Bradford UK Fiji Fijian, English, French Rotary Club of Suva Peninusla Sunset, Fiji 9920 Silvia Fontana 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Silvia recently worked in DR Congo on a medical project for Médecins sans Frontières. She plans to deepen her knowledge on development and economic issues to work in the field of sustainable development, promoting cooperation among people. Durham USA Italy Italian, English, French, Spanish Rotary Club of Bollate Nirone, Italy 2040 Matthew Ford 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a freelance consultant in international trade and development in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Melbourne Australia Australia English, Japanese, German, and basic Chinese World Bank, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Mount Waverley, VIC, Australia 9810 Sophie Ford June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Sophie is an advisor to the Timor-Leste Red Cross on health and empowerment projects for conflict-affected youth. She is passionate about finding ways to improve the delivery of public health services to local communities, particularly those recovering from conflict. Surry Hills Australia Australia The Bhichai Rattakul Endowed Fund for Rotary Centers English, Japanese,Tetum,Arabic Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Lane Cove, N.S.W., Australia 9680 Conor Fortune 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador Conor is a news writer for a new journalistic initiative at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London. London UK Ireland/ USA English & Spanish ProPeru, Peru; Radio for Peace International, El Rodeo, Costa Rica Rotary Club of Vernon Township, NJ, USA 7470 Karla Fossand 2002-04 Sciences Po She is the deputy HIV/AIDS office director for USAID/Namibia. Windhoek Namibia USA French, Nyanja, and English Independent qualitative research on concepts of peace, USA Rotary Club of Walker, MN, USA 5580 John Foster 2005-07 University of Queensland John received a Presidential Management Fellowship position at the United States Department of State with the International Organizations Bureau in the Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions and Counter-Terrorism (IO/PSC). IO/PSC oversees the U.S. contribution to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the UN as well as sanctions issues on the UN Security Council and various UN-sponsored terrorist watch lists. John is a specialist on UN peacekeeping operations, with a portfolio that focuses heavily on Africa. Washington, DC USA USA Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, French, and basic Portuguese Institute for Justice Sector Development, The Hague, Netherlands Rotary Club of Chattanooga, TN, USA 6780 Elsje Fourie 2003-05 University of Bradford She is pursuing a PhD at the University of Trento, Italy. Her topic is modernity in Asia and how it informs traditional definitions of the concept. Italy South Africa English, Afrikaans, German, and French United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan Rotary Club of Pretoria-Silverton, South Africa 9250 Anderson Freitas 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina His area of expertise is law and human rights. He is particularly interested in justice sector reform and in community-based justice initiatives. Anderson hopes to gain knowledge on sustainable development issues, especially in effective environmental conflict resolution in the context of regions undergoing rapid economic growth. Durham USA Brazil Portuguese, English, German, Spanish Rotary Club of Guanambi, Brazil 4550 Miho Fukuhara 2003-05 University of Bradford Kyoto Japan Japan Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Japanese Rotary Club of Urawa, Japan 2770 Cassio Furtado 2006-08 University of Queensland Cássio is superintendent of education in Pelotas, Brazil, his hometown. He oversees 90 local schools, some 4,000 teachers and staff and over 20,000 students, including Colégio Pelotense, the largest municipal school in Latin America. Brazil Brazil English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish The Club of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Rotary Club Pelotas Norte, Brazil 4680 Tiana Fusco June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Tiana is a treatment coordinator with the Nova Scotia Addiction Services under the Department of Health and Wellness. She is involved with the development of policy and standards within the mental health and addiction services sector of the government. She has worked with women and children in several different positions and recognizes the unique challenges that this group faces in relation to conflict. She is passionate about pursuing gender equality and access to healthcare services. Picou Canada Canada Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowed Fund English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pictou, NS, Canada 7820 Maria Gabioud 2011-13 University of Bradford Maria's areas of interest include human rights, peace building, migration, and refugees. Having studied in Argentina and Switzerland, she wants to focus her career in the social sector and especially in the humanitarian field. She has experience working for NGO’s in Buenos Aires and Geneva, and also in the private sector working with finances. Bradford UK Argentina Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian Balkans Peace Park Project in Albania. Rotary Club of Boulogne Sur Mer, Argentina 4825 Ramnarayan Gagrani January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is deputy collector (Election) for the Government of Maharashtra in Latur, India. Latur India India Hindi, Marathi, and English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Latur Mid-Town, India 3132 Maribeth Gainard 2003-05 Sciences Po She works for the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. London UK USA English, Spanish, and French IIMCR Program in The Hague Rotary Club of Medina, OH, USA 6630 Patricio Galella 2003-05 Sciences Po He is a research assistant for the Spanish National Research Council, working on the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) which is coordinated by ARENA, the Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo. Madrid Spain Argentina Spanish, English, and French United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research Rotary Club of Balcarce, Argentina 4920 Ana Gálvez 2007-09 International Christian University She is a legal researcher in the Human Rights Law Program at the Asylum Seeker Resource Center based in Melbourne. Melbourne Australia Argentina Spanish, French Kayan Feminist Organization, Haifa, Israel. Rotary Club of Tucuman, Argentina 4800 Rolando Ganac January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is mediator for the Regional Trial Court in Davao, Philippines. He is also a volunteer probation aide for the Parole and Probation Administration of the Philippines in Davao City, Philippines. Davao City Philippines Philippines English, Tagalog, Cebu (Visayan) Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Downtown Davao, Philippines 3860 Dunesh Gankanda January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is an elected Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District. He is also director of DKD Holdings Co Ltd. in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. District 3220, Sri Lanka 3220 Ana Garcia 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Ana Catalina hopes that the World Peace Fellowship will allow her to further develop her unique skill set so that she can better help address the severe social inequality in Mexico and throughout the world. Chapel Hill USA México Spanish, English UNDP - UN Headquarters, New York, NY, USA. Rotary Club of Club Rotario de la Ciudad de México, A.C., Mexico 4170 Zachary Garinger 2012-14 International Christian University Zach's background is in youth development and he has spent most of his professional career working in Latin America. Zach's interest for his fellowship includes restorative justice and its implementation in communities with high youth violence rates. Zach hopes to return to Latin America after this opportunity to work with international organizations fighting for social justice, especially for marginalized youth. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish Rotary Club of Columbus, OH, USA 6690 Lucinda Garrido 2010-12 University of Queensland Lucinda’s focus is on understanding how governments and development agencies can better engage with indigenous communities, and their representative organizations, in order to mitigate conflict. Lucinda also maintains an interest in the social implications of microfinance on families and communities. Brisbane Australia Australia English, Spanish, Bangla, French Rotary Club of Grovedale, VIC, Australia 9780 Ana Gatica Uhlir 2003-05 University of Bradford She teaches ethics, religion, and Islam for the International Relations MA program at Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina English, German, French, and Spanish IIMCR Symposium, Cypress Rotary Club of Villa Devoto, Argentina 4890 Ryan Gawn 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador Ryan is Strategic Campaigns Advisor for the Department for International Development, based in Islamabad. Ryan is also Director of Stratagem International, a strategic political affairs consultancy assisting clients in understanding, engaging and influencing in challenging political environments. He has previously worked for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Save the Children UK, and sits on the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Islamabad Pakistan UK Spanish and English United Nations Department of Strategic Planning, New York Rotary Club of Bangor, Northern Ireland 1160 Richard Gee 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is an electoral/political affairs officer at the United Nations Secretariat in New York City. Richard works with the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division (UNEAD) in their Middle East and Iraq section. New York USA UK English, Spanish UN High Commission for Human Rights/Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Sowerby Bridge, United Kingdom 1040 Mneesha Gellman 2005-07 University of Queensland She is in the PhD program in Political Science at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, USA. She is researching the relationship between historic memories of violence, identity formation, and political participation in Turkey, Mexico, and El Salvador. Chicago USA USA English and Spanish Khmer Institute of Democracy, Cambodia Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka, CA, USA 5130 Reem Ghunaim 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Reem is a proponent of economic development and promoting peace through humanitarian projects in her home in the Palestinian Territory. She is advocate of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and encourages intercultural exchanges to enhance mutual understanding. Chapel Hill USA Palestinian Territory Concentrated Contemporary conflicts Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Arabic, English Rotary Club of Ramallah, Palestine 5220 Jay Gilliam 2008-10 International Christian University Jay is a communications assistant with the Aga Khan Foundation USA in Washington, DC. The Aga Khan Foundation is a private, non-denominational, non-profit international development organization and part of a global network of organizations committed to alleviating poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy, primarily in Africa and Asia. Washington, DC USA USA English, Japanese, Spanish Peace Boat, Tokyo, Japan. Rotary Club of Arlington, TX, USA 5790 Francesca Giovannini 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley PhD in International Relations at Oxford University. Her provisional thesis title: migration policies as collective action problem for institutional change. Oxford UK Italy Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Arabic UNDP, Fiji Rotary Club of Modena, Italy 2070 Nicholas Githuku July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, USA. Morgantown USA Kenya Kikuyu, Kiswahili, French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nairobi-Langata, Kenya 9200 Phillip Gittins June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Phill is a project worker for Terapia Verones. He has a background in youth and community work, counselling, and teaching. His specific areas of interest include education for peace, conflict resolution, and the role that young people can play in peace-building. Oswestry, Shropshire UK UK English, Spanish, Danish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Oswestry, UK 1180 Stefano Gnes 2002-04 Sciences Po He is the corporate relations manager at The Global Alliance in Management Education in France. Versailles France Italy English, Spanish, Portuguese and French Pursued independent research with the Italian Society for International Organizations, Italy as preparation for foreign service examination. Rotary Club of Voghera, Italy 2050 Ruben Gonzalez Flores 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Ruben is working in Panama on some projects for Conservation International and the World Wildlife Foundation. Panama Panama English, Spanish, Portuguese Youth Harvest Foundation, Ghana Rotary Club of Panama, Panama 4240 Margarita Gonzalez Holder 2006-08 University of Queensland She is a research associate at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in Atlanta, GA, USA. She is working on a civil-military project with the US Army. The goal of the program is to provide key decision-makers with socio-cultural knowledge of the areas of operation to reduce lethal courses of action and help identify non-lethal forms of conflict resolution. Atlanta USA USA English, Spanish, Arabic, basic French International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. Rotary Club of Dawson County, GA, USA 6910 Vikas Gora 2006-08 University of Queensland Vikas is a consultant focusing on international development, humanitarian affairs, disaster risk reduction and corporate social responsibility in New Delhi. New Delhi India India English, Telugu, and Hindi United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Hyogo, Japan. Rotary Club of Vijayawada, India 3020 Triveni Goswami January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is a research associate with Yugantar, a civil society organization based In Hyderabad, India. Her work focuses on issues surrounding food security, informal labour, and urban migration. Hyderabad India India Assamese, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Gauhati South, India 3240 Laura Graham 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador Laura works in the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA Spanish Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest, IL, USA 6450 Christel Greiner Butchart 2012-14 University of Queensland Christel’s main area of expertise lies in Conflict Resolution education. She is particularly interested in working with teachers and youth of all ages to intentionally build conflict resolution practice into their school community and curriculum. Brisbane Australia USA James Junn-Shueng and Lisa Shiu-Li Chen Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, Italian, German Rotary Club of Durham, NC, USA 7710 Karina Gremes January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a clinical psychologist and family therapist at the Hospital B. Houssay in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina/Italy English, Spanish, Italian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Florida, Argentina 4825 Rowan Griffin 2002-04 International Christian University His works with the local government in Taunton, Somerset, UK, on employment and skills work related to a new generation nuclear power plant build in the UK. He is undertaking a liaison/brokerage role between the local communities and the developers of the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for over 17 years. Taunton UK UK English, partial Japanese Alpha Language School, Japan; International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Korea; United Nations University Youth Seminar, Korea Rotary Club of Bath, UK 1200 James Griffin 2006-08 University of Bradford He works for PricewaterhouseCoopers doing financial/management consulting in New York, NY, USA. New York USA USA English and Spanish United States State Department, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Monroe, LA, USA 6190 Cody Griggers 2010-12 University of Queensland Cody has been working in Asia in the field of advocacy communications for the past 10 years, developing campaigns for UN agencies, NGOs, and development organizations around the world. He also worked with Ashoka to promote social entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, as well as with the Thai government on maximizing national competitiveness. He began his career as a university instructor in northern Thailand through the Princeton-in-Asia program. Brisbane Australia USA English, Thai, Spanish Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Singapore. Rotary Club of Dublin, TX, USA 5790 Mariano Griva 2003-05 University of Queensland He has been working with the Australian Red Cross Family Reunification Programme and its Community Detention Programme for asylum seekers. He is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Brisbane Australia Argentina Spanish, English, German and French UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina 4940 Özge Aksu Grund January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is registered with the Munich Bar Association as a foreign legal consultant and is currently working on structuring a business which covers legal consultancy, dispute prevention, and alternative dispute resolution services. She is also a doctoral student at Regensburg University. Her dissertation topic is "Mediation - German and Turkish Law". Munich Germany Turkey Turkish, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Izmir-Gundogdu, Turkey 2440 Shaohua Gu January 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is the third secretary of the Organization and Personnel Department of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) in Beijing. Beijing China China Chinese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bangkok Bangna, Thailand 3350 Sofia Guerrero Mantilla January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a strategic planning adviser in the Rural Financing Network in Ecuador. Quito Ecuador Ecuador English, Spanish, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Quito Norte, Ecuador 4400 Maria Adriana Guimaraes de Baistrocchi 2004-06 University of Bradford She is the headmistress of a primary school, Colegio Inglés Bilingüe, where she is developing a pilot plan on early literacy and teaching for understanding. She also lectures on democracy-building and citizenship at the University of San Juan in the School of Languages and the School of Social Sciences. She owns the Instituto de Idioma del Colegio Inglés where she teaches English as a second language and Spanish as a second language to non-Spanish-speakers. San Juan Argentina Argentina English and Spanish Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC Rotary Club of San Juan Capital, Argentina 4865 Carlos Guiza-Ceron 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Carlos's main research interest is to research sustainable income generation as a path to economic, human, and social development for conflict victims. Durham USA Colombia Spanish, English Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC, USA. Rotary Club of Sol Naciente de Villavicencio, Colombia 5320 Nilakshi Gunatillake June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Her title is senior advisor - child rights governance for Save the Children in Sri Lanka. She is based in Colombo. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sinhala, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, Sri Lanka 3220 Hualong Guo January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He works for the foreign ministry of China in Beijing, mainly dealing with African Affairs. Beijing China China Chinese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bangrak, Thailand 3350 Nikhil Gupta 2005-07 University of Bradford He is the superintendent of police in Nasik, Maharashtra, India. Nasik India India English, basic Arabic, and Spanish Rotary Club of Aurangabad Midtown, India 3132 Om Prakash Gupta January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is the general manager of BES&T Undertaking, a company that distributes electricity and provides bus transportation in Mumbai. Mumbai India India Hindi, English? Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bombay West, India 3140 John Gushit January 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is a senior scientific officer for the Raw Material Research & Development Council of Nigeria. Jos Nigeria Nigeria English, Hausa, Mushere, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary E-Club of the Sothwest, USA 5510 Ömer Güven June 2012 Chulalongkorn University He is the country representative for the Swiss Red Cross's National Blood Transfusion Services in Egypt. Winterthur Switzerland Switzerland German, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Cairo Sunrise, Egypt 2450 Veronica Guzman 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley Veronica works for the Arc of King County, an NGO that helps people with developmental disabilities in the Seattle Area. She coordinates a program funded by the federal government called Family Support 360 Program, which provides support to families with developmental disabilities in low-income and ethnically diverse communities. Seattle USA Colombia Spanish, Portugese, German The Fund for War-Affected Children and Youth in Northern Uganda, Uganda. Rotary Club of Bogota, Colombia 4290 Gohar Gyulumyan 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a senior economist working on the World Bank's projects in Armenia and Turkmenistan. Yerevan Armenia Armenia Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Armenian, Russian, English United Nations Food and Agriculture Association headquarters, Rome, Italy Rotary Club of Philadelphia, PA, USA 7450 Yuri Haasz 2009-11 International Christian University Brazil Portuguese, English, Hebrew, Spanish Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, USA, Inc., Israel/Palestine. Rotary Club of Foz do Iguacu Tres Fonteiras, Brazil 4640 John Haguma 2009-11 University of Bradford Rwanda Paul and Carolyn Rizza Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Kinyarwanda, English, French, Kiswahili Village-to-Village Tanzania. Uchira, Tanzania. Rotary Club of Sea Point, South Africa 9350 Sarah Hahn 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador New York USA USA English & Spanish Institute for Human Rights and Responsibilities, Galena, OH, USA Rotary Club of Austintown, OH, USA 6650 Zewdineh Haile 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley He is a co-founder and managing director of EMAHIZEE Global Consulting (PLC), an international, African-based management consulting firm that provides technical, management, legal, and advisory services to help developing and transitioning societies. He is also a legal counsel to the US-Ethiopia Investment Group (PLC) and Advent International, PLC. He is also a president of the African Institute for Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation and Research, a non-profit organization based in California, USA. Addis Ababa Ethiopia Ethiopia Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Amharic, Russian New Partnership for Africa's Development, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (NEPAD), African Union (AU), and Inter-Governmental Authority of Development (IGAD), South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia Rotary Club of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9200 Joseph Halake January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is the professional manager for skills training programs at PdE (Parrains de L’Espoir) in Nakuru, Kenya. His work focuses on enabling access, retention, and transition within Kenya education systems for children from a disadvantaged background. Nakuru Kenya Kenya English, Kiswahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nakuru, Kenya 9200 Harold Hall July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is director of the Pacific Institute in Hawaii and also director of Psychological Consultants, in Kamuela, HI, USA. Kamuela USA USA German, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Hilo Bay, HI, USA 5000 Anna Hällerman 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador Anna has been seconded from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the European External Action Service where she works on mediation, conflict prevention, and peace building issues. Brussels Belgium Sweden Swedish, English & Spanish United Nations Department of Political Affairs, New York Rotary Club of Göteborg-Säve, Sweden 2360 Adamou Hamadou 2011-13 International Christian University Adamou is interested in the intersection between economics and conflict resolution, specifically the economic dimensions of land-based conflicts in the Sahel. He is interested in how the interconnectedness between nations spanning the globe can contribute to a more peaceful global society. Tokyo Japan Niger Djerma, French, English, Hausa The Fletcher School - Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. Rotary Club of Washington Noon, NC, USA 7720 Rajib Handique July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is an associate professor in the Department of History in Dibrugarh University in Assam, India. Dibrugarh India India Assamese, Hindi, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dibrugarh, India 3240 Elizabeth Hang 2012-14 International Christian University Elizabeth looks forward to sharing her experiences on cross-cultural grass-roots development and how it ties to global peacebuilding. Tokyo Japan USA English, Khmer/Cambodian, Spanish Rotary Club of Cleveland, OH, USA 6630 Satoko Hara 2008-10 University of Bradford She is a development consultant in Japan. She helps to implement development projects with the Asian Development Bank, Japanese Official Development Assistance organization, and other agencies. Tokyo Japan Japan Hiroshi Yamada Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Japanese, English Internship with the Balkans Peace Park Project in Albania. Rotary Club of Kohoku-ku, Japan 2590 Samantha Jane Hardy June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is an associate professor in the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. Townsville Australia Australia English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Albert Park, VIC, Australia 9800 Georgia Lee Harley 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina She works as a fragile and conflict states specialist at the World Bank. Canberra Australia Australia English, Solomon Pikin, French, Khmer, Japanese World Bank Justice Reform Team, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Coomera River, QLD, Australia 9640 Will Harris 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador Will is based in Albany, NY, where he has been consulting on the development of business plans for various projects in the United States. Albany USA USA Spanish Rotary Club of Tucson Sunset, AZ, USA 5500 Katie Harrison 2012-14 University of Bradford Most recently, Katie has been working a largely immigrant community in Brooklyn, NY, USA, providing family counseling and casework services, working to organize immigrant parents, and building community through work in schools and community based organizations. She is interested in forced immigration and linking it to international cooperation and local/rural economic development. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Guarani, Portuguese Rotary Club of Durham, USA 7710 Sanjana Hattotuwa 2003-05 University of Queensland Sanjana is a special advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland, working on crisis information management with the United Nations in New York. He created, managed, and edited Groundviews, a well-established alternative news and opinion source in Sri Lanka. He is also a columnist for the Sunday Leader, a newspaper well known in Sri Lanka for its independent journalism. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka English and Sinhalese Appeal of the Nobel Laureates Foundation & Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS), Boston, USA & Vancouver, Canada Rotary Club of Colombo East, Sri Lanka 3220 Timothy Haynes 2004-06 Sciences Po Tim is a desk officer in the State Department's Office of Policy, Regional and Functional Organizations. His portfolio includes regional organizations based in the Middle East such as the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Washington, DC USA USA English, French, Portuguese and West African Pidgin Courses at World Trade Institute (WTI) Berne, Switzerland; Internship at US Embassy in Paris, France Rotary Club of Birmingham Sunrise, AL, USA 6860 Path Heang 2002-04 University of Queensland He is the chief of field office for UNICEF in Cambodia. He manages programs/portfolios in one of the country's poorest and most remote regions. He also leads the field office team in addressing most pressing and equity issues affecting vulnerable children and women. Siem Reap Cambodia Cambodia Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English & Cambodian Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Rotary Club of Bathurst, NSW, Australia 3350 Cheryl Hebert July 2007 Chulalongkorn University Cheryl works as a development advisor in the Northwest Region of Cameroon with a local government, the Tubah Council. She is working on a number of projects in the four villages of Tubah Municipality to assist local farm groups, people living with HIV/AIDS, people with leprosy, and people with disabilities. She has also been helping Council develop computerized financial systems, address waste management issues and improve communication. Tubah Municipality Cameroon Canada English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside, NS, Canada 7820 Palin Dogg Helgadottir 2007-09 University of Bradford She has been working as director and adjunct at a center for sustainable development which focuses on environmental concerns and politics. Hafnarfjordur Iceland Iceland Icelandic, Danish, Spanish, German, French United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations' Integrated Training Service, New York City. Rotary Club of Hafnarfjordur, Iceland 1360 Ryan Hendy 2002-04 University of Queensland He is a senior analyst for the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada in Ottawa, ON. 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. Ottawa Canada Canada English UN Assistance Mission, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of Windsor-St. Clair, ON, Canada 6400 Thomas E. Henökl 2002-04 International Christian University He works at the European Commission, External Relations DG, in the crisis prevention and protection unit in Brussels, Belgium. Brussels Belgium Austria German, English Tiroler Sparkasse Bank, Innsbruck, Austria Rotary Club of Innsbruck, Austria 1920 Gregario Hernandez July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Philippine Navy, currently serving as the Chief Military Personnel Officer in the 3rd Philippine Contingent to Golan Heights, as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force there. Golan Heights Philippines English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Manila Metro, Philippines 3810 Claudia Hernandez Soriano June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Claudia is a freelance consultant and associated researcher to Fundacion Gran Chaco. Her background is cultural anthropology, relating to territorial and environmental management. She has a special interest in conflicts arising from land tenure and natural resources control issues. Capital Federal Argentina Argentina Spanish, German, English, Quechua Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Olivos, Argentina 4825 Ximena Alejandra Valente Hervier 2002-04 University of Bradford She is a consultant on conflict resolution issues in Spain. She works as a professor at the Public Governance Master and also does consultancy work and training in negotiation and conflict resolution for various companies. Spain Argentina Spanish, English, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Arabic University of Bradford Peace Studies Department, Sri Lanka Rotary Club of Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina 4940 Patricia Hewitson 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley She works with Australian Research Council, working on an initiative to evaluate the quality of research in Australian universities in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Canberra Australia Australia English Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Program, University of California - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Rotary Club of Canberra South, ACT, Australia 9710 Corinna Heyder 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley She works at a law firm in Germany. Germany Germany German, English, French, basic Russian European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France Rotary Club of Winsen (Luhe), Germany 1890 Scott Hinkle January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is the volunteer director at the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, IL, USA. Chicago USA USA English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chicago, IL, USA 6450 Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka 2008-10 International Christian University Assistant professor, Global Expert Program at Aoyama Gakuin University Tokyo Japan Japan Japanese, English MEXT project in Japan on “Education for Sustainable Development in Primary and Secondary Schools: a South Africa-Japan Collaboration Project to Develop a Learning Module for Classroom Application." Rotary Club of Conway, SC, USA 7770 Siobhan Hobbs 2012-14 University of Bradford Bradford UK Australia English, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Tetum, Chinese (Mandarin) Rotary Club of Hurstville, NSW, Australia 9750 Ashely Hollenbeck 2012-14 International Christian University Ashley’s work has primarily focused on environmental conservation and social justice, specifically aiming to empower individuals to create more resilient, inclusive communities. She hopes to assess global best practices for integrated water resource management as a mechanism for peace building, and continue to build upon her previous research and experiences. Tokyo Japan USA English, Moroccan Arabic Rotary Club of West Colombia Gorge, OR, USA 5100 Natasha Holt 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Natasha’s areas of interest include sex and gender. She has experience working on anti sex trafficking projects in Asia. Natasha will be studying Social Work at the University of North Carolina, where she aims to continue researching sex and violence as well as issues of gender-based violence in developing nations and post-conflict zones. Chapel Hill USA UK/Australia English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish Rotary Club of Gisborne, VIC, Australia 9800 Joseph Hongoh 2008-10 University of Queensland Joseph is a PhD student at the University of Queensland, pursuing research in Conflict Management with focus on East Africa. Brisbane Australia Kenya Sollenbarger Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process (OPAPP) in the Philippines. Rotary Club of Mombasa, Kenya 9200 James Hosannah July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is principal of the college at Sentinel College in Ukhrul, Manipur, India. Ukhrul India India Hindi, Manipuri, Nagamese, Tangkhul Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ukhrul, India 3240 Mai Hosoi 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a partnerships officer at the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva Switzerland Japan English & Japanese IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), Japan and China; Duke University/Institut d'Hautes Etudes International Global Policy Course, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Kobe, Japan 2680 Steven Houghton 2004-06 International Christian University He works at the Institute of International Education in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Thailand USA English, Japanese and Spanish IIMCR Symposium in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Rotary Club of Duluth Harbortown, MN, USA 5580 Sarah Houghton 2009-11 International Christian University 2009-11 Rotary Peace Fellow. USA Jackson S. L. and Juliet Hsieh Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Marquette Breakfast, MI, USA 6220 Sheunesu Hove 2006-08 University of Queensland He is pursuing a masters degree from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Brisbane Australia Zimbabwe English, Shona, and Basic Portuguese JustaPaz, Mozambique. Rotary Club of Harare West, Zimbabwe 9210 Tzu-Han Huang 2004-06 Duke University / University of North Carolina Taiwan Taiwan Paul and Carolyn Rizza Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Chinese and English UNICEF, India Rotary Club of Taipei Seven Star, Taiwan 3520 Heidi Hudson July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is a professor at the Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. Bloemfontein South Africa South Africa Afrikaans, German, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bloemfontein, South Africa 9320 Carys Hughes 2005-07 International Christian University She is an executive assistant with UBS Bank in the internal audit department. London UK UK English, German, and French IIMCR symposia intern, Nicosia, Cyprus and Prague, Czech Republic Rotary Club of Cambridge, United Kingdom 1080 Gordon Hughes February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Gord is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Spruce Grove, Alberta, where he is a crime reduction constable working on various issues in the community (e.g. theft, vandalism, etc). Spruce Grove Canada Canada English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Spruce Grove, AB, Canada 5370 Lydia Humenycky 2010-12 International Christian University Lydia plans to study the Nile River Basin conflict, focusing on the interplay between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia. She also has an interest in transitional governance issues. Tokyo Japan USA English, French Pax Mondial, Arlington, VA, USA Rotary Club of Norwin, PA, USA 7330 Michel Huneault 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley He is a documentary photographer, focusing on conﬂict resolution and development issues around the world. Montréal Canada Canada Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French Center for Latin American Studies, University of California - Berkeley, Guatemala City, Guatemala Rotary Club of St-Jétôme, QC, Canada 7040 Sokunthea Huot 2010-12 University of Bradford He works for the Department of English and Department of International Studies at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia Khmer, English Center of Justice and Reconciliation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Rotary Club of Phnom Penh Metro, Cambodia 3350 Mohammed Husain July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is an assistant professor at Bangladesh Open University. Dhaka Bangladesh Bangladesh Bengali, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dhanmondi, Bangladesh 3280 Tauqeer Hussain 2008-10 International Christian University He is an assistant professor in the Humanities and Social Science department at Bahria University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He teaches courses in international relations and security studies. Islamabad Pakistan Pakistan Urdu, English, Hindi Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund, Tokyo, Japan. Rotary Club of Margalla, Pakistan 3270 Jennifer Hutchinson July 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is a commissioned justice of the peace for the Parish of Manchester in Jamaica. She also performs mediation for the Resident Magistrates' court in Manchester and conducts conflict resolution sessions in schools and churches in the parish. Mandeville Jamaica Jamaica English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Mandeville, Jamaica 7020 Jason Hutson 2007-09 International Christian University He is the founder and CEO for What Sport Creative, an organization that uses sports as a catalyst for youth development and cultural exchange in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Japan USA Japanese, Spanish, Portugese Beijing Olympics/What makes a Champion?, Beijing, China. Rotary Club of Yashio, Japan 2770 Raymond Hyma 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador Raymond is a knowledge mobilization officer at a joint-research center on migration and resettlement issues housed at York University in Toronto, Canada. He works to link research to policy and practice through communication and bringing together academics, government, and communities with mutual interests and needs for evidence-based research. Toronto Canada Canada English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Japanese Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rotary Club of Chilliwack-Fraser, BC, Canada 5050 Veronica Hynes 2007-09 University of Queensland She is practicing law in Argentina. Mendoza Argentina Argentina English, German The Foundation for Development Cooperation in Brisbane, Australia. Rotary Club of Mendoza Tajamar, Argentina 4865 Dickson Ogbonnaya Igwe June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Dickson is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the . Mr. Igwe at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He lectures in criminology and security studies as a full-time academic staff member in the department of Criminology and Security Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences of the National Open University of Nigeria, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. He is also a part-time lecturer at Lagos State University where he teaches criminology, military sociology, political sociology, and the sociology of development. Lagos Nigeria Nigeria Igbo, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Gbagada, Nigeria 9110 Rún Ingvarsdóttir 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley She is the foreign news editor for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RUV. Reykjavík Iceland Iceland John and Kirsten Swift Family Fund Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Danish, Icelandic, and Spanish United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELADE, Population Division), Santiago, Chile Rotary Club of Hafnarfjrdur, Iceland 1360 Krongchai Inthasuwan 2008-10 International Christian University Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai, English, Japanese Buddhist for Development Program, Vientiane, Laos. Rotary Club of Bang Rak, Thailand 3350 Andrew Isbister 2003-05 International Christian University He works for AusAID in Canberra, ACT, Australia in the Office of the Director General on project for rebuilding in Banda Ache. Canberra Australia Australia English, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian, and Japanese Japan Center for Conflict Prevention Tokyo Rotary Club of Balgowlah, NSW, Australia 9680 Karina Ito 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina Karina is an executive officer under the Standing Group of National Committees at the US Fund for UNICEF under the Atlas Fellowship. New York USA Brazil Portuguese, English, Spanish, Japanese International Centre of Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA, USA & UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Londrina, Brazil 4710 Olivera Ivanovic June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a lecturer in general education at a school for teachers and caretakers in Bujanovac, Serbia. Bujanovac Serbia Serbia Serbian, English, Russian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Belgrade, Serbia 2481 Jennifer Jacobson February 2012 Chulalongkorn University She is a police constable with the Chatham-Kent Police Service currently assigned as the domestic violence coordinator and bail safety officer. Tilbury Canada Canada English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Tilbury, ON, Canada 6380 Dilshad Jaff January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He works with an international medical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross to train Iraqi surgeons on treating war victims and trauma in Sulaimaniah. Rizgari Iraq Iraq English, Arabic, Kurdish, Persian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Cary-Kildaire, NC, USA 7710 Paulo Jakutis 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley He is a federal judge in Brazil. He is also a law professor at three postgraduate law schools. Sao Paolo Brazil Brazil English, Portuguese and Spanish University of California - Berkeley Office of Social Justice, Berkeley, California, USA Rotary Club of Alto da Mooca, Brazil 4430 Abdulai Jalloh January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He works with the OIC Field Fuel unit of UNAMID, the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan. Sudan Sierra Leone French and English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Tongkah, Thailand 3330 Rajiv Jalota 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina Rajiv is the additional municipal commissioner for projects, for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Mumbai India India English, Hindi & Marathi The World Bank, East Asia and Social Development Department, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Latur, India 3132 Maria Jaramillo 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina She coordinates the Negotiation and Conflict Management Unit in the School of Finance, Politics, and International Relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia. Bogotá Colombia Colombia Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Spanish, English International Bureau of Education, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Bogotá, Colombia 4290 Jarunee Jarusruangchai 2011-13 International Christian University Jarunee's background is in anti-human trafficking, advocacy for children and youth participation, and community development in Great Mekong sub-region. Tokyo Japan Thailand Thai, English, Mandarin, Tae-Chew Generation Waking Up, San Francisco, CA, USA. Rotary Club of Bangrak, Thailand 3350 Manisha Javeri June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Manisha is an assistant professor in instructional technology in the Division of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education at California State University, Los Angeles. Los Angeles USA USA/India English/Hindi, Marathi, Gujarti Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Los Angeles HS, CA, USA 5280 Flynn Jebb 2012-14 International Christian University Flynn's background is in access to legal services and leadership development & civic engagement in youth. She plans to focus her research at ICU on social media's role in revolution and reconciliation; specifically, how social media outlets are being used in peace building efforts in post-conflict Sri Lanka, and how they can be used as tools in conflict resolution and diasporic connectivity throughout the world. Tokyo Japan USA/ Canada English, Spanish, Sinhala Rotary Club of Northern Lake George, NY, USA 7190 Erica Jeffrey 2011-13 University of Queensland Erica believes in the power of movement connected to positive social change. She works as a performer, choreographer, educator, and arts leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. She created the dance and conflict resolution education program, Moving Toward Peace in an effort to explore and expand a more embodied understanding and practice of peace and conflict. During her fellowship, she plans to focus on the neurological and physiological connections of movement and empathy and how this information can be applied to current conflict resolution practices. Brisbane Australia USA English, French Rotary Club of Menlo Park, CA, USA 5150 Stian Jenssen 2005-07 University of Bradford He is the deputy defence adviser at the Norwegian Delegation to NATO in Brussels, Belgium. Brussels Belgium Norway English, Norwegian, and basic German Rotary Club of Langesund, Norway 2290 Jacob Jenzen February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Jake is part of the Guatemala Accompaniment Project for the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). The Guatemala Accompaniment Project places long-term volunteers side-by-side with people in rural communities and with organizations in an effort to deter human rights violations. Guatemala USA English, Spanish, Ngobe, Wounaan Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA 7620 Sang Hee Jeong 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is the program coordinator for the International House at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. Durham USA Korea English, Korean, German, Chinese South Centre, Geneva/Duke program. Rotary Club of Hanseong, South Korea 3650 Krishna Jhugroo 2002-04 University of Bradford He is the assistant commissioner of police with the Mauritius Police Force. He focuses on a police budgets and project monitoring including procurement of support items like ships and helicopters. Vacoas Mauritius Mauritius Creole, English, French, Hindi Center for Conflict Resolution, South Africa Rotary Club of Vacoas, Mauritius 9220 Janny Jinor June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Janny is an impact evaluation and mental health advisor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, working in conjunction with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Burkavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Silver Spring USA USA English, French, West African Creole, Metta Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Clarence, NY, USA 7090 Nathan Johnson 2003-05 International Christian University He is operations analyst for UDR (a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Denver), in their IT Department. Littleton USA USA English and Japanese Rotary Club of Lincoln, NE, USA 5650 Jacob Johnson 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador USA English, Spanish World Vision Mozambique Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast, WA, USA 5030 Karangathi Joseph January 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is the executive director of the Maendeleo Endelevu Action Program, an NGO that pursues sustainable development in Kenya in the Rift Valley. Molo Kenya Kenya Kikuyu, English, Swahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Eugene-Metropolitan, OR, USA 5110 Francis Kabosha January 2007 Chulalongkorn University Francis is a lecturer of peace studies in at the Dag Hammarskjold Institute for Peace Studies of the Copper Belt University in Zambia. Zambia Zambia Lenje, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nkwazi, Zambia 9210 Francis Kabosha 2008-10 University of Bradford Francis is a lecturer of peace studies in at the Dag Hammarskjold Institute for Peace Studies of the Copper Belt University in Zambia. Zambia Zambia Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Lenje, English West African Youth Network, Sierra Leone. Rotary Club of Nkwazi, Zambia 9210 Jacob Kahemele 2012-14 International Christian University Jacob has a background in theology and community development. He looks forward to making an impact on the international community by engaging in research in global peace and development and working in positions that would influence policies that affect social justice. Tokyo Japan Tanzania Swahili, English Rotary Club of Southport, QLD, Australia 9640 Suresh Kakani 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley He is the deputy secretary in the Urban Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra, based in Mumbai. He deals with the development of infrastructure in urban areas, rehabilitation of affected people and similar activities. Mumbai India India English, Hindi, and Marathi World Bank, Washington DC Rotary club of Latur, India 3132 Yuka Kaneko 2009-11 University of Queensland She works in East Jerusalem and Gaza as a project coordinator for the Japan International Volunteer Center, a Japan-based international NGO that focuses on community development, peace exchange, and emergency relief. Palestine Japan Masafumi and Hatsumi Fukui Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Japanese, English, Thai The Japan International Cooperation Agency, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Rotary Club of Kumagaya East, Japan 2570 Syed Saad Karim June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Saad is the country director for War Child Canada in Vancouver. North Vancouver Canada Canada The Bhichai Rattakul Endowed Fund for Rotary Centers English, French, Urdu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of North Vancouver, BC, Canada 5040 Timothy Kariuki January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is in Southern Sudan serving as State Advisor for Conflict Mitigation and Stabilization Initiatives. Sudan Kenya English, Kikuyu, Kiswahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Muranga, Kenya 9200 Indrajeet Karle February 2012 Chulalongkorn University He is a staff officer with the Maharashtra Police Department. Thane India India Marathi, English, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dombivli, India 3140 Fanney Karlsdottir 2008-10 University of Queensland Fanney is the project manager for a group of large, Icelandic companies that together are establishing a center for corporate social responsibility that will most likely be located in on of the two largest universities in Iceland. Reykjavík Iceland Iceland Icelandic, English, Norwegian, German United Nations, Global Compact Office, New York, NY, USA. Rotary Club of Reykjavik Breidholt, Iceland 1360 Kimberly Karnes 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador She works in insurance claims adjustment in FL, USA. USA USA English and Spanish Carter Center, Atlanta, USA Rotary Club of Arlington, FL, USA 6970 Katja Karppinen 2010-12 University of Bradford Katja is a United Nations public information and communications adviser, based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Finland Finnish, Russian, French, Swedish, German, English UNHCR Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic Countries, Stockholm, Sweden Rotary Club of Lauritsala, Finland 1430 Dyah Kartikawening-Miller 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a consultant at Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in North Carolina, USA. Cincinnati USA Indonesia Javanese, Indonesian, English, Japanese Geneva Duke Program, International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Cincinnati, OH, USA 6670 Matti Karvanen 2009-11 University of Queensland He works with the Finnish Foreign Ministry as a program officer at the Embassy of Finland in Nairobi, Kenya. He covers Somalia's humanitarian affairs and security policy monitoring. Nairobi Kenya Finland Finnish, English, Swedish, French European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, Brussels, Belgium. Rotary Club of Helsinki, Finland 1420 Trimbak Kasar January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is the chief officer for the Municipal Council of Latur, Maharashtra, India. Latur India India Marathi, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Latur Central, India 3132 Amy Kay 2002-04 University of Queensland She is the senior technical advisor for the Centre for Development and Population Activities (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. Washington, DC USA USA English and Arabic Hope for the Children, Ethiopia Rotary Club of Virginia Beach, VA, USA 7600 Abdujabbor Kayumov July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the chief commercial officer for a global system for mobile communications operator in Nepal. Nepal Tajikistan Tajik, Russian, Uzbek Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2430 Jane Kellum 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador Jane is the education project advisor for CARE USA in Haiti. Port-au-Prince Haiti USA Al and Nancy Jubitz Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Spanish, French GENSenegal, Dakar, Senegal. Rotary Club of Portland, OR, USA 5100 Chelsea Keyser 2012-14 University of Bradford Chelsea has a strong interest in community development and promoting participation in the political process. She is especially interested in examining how civil society can be strengthened to promote peaceful democratic reform in post conflict countries. Bradford UK USA English, Portuguese,Spanish Rotary Club of South Burlington, VT, USA 7850 Anas Atengyo Khalifa January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is Muf'ti, mediating and presiding, for the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna, Nigeria. He is also Imam for the Movement for Islamic Culture and Awareness in Kaduna and has started a capacity building NGO that strives to reduce idleness in youth in Nigeria. Kaduna Nigeria Nigeria Jukun, Arabic, Hausa Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kaduna, Nigeria 9120 Assabah Khan January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is teaching journalism at Dergee College Baramulla. She is also continuing her work with Association of Parents of Disappeared People. Srinagar India India Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kashmir, India 3070 Marina Kharlamova 2010-12 University of Bradford She works for Football Club Zenit in St. Petersburg, Russia, to promote peacebuilding through sport. St. Petersburg Russia Russia Russian, English, Spanish, German One World Leadership Center, Washington, DC Rotary Club of St. Petersburg Neva, Russia 2220 Nidhi Khosla 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is an assistant profess in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Missouri. Columbia USA India Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Hindi, and Punjabi WHO Asia Regional Social Exclusion Network, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rotary Club of Delhi East, India 3010 Min-Young Kim 2002-04 International Christian University She is a PhD candidate at the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. Bradford UK Korea Korean, English, partial Russian, partial Japanese Volunteers for Peace, Belmont, Vermont, USA Rotary Club of Chuncheon, Korea 3730 Dohyun Kim July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is the head of purchasing team for Daegu Health College. He is also a union leader in Daegu, Korea. Daegu Korea Korea Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Daegu-Sooryeon, Korea 3700 Misaki Kimura 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Misaki's area of focus is donor cooperation in peacebuilding assistance. Japan Japanese, English, Bosnian, Croatian United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) - Africa Office, Nairobi, Kenya Rotary Club of Kakogawa, Japan 2680 Esther King 2012-14 University of Bradford Esther is interested in conflict resolution between states and indigenous groups or minority ethnic groups. She has a particular interest in how different governance arrangements can help resolve conflict and facilitate more harmonious relationships. Bradford UK UK/ New Zealand English, Spanish Rotary Club of Wainuiomata, New Zealand 9940 Chris Kjonaas 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador She is an associate regional consultant at CEA Global Education. She works with students, faculty, and staff at colleges and universities in California, USA, on internationalization and international program promotion. San Diego USA USA English, Spanish, French, Italian Curriculum development for the University of Ulster, Derry, Northern Ireland Rotary Club of Point Loma, CA, USA 5340 Leah Klass 2004-06 University of Queensland USA USA English, Portuguese, Spanish and basic Hebrew CEARAH Periferia, Fortaleza, Brazil Rotary Club of Falls Church, VA, USA 7610 Marius Koestler 2012-14 University of Queensland Brisbane Australia Switzerland Norwegian, English, Geman Rotary Club of Eilsmarka, Norway 2310 Laura Kokko 2004-06 Sciences Po Laura works for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC). Her work is related to the security sector reform activities, but she also participates in disarmament projects. Lome Togo Finland English, Finnish, French, Swedish and basic Spanish OSCE Anti-Trafficking program, Vienna, Austria Rotary Club of Mikkeli-Naisvuori, Finland 1430 Naing Ko Ko 2011-13 University of Queensland He has worked on the Thai-Burma border in the areas of democracy, human rights, national reconciliation, and economic development. His advocacy work with exiled Burmese political coalitions has taken him all around the world to meet with key global decision makers. He was an intern of the European Parliament and has been promoting democracy and national reconciliation for Burma on the global stage. One of his career goals is to be able to achieve peace, democracy, and human rights in Burma and in Southeast Asia. Brisbane Australia Myanmar Burmese, English, Thai Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland, New Zealand 9920 Neeta Kolhatkar January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is the Mumbai city head for the NewsX news channel in India. Mumbai India India English, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Mumbai, India 3140 Jonathan Kolieb 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley Jonathan is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne Law School. Melbourne Australia Australia English, Hebrew and basic Arabic Human Rights Watch, New York and Jerusalem Rotary Club of Caulfield, VIC, Australia 9800 Toshiaki Komatsuzaki 2002-04 University of Bradford He teaches a class on international politics at the University of the Air in Chiba, Japan and will begin to teach a peace studies course at Seigakuin University in Saitama, Japan. Japan Japan Japanese, English Pursued independent research towards degree. Rotary Club of Tokyo Keihin, Japan 2750 Saran Koy January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He works for an NGO called EveryChild in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dhonburi, Thailand 3350 David Kozar 2008-10 University of Queensland David is an international development officer at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He coordinates AusAID public sector linkage programs and Australian Leadership Award Fellowships for Latin America and Africa. Brisbane Australia USA English, Spanish, Serbo-Croatiain Social Action for Women, Mae Sod, Thailand. Rotary Club of Manhattan, KS, USA 5710 Jeanette Kroes 2003-05 Sciences Po She is a criminal intelligence analyst for INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Lyon France USA English and French IIMCR Program in The Hague Rotary Club of Rapid City, SD, USA 5610 Dinesh Kumar 2004-06 University of Bradford He is pursuing PhD at Monash University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Melbourne Australia India English, Hindi and Punjabi Rotary Club of Chandigargh Midtown, India 3080 Martín Kunik 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina Martín is the chief of cabinet of the Hydric Risk Management Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This project, financed by the World Bank, is one of the largest flood management programs in Latin America. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina English and Spanish Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC; Rotary Club of Martinez, Argentina 4825 Jacob Kurtzer 2009-11 University of Queensland Jake is a public affairs officer at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish Gisha, Tel Aviv, Israel. Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, DC, USA 7620 Siriphon Kusonsinwut January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Working as the legal consultant to the Thai Police Force Headquarters. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bangkok Suwanabhum, Thailand 3350 Allison Kwesell 2011-13 International Christian University Allison started her career as a photojournalist and reporter covering civil war for the Kathmandu Post in Nepal. She has since worked in India, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Morocco, Haiti and the United States. Allison seeks to promote freedom of the press on a policy level as a media liaison for bilateral and multilateral aid organizations in conflict and post conflict zones across the globe. She seeks to focus her studies and thesis as a Rotary Peace Fellow in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Tokyo Japan USA English, Arabic, Nepali, Tibetan United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI), Baku, Azerbaijan. Rotary Club of North River (Chattanooga), TN, USA 6780 Sallie Lacy 2005-07 University of Queensland She works for GIZ, the German government's international development arm, in the Climate Protection Program for developing countries, her focal areas are in energy, cities and gender as they relate to climate change. She lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Frankfurt Germany USA English and Spanish United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, Germany Rotary Club of Summit, NC, USA 7690 Vera Lalchevska 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina Vera is studying for her PhD in development studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her thesis focuses on the right of the Macedonian people to an identity and to self-determination. Geneva Switzerland Macedonia Macedonian, English, French, Bulgarian Geneva Duke Program, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2481 David LaMotte 2008-10 University of Queensland David is a consultant with the North Carolina Council of Churches. He is working on a book for adults about citizen activism and publishing a children’s book. He is also program director for PEG Partners, a grassroots NGO that works on Guatemalan education projects which are initiated and run by Guatemalans. Chapel Hill USA USA English, Spanish, French Arthik Samatha Mandal, Vijayawada, India. Rotary Club of Black Mountain, NC, USA 7670 Scott Lang 2005-07 University of Bradford He is a foreign service officer with the US State Department, posted to Zagreb. Zagreb Croatia USA Anonymous Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French, and conversational Bosnian Rotary Club of Rogers Park, IL, USA 6450 Jillian Larsen 2010-12 University of Bradford She is working for the World Bank in Uganda. Uganda USA James Junn-Shueng & Lisa Shiu-Li Chen Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Italian, Spanish, French International Rescue Committee, Thailand & Ethiopia Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island, WA, USA 5050 Sofia Knöchel Ledberg 2002-04 University of Queensland She is pursuing doctoral studies in political science at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research 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. Uppsala Sweden Sweden English & Swedish Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia Rotary Club of Täby-Attunda, Sweden 2350 Hyejung Lee 2003-05 International Christian University She is currently teaching English in Seoul, Korea. Seoul Korea Korea Korean, English, Arabic, and German Internship in Tokyo office of the "Peace Boat" Rotary Club of Gwangmyeong, South Korea 3690 Steven Lee 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador Washington, DC USA USA English, Spanish, Macedonian, French Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados (Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance) (COMAR), Mexico Rotary Club of Sacramento, CA, USA 5180 Ji-Hyang Lee 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley She is a program specialist for the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the auspices of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Seoul, Korea. She is developing a peace education curriculum and advisory committee networks in the region. Seoul Korea Korea Korean and English United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand Rotary Club of Seoul-Jeil, Korea 3640 Frédérique Lehoux January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She heads the disaster risk reduction program for the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission in Suva, Fiji. Suva Fiji Australia/France English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Swahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Hampton, VIC, Australia 9810 Avraham Levi 2011-13 University of Bradford Through the fellowship, Avraham hopes to try to improve individual and communities lives within the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and promote to the end of this conflict. He also hopes to improve his personal academic and practical skills and become more active in the international growing community of Peace promoters Bradford UK Israel Anonymous Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Hebrew, English Rotary Club of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel 2490 Joanne Levitan June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Joanne is a broadcast specialist in the communications department of the UN International Food and Agricultural Organisation in Rome. She is involved in media, specifically television and video, coverage of IFAD's rural poverty eradication projects through investment in agriculture. Rome Italy South Africa English, Afrikaans, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Claremont, South Africa 9350 Summer Lewis 2010-12 University of Queensland Brisbane Australia USA English, Italian, Spanish Roots of Peace in Vietnam. Rotary Club of Manhattan, KS, USA 5710 Katrina Lewis June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Katrina is an assistant professor at Kansas State University in the Department of Interior Architecture and Product Design. Manhattan USA USA English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Manhattan, KS, USA 5710 Jeanne Lima June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Jeanne is a social worker under the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro. Her focus is on violence against children, adolescents, women and the elderly, specifically planning, monitoring, and evaluating public policies concerning health and violence prevention. Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil Portuguese, English, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Rio de Janeiro-Botafogo, Brazil 4570 Chia-Yin Lin 2011-13 International Christian University Living on an island threatened by warfare in East Asia, Chiayin is eager to help ensure peace in this region. She hopes to work for an international organization to improve regional integration of East Asia. Tokyo Japan Taiwan Chinese, English, Spanish Duke Program on Global Policy & Governance, Geneva, Switzerland & World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Taipei Orient, Taiwan 3520 Christopher Lindstrom 2011-13 International Christian University Having facilitated social justice education with the Mosaic Project out of Oakland, California for youth over the past several years, along with leading international service projects with the World Leadership School out of Denver, Colorado, he is interested in working with youth empowerment in Haiti. Tokyo Japan USA English, French, Bambara, Spanish GNRC South Asia Secretariat at Sarvodaya, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka & Sembrando Semillas con Yoga, Cusco, Peru. Rotary Club of Oakland Sunrise, CA, USA 5170 Mattias Lindström 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina He works with a development consulting firm in Brussels. Brussels Belgium Sweden King of Sweden Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Swedish, German, French European Union Delegation to Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam. Rotary Club of Nyköping Öster, Sweden 2370 Carla Lineback 2004-06 International Christian University Carla is the project manager for academic programs at World Learning, which provides education, exchange, and development programs that cultivate the global leadership and social innovation. She also works with Soliya, an on-line dialogue program for students from the US, Europe, and the Middle East for whom she is a coach and trainer for their facilitators. Dummerston USA USA English, Italian, Spanish and basic Japanese International Palestinian Youth League, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jordan Rotary Club of Brattleboro Noon, VT, USA 7870 Hayley Linthwaite February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Hayley is a project member of the Life Drama Project at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Brisbane Australia Australia English, Finnish, Huli Tok Pisin Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise, QLD, Australia 9640 Xiao Mei Liu 2008-10 University of Bradford She is the small grants manager for Winrock International working on a new project aimed at strengthening environmental NGOs in China. Chengdu China P.R. China Chinese, English Common Grounds Charitable Trust, India. Rotary Club of Shanghai, People's Republic of China ND Michael Liwanag 2012-14 International Christian University He is an architect who is passionate about cultural heritage conservation. He intends to promote peace and conflict resolution through the development of techniques that effectively share between parties involved the responsibilities of conserving heritage sites under dispute. Tokyo Japan Philippines Tagalog, English Rotary Club of Alabang, Philippines 3830 Bautista Logioco 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a program specialist with the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action in New York. New York USA Argentina Spanish, English, French United Nations High Commission for Human Rights/Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of La Plata Tribunales, Argentina 4915 Chiara Logli January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is pursuing a PhD in peace education at the University of Hawaii College of Education. She also serves as an East-West Center Student Affiliate in Honolulu, HI, USA. Honolulu USA USA/Italy English, Italian, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Freedom, CA, USA 5170 Adrien Lokangaka Longombe 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA Democratic Republic of Congo Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary Peace Fellowship French, English Rotary Club of Concord, CA, USA 5160 Angela Luciani June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Angela is a nursing instructor at Dalhousie University in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Ottawa Canada Canada English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise, ON, Canada 7070 Ellis Luciano January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He joined the Augustinians of the Assumption and is undergoing formation to be a priest in the Catholic Church. He is also working on Masters Degree in Social Justice Advocacy. Quezon City Philippines Philippines Tagalog Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Santiago, Philippines 3770 Federico Luma January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is the coordinator of communication for the Ministry of Security in Argentina. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Spanish, English, French, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Turdera, Argentina 4915 Vener Macaspac 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley He is based in Berkeley, CA, USA where he is a country specialist for the Philippines for Amnesty International. Berkeley USA Philippines Tagalog, English, Spanish WITNESS, New York and the Kakuma News Reflector (KANERE), Kenya. Rotary Club of New Manila East, Philippines 3780 Leslie MacColman 2004-06 Universidad del Salvador Leslie is an independent consultant, based on Memphis, TN, USA. Her work focuses on social issues in Latin America and Africa. Memphis USA USA English, Spanish, Portuguese United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, Maputo, Mozambique Rotary Club of Canby, OR, USA 5100 Margaret Carolla Maes 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador She is a project development/program officer with USAID foreign service. Durham USA USA English & Spanish Bolivian Center for Documentation and Information (CEDIB), Cochabamba, Bolivia Rotary Club of Springfield, MO, USA 6080 Riye Magaji January 2007 Chulalongkorn University Chairman/Chief Operating Officer of the Rural Humanitarian Foundation (activities in Takum, Ussa, and Yangtu special Development area of Taraba State, Nigeria). Takum Nigeria Nigeria Kuteb Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Yola, Nigeria 9120 Ólöf Magnúsdóttir 2005-07 University of Queensland Lóa is a reports officer for UNICEF Pakistan. Pakistan Iceland English, Icelandic, Danish, basic Spanish and basic Italian UNICEF, Fiji Rotary Club of Reykjavík - Miðborg, Iceland 1360 Nani Mahanta 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley He is an associate professor of political science at Gauhati University in Assam, India. He spearheaded an initiative to open a two-year post graduate peace and conflict studies program there. Guwahati India India Assamese, English, Bengali, and Hindi Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rotary Club of Gauhati South, India 3240 Rubeena Mahato 2012-14 University of Bradford Rubeena is a journalist. Her areas of interest are public policy, international development, security studies, and media analysis. She plans to contribute to intra-national co-operation and policy making in developing countries. Bradford UK Nepal Nepali, English Rotary Club of Patan, Nepal 3292 Altaf Makhiawala 2008-10 University of Bradford Altaf is a communication officer in UNICEF's India Country Office in Delhi. He is the focal point between UNICEF India and large corporate donors. New Delhi India India Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Gujarati, English, Hindi, Arabic UNRWA, Amman, Jordan. Rotary Club of Hallam, England 1270 Virender Malik July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a provincial capacity development advisor for the Civilian Technical Assistance Program and the Ministry of Agriculture in Afghanistan. Afghanistan India Hindi, English, Nepali, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Imphal, India 3240 Musa Manasseh July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a secretary for the Peace Justice and Reconciliation Committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Council of Nigeria in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. Makurdi Nigeria Nigeria Hausa, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Jalingo City, Nigeria 9120 Diana Manevskaya 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina Diana is a communications specialist for the Human Development Network, Education Sector at the World Bank in Washington, DC. She focuses on the READ (Russia Education Aid for Development) Trust Fund. Washington, DC USA Belarus Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Belarusian, English, German and Russian The World Bank, E-Development Services Group, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Minsk, Belarus 2230 Aisha Manjalo July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is the chief administrative officer of the Kaduna State Judiciary in Rigachikun-Kaduna, Nigeria. Rigachikun-Kaduna Nigeria Nigeria English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kaduna, Nigeria 9120 Sanakorn Manmuang January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a police instructor for the Thai Central Police Training Center in Samut Prakarn, Thailand. Samut Prakarn Thailand Thailand English, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Tongkah, Thailand 3330 Melhem Mansour February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Brussels Belgium Syria Arabic, English, German, Italian French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Petaluma Sunrise, CA, USA 5130 Josephine Manuel-Bahul 2003-05 University of Queensland She is director for media affairs and publications at the University of Baguio, Philippines. Baguio Philippines Philippines English and Tagalog Phillippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), Manila, Philippines Rotary Club of Baguio North, Philippines 3790 Ana Manzur-Allen 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is the business development manager for Embrace Global. Embrace is a nonprofit organization that aims to help the millions of vulnerable babies born every year in developing countries by providing low cost infant warmers. San Francisco USA Australia, (originally from El Salvador) English and Spanish. basic French and Japanese Poliarquia, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rotary Club of Padstow, NSW, Australia 9690 Stella Margetic 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley She is working in the Judiciary Branch of The City of Buenos Aires, Argentina in the Access to Justice and Alternative Methods of Conflict Solutions office. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish INREDH (Instituto Regional de Asesoria en Derechos Humanos), Ecuador Rotary Club of Matanza, Argentina 4915 Heydee Marquez 2012-14 International Christian University Haydee's professional interest is to deepen her knowledge in international affairs, conflict prevention, and peace-building. She is highly interested and motivated by cross-cultural relations and communication. Tokyo Japan Venezuela Spanish, English, French Rotary Club of Altamira Metropolitano, Venezuela 4370 Amanda Martin January 2011 Chulalongkorn University She is the displaced persons public health curriculum development coordinator for the Global Health Access Program of Community Partners International in Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot Thailand USA/UK English, Spanish, French, Mandarin Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, DC, USA 7620 Rosa María Martínez 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley She works for the World Bank in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA Colombia Spanish, English, French Grassroots Alliance for Community Education (G.R.A.C.E.), Kenya and United Nations - Political Affairs Department, New York. 4290 Jolanta Maslikowska January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a court mediator in Poland. Wrockaw Poland Poland Polish, English, Russian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Wroclaw, Poland 2230 Anne-Sophie Massa 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley She is employed by the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, working on a doctoral project on the creation of a criminal code for the European Union. In the context of this position, she teaches a class on European cooperation in criminal matters, comparative criminal procedure, and international criminal and humanitarian law. Belgium Belgium French, English, and Dutch IIMCR Symposium, The Hague, Netherlands Rotary Club of Plombières-Welkenraedt, Belgium 1630 Maria Masullo 2010-12 University of Bradford Maria is interested in negotiation theory, international and community mediation, the role of international institutions in conflict prevention and resolution, the role of media in preventing conflict, European Regional security, the interrelationship between security, conflict and development, regional focus on Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia. Bradford UK Italy Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Swahili International Peace and Security Institute and SPARK, Italy and Serbia Rotary Club of Cava De Tirreni, Italy 2100 Courtney Matson 2011-13 University of Bradford Courtney has been working in international development and global health for more than 10 years, focusing her efforts on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis in China and Africa, but has more recently focused her work on development in conflict and post-conflict regions, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan. She plans to pursue a career in international development and peace and conflict studies, working with national and multinational partners and institutions. Tokyo Japan USA English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish USAID - Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs (OAPA) in Washington, DC. Rotary Club of Morristown, NJ, USA 7470 Palina Matthiasdottir 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a specialist in the Multilateral Aid Department of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She is in charge of issues related private sector development, climate change/sustainable development, the Icelandic Junior Professional Officer programme, and project contracts and communications with NGOs like the Icelandic committees of UNICEF, UN WOMEN and the Red Cross. Reykjavík Iceland Iceland Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Icelandic, English, Danish, French UN/ISDR Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary Club of Reykjavik-Árbær, Iceland 1360 Ngomesia Mayer-Kechom 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is the projects coordinator for the Diamond Development Initiative in Ottawa, Canada. This organization is a multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, industry and civil society, to enhance social responsibility specifically in the alluvial diamond mining industry. Ottawa Canada Cameroon English, French, and West African Creole United Nations Development Programme, Caribbean Sub-Regional Resource Facility, Trinidad and Tobago Rotary Club of Manchester, UK 1050 Cory McCruden 2005-07 University of Bradford She is working in the International Group at BNY Mellon while pursuing a PhD in political science at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA. She is studying the root causes of conflict, especially in developing countries, globalization, socio-economics, political justice, and political participation among poor and marginalized groups. New York USA USA Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, French, and Spanish Auschwitz Jewish Center and the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University, New York; International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance training course, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of New York, NY, USA 7230 Sinead McGrath 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador 2009-11 Rotary Peace Fellow. Buenos Aires Argentina Ireland English/French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese ACNUR, Costa Rica Rotary Club of Dublin Viking, Ireland 1160 David McGuire 2006-08 University of Bradford David works from Warsaw, Poland, as a freelance reporter. Warsaw Poland USA/Ireland English and Spanish Radio Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotary Club of Rogers Park, IL, USA 6450 Dennis McMahon July 2007 Chulalongkorn University Dennis is the regional director for Cord, South & East Asia. Cord aims to develop the capacity of local civil society organizations in post-conflict or fragile countries, and support those organizations to be more creative in their programs and to engage government more constructively on issues of human rights. Phnom Penh Cambodia USA Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowment French, Bambara (W. Africa), Khmer (Cambodian) Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3350 Martha McManus 2002-04 University of Bradford She is working on a Justice for Children program in Iraq with funding from UNICEF. The project focuses on prevention, protection, reintegration and restorative justice in at risk areas in Baghdad and Basrah. Baghdad Iraq Canada English, Spanish University of Bradford Peace Studies Department, Sri Lanka Rotary Club of Calgary Centennial, AB, Canada 5360 Savath Meas January 2007 Chulalongkorn University Savath is the president of Cambodian Centre for Mediation (CCM), a non-profit organization committed to promoting nonviolent solutions and justice in Cambodia through mediation as an alternative dispute resolution. Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Eastern Seaboard (Pattaya), Thailand (District 3340) with support from an Embassy of Switzerland in Thailand Fellowship 3350 Santosh Mehra 2004-06 University of Queensland He is the inspector general of police, law, and order for the five districts of the Rayalaseema region of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad India India English, Hindi and Telugu Transparency International, Bangkok, Thailand Rotary Club of Hyderabad Central, India 3150 Amy Meier 2002-04 University of Bradford She works for the University of Nevada-Reno as an extension educator for Northern Nye and Esmeralda Counties. Amy's job priorities are community development and children, youth, and families, specifically, addressing critical needs in leadership development, parenting skills, youth at risk, conflict resolution, employability/job skills, and to a lesser degree issues related to horticulture and natural resources. She lives in Tonopah, NV, USA. Tonopah USA USA English, Spanish, Setswana University of Bradford, Africa Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of St. Paul, MN, USA 5960 Kevin Melton 2007-09 University of Queensland Kevin is a post conflict, reconstruction, and stabilization specialist at McKellar Corporation. Washington, DC USA USA The Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship French North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium. Rotary Club of Rosslyn & Ft. Meyer, VA, USA 7610 Omid Memarian 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley Omid is a freelance journalist. San Francisco USA Iran English, Arabic, Farsi Inter Press News Service (a UN Agency), New York City. Rotary Club of Berkeley, CA, USA 5160 Suhail Latif Memon January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is the executive producer for the Radio Media Project. This humanitarian-based reporting project, run by Center for Research and Security Studies and Internews Pakistan, develops radio stories that focus on victims affected by the flood in Sindh Province, Pakistan. He also continues to work as a freelance journalist with several international news organizations. Rohri/Islamabad Pakistan Pakistan Sindhi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, Seraiki Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Karachi Clifton, Pakistan 3270 Willan Sergio Mendoza 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Will is an MBA student at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. His concentration is sustainability and social entrepreneurship. He is implementing a project in Bolivia that works with athletes from non-professional sports and children from city slums. Chapel Hill USA Bolivia Spanish, English Duke University Macarthur grant for simulation software, Durham, NC. Rotary Club of Amboró, Bolivia 4690 Milet Mendoza July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She teaches social work and disaster management and provides technical support on disaster response and risk reduction to church-based social action organizations within the Catholic Caritas network in the Philippines. Quezon City Philippines Philippines Tagalog, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Mandaluyong-Pasig-San Juan, Philippines 3800 Angeli Mendoza 2007-09 International Christian University She is the social media public information officer for Asia in the United Nations World Food Program office in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Thailand Philippines English, French Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva. Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines 3810 María Aurora Mercadé Novaczyk 2004-06 University of Bradford She is an adviser to the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Catalan, English, Portuguese, Spanish and basic French United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Asia Pacific Division, New York Rotary Club of Nueva Chicago, Argentina 4890 Jorge Meruvia Pastor 2008-10 International Christian University Tokyo Japan Mexico Spanish, English, French, Portugese Geneva Duke Program, Trade and Human Development, UNDP, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Puebla Mirador, Mexico 4180 Emily Meyerson January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a community planner for Meyerson Consulting, based in Petoskey, Michigan. Petoskey USA USA English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Petoskey, MI, USA 6290 Isabelle Michaud-Létourneau 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina Isabelle is a nutrition advisor for the Department of Nutrition at the Ministry of Health in Mozambique. She is also pursuing a PhD in nutrition at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. Mozambique Canada French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and basic Wolof Save the Children, Nampula Province, Mozambique Rotary Club of Montreal-Lakeshore, QC, Canada 7040 Marty Michelson June 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is a professor in the School of Theology & Ministry at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK, USA. Bethany USA USA English, German, French, Biblical Hebrew/Bib. Greek Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of North Oklahoma City, OK, USA 5750 Michele Mician June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Michele is the sustainability manger for the City of Palm Springs, CA, USA, with a focus on community outreach and education and emissions reductions. She is also a women’s studies professor at the University of South Florida. Palm Springs USA USA Czech, Solvak & English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Palm Springs, CA, USA 5330 Tania Miletic 2002-04 International Christian University She is a senior researcher and consultant with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. Based in Phnom Penh, this position involves working as a researcher, consultant, and trainer on conflict transformation and peacebuilding issues across Asia. She continues to pursue a PhD with ACPACS at the University of Queensland, focusing on understanding Chinese perspectives on conflict. Melbourne Australia Australia English International Institute for Conflict Resolution and Mediation, The Hague, Netherlands Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Joyce Miller February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Joyce is President Emeritus at KeyStone Research Corporation (KSRC) in Erie, PA, USA. She is an applied sociologist and in 1980 established KSRC (www.ksrc.biz ), which is an applied research and organizational development consulting firm. Her expertise is in working with government, education, and social service organizations to build their capacity for performance excellence and to assist them in establishing inter-organizational collaboration and teamwork. Erie USA USA English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Erie, PA, USA 7280 Rebecca Miller 2007-09 International Christian University She is studying Arabic in Syria. Syria Australia Arabic Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Cairo, Egypt. Rotary Club of Hampton, VIC, Australia 9810 Sophie Miller 2012-14 Uppsala University Sophie’s areas of expertise include civil society participation in promoting human rights, independent media, conflict prevention and access to justice, among others. She is particularly interested in issues of local ownership, multiculturalism, and inclusion/marginalization in democratic processes. Uppsala Sweden USA/UK English, Spanish, French Rotary Club of Washington, DC, USA 7620 Rivkah Larkan 2002-04 University of Queensland She plays violin and co-writes songs with her band The Wishing Well, a folk band from Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Melbourne Australia USA English, German, Russian, Uzbek & Arabic United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Cairo, Egypt Rotary Club of Alpena, MI, USA 6310 Simon Milward July 2007 Chulalongkorn University Simon works for the national government regulating financial services in the United Kingdom. London UK UK Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, basic Arabic Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of High Wycombe, UK 1090 Tatiana Minbaeva 2011-13 University of Bradford Tatiana's special interest lies in the area of intersection of peace building and economics, and precisely she would like to explore and research the effect of the micro economic processes on peace building, discover ways to address issues in developing countries though developing sustainable relationships between “weak” and “powerful”, and to enable new theory of peace engage in the process of responsible management and economic growth. Bradford UK Russia Russian, English, German, Ukrainian United Nations Institute of Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Russian International, Russian Federation 2220 Rebecca Minty 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley Rebecca is the Asia Pacific Programme Officer for the Association for the Prevention of Torture in Geneva. Her role is to encourage countries in the Asia Pacific region to prevent torture through ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and to encourage and provide technical assistance in establishing monitoring and inspection of places of detention. Geneva Switzerland Australia English, Swedish, Thai, Japanese International Centre for Transitional Justice, Honiara, Solomon Islands. Rotary Club of Ginninderra, Australia 9710 Greg Mitchell 2003-05 University of Bradford Greg is a senior policy officer in the International Security & Disarmament Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He specializes in security policy, in particular in relation to peace support operations, counter-insurgency, and counter-terrorism. Wellington New Zealand New Zealand English and French University of Bradford, Africa Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of Port Nicholson, New Zealand 9940 Yoko Miura 2009-11 University of Bradford Japan Japanese, English, Thai Association for Social Advancement in Bangladesh. Rotary Club of Yoshikawa, Japan 2770 Maki Mizukai 2004-06 University of Bradford She is finishing her Mphil at the University of Bradford. Japan English, German and Japanese United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan Rotary Club of Kyoto, Japan 2650 Maki Mizuno-Shaw 2010-12 University of Queensland Maki has been working in the field of education last 12 years, focusing on curriculum development, teacher training, education’s response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, and youth development. She hopes to study peace development and conflict resolution through education over the next two years. Brisbane Australia Japan Japanese, English UNHCR Sout East Asia regional office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Rotary Club of Tsushima, Japan 2760 Terpase Mkena July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is the chairman of the Peace & Reconciliation Committee for the Reformed Ecumenical Council of Nigeria. Mkar Nigeria Nigeria Tiv, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Gboko, Nigeria 9120 Cecilia Moifula July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is the peacebuilding coordinator of the Justice and Peace Commission of Caritas of the Catholic Church of Sierra Leone. Freetown Sierra Leone Sierra Leone English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Freetown, Sierra Leone 9100 Heather Moise 2002-04 International Christian University Heather is a licensed teacher currently pursuing a masters degree in curriculum and instruction at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, USA. Lawrence USA USA English, Spanish, German, Russian Center for Exchange and Solidarity, San Salvador, El Salvador Rotary Club of Mentor, OH, USA 6630 Imal Momand February 2012 Chulalongkorn University He set up his own NGO, called the Organization for Humanitarian Assistance of Afghanistan. It will implement projects in education and literacy, peace and conflict resolution, health and sanitation, and small scale livelihood activities targeted to vulnerable populations in the north of the country. Mazar-e-Sharif Afghanistan Afghanistan Pashtu, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Commerce City, CO, USA 5450 Khaleen Monaro 2002-04 Sciences Po Khaleen is the democracy governance program management specialist for USAID. Kingston Jamaica Jamaica English and French Jamaican Mission to the European Economic Community, Brussels, Belgium Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Jamaica 7020 Lisa Monette July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is the manager of communications for Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman in Ottawa. Ottawa Canada Canada English, French, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ottawa, ON, Canada 7040 Ryan Moore 2007-09 University of Queensland UK UK French Eyes on Human Rights in Dili, Timor-Leste. Rotary Club of Ballymoney, Ireland 1160 Melanie Moore 2010-12 University of Queensland Portland USA USA English, Spanish and foundational French, Portuguese and Japanese UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. Rotary Club of Blacksburg, VA, USA 7570 Christopher Moore 2006-08 University of Queensland He is an international resource manager for Apropos International, which does development projects Peru. He does freelance video production/post production. Los Angeles USA USA English, Spanish, intermediate Mandarin Chinese, basic Japanese, basic Amharic Population Caring Organization (PCO), Ghana. Rotary Club of Carlsbad, CA, USA 5340 Maria Morell 2011-13 International Christian University María Celeste’s area of expertise is child protection. She is a lawyer, and also holds diplomas in children rights and prevention and treatment of violence. As she has special interest in gender issues, she plans to focus her research at ICU in exploring the role of women in peacebuilding and peacekeeping strategies. Tokyo Japan Argentina Spanish, English, French, Portuguese IPSI - The Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands & ECPAT, Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary Club of Alta Gracia Tajamar, Argentina 4815 Fernando Moretti 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador Fernando is the coordinator of the Food and Nutritional Security for Indigenous Children and Women in Brazil Joint Programme, under the auspices of the UNDP. He works in the Office of UN Resident Coordinator in Brasília. Brasília Brazil Brazil Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian United Nations World Food Program in Guatemala and Italy Rotary Club of Limeira-Leste, Brazil 4590 Sandy Morey June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Sandy is an inspector with the South Australia Police. He has a passion for supporting communities, with a background in youth justice, project management, and training and education. Building on his experiences and his community, education. and terrorism studies he plans to work further with communities to engender understanding, resilience, and social capital. Cumberland Park Australia Australia English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Hyde Park, SA, Australia 9520 Derran Moss 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina Derran is a director at the Attorney General's department in Canberra, Australia. Canberra Australia Australia English, Japanese United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Canberra, Australia Rotary Club of Brisbane, QLD, Australia 9600 Golam Mostofa 2008-10 International Christian University He is a program officer for Democracy International on a program to support democratic participation and reform in Bangladesh. Dhaka Bangladesh Bangladesh Greater Middle Eastern Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention, Tokyo, Japan Rotary Club of Dhaka Kawran Bazar, Bangladesh 3280 Manuela Mot 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a research assistant at Turkish Coalition of America. Washington, DC USA Romania Romanian, English, Hungarian, French Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC. Rotary Club of Timisoara, Romania 2241 Katharine Mote 2009-11 International Christian University She works for International Alert in London, researching issues in Southeast Asia. London UK UK/USA District 6110 and Gerald L. & Vicki Harp Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Indonesian, German, Russian International Peace and Security Institute, Bologna, Italy and United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, New York. Rotary Club of Peacetree Corners, GA, USA 6910 Butera Muhamed 2012-14 International Christian University Butera is a trained unarmed civilian peacekeeper. He worked along civil society activists in his country; Rwanda then later in Sri Lanka, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan and South Sudan. Butera believes that the civil society is one of the corner stones in a community that is instrumental in peace, security and development. He is interested in pursuing advanced studies in peace studies to enhance his knowledge and skills to achieve his professional dreams of becoming a peace catalyst. Tokyo Japan Rwanda Kinyarwanda, English, Swahili, Arabic Rotary Club of Windsor, CA, USA 5130 Godfrey Mukalazi 2004-06 University of Queensland He is a program officer for peace building with the Uganda Joint Christian Council in Kampala, Uganda. Kampala Uganda Uganda English, Kiswahili and Luganda African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, Durban, South Africa Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda 9200 Lee-Anne Mulholland 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley She is an associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation in the Commercial and Securities Litigation, White Collar Crime & Internal Investigations Unit in Palo Alto, CA, USA. Palo Alto USA UK English, French, and basic Arabic University of California - Berkeley law school, Berkeley, California, USA; Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights, Beirut, Lebanon; Rotary Club of Portadown, Northern Ireland 1160 Sumit Mullick July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the secretary of the education department for the government of Maharashtra in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Mumbai India India Marathi, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bombay West, India 3140 Darshan Mundada 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is the founder and executive director at Friends' Society. As the director, Darshan spearheads two self-sustaining social interventions: Sareelution, a vocational project that engages victims of human trafficking in recycling old sarees into shopping bags; and TRAVolution – an educational pilgrimage for students from developed countries to experience and learn from the kaleidoscope of development issues and work in India. Pune India India Marathi, English, Hindi, German Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rotary Club of Poona Downtown, India 3131 Heather Murphy 2012-14 Uppsala University Heather comes to the fellowship with a background in social media, women’s empowerment, NGO capacity building, and refugee and asylum issues. Uppsala Sweden USA/Ireland English, Russian, German Rotary Club of Fisherman's Wharf, CA, USA 5150 Jane Murutu February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Jane works as a co-manager for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung on a European Union funded project titled "strengthening non state actors capacities to resolve and mitigate conflicts.” She is based in Kenya. Kenya Kenya Luhya (Bukusu), English, Kiswahili, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Seminole County South, FL, USA 6980 T-Khalid Ibn Musah July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a lecturer in French and peace and conflict studies for the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies at the University for Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana. Ghana Ghana French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Stockholm, Sweden 2350 Abdulhakeem Mustapha July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is a program development officer for the Interfaith Mediation Centre in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Kaduna Nigeria Nigeria English, Yoruba, Hause, Arabic Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kaduna, Nigeria 9120 Emmanuel Musau Mutisya 2007-09 International Christian University He is enrolled in a Phd program at Tokyo University. He is studying sustainable development and sustainability science. Tokyo Japan Sweden Swahii, English, Swedish Initiatives of Change in Tokyo, Japan. Rotary Club of Grums, Sweden 2340 Natalia Muto 2011-13 University of Bradford Natalia sees the fellowship as being fundamental for her career in international conflict resolution and development. Her main focus after getting her degree will be to join the UNDP or other international organizations working with conflict and development. Bradford UK Brazil Portuguese, English, Spanish, French Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. Rotary Club of São Paulo-Brooklyn, Brazil 4610 Geoffrey Philip Mwesigwa 2007-09 International Christian University He is an international business development coordinator with the DAPAD Foundation (Direct Actions for the Promotion of Africa Development) in Tokyo. He is working on a capacity building support project in Tanzania for the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (TCCIA) under support from the United Nations / UNDP. Tanzania Uganda Swahili, Cebuano UNHCR, Geneva Rotary Club of Bislig, Philippines 3860 Nimene Myers July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is the founder of Life-Line Liberia, Inc., an organization whose goal is societal transformation in Liberia with an emphasis on peace education in schools and communities. Monrovia Liberia Liberia French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia 9100 Asel Myrzabekova 2006-08 International Christian University She is a project development, monitoring and evaluation officer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Kigali, Rwanda. She focuses on socio-economic reintergation of returned Rwandan refugees. Kigali Rwanda Kyrgyzstan Russian, Kyrgyz, English, and French United Nations Economic Commission For Europe, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2430 Lovenia Naces July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is an associate professor in the department of Religious Studies at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. Cagayan de Oro City Philippines Philippines Filipino, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro, Philippines 3870 Jeyashree Nadarajah 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley She works for the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative's Office for Sexual Violence in Conflict. New York USA Malaysia Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil and basic German Office of the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, New York Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja, Malaysia 3300 Anil Shankar Naik June 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is a police inspector in the Social Service branch of the Mumbai Police Department. Mumbai India India English, Marathi, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bombay Seaface, India 3140 Willson Kimeli Naiyomah 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Kimeli plans to work in international diplomacy; promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding through a concept he coined called compassionate diplomacy. Durham USA Kenya Maasai, Kiswahili, English, Kelenjin, Kisii Rotary Club of Sunnyvale, CA, USA 5170 Janie Hulse Najenson 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador She is a Latin American specialist residing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is currently acting as a communications and research services consultant to private and public sector organizations. Her clients include: The Strategic Studies Institute; U.S. Army War College; Global Envision, a Mercy Corps’ initiative; ARD, Inc.; and AEGON, N.V. She also writes an English language column on current global business issues for an American Chamber of Commerce magazine called “Comments Express.” She is also enrolled in a deferred PhD program at Universidad del Salvador in International Relations. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English and Spanish United States Embassy - Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Rotary Club of Arlington, VA, USA 7610 Steven Nakana 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley He is pursuing a PhD in Sociology and Conflict Resolution (Chinese investment in Africa) at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, while living in Portland, OR. Portland USA South Africa Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English; South African languages including Isi-Xhosa, Isi-Sotho, Isi-Zulu,and Ki-Swahili; and Zambian Languages Nyanja and Bemba Fund for Peace, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Royal Cape Yacht Club, South Africa 9350 Rajaa Natour 2009-11 University of Bradford She is a program manager of the Gemini Project at SR Sadaka-Reut in Jafaa, Israel. The project establishes groups of Jewish and Palestinian students and youth engaging in dialogue and action across ten campuses and mixed cities. The program will promote a space for civic, political, and social discussions about the conflict and Jewish/Arab relations, and encourage social involvement and the importance of assuming responsibility for one’s social and political environment. Jafaa Israel Israel Arabic, Hebrew, English American Society for Muslim Advancement in New York Rotary Club of Jerusalem, Israel 2490 Nosisa Ncube July 2007 Chulalongkorn University She works for the Child and Guardian Foundation. The organization is involved with the protection of orphaned children from abuse and peace education and training in the rural communities around Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. She is also part of the Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB) team for Zimbabwe and has been trained as a facilitator as part of the Alternatives to Violence Program in Zimbabwe. Bulawayo Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Shona, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Belmont, Zimbabwe 9210 Maarifa Vincent Ndekezi January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He manages Frontiers Adventures Great Lakes LTD, an outdoor leadership training company. They currently manage a USAID grant for work readiness skills development for university graduates and youths. Kigali Rwanda Rwanda Kiswahili, French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga, Rwanda 9150 William Nealy 2004-06 International Christian University He is a business development consultant for Impact International in Tokyo, Japan. Impact International is a management and leadership development company, with a special focus on creating sustainable enterprise. He is responsible for developing the business in Japan and Asia-Pacific. Tokyo Japan USA English, Japanese and Spanish Advancement of Maori Opportunity, Wellington, New Zealand Rotary Club of Kansas City, MO, USA 6040 Carrie Nedzipovik 2007-09 University of Bradford She is a newcomer advocate for the Chelsea, MA Police Department. She works as a liaison between the police department and newcomers (refugees and immigrants) to the city. This includes training the police force on cultural awareness, connecting newcomers to resources in the city, and being involved in informal dispute mediations between newcomers and community members. Chelsea USA USA Romanian European Center for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany. Rotary Club of Charlotte-Shelburne, VT, USA 7850 Mable Nedziwe 2009-11 University of Bradford Mable performs consultancy work as a program associate for the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, a faith based organisation in Zambia which aims to promote social justice through research and advocacy in its three core programmes: social conditions, faith and justice, and economic and equity development. Mable focuses on the Kulima project, which is intended to address the advocacy gaps identified in the evaluation for the promotion of a rural food security program. Lusaka Zambia Zambia Shona and Tonga, French, Russian, Swahili Habitat for Humanity in Macon, GA, USA. Rotary Club of Mutare, Zimbabwe 9210 Cecilia Nedziwe 2006-08 University of Queensland She consults with the Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa on their regional and national programs. Stellenbosch South Africa Zambia English, Russian, Tonga, Shona and Bemba Intern at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo, Norway. Rotary Club of Pretoria-Silverton, South Africa 9210 Bianca Neff 2010-12 University of Bradford Bianca is the daughter of a Basque mother and an American father. Her Basque heritage gives her the unique perspective of what it means to be a minority struggling through issues of ethnic conflict. Having been active in global humanitarian work for over 15 years, she is now positioned to take her engagement to the next level as a Rotary Peace Fellow. Her primary professional and personal interests include: Central Asia; Islam & the West; Ethnic Conflict Intervention; Justice & Reconciliation; Poverty & Radical Islam. She has lived in Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Spain and Kenya. Bradford UK USA English, Spanish, Russian Geneva Program on Global Policy and Governance, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Great Bridge, VA, USA 7600 Jan Nemecek 2002-04 Universidad del Salvador He is a coordination officer for the United Nations Country Team in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Czech Republic Czech, English & Spanish North South Center of Council of Europe, Portugal Rotary Club of Perov, Czech Republic 2240 Israel Newberry July 2008 Chulalongkorn University Israel started an organization called Save the Future in Monrovia, Liberia. Save the Future focuses on health (malaria and HIV control), local leadership capacity building, civic youth education, and land & environment conflict resolution. Monrovia Liberia Liberia French, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia 9100 Trent Newman 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley He works 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. Sydney Australia Australia Virginia Nordby/District 6380 Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Croatian, and French RESPECT, Uganda Rotary Club of Taree on Manning, NSW, Australia 9650 Thi Thu Thao Nguyen January 2011 Chulalongkorn University She works for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation as a country representative at their Vietnam office in Hanoi. Hanoi Vietnam Vietnam English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, CA, USA 5130 Sarin Nhek July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the director of the Amara Service Center in Phnom Penh. Amara helps its clients engage in the Cambodian social activities and to learn through job placements and cultural experience within the public and private sectors and within civil society to contribute to protecting the environment, which in turn will promote human rights and improve living conditions of vulnerable and marginalized communities. Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowment Khmer, English, French, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. 3350 Kelly Nicholls 2005-07 University of Bradford Washington, DC USA Australia English and Spanish, intermediate French and Portuguese United Nations Special Expert for Minorities at American University, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Inc., NSW, Australia 9680 Auriel Niemack 2011-13 International Christian University Auriel’s background is in climate change, political risk and foreign policy related issues. Her area of focus during her fellowship will be on public health and peacebuilding, and economic development. Tokyo Japan South Africa English, Afrikaans, French IPSI, Bologna, Italy & Human Rights Watch (at HRW partner organziation Pantau), Jakarta, Indonesia. Rotary Club of Johannesburg North Central, South Africa 9400 Yung Kim Nietschke 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a staff member at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) working in the Education and Scholarships Taskforce department in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Canberra Australia Australia English, Portuguese & Spanish UNESCO International Conflict Resolution Centre, Sydney, Australia Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Marieke Nieuwendijk January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a program officer for Simavi in the Netherlands, a public health and water and sanitation organization. She will be working on projects in Malawi. Haarlem Netherlands Netherlands English, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Breda West, Netherlands 1610 Paivi Nikander February 2012 Chulalongkorn University She is the head of Decentralization Section in International Civilian Office for the European Union Special Representative to Kosovo. Hameenlinna Finland Finland Finnish, English, Swedish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Vanajavesi, Finland 1390 Matias Ninkov July 2006 Chulalongkorn University Matias was accepted at the School of Foreign Service (Ministry of International Relations and Trade) in Argentina to become a diplomat. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Chinese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Lujan Juan B Barnech, Argentina 4855 Megumi Nishikura 2006-08 International Christian University She works for the United Nations University Media Studio in Tokyo to help produce videos for their web magazine Our World 2.0. Tokyo Japan USA/Japan English and Japanese Dropping Knowledge , Berlin, Germany Rotary Club of Los Angeles, CA, USA 5280 Yumiko Nogami Engel 2003-05 University of Bradford She lives in Lubbock, TX, USA, where is a translator for a non-profit organization called the International Longevity Center Japan. Lubbock USA Japan English and Japanese Educators of Social Responsibility, New York Rotary Club of Hiroshima South, Japan 2710 Aref Noorzai January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is pursuing a master's degree in peace and justice studies at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. San Diego USA Afghanistan English, Dari, Pushto Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Houston, TX, USA 5890 Judith Norton 2003-05 University of Bradford She is a PhD candidate in Comparative Studies/International Relations at the University of Georgia. She is teaching a course on international law at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. She is also working as a research associate with the Center for International Trade and Security. Athens USA USA English, Mandarin Chinese, Basic French and Kazakh Rotary Club of New Bedford, MA, USA 7950 Paul Nyibek 2011-13 University of Bradford Paul is a scholar, a human rights advocate, and a community organizer with particular interest in the responsibility to protect, critical international relations, security studies, and peace and conflict resolution. Bradford UK Canada Electronics, Yen-Shen and Catherine Hsieh Rotary World Peace Fellowship Shilluk, English, Arabic Rotary Club of Edmonton Mayfield, Canada 5370 Bryan Nykon 2009-11 University of Bradford Bryan is a Peace Officer with the Vancouver Police Department, working in the Video Forensics Unit. Vancouver Canada Canada Jason and Betty Hsu Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Japanese United Nations Messengers of Peace & Special Projects in New York. Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown, BC, Canada 5040 Christian Oakes 2002-04 University of Queensland Philippines USA English Habitat for Humanity, Boston, USA Rotary Club of Green Cove Springs, FL, USA 6970 Yuko Oaku 2012-14 International Christian University Yuko hopes to focus her studies on development of peace education and social participation especially in regards to anti-nuclear movements in Japan. Tokyo Japan Japan Japanese, English,Spanish Rotary Club of Oyama Chou, Japan 2550 Juliana Obonyo 2010-12 University of Bradford Juliana comes to the fellowship with six years of experience implementing education, human rights, and conflict management programs in Uganda and southern Sudan. She is also a co-founder for KGL consultants, a consultancy firm in northern Uganda that deals with conflict management programs, transitional justice, research, and training for clients in Uganda and neighboring countries. Additionally, she founded Karamoja Peace and Development Discussion Network, which operates a blog to bring varied perspectives on peace and development in the war ravaged Karamoja region in Uganda. Bradford UK Uganda English, Luo, Ngakarimojong Center for Gender Security and Human Rights at UMASS, Boston, USA Rotary Club of Gulu, Uganda 9200 Mitchell O'Brien 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is a consultant with the World Bank, working predominantly in the areas of parliaments, conflict and poverty, and parliament and the media. He is also a resident research fellow with the Democracy Coalition Project (DCP) in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA Australia Paul and Carolyn Rizza Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations High Commission for Human Rights/Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Sydney, NSW, Australia 9750 Shannon O'Brien 2003-05 International Christian University Shannon is an awards program associate at the Lemelson-MIT Program, supporting their mission of 'Celebrating Innovation and Inspiring Youth.' She is also a connector for Boston World Partnerships, an organization that helps the city of Boston work with business leaders around the world. Boston USA USA English and French Rotary Club of Wellesley, MA, USA 7910 Maria Ochwat June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Maria works as a lecturer at universities in Poland. She is also a business trainer, coach and a film producer. Myslowice Poland Poland Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowed Fund Polish, English,French,Russian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Katowice, Poland 2230 Arik Gutler Ofir 2004-06 University of Queensland Arik established the Theatre Centre for Social Justice in Galilee. The Centre focuses on two projects: a workshop that aims to train more practitioners, and a theatre group that aims to reach the public. Arik teaches political science and theatre at a local high school. He is part of a team which facilitates workshops on humanism and holocaust for Arab and Jewish students from different high schools. He also teaches a course called 'Theatre in the Community' at Western Galilee College. Acre Israel Israel English and Hebrew Jews for Just Peace, Vancouver, Canada Rotary Club of Maa'lot, Israel 2490 Akiko Okudaira 2005-07 University of Queensland Akiko is pursuing a PhD at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy. She received a scholarship from the Australian National University in Canberra. Her field research focuses on the protracted refugee situations along the Thai-Myanmar border. Canberra Australia Japan Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Japanese, English, and Basic Myanmar (Burmese) UNHCR, Thailand Rotary Club of Tokyo Koganei, Japan 2750 David Oliveira de Souza 2002-04 Sciences Po . Health consultant in AIDS programs for rural Areas and Prisons for CARE INTERNATIONAL. . Health consultant for "Doctors without boarders" (MSF) in Violence and neglected diseases programs. . Manager in AIDS and STDs programs for the Ministry of Health of Brazil. Sergipe Brazil Brazil Portuguese, English, Italian, and French Pastoral da Crianca, Brazil Rotary Club of Rio de Janeiro-Botafogo, Brazil 4570 Jeniece Olsen 2008-10 University of Queensland Jeniece works for the Australian Red Cross in Brisbane. As project implementation coordinator, she is responsible for contributing to a wide variety of service development and policy projects in priority areas of interest to the Red Cross, including homelessness, family development, place-based community development, and economic inclusion. Brisbane Australia USA English, French Romero Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Rotary Club of Minneapolis South, MN, USA 5950 Elizabeth Ondoru July 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is a program officer with the Justice Peace Human Rights Commission in Arua, Uganda. Arua Uganda Uganda Lugbara, Kakwa, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Arua, Uganda 9200 Emeka Onyekwere 2007-09 University of Bradford Emeka is based in the UK and works as an associate at Austin Consult, Berlin. He serves as a resource adviser on conflict early warning and response mechanisms, security sector governance, conflict analysis, and peacebuilding. He is also pursuing his PHD at Bradford. Bradford UK Nigeria English European Center for Conflict Prevention, The Hague, Netherlands. Rotary Club of Makurdi, Nigeria 2260 Peter Paul Opata 2010-12 University of Bradford He is the executive secretary for HIV and AIDS at the Uganda Catholic Secretariat in Kampala, Uganda. His team leads the nonclinical interventions of the Catholic Bishops Conference in Uganda on HIV & AIDS. He provides leadership, guidance, linkage with government and other partners, resource mobilisation, advocacy, and provide overall programmatic and technical supervision to all the 19 Catholic dioceses in the region. Kampala Uganda Uganda Japadhola, English Campaign for good governance, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda 9200 Robert Opira 2005-07 University of Queensland Robert is a peace and conflict consultant, providing technical support to humanitarian agencies helping internally displaced persons in Northern Uganda. He is also the director of the Great Lakes Center for Conflict Resolution in Uganda. He lives in Gulu Town, Uganda. Gulu Town Uganda Uganda Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Acholi/Luo Amnesty International, Zambia Rotary Club of Gulu, Uganda 9200 Vadim Ostrovsky 2005-07 University of Queensland He works in the Leadership Associate Program for MeadWestvaco in Richmond, VA. Richmond USA Ukraine Russian, English, and Ukrainian UNDP AIDS, Cairo, Egypt; "ClickUkraine", Kiev, Ukraine Danville-Riverview Rotary Club, USA 7570 Rosalvina Otalora Cortes 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador During the time Rosalvina worked for the National Commission on Reparation and Reconciliation, she had the opportunity to be near victims and to learn about the conflict in Colombia. As a professor in different universities, she researched the relationship between the economy, conflict, and the law. She is very interested in the economies of war. Buenos Aires Argentina Colombia Spanish, English IDISCO, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Club Rotario Bogota-Teusaquillo, Columbia 4290 Amanda Ottman 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Amanda's area of focus is on the rights of children and youth, specifically in Latin America. She is interested in the areas of development, especially within the system of education, that work towards systemic change to ensure these universal standards for all children. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Portuguese Rotary Club of Shakopee, MN, USA 5950 Kouname Remi Oussou 2007-09 International Christian University Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire Baule, English, French, German, and Spanish UNITAR, Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific (HOAP). Rotary Club of Cotonou Centre, Benin 9100 Sarah Oxford 2011-13 University of Bradford Sarah looks forward to expanding her skills in mediation and conflict prevention. She hopes to adapt the skills she learns at Bradford and apply the Rotary mission to her work in the field of international development. Bradford UK USA English, French, Spanish, Fulfulde Rotary Club of Menlo Park, CA, USA 5150 Duang-ramon Paaptanti 2012-14 International Christian University Tokyo Japan Thailand Thai, English Rotary Club of Bangrak, Thailand 3350 D.F. Pace June 2011 Chulalongkorn University A professor, attorney, and ranking member of the Philadelphia Police Department, Pace's areas of interest include using peace building concepts to develop stronger partnerships between law enforcement and the community. As a professor of business ethics, he looks forward to using his fellowship to show how compromise building, conflict resolution, and ethics work together to improve business and interpersonal relationships. Philadelphia USA USA English, Italian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Philadelphia, PA, USA 7450 Pamela Padilla 2008-10 University of Queensland She is a project development officer at the Office of Special Concerns of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in Pasig City, Philippines. Her office handles overseas development and technical assistance from organizations like the UN and World Bank in conflict-affected areas in the Philippines. She is the focal person for a program to address the situation of internally displaced people in these areas. Pasig City Philippines Philippines Filipino, English Human Rights Education Institute of Burma, Chang Mai, Thailand. Rotary Club of Pasig San Juan, Philippines 3800 Anabella Palacios 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a research fellow with the Multilateral Investment Fund, Access to Markets Unit at the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington, DC. She will support the development of agricultural value chains. Washington, DC USA Argentina Cheryl Kelley Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Spanish, English, Japanese, Turkish United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Panama City, Panama. Rotary Club of Cordoba- Avenida General Paz, Argentina 4815 Rebecca Palmstrom 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley She works for Human Rights Watch in New York. New York USA UK English, Japanese. Spanish, Burmese KANERE News Service, Kakuma Refugee camp, South Africa and Kenya. Rotary Club of Cardiff Breakfast, Wales 1150 Mutiara Pasaribu 2010-12 International Christian University She is interested in gender and peacebuilding issues. She has worked with women at the grassroots level in conflict affected areas in Indonesia. Tokyo Japan Indonesia Jason and Betty Hsu Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Indonesian, English., French Judicial System Monitoring Programme, Dili, Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Bandung, Indonesia 3400 Abhay Pathak July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is an assistant professor of commerce for the government of M.P. in Ratlam, India. Ratlam India India Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ratlam, India 3040 Raveendra Pathiranage July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is senior state counsel in the Attorney-General's Department, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is also a legal consultant for the Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sinhala, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. District 3220, Sri Lanka 3220 Aarti Anant Patil June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is the principal of the Vidyanchal School in India. Pune India India Hindi, Marathi, English, Hinde Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pune Ganeshkhind, India 3131 Valdir Pavao January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a captain with the Sao Paulo State Fire Department. He began a master degree program in public safety at CAES (High Studies Public Safety Center). His research is focused on carbon mitigation and neutralization. His is also a lecturer at UNIP Paulista University teaching crisis management. Sao Paulo Brazil Brazil Portuguese, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Sao Paulo - Vila Alpina, Brazil 4430 William Payne 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador William is a doctoral candidate in critical human geography at York University in Toronto. His research focus is violations of the human rights of sexual minorities in the context of armed conflict. He is also an at-large member for security for the International Council of Peace Brigades International with particular responsibilities on the Emergency Response Committee and is a Reserve Corps member with Christian Peacemaker Teams. Toronto Canada Canada English, Spanish and French International Alert, London, UK Rotary Club of Windsor, ON, Canada 6400 Lilian Pedrosa 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley She works for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Geneva, Switzerland. Her focus is countries in Southern Africa. Geneva Switzerland Brazil Portuguese and English United Nations University International Courses, Tokyo, Japan; Barefoot College, Tilonia, India Rotary Club of São Paulo-Pinheiros, Brazil 4610 Justin Peele 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Justin is a special agent with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security under the US Department of State in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA English, Spanish, Portuguese, Guarani Rotary Club of Siler City, NC, USA 7690 Jadav Pegu June 2012 Chulalongkorn University He serves as administrator and executive magistrate under the State Government of Assam. Kokrajhar India India The Bhichai Rattakul Endowed Fund for Rotary Centers Assamese, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bongaigaon, India 3240 Bhaskar Pegu June 2012 Chulalongkorn University He serves in the State Civil Service in the State of Assam in India. Dibrugarh India India Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowed Fund Assamese, English, Hindi Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dibrugarh, India 3240 Jarod Pepper January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is an administrative specialist working with government contracts for KBR, working at their Middle Eastern headquarters in Baghdad (Green Zone), Iraq. Baghdad Iraq USA French and English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Tampa Downtown Daybreak, FL, USA 6890 Izabela da Costa Pereira 2005-07 Universidad del Salvador Izabela works for the UNDP as the director of execution and project analysis for Brazil - Haiti technical cooperation. She advises Brazilian foreign policy to implement cooperation projects for the reconstruction and development of Haiti following the earthquake there. Brasília Brazil Brazil Portuguese, French, Spanish, and English UNIFEM, Dakar, Senegal Rotary Club of Brasília 5 de Dezembro, Brazil 4530 Aldo Perfetto Alexandrow 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina Aldo works for the Office of Multilateral Affairs and Integration in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. He is responsible for sustainable development-related issues as an inter-institutional coordinator and lead negotiator for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Caracas Venezuela Venezuela Spanish, English, French, Italian United Nations Development Programme, New York. Rotary Club of Casco Histórico de Caracas, Venezuela 4370 Sara Petersson 2005-07 University of California - Berkeley Sara is the senior programmes support manager for Asia and the Middle East for Marie Stopes International. Marie Stopes International is a not-for-profit sexual and reproductive health organisation that uses modern business methods to achieve the social goal of preventing unintended pregnancies and unplanned births in 43 countries worldwide. London UK Sweden Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Swedish, English, basic French and Spanish UNOCHA, New York Rotary Club of Lund St. Knut, Sweden 2390 Zuzana Petovska 2008-10 University of Queensland She is an administrative/program officer with the UNHCR office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta Indonesia Slovakia Slovak, English, Russian, Czech North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Darwin and Tiwi Islands, Australia. Rotary Club of Kosice, Slovakia 2240 Milen Veselinov Peychev July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the senior strategic planning expert at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science in Bulgaria. Sofia Bulgaria Bulgeria Russian and English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Sofia Vitosha, Bulgeria 2482 Ratchanee Phataisit July 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is the office manager of Makkasan Church in Bangkok. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai, German Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dusit, Thailand 3350 Phillip Phiri 2006-08 International Christian University He is the president of the Sustainable Environment and Peace Education Network (SEPEN) in Zambia. The organization focuses on environmental issues, poverty, HIV/AIDS, good governance, and peace and conflict resolution with primary focus on peace education. Zambia Zambia English United Network of Young Peacebuilders, The Hague, Netherlands Rotary Club of Kosciusko, MS, USA 6820 Andy Piker July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is an associate professor and program coordinator for the Philosophy program at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, TX, USA. Corpus Christi USA USA English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi, TX, USA 5930 Wendi Pillars 2002-04 University of Bradford Wendi teaches and advocates for English Language Learners in Chatham County Schools in North Carolina, USA. She is the lead English as a Second Language teacher and is also the grant writer and liaison for the county. Her teaching extends into staff development on best practices for working with English Language Learners in her own school as well as others in the county. Siler City USA USA English, Czech, Russian, Spanish Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Poland & Slovakia Rotary Club of Siler City, NC, USA 7690 Morgan Pillay 2008-10 International Christian University He is an investigations specialist for the UN Population Fund in the Division for Oversight Services. New York USA South Africa Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Afrikans, Japanese South African Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, South Africa. Rotary Club of Grahamstown, South Africa 9320 Simona Pinton 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley Simona is a university lecturer in political science and international law. Seattle USA Italy Italian, English, and French International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania Rotary Club of Padova, Italy 2060 Ville-Veikko Pitkänen 2006-08 University of Queensland He works for the Civilian Crisis Management Centre Finland. The CMC Finland is responsible for all the training and recruitment of the Finnish civilian crisis management experts. Kuopio Finland Finland English, Finnish, Swedish, basic Spanish Children of Cambodia, Cambodia Rotary Club of Leppävirta, Finland 1430 Petchara Pliensiri July 2006 Chulalongkorn University She is a justice affairs officer in the Office of the Witness Protection for the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection under the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bang Khen, Thailand 3350 Stephanie Pollack January 2008 Chulalongkorn University Stephanie is the president of Creative Facilitations, an Oregon-based consulting firm which provides experiential education, teambuilding and staff retreats, program development, intercultural communication, and arts-based training. She is also currently working as an instructor of communication at the Singapore Institute of Management. Singapore USA Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Aloha-Sunset, USA 5100 Zelie Pollon July 2006 Chulalongkorn University Zelie is a journalist, currently working for Reuters. Santa Fe USA USA/ France Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Santa Fe, NM, USA 5520 Zelie Pollon 2009-11 University of Bradford Zelie is a journalist, currently working for Reuters. Santa Fe USA USA English, French, Spanish Transcultural Psychological Organization Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Rotary Club of Santa Fe, NM, USA 5520 Youla Pompilus-Touré 2008-10 University of Bradford Youla works for the Canadian Red Cross. Montréal Canada Canada James and Linda Bradley Named Rotary Peace Fellowship French, English, Spanish, Hatian Creole Nations office of CARE International, New York City. Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, Canada 7040 Jeffrey Pool 2003-05 Sciences Po He is features editor for Magharebia.com, a US-sponsored news website devoted to North Africa. He is based in Washington, DC, USA. Washington, DC USA USA English, French, and Arabic Internship at Peace Research Institute in Tampere, Finland Rotary Club of Tigard, OR, USA 5100 Antonia Porter 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley She is a project officer for the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa. She works on the Conflict Intervention and Peacebuilding Support Project (CIPS). Cape Town South Africa UK John and Kirsten Swift Family Fund Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Portuguese, French, Hindi, Nepali Phaphama Initiatives & Search for Common Ground, Cape Town, South Africa & Luanda, Angola. Rotary Club of Ripon, UK 1040 Kristin Post 2006-08 University of Queensland She is a subject matter expert at the US Marine Corps Center for the Advancement of Cultural Operational Learning in Quantico, VA. Arlington USA USA Spanish and English Al-Laz Theatre, Acre, Israel. Rotary Club of Chapel Hill, NC, USA 7710 Megan Powers 2004-06 Universidad del Salvador Megan is a senior project manager at Grassroots Solutions in Minneapolis, MN. Grassroots Solutions is a political consulting firm that specializes in grassroots organizing, engagement, and mobilizing. St. Paul USA USA English, Spanish and basic Korean UNESCO , Ulster, Ireland Rotary Club of New Richmond, WI, USA 5960 Gyan Prakash July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is Principal Correspondent for The Times of India in Patna, Binar, India Patna India India English, Hindi, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Patna Ashok, India 3250 Arnoldas Pranckevicius 2002-04 Sciences Po Arnoldas is the external policies adviser to the President of the European Parliament. He advises the President on the Eastern policy (covering Eastern Europe, Russia, Baltic and Nordic area, Western Balkans, and Turkey), European Union enlargement strategy, and security and defence issues. Brussels Belgium Lithuania English, French, Russian, and Lithuanian Permanent Delegation of Lithuania to UNESCO, Paris, France Rotary Club of Hamilton, NY, USA 7150 Elaine Pratley June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Contractor, China Development Brief Beijing China Malaysia English, Malay, Cantonese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Wellington South, New Zealand 9940 Elektra Printz 2003-05 International Christian University She started her own apparel line, Coup. New York USA USA English, Portuguese, and Spanish Veerayatan, Gujarat, India Rotary Club of Towsontowne, MD, USA 7620 Crystal Procyshen 2003-05 International Christian University Crystal works for CIDA in the Strategic Policy and Planning Branch. Her focus is donor relations. Ottawa Canada Canada English, Arabic, and French UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Cairo, Egypt Rotary Club of Calgary, AB, Canada 5360 Terdsak Putson July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is the director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission under the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bangrak Phi, Thailand 3350 Chris Quinlan February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Chris is a community volunteer coordinator with Heifer International. He has a strong interest in issues of food security and sustainable agriculture, including the role of food systems in conflict prevention and resolution. Barron USA USA English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Barron County Sunrise, WI, USA 5960 Anne Clare Angela Radday 2007-09 International Christian University She is the senior manager of research in the Social Impact Research Department of Root Cause in Boston, MA, USA. Social Impact Research is a non-profit that works with advisory firms to enable them to serve their clients' needs in regard to philanthropy. Boston USA USA German, Hausa, French Root Cause, Cambridge, MA, USA. Rotary Club of Stuart-Sunrise, FL, USA 6930 Amanda Rader 2005-07 University of Queensland Amanda is a program designer for Carpe Diem Education. She creates an experiential education program with the goal of exposing youth to the realities of indigenous people. Portland USA USA English and Spanish Center for Peace Building International, Kathmandu, Nepal Rotary Club of Lancaster, PA, USA 7390 Rachel Rafferty 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Rachel plans to look at violence reduction through classroom techniques to increase emotional literacy. In the future she would like to play a positive role in reforming education so that it focuses more on developing students into peaceful, pro-active citizens. She is particularly passionate about the opportunities offered by the adoption of informal educational approaches into the mainstream education sector. Chapel Hill USA UK Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, French Institute of Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, The Netherlands. Rotary Club of Coleraine, UK 1160 Leandro Ragone 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina He works for the municipality of Salto, Argentina, coordinating and leading a study on poverty and its socio-economic dimensions, leading a survey for determining indicators on education, health, and socio-economic policies. Salto Argentina Argentina Spanish, Italian, English, French UNDP-Panama City, Panama City, Panama. Rotary Club of Salto, Argentina 4825 Rabia Raja January 2011 Chulalongkorn University She is the founder and executive director of the Sunshine Consulting Welfare Organization in Lahore, Pakistan. The organization focuses on education and counseling to underprivileged children in rural areas of Pakistan. Lahore Pakistan Pakistan Urdu, English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Lahore, Pakistan 3272 Aditya Vikram Rametra 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley He is a consultant and writer on issues of development, and conflicts surrounding development. He is working to establish a 'School for Democracy' and 'an institute for people-centric public policy' in India. Chandigarh India India English, Hindi, Punjabi, and basic Portuguese CARE , Atlanta, Tanzania, Malawi. Rotary Club of Chandigarh MidTown, India 3080 Alejandra Ramirez 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador She is a coordinator at Asociacion Paz con Dignidad where she develops projects to create awareness, share experience, and initiate action in Spain concerning human rights in Latin America. Balearic Islands Spain Mexico Spanish, English, French Organization of American States, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Monterrey Metropolitano, Mexico 4130 Analia Ramos 2004-06 University of Bradford She is involved in drought and emergency projects in Africa and Latin America under FAO. Khartoum Sudan Argentina English, Spanish, basic French and Portuguese World Food Program, Rome, Italy Rotary Club of Cordoba, Argentina 4815 Juliet Ramzan 2012-14 Uppsala University Juliet is interested in the role of mediation in the resolution of international disputes. She will focus her studies on the role of inter-regional organisations in establishing and maintaining peace generally and particularly through mediation. Buenos Aires Argentina Australia/Ireland English, Spanish, Frech Rotary Club of Norwood, SA, Australia 9520 Sergio Alejo Rapu Haoa 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley He is a PhD candidate at University of Hawaii - Manoa in Honolulu, HI, USA. Honolulu USA Chile Spanish and English East West Center - Pacific Islands Development Program, Easter Island, Chile Rotary Club of Isla de Pascua, Chile 4340 Gavin Raymond 2012-14 University of Bradford Gavin was born and raised in Zaire/DR Congo, giving him a unique perspective on the effects of conflict in Africa. He has recently finished a nine year career in the New Zealand Army. He plans to work with post-conflict regions at a community and district level to help them develop self-sustainable, transparent frameworks of development, governance and security. Gavin’s primary regional interests are Western and Sub-Saharan Africa. Bradford UK New Zealand English, French Rotary Club of Riccarton, New Zealand 9970 Glenn Raynor 2009-11 International Christian University Tokyo Japan Canada Noboru Ohkubo Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, French, Japanese Solomon Islands Community Conservation Project (SICCP), East Honiara, Solomon Islands. Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside, BC, Canada 5020 CSR Reddy 2003-05 University of Bradford He is a police officer now in the state of Punjab. India India English, Hindi, and Punjabi Rotary Club of Ludiana, India 3070 Marybeth Redheffer June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Marybeth is a policy research officer for DARA in New Jersey. She specializes in research and analysis of donor governments’ humanitarian policies and the international policy framework of the humanitarian sector. Medford Lakes USA USA English, Spanish, Italian, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Medford Sunrise, NJ, USA 7500 Danielle Reiff 2002-04 Sciences Po She was assigned as the head of the program office for the Cuba program at USAID in Washington, DC, USA. Washington, DC USA USA English and French Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution, The Hague, Netherlands Rotary Club of New York, NY, USA 7230 Tito Revereal June 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a program advisor for ZOA Refugee Care in South Sudan. Sudan Philippines Filipino, English, Hindi, Khmer, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Nakorn Rajasima, Cambodia 3340 Beatriz Rey 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina As a Rotary Peace Fellow, Beatriz intends to investigate possible relations between political consensus and policy stability in education in Brazil and in Finland. She believes the Rotary Peace Fellowship will provide her with the skills and knowledge to address Brazil’s problems in education as a researcher. Also, it will boost her career as a journalist, as she will be more qualified to cover the field as a reporter or an editor. Chapel Hill USA Brazil Portuguese, English, Spanish, French Rotary Club of Sao Paulo - Santo Amarol, Brazil 4420 Nissa Rhee 2011-13 University of Queensland Nissa is interested in how communities rebuild after conflicts. As a journalist, she has spent the last five years covering human rights and security issues in the U.S. and Asia. Brisbane Australia USA English, Korean, French Rotary Club of Seoul, South Korea 3650 Heather Richmond 2009-11 International Christian University Manila Philippines USA English, Cebuano/Visayan Asia Pacific Research Network, Quezon City, Philippines Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise, GA, USA 6920 Saeed Rid 2004-06 University of California - Berkeley He was selected for a Commonwealth scholarship for Ph.D. study at the University of Bradford by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Bradford UK Pakistan English, Sindhi, Siraiki and Urdu Friends of South Asia, Berkeley and Pakistan Rotary Club of Khairpur, Pakistan 3270 Anne Kjaer Riechert 2010-12 International Christian University Berlin Germany Denmark Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, German, Spanish IDEO, Palo Alto, CA, USA Rotary Club of Copenhagen International, Denmark 1470 Keely Robinson 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador She is a bilingual family planning health educator for Community Healthcare Network, a non-profit organization that provides free or low-cost clinic-based health care in low income communities in New York City. She performs one-on-one health counseling sessions with patients, focusing on sexual and reproductive health issues. She also facilitates educational workshops in high schools and community based organizations on issues like healthy relationships, body image, and gender and sexuality. New York USA USA English, Spanish, Thai, Mandarin Global Health Access Program, Mae Sot, Thailand Rotary Club of Charleston, SC, USA 7770 Thavia Robinson 2003-05 University of Bradford She is a research assistant and PhD candidate at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She is studying women in crime in Jamaica's garrisons - their roles, contribution and increased activism in illicit activities. Jamaica Jamaica Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Patois, French, and English Rotary Club of St. Andrew-North, Jamaica 7020 Wellington Rocha July 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is an English professor in Face Alfor, Brazil. Além Paraíba Brazil Brazil Portuguese, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Além Paraíba, Brazil 4580 Richard Roeder 2011-13 University of Queensland Richard is interested in using his legal skills to foster peace and development. Buenos Aires Argentina Germany German, English, Spanish, French, Russian Rotary Club of Rosenheim-Innstadt, Germany 1840 Roberta Rodrigues 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador Roberta works for MERCOSUR (in Spanish: Mercado Común del Sur), in the FOCEM's Technical Unit. This is a structural convergence fund to finance projects to develop the smaller economies and the less developed regions in the four countries that make up MERCORSUR. The unit is responsible for the financial and technical evaluation of proposals within a framework of programs which include grants to the institutional strengthening in the integration process. Montevideo Uraguay Brazil Portuguese, Spanish and English Finca Exports, Peru. Rotary Club of Serra-Carapina, Brazil 4410 Ana Maria Rodriguez Contreras 2011-13 University of Queensland Ana Maria has experience working on issues such as community development, humanitarian aid, human rights, and conflict resolution. She is the founder, president of Arte Para la Paz; Esencia Viva, a youth group dedicated to humanitarian aid and social photography with a goal of finding and teaching mechanisms of conflict resolution and peace building strategies through education in order to transform vulnerable and marginal communities into sustainable once. Brisbane Australia Colombia Spanish, English Rotary Club of Bogotá Chapinero, Colombia 4290 Arthur Romano 2004-06 University of Bradford Arthur is an assistant professor in the conflict analysis and resolution department at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, USA. With another peace fellow, Cherine Badawi, he also facilitates dynamic, experiential diversity workshops for university students around the US. The name of the initiative is "Diversity Matters Now". Washington, DC USA USA English and Spanish Independent research on peace education in the USA, India, and Japan Rotary Club of Woodstock, NY, USA 7210 María Zazil Romero Echavarría 2004-06 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is the director of the International Affairs Program at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara Mexico Mexico English and Spanish Organization for American States, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Monterrey Metropolitiano, Mexico 4130 Sarah Romorini 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador Sarah is the director of programs at Population Services International El Salvador (locally known as PASMO - the Pan American Social Marketing Organization). She is responsible for managing projects that address HIV prevention, youth life-skills, family planning, violence prevention, and nationwide research on behavior change communication and health impact. San Salvador El Salvador USA English, Spanish Catholic Relief Services, El Salvador Rotary Club of Bethesda, MD, USA 7620 Gabriele Rose July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is a consultant to Empowering Peace in Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia. Glenorchy Australia Australia Korean, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Claremont, TAS, Australia 9830 Cindy Rose 2005-07 University of Bradford She is the first secretary (political) at the Australian Embassy in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA Australia Mandarin, English Rotary Club of Maclean, NSW, Australia 9640 Perth Rosen 2005-07 University of Queensland Perth is a technical training advisor with the Latin American division of Freedom from Hunger in Davis, CA, which specializes in developing innovative "added value" capacity building products for microfinance institutions. Davis USA USA English, Spanish, and German International Organization on Migration, Costa Rica Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, CA, USA 5340 Nancy Ross January 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is a PhD candidate at Bradford University while living in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Lunenberg Canada Canada English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Lunenburg, NS, Canada 7820 Lorena Rossel 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley She is an independent consultant on peace-building issues. She currently works on a research project for Columbia University on the sustainable dialogue mechanisms between the Peruvian government and indigenous communities for the development of the Amazon region. Lima Peru Peru Spanish, French, and English Academy for Educational Development, Nepal Transition to Peace Initiative, Nepal Rotary Club of Salamanca de Monterrico, Peru 4450 Ryan Rowe 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Ryan works in Malawi, where he advises the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Water on a strategy to scale up access to safe water nationwide. He also continues his collaboration with the World Health Organization and UNICEF via the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in the area of point-of-use water treatment. Malawi Canada English, French, Spanish, Portuguese Safe Water and AIDS Project; Carolina for Kibera; Aga Khan Foundation, Kenya (Kisumu, Nairobi & Mombasa) Rotary Club of Montreal-Lakeshore, QC, Canada 7040 Alejandra Rueda-Zarate 2008-10 University of California - Berkeley Alejandra started a strategic thinking initiative called Nature, Energy & Society. This initiative looks for a balanced equation between the environmental, social, and economic perspectives, improving the quality of life of people, especially those living in rural areas. Colombia Colombia Spanish, English, French E3 Network, San Francisco. Rotary Club of Bogota, Colombia 4290 Luisa Ryan 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina Luisa is the monitoring and evaluation specialist in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Internews, an American NGO working on media development assistance. Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo Australia English, French, Spanish United Nations in New York. Rotary Club of Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia 9600 Aime Saba 2007-09 University of Bradford Aime is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Queensland. His thesis examines the role of international and regional organizations in negotiating post-conflict state re-building in politically complex environments, looking at Afghanistan and Somalia as case studies. Brisbane Australia Australia/Burundi Swahili, French, English, Kirundi, and basic Spanish United Nations, Department of Political Affairs, Asia-Pacific Branch/Iraq Team, New York City. Rotary Club of Canberra Fyshwick, ACT, Australia 9710 Ben Salah June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Promoted to project coordinator and head of research practice of peace with the Felix Houphouet Boigny Foundation for Peace Research in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire. Abidjan Cote d'ivoire Cote d'ivoire French, Spanish, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire 9100 Fernanda Salina Fiore 2004-06 University of Queensland She is a PhD candidate in international studies with specialization in international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (IHEID), University of Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva Switzerland Argentina and Italy English, Italian, Spanish and French Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiation, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Rosario, Argentina 4940 Zumrat Salmorbekova 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Zumrat is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she is working with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) as an international expert on peace, reconciliation and security issues in the Ferghana Valley in Central Asia. She is a member of United Nations Joint Rapid Needs Assessment team and travels to the region to do in-depth gender sensitive needs assessments. Chapel Hill USA Kyrgyzstan English, Russian, Uigur, Kyrgyz Research Triangle Institute, Durham, NC. Rotary Club of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2430 Babasaheb Samudre January 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the joint district registrar, posted to Mumbai, India. Mumbai India India Marathi, Hindi, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Latur, India 3132 Brian Sandberg 2008-10 Universidad del Salvador Brian is a community development consultant at Guayakí Yerba Mate, an organization committed to improving the lives of residents in communities in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay by generating renewable income streams by harvesting organic yerba mate from rainforest grown cultivations and reforestation projects. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish Instituto Ipanema (Instituto de Pesquisas Avancadas em Economia e Meio Ambiente) - FANAS in Brazil Rotary Club of Portland, ME, USA 7780 Rhett Sangster 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Durham USA Canada English, French Rotary Club of Ottawa, ON, Canada 7040 Sorawit Sangsuwan January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is an instructor in peace and conflict in the Liberal Arts Division of Mae Fah Luang University, in Chiangrai, Thailand. Chiangrai Thailand Thailand English, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chiang Rai North, Thailand 3360 Jose Antonio Carating Santiago 2007-09 University of Bradford Tony is the managing director and head coach at Queen's English IELTS Review Center in Manila, Philippines. He is also an associate professor teaching business policy at the University of Makati. Manila Philippines Philippines English International Alert, Peacebuilding Issues program, London. Rotary Club of Balanga, Philippines 3790 Nelson E. Sanz Cadena 2010-12 International Christian University His area of expertise is the role of the international community in democracy promotion in Southeast Asia, particularly in Myanmar/Burma. He is especially excited to study the new challenges to democracy in Latin American countries and the rise of totalitarianism as potential regional threat. Adelaide Australia Venezuela Spanish, English Search for Common Ground, Dili, Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Las Mercedes, Venezuela 4370 Athili Sapriina 2012-14 University of Queensland Athili is a journalist with an interest in development issues, new media, youth, and health with a special focus on indigenous peoples. He has worked with media and other stakeholders in reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. His research includes counter insurgency programs of the state in armed conflict situations. He is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network and represents the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights. Brisbane Australia India James and Linda Bradley Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Indigenous 'Naga', English, Nagamese, Hindi Rotary Club of The Stroundsburgs, PA, USA 7410 Sagorika Sarmah February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Sagorika is an active member of several NGOs in Northeast India, including the Resource Development Institution, Surabhi Samaj Kalyan Kendra, League in Friendship Endeavour (LIFE). These NGOs focus on development programs for underserved and disadvantaged people, human rights amidst tribal conflicts, and peace education. Guwahati India India Assamese, English, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Gauhati South, India 3240 Jayanta Sarmah February 2012 Chulalongkorn University He is an associate professor at Gauhati University in Assam, India. Guwahati India India Assamese, English, Hindi, Bengali Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of West Gauhati, India 3240 Paskaran Sathasivam January 2008 Chulalongkorn University He is a project coordinator with Viluthu in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Jaffna, Sri Lanka 3220 Smita Savant July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She is the principal of the Sinhgad Spring Dale School in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Pune India India Marathi, Hindi, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Pune Ganeshkhind, India 3131 Ann Schumacher January 2008 Chulalongkorn University Ann has set up community-building circles, called Circles of Care, with high school girls in a Detroit high school. She meets with each group to discuss topics that are concerning the girls. The idea is to provide a safe and wholesome space where they can open up and share their concerns, build deeper and richer friendships and have a support structure in the school. The Circles are a proactive approach to reducing stress levels and in some case, potential conflict created by alienation and/or high stress levels. In addition, she is working on her doctorate in peace and conflict studies at Wayne State University. Auburn Hills USA USA Croatian, Spanish, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Detroit, MI, USA 6400 Anna Schurmann 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina Anna is a technical advisor at IntraHealth International in Bengaluru, India. Bangalore India Australia English, Spanish and basic Bengali International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rotary Club of Carlton, VIC, Australia 9800 Yvette Selim 2008-10 University of Bradford Yvette was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award and a Faculty Top Up scholarship to study a PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. She is researching ways to localise and tailor post-conflict justice (e.g. truth and reconciliation commissions) in different contexts. Ultimately, she hopes to inform policy makers in Nepal on ways to facilitate locally lead justice initiatives in the wake of the ten year civil conflict. Sydney Australia Australia English, Arabic, Spanish Asia Foundation, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Rotary Club of Caringbah, NSW, Australia 9750 Scott Sellwood 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina As an environmental lawyer Scott has observed first-hand the advantages and limitations of working for social and environmental justice within formal legal systems. By developing a critical understanding of peace/conflict theory and practice, he plans to explore how Latin American communities respond to environmental and development related conflicts, particularly those involving food and agriculture systems. Buenos Aires Argentina Australia John Stewart Term Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish Rotary Club of Windsor, QLD, Australia 9600 Hanna Seyl July 2008 Chulalongkorn University Hanna is an environmental scientist working with a consulting group in Portland, OR, USA. Her work focuses clean up in environmental systems. Portland USA USA German, Kiswahili, Chichewa, Chlumbuka, Spanish, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Seattle, WA, USA 5030 Patricia Shafer June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Patricia's title is chief catalyst for Mothering Across Continents. Charlotte USA USA English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Charlotte, NC, USA 7680 Humaira Shafi 2009-11 University of Queensland Works as a part of Mufti Associates which is a law firm. Abbottabad Pakistan Pakistan Rajendra Saboo Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship Punjabi, Urdu, English Zia Siddique Foundation, Dubai. Rotary Club of Abbottabad, Pakistan 3270 Muhammad Ayaz Shafqat January 2009 Chulalongkorn University UK Kashmir English, Pahari/Pothari, Urdu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Rawalpindi, Pakistan 3270 Rabi Shah 2011-13 University of Queensland Rabi’s expertise includes social inclusion and upholding the rights of women and marginalized groups. He is particularly interested in community mediation and role of national and international actors in resolution of conflict. Brisbane Australia Nepal Nepali, English, Hindi Rotary Club of Kathmandu North East, Nepal 3292 Sanaz Shahrokni 2009-11 University of Queensland She is working for the Red Cross in Geneva. Geneva Switzerland Iran Persian, English, French, Arabic The Biche Natural and Cultural Resources Preservation Association, Gatokae, Solomon Islands. Rotary Club of Thonon Genevois International, France 1780 Umar Shavurov 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador Umar is enrolled in Harvard University's Mason Program, a mid-career Masters in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government. Cambridge USA Kyrgyzstan Spanish, Kyrgyz, Russian, and English United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria. Rotary Club of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2430 Sandra Sheard 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley UK Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Spanish Mercy Corps, Tajikistan. Rotary Club of Islington, Highgate & Muswell Hill, UK 1130 Lisa Shebib 2004-06 University of Bradford Canada English, French and basic Arabic Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus, BC, Canada 5040 Hanna Shelest January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a senior researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies in Odessa, Ukraine. Odessa Ukraine Ukraine Ukrainian, Russian, English, Arabic, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Odessa, Ukraine 2230 Aryeh Shell 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Aryeh's area of expertise has been in popular education, cultural activism, and theater. She is interested in climate justice and the sustainable alternatives being developed by social movements, with a focus on women's leadership and food security. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish Amazon Watch & Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, US, Peru, and Ecuador. Rotary Club of Oakland, CA, Sunrise, USA 5170 Carl Shephard 2004-06 International Christian University Carl is the special advisor to the United States Under Secretary for International Trade. He is also the president of Insider Expeditions in Washington, DC, USA. Washington, DC USA USA English and Spanish Columbia University Comparative and International Education, Research with UNITAR and USAID, New York and Washington, DC. Rotary Club of Tampa Carrollwood, FL, USA 6890 Maiko Shimizu 2004-06 University of Queensland Maiko is a program analyst with the Governance Unit of UNDP Zambia. They are creating development programs under the new United Nations Development Assistance Framework. Lusaka Zambia Japan English, French and Japanese International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm, Sweden Rotary Club of Yokohama Konan, Japan 2590 Yumiko Shinya 2012-14 University of Bradford Yumiko has been keen for world peace since childhood. Her professional goal is to contribute to reconstruction of society and community development in post-conflict countries, achieving peace and sustainability. Bradford UK Japan Japanese, English, French, Cambodian, Russian, Chinese Rotary Club of Onomichi, Japan 2710 Chad Shipmaker 2009-11 Duke University / University of North Carolina Chad is a policy officer for the UN World Food Programme, based in Washington, DC. His primary responsibility is coordinating the development of an emergency humanitarian grain reserve as requested by the G20 after their summit in Paris. Washington, DC USA Canada English , French, Spanish, Bahasa/wolo/fulani United Nation's World Food Programme in Washington, D.C. Rotary Club of Salmon Arm-Shuswap, BC, Canada 5060 Ritu Shrestha 2009-11 International Christian University Nepal Nepal Nepali, English, Hindi The United Nations Officer for High Commissioners of Human Rights, Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary Club of Ashgrove, Australia 9600 Myint Myint Shwe July 2008 Chulalongkorn University She works for a local NGO called the Metta Development Foundation in Yangon, Myanmar. Her focus is the Responsive Education Partnership Program, which will implement projects in the Kachin Independence Organization region cease-fire area. Yangon Myanmar Myanmar Burmese, English, Japanese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Maesai, Thailand 3360 Erla Sigurdardottir 2010-12 University of Queensland Erla is interested in human rights as well as immigrant and refugee issues. Iceland Icelandic, English, German, Danish, Spanish UNICEF in Fiji. Rotary Club of Hafnarfjördur, Iceland 1360 Rob Sijstermans 2011-13 University of Bradford Rob envisions himself working in conflict areas and/or international security related organisations together with his wife, an international health expert. He hopes the fellowship will allow him to pursue their dream of working together on conflict and health related issues abroad. Bradford UK Netherlands Dutch, French, German, English, Arabic NATO in Belgium. Rotary Club of Oegstgeest, The Netherlands 1600 Pia Simonsen 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Canberra Australia Australia Danish, French International Labour Office, Geneva Rotary Club of Canterbury, VIC, Australia 9800 Rosa Singer 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador Rosa is the director of development for strategic partnerships and alliances for CARE in Seattle, WA, USA. She manage CARE's partnerships with Fortune 100 corporations, focusing on projects that empowering girls. Seattle USA USA Spanish and English Did not propose an AFE. Rotary Club of Seattle #4, WA, USA 5030 Kirandeep Sirah 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina Kiran is interested in human artistic and creative vernacular expressions, which engage with real life, address real problems, with the ability to provide powerful answers to how individuals and communities form our societies and deal with the changing moral and ethical landscape within which we live; in particular the role of the arts, and diverse traditions of culture as interventions to peace building communities and developing nations. Chapel Hill USA UK English, Spanish, Punjabi, British Sign Language BSL Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC, USA. Rotary Club of Tranent, UK 1020 Muyatwa Sitali 2012-14 Duke University / University of North Carolina Muyatwa’s expertise is in social and economic development. On the economic side, he has worked on public debt, aid effectiveness, and trade while his recent experience is on social development particularly on water, sanitation, education and health on the social side. He is interested in pursuing social policy and the nexus between economic policy and social service delivery. Durham USA Zambia English, English, French Rotary Club of Vermillion, SD, USA 5610 Goranka Slavujevic 2009-11 University of Bradford She is a client service officer at Housing NSW. Her role is to allocate public housing to eligible people on a waitlist. The vast majority of clients are primary or secondary homeless people with complex needs such as mental or physical disabilities. Sydney Australia Australia English, Serbian/Croatian Balkans Peace Park Project in Montenegro and Empowering Peace Makers and the International Peace and Security Institute in Italy. Rotary Club of Sydney CBD, NSW, Australia 9690 Anne Smiley February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Anne is the owner of Mediation Management Services in Lansing, MI, USA. Lansing USA USA English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of East Lansing, MI, USA 6360 Julia Smith 2008-10 University of Bradford Julia is a PhD candidate at the University of Bradford. Her research focuses on the political value of UNAIDS. She also continues to work as a consultant for the SEND Foundation, which is a West African organization that focuses on social and economic development in post-conflict and hard to reach areas. Bradford UK Canada English, Kiswahili University of Kwazulu Natal's Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, Durban, South Africa. Rotary Club of Squamish, BC, Canada 5040 Mohsen Solhdoost 2011-13 University of Queensland He will focus on prevention of the escalation of violent conflicts in strategic locations and regions like the Middle East where the exploitation of natural resources by external powers has resulted in nurturing autocratic dictatorships. Brisbane Australia Iran Jason and Betty Hsu Named Rotary Peace Fellowship Persian, English, French, Dari Rotary Club of Pudu, Malaysia 3300 Margaret Soo Boon Yoke 2002-04 International Christian University Margaret is the chief operating officer of the University Foundation Office and group vice president of the Group Corporate Affairs office at UCSI University in Malaysia. She is responsible for the university group's government liaison, press and public relations, mass communication, and branding work. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malaysia Mandarin, English, Malay, partial Japanese Pursued Intensive Japanese language study at International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan Rotary Club of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 3300 Nausika Spahia 2004-06 University of Bradford Albania Albanian, English, French, Italian and basic Spanish Rotary Club of Voghera, Italy 2050 Melania Spitzer 2010-12 Universidad del Salvador Melaina works for human rights and sustainable development in post-conflict regions and border zones of South America, Southern Africa, and the Mediterranean. She specializes in the protection of indigenous rights in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. As a journalist, Melaina is also experienced in multimedia documentary and teaches on the relationship between media and conflict. Buenos Aires Argentina USA English, Spanish, Italian, Greek Rotary Club of Cambridge, MA, USA 7930 Colin Spurway 2003-05 University of Queensland Colin is a project director with the BBC World Service Trust on a UNDP-funded civic engagement project aimed at people between the ages of 15 and 24 in Cambodia. Phnom Penh Cambodia UK English, Spanish, French and Russian International Alert/Friends for Peace, Kathmandu, Nepal Rotary Club of St. Andrews, United Kingdom 1010 Mary Kay Stanley June 2011 Chulalongkorn University She works for the New Zealand Ministry of Justice, focusing on restorative justice programs. Stratford New Zealand New Zealand, USA English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Stratford, New Zealand 9940 James Staples January 2010 Chulalongkorn University James is a disaster response manager and humanitarian advisor for World Vision in Singapore. Singapore Singapore UK English, French, German Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Barnet, UK 1130 Brooke Stearns Lawson 2003-05 Sciences Po She is a conflict adviser for USAID in Washington, DC, focusing on Africa and transnational organized crime. Washington, DC USA USA English and French IIMCR Program in The Hague Rotary Club of Gig Harbor, WA, USA 5020 Jennifer Steel 2005-07 Sciences Po She works for BBC Afrique in London, UK, BBC Afrique is the World Service Radio for Francophone Africa. London UK UK English, French, Arabic, and Persian Loftus Productions/BBC Radio in London, Search for Common Ground in Ivory Coast Rotary Club of Croydon, United Kingdom 1140 Claudia Stengel 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador She works for the German Corporation for Technical Cooperation, GTZ, in La Paz, Bolivia. La Paz Bolivia Germany German, Spanish, and English UNIR Bolivia. Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, Bolivia 4690 Wendy Sternberg January 2009 Chulalongkorn University She is the founder and executive director of Genesis at the Crossroads in Chicago, IL, USA. She is also a physician in internal medicine in private practice. Chicago USA USA English, French, Hewbrew Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chicago Far North, IL, USA 6450 Taylor Stevenson 2011-13 International Christian University Taylor specializes in developing creative strategies for establishing integrated waste management systems, which includes informal recyclers in formalized municipal waste collection. She uses art and advocacy to bridge ecology with sustainable social and economic development. Tokyo Japan USA Monroe Albin and Nancy Thompson Jubitz Rotary Peace Fellowship English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan. Rotary Club of Portland Pearl, OR, USA 5100 Zuzana Stiborova 2007-09 University of California - Berkeley She is a political adviser for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Section of Security and Multilateral Affairs of the Czech Government in Prague, Czech Republic. Her main focus is UN and human rights' affairs. Prague Czech Republic Czech Republic Czech, English, German, Slovak Did not propose an AFE. Rotary Club of Praha City, Czech Republic 2240 Christophe Stiernon 2012-14 University of Queensland Christophe works in the area of humanitarian assistance. His area of expertise is the coordination of relief efforts for populations affected by conflicts and natural disasters. He is especially interested in exploring the role of natural resources in triggering and fueling conflicts. Christophe believes in international political institution's responsibility for peace and conflict resolution in an era of globalization. Brisbane Australia Belgium French, English, Spanish,Dutch Rotary Club of Genval, Belgium 2170 Susan Stigant 2003-05 Duke University / University of North Carolina Susan is a resident program officer with National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) to work on their Sudan program. Her specific task will be to provide support to the constitutional technical committee and later to a constitutional convention. In the second stage of the program, she will support a civic education campaign on the constitution that will take information (primarily via radios to be distributed throughout South Sudan) to the country. Sudan Canada English & French International Committee of the Red Cross, Project with the ICRC's Women in War Group; Duke University/Institut d'Hautes Etudes International Global Policy Course, Geneva, Switzerland Rotary Club of Penticton, BC, Canada 5060 Luciana Storelli-Castro 2012-14 University of Bradford Bradford UK USA English, Spanish, German, Italian, Twi Rotary Club of Fort Collins, CO, USA 5440 Johanna Stratton 2006-08 International Christian University She is a foreign policy officer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra. Canberra Australia Australia Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Japanese Forum for Democracy in Burma; ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Myanmar, Mae Sot, Thai-Burma border Rotary Club of Kanagawa, Japan 2590 Carmen Strigel 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina Carmen leads Research Triangle International's practice area in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Education and Training at RTI's home office in Durham, NC. She works on business development, strategic planning, and managing a team of professionals in this field. She coordinates several projects, with a focus on advising the Samoan government on implementation of the Samoa SchoolNet and Community Access Project. Durham USA Germany Rotary Deutschland Gemeindienst Named Rotary Peace Fellowship German, English, French, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Russian United Nations Development Program, Baku, Azerbaijan Rotary Club of Ravensburg, Germany 1930 William Daniel Sturgeon 2004-06 International Christian University Daniel is a foreign service officer for the US Department of State, based in Washington, DC. Washington, DC USA USA English, German and Japanese Conducted primary research on the economy and society of Japan for Robert Dujarric, Visiting Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. Rotary Club of Prospect/Goshen, KY, USA 6710 Ena Sugiyama 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a senior project coordinator in the International Program Department of The Nippon Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Japan Japan English, Japanese (native), Spanish (basic) The Carter Center, Atlanta, USA Rotary Club of Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan 2630 Francis Suleiman January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Liberia Nigeria English, French, Gola, Tagalog Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Gavin Sullivan 2004-06 Universidad del Salvador He works as a journalist for a Financial Times subsidiary newswire service as their correspondent for the Pacific Northwest in the USA and Canada. Seattle USA USA English and Spanish Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv, Israel Rotary Club of University District, WA, USA 5030 Supatra Supchukul January 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is a lecturer in sociology and is currently head of the department of sociology in the Community Development Program of Burapha University in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Silom, Thailand (District 3350) with support from an Embassy of Switzerland in Thailand Fellowship 3350 Amanda Sutherland 2006-08 University of Bradford Amanda is enrolled in writing courses at the University of Toronto and is writing a book. Bedford Canada Canada English and Spanish Department of Justice, Canada Rotary Club of Dartmouth East, NS, Canada 7820 Sukthawee Suwannachairop 2004-06 University of Queensland He is consulting for UNDP Cambodia, seconded to the Cambodia Climate Change Department, while living in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu Nepal Thailand English, Laos and Thai Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India Rotary Club of Magkang, Udonthani, Thailand 3340 Solveig Sveinbjornsdottir 2011-13 University of Queensland Solveig has been working in the humanitarian and development field with a focus on governments capacity building within the sector of social services. Her main interest and focus will be to develop skills and knowledge to contribute into building global justice, strengthening good governance, and anti-corruption in favour of survivors, the indigent, and vulnerable people. Brisbane Australia Iceland Icelandic, English, Danish, French Rotary Club of Borgir, Iceland 1360 Matthew Sweeney 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador He is a monitoring and evaluations consultant with Heartland International in Milwaukee, WI, USA Milwaukee USA USA English, Spanish UNESCO in San Jose, Costa Rica & Heartland International in Chicago, IL. Rotary Club of Malden, MA, USA 7930 Mari Taalmann 2003-05 University of Bradford She is a PhD student at the University of Bradford. Bradford UK Estonia Estonian, English, Russian, Italian, and German Rotary Club of Tallinn, Estonia 1420 Abu Sufian Taj Elassfia 2011-13 Duke University / University of North Carolina For the last 5 years, Abu Sufian has worked in the region of Darfur to help mobilize community leaders, youth and women's organizations to participate in the peace process through addressing important issues such as land access, the effectiveness of the traditional dispute system, and the role of community leaders in the reconciliation and compensation process. He believes that without social justice there will be no peace in Sudan, and he hopes that the Rotary Peace Fellowship will give him the skills and knowledge to work with others from Sudan (Southern, Western, Northern and Eastern) to bring peace and stability back to the country. Durham USA Sudan James Junn-Shueng and Lisa Shiu-Li Chen Rotary Peace Fellowship Arabic, English Development Alternatives Inc., Washington, DC, USA. Rotary Club of Concord, CA, USA 5160 Shai Tamari 2006-08 Duke University / University of North Carolina Shai is the associate director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill USA UK/Israel Hebrew, English, Arabic CHF International, Amman, Jordan Rotary Club of Port of Brisbane, QLD, Australia 9630 Helen Tanner June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Helen is currently working in partnership with two local NGO’s in Botswana who are working with orphans and vulnerable children where she reviews practice and supports capacity building. She is also team leader for volunteers working in Botswana on an International Citizenship program. Hayle, Cornwall UK UK The Bhichai Rattakul Endowed Fund for Rotary Centers English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Hayle, UK 1290 Jeremy Tarbox 2009-11 Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires Argentina Australia/UK English, Spanish, French UNDP, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Rotary Club of Kempsey West, NSW, Australia 9650 Lorenzo Taylor January 2011 Chulalongkorn University Lorenzo is a field officer for International Alert in Monrovia, Liberia. Monrovia Liberia Liberia English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia 6630 Eleanor Taylor-Nicholson 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley She is working at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy as a researcher, examining the California criminal justice system from a financing and transparency perspective. She is also working for the Human Rights Center, researching and writing papers on conflict, domestic violence, and trauma. San Francisco USA UK/Australia Al and Nancy Jubitz Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, Bahasa Indonesia, Tetum, Thai Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC. Rotary Club of Walkerville, SA, Australia 9500 Yawo Tekpa 2008-10 University of California - Berkeley Togo Swift Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Ewe, French, English, German SEEDS Community Resolution Center, San Francisco. Rotary Club of Visalia, CA, USA 5230 Josephus Tenga 2004-06 Duke University / University of North Carolina Jose is the Canadian Expert on Mission with the UNDP in the Disarmament, De-mobilization and Re-integration (DDR) Program in Sudan. He works closely with the North Sudan DDR Commission, advising on various aspects relating to community security and arms control, leading to the restoration of peace as the South establishes its independence from the North. Khartoum Sudan Sierra Leone English, Krio, Mende, Sherbro and basic French The Carter Center, Atlanta, USA Rotary Club of Calgary, AB, Canada 5360 Victoria Tennant June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Victoria is working as special assistant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. Geneva Switzerland UK English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of North Down, Switzerland 1160 Etsuko Teranishi 2005-07 University of Queensland She is a junior professional officer sponsored by the Foreign Ministry of Japan. She works for International Organization for Migration (IOM) on human trafficking and labor migration issues. Kathmandu Nepal Japan Japanese, English, Lao, Thai, and basic Khmer and Indonesian ECCP, The Hague Rotary Club of Ibaraki-east, Japan 2660 Prakash Tewari July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is the managing trustee for the Tata Power Community Development Trust and Mannat Foundation in New Delhi, India. He leads corporate social and environmental responsibility efforts for Tata Power. New Delhi India India Hindi, Nagamese, Chinese, Mandarin (dialect) Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest, India 3010 Manolinh Thepkhamvong January 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is pursuing a master's degree in local governance and development management at a university in the Philippines. Philippines Laos English, Lao, Thai Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Chiang Mai, Thailand 3360 Thevananth Thevanayagam July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is a course coordinator in journalism and media University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka. He is also the Director of Media Resources and Training Centers at the University. Jaffna Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Tamil, Singala Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Jaffna, Sri Lanka 3220 Susan Thompson January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Susan is a senior aquatic biologist with a consulting firm in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. She is also coordinating two large community fisheries projects with Yukon First Nations. In addition, Susan is studying international community development at Mount Royal University, Canada, with a focus in capacity building, community based training, and social justice. Whitehorse Canada Canada English, Spanish, Kiswahili Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Whitehorse, YT, Canada 5010 Vilaysack Thongkhamhan July 2006 Chulalongkorn University He is a freelance translator/interpreter, performing consecutive and simultaneous interpretation for different ministries, NGOs, and international organizations working in Laos. Vientiane Laos Laos Lao, Thai, Japanese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Ubon, Thailand 3340 Helga Thorolofsdottir 2003-05 University of Bradford She works for the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Iceland Iceland Icelandic, Swedish, and English Rotary Club of Reykjavik-Breiholt, Iceland 1360 Nick Tobia 2012-14 Uppsala University Niccolo's expertise is in law and human rights, with a special interest in regional human rights mechanisms. He has been studying the development of the ASEAN human rights regime, specifically the modalities of decision-making on the highly politicized regional human rights agenda. He hopes to continue to contribute to the body of knowledge aimed at advancing human rights discourse in Southeast Asia. Uppsala Sweden Philippines English & Filipino, Thai, Japanese Rotary Club of Midtown Quezon City, Philippines 3780 Iva Tobiaskova 2003-05 Universidad del Salvador She is a business consultant in Argentina, assisting Czech companies that want to enter the Latin American market. Buenos Aires Argentina Czech Republic Czech, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and English Terre des Hommes, Lausanne, Switzerland Rotary Club of Majadahonda, Spain 2201 Emily Todd 2007-09 University of Queensland Emily is the field support coordinator for Migration and Refugee Services, a branch of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. She manages a portfolio of refugee resettlement programs throughout the United States. Washington, DC USA USA Gerald L. and Vicki L. Harp Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship Spanish International Organization for Migration in Accra, Ghana. Rotary Club of Attica – Williamsport, IN, USA 6560 Maria Toro January 2011 Chulalongkorn University Maria works for a publishing house in São Paulo, Brazil, that publishes books for public school children. She is responsible for creating strategies for the company to support social and educational causes. São Paulo Brazil Brazil Portuguese, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of São Paulo-Avenida Paulista, Brazil 4610 Mélissa Toupin-Laforge 2011-13 International Christian University Melissa's professional experience is in the field of international education. She is particularly interested in examining how educational curricula is acclimatizing to the phenomenon of globalization. Her career aspirations are to advance the internationalization of higher education as it relates to global citizenship, trans-cultural leadership, civic engagement and peace education. Tokyo Japan Canada English, French, Spanish University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Rotary Club of North Bay - Nipissing, Canada 7010 Murtala Touray 2008-10 University of Bradford He is the regional coordinator for the Early Warning Programme of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding at the regional headquarters in Accra, Ghana. Accra Ghana Gambia Wolof, English, French, Arabic Analytica, a non-profit independent research institution. Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, CA, USA 5130 Luladay Truneh 2010-12 University of Queensland She works in the area of capacity building and hopes to engage in peace building efforts in the future. Brisbane Australia Ethiopia Amharie, English The Protection Project at John's Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Central-Mella, Ethiopia 9200 Tamara Turcan 2007-09 University of Queensland Tamara is the director at the American Resource Center which is part of the US Embassy's Public Affairs Section in Moldova. She is also a consultant/trainer for the National Youth Council of Moldova. Chisinau Moldova Republic of Moldova CHILDREN-Nepal in Pokhara, Nepal. 1600 Leda Tyrrel January 2010 Chulalongkorn University Leda works for the UNHCR in Ethiopia. She supports the Somalian refugee population, working on issues of refugee protection and in particular women's protection and sexual and gender based violence. Ethiopia Australia English, Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Canberra South, ACT, Australia 9710 Syeda Uddin 2002-04 Sciences Po She is an economic officer for the US State Department's Foreign Service program in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria South Africa USA English, Hindi, Bengali, and French Pursued independent Arabic language study at SINARC Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic and Culture, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Rotary Club of Paterson, NJ, USA 7490 Juan Esteban Ugarriza 2005-07 Duke University / University of North Carolina He is an assistant professor of political science at El Rosario University in Bogota, Colombia, teaching a seminar on democracy in conflict societies as well as advancing his research projects with ex-combatants, war victims, and communities. Bogotá Colombia Colombia Spanish and English Foreign Policy Association, New York Rotary Club of Medellín, Colombia 4280 Kaori Uno 2012-14 International Christian University Kaori plans to lay the foundation for implementing a framework of well-being within youth educational programs in Asian countries, and make a valuable academic contribution towards furthering the development of peace and conflict resolution studies by applying the cutting-edge discipline of positive psychology. Tokyo Japan Japan Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese Rotary Club of Ichihara Chuo, Japan 2790 Shruti Upadhyay 2012-14 University of Queensland Shruti hails from Bhuj, India and holds a masters degree in Social Work. She has been working in the area of Gender justice and working with women survivors of violence for conflict transformation for past 12 years. Shruti’s interest and commitment to Gender justice and peace building has led her to insightful experiences of working with various civil society organisations, government institutions and people led movements and most importantly the community women’s struggles and aspirations give her the inspiration to pursue to path to justice. Brisbane Australia India Gujarati, English, Hindi Rotary Club of Bhuj, India 3050 Paula Uscátegui Leyva July 2009 Chulalongkorn University Paula works for Occidental Petroleum in Colombia, where she initiates corporate social responsibility strategies and mediates between the company, the state, and local communities. Bogotá Colombia Colombia Spanish, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bogotá, Colombia 4290 Danielle Vacarr 2004-06 Sciences Po She is a bank examiner at the Federal Reserve in New York, NY, USA. She works in the Bank Supervision department. New York USA USA English, French, Portuguese and Spanish Trickle-Up offices, New York Rotary Club of Lowell, MA, USA 7910 Russ Vandenbroucke July 2007 Chulalongkorn University He is the director of the Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation program at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville USA USA English, basic German Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of East Louisville Sunrise, KY, USA 6710 Helen Varouhas February 2012 Chulalongkorn University Alexandria USA USA English, Greek, French, Arabic Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Alexandria, VA, USA 7610 Dragana Vidovic 2012-14 University of Bradford Dragana's areas of interest include conflict resolution and prevention, education and peacebuilding, social and neurobiological bases of aggression, social interaction and isolation, international politics and economy, group polarization and social identity. Bradford UK Bosnia & Herzegovina Paul and Jean Elder Endowed World Peace Scholarship Serbian, English, Russian Rotary Club of Edina, MN, USA 5950 Martín Villasante June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Martín lectures on journalism at the American Open University of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Spanish, English, Portuguese Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Florida, Argentina 4825 Noelle Volin 2006-08 International Christian University Noelle is the staff attorney/public policy manager for Breaking Free in St. Paul, MN. Breaking Free is a non-profit dedicated to serving victims and survivors (women and girls) of sex trafficking and prostitution. Stillwater USA USA English, Japanese, and German UNITAR, Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific (HOAP), Hiroshima, Japan Rotary Club of Stillwater Sunrise, MN, USA 5960 Brigitta von Messling 2004-06 University of Bradford Brigitta is the senior advisor for training and organisational development for the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin. This organization prepares German personnel to be sent by Germany to work on OSCE, UN and EU peace missions. It is her responsibility to develop trainings and work together with other training institutions to develop common standards for civilian personnel in missions. Berlin Germany Germany English, German and Spanish El Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales (ICCPG), Guatemala Rotary Club of Tullahoma, TN, USA 6780 M.J. Vuinovich 2005-07 University of Queensland She is attending law school at the University of Arizona. Tucson USA USA Howard and Judy Vann Named Rotary Peace Fellowship English and Spanish International Organization on Migration, Cairo, Egypt Rotary Club of Fremont, NE, USA 5650 Roselyn Vusia 2010-12 Duke University / University of North Carolina Uganda Uganda English, Madi, Kiswahili, French, Uganda Care Tanzania, Dar - Es - Salaam, Tanzania Rotary Club of Bugohobi, Uganda 9200 Ian Wadley 2002-04 University of California - Berkeley Ian is the associate director, Performance Audit in the Office of the Auditor General for Western Australia, focusing on good governance and public sector accountability. He is also a consultant and lawyer with EMAHIZEE Global Consulting, an international, African-based management consulting firm. Perth Australia Australia French and English Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California - Berkeley; research in Kimberley, Australia and Dili, Timor-Leste Rotary Club of Matilda Bay, WA, Australia 9455 Richard Wainwright June 2011 Chulalongkorn University Richard has been a photojournalist for over ten years, focusing on humanitarian stories and human rights issues for aid agencies and news organizations. He is currently exploring issues surrounding physical borders and barriers that separate communities around the world. Perth Australia UK English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Jersey, UK 1110 Ahmed Wais 2012-14 Uppsala University Abdi hopes the peace fellowship will give him more skills and knowledge to make changes to the lives of the people in need in Somalia and across the world. Uppsala Sweden Somalia Somalia, English, Arabic Rotary Club of Longwood, FL, USA 6980 Darren Wallach January 2010 Chulalongkorn University He is a secondary school teacher in Biddeford, ME, USA. Biddeford USA USA English, French, Nepali, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Portland, ME, USA 7780 Chenyu Wang 2002-04 International Christian University Taipei Taiwan Taiwan Cantonese, Taiwanese, Mandarin, English United Nations University, Korea Rotary Club of Kaohsiung Lighthouse, Taiwan 3510 Shih-szu Wang 2002-04 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is a self-employed development consultant in Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei Taiwan Taiwan English, Mandarin, Taiwanese Human Rights Watch, New York Rotary Club of Taipei Tatung, Taiwan 3480 Evah Wanjiru G Mwariri-Mugo 2007-09 University of Bradford Kenya Swahili, French The Southern African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD), Lusaka, Zambia. Rotary Club of Lusaka Central, Sweden 2360 Waradas Thiyagaraja 2012-14 Uppsala University His field of interest includes, conflict, peace studies, and international relations in general with a focus on Sri Lanka and South Asia. Uppsala Sweden Sri Lanka Tamil, Sinhala, English Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, Sri Lanka 3220 Fay Warrilow 2012-14 University of Queensland Fay has wide ranging experience working in humanitarian organisation in Africa, specialising in minority rights issues and peace and conflict resolution. She is very excited about looking at peace and conflict resolution issues in the new environment of the University of Queensland. Brisbane Australia UK English, French, German,Latin & Sanskrit Rotary Club of Guernsey, UK 1110 Hanako Watabe 2007-09 University of Bradford Japan Japanese and English Maruhan Corporation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Rotary Club of Atsugikeno, Japan 2780 Julia Watson 2009-11 University of California - Berkeley Australia English, French New York Civil Liberties Union, New York. Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia 9800 Mark Wayland 2004-06 Sciences Po He is a project manager with Telstra in their Network and Technology Engineering group. Telstra is an Australian telecommunications company. Melbourne Australia Australia English, French and basic Mandarin Chinese IIMCR Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic Rotary Club of Templestowe, VIC, Australia 9810 Pushpi Weerakoon July 2007 Chulalongkorn University She is the coordinator at Sri Lankan National Reconciliation Unit at the office of the Reconciliation Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka. Colombo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sinhalese, Tamil, English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Colombo Mid Town, Sri Lanka 3220 Kim Weichel June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Kim is the CEO of Peace X Peace, an international women’s peacebuilding organization with a network in 120 countries. Bethesda USA USA English, German, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD, USA 7620 Janelle Favre Weissman 2007-09 University of Queensland Janelle is the director of communications and development for Family Planning Queensland, in Brisbane, QLD. She facilitates the development of resources on a range of topics from child protection to sexual assault prevention; manages media relations; and promotes key activities to support FPQ’s vision of sexual and reproductive health for all. Brisbane Australia USA French, Spanish SHATIL Conflict Transformation and Management Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Rotary Club of Smoky Hill, CO, USA 5450 Jane Welsh 2007-09 Duke University / University of North Carolina Jane is pursuing a PhD on women and girls with disabilities and HIV/AIDS in Thailand. She is based in Vienna, Austria. Vienna Austria Australia Khmer, Basic Bangla World Health Organisation, Geneva Rotary Club of Ashmore Gold Coast, QLD, Australia 9640 Cristianne Wendler January 2011 Chulalongkorn University Cristianne is the displaced persons public health curriculum development coordinator with the Global Health Access Program in Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot Thailand USA English, French, Spanish Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Madison Breakfast, WI, USA 6250 Jeffrey Whitfield 2002-04 University of Bradford He is an attorney with the firm Kelly Hart & Hallman in Fort Worth, Texas, working in civil litigation. Dallas USA USA English, Spanish Pursued independent research towards degree. Rotary Club of Chandler, AZ, USA 5510 Agnes Wielink 2006-08 International Christian University Agnes operates her own events services organization. Netherlands Netherlands Dutch, English and Spanish Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, Middle East, Dubai, UAE Rotary Club of Steenwijk-Regio, Netherlands 1590 Sarah Williams 2003-05 University of California - Berkeley Sarah is pursuing a PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics in London, UK. London UK UK French and English IIMCR Symposium, Cyprus; The Rebuilding Alliance, Israel Rotary Club of Stone and District, United Kingdom 1210 Leo Williams June 2012 Chulalongkorn University Leo is the International Coordinator of Beyond 2015, an international campaign aiming to ensure the creation of a global development framework to replace the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. London UK UK English, French, Arabic, Bislama Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of The City & Shoreditch, UK 1130 Jeffrey Winter 2004-06 International Christian University Singapore USA English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and basic Japanese Rotary Club of Brunswick, GA, USA 6920 Lucas Wolf 2006-08 Universidad del Salvador Lucas is an assistant project manager for an international development consultancy firm, ARD Inc., in Burlington, VT, USA. He provides administrative and logistical support to the home office team on the management and implementation of two large USAID projects in Colombia. Burlington USA USA Spanish and English Work side-by-side with landmine survivors in Ethiopia as a 2008 Peace Fellow of The Advocacy Project (AP). Rotary Club of Fort Collins Breakfast, CO, USA 5440 Nancy Wonch June 2010 Chulalongkorn University Nancy is a professor at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI, USA. Lansing USA USA English Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of East Lansing, MI, USA 6360 Yvonne Wong 2006-08 University of California - Berkeley She is a lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Sydney Australia Australia English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Spanish UNHCR, Japan; World Bank, Washington, DC Rotary Club of Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 9710 Christine Wright July 2007 Chulalongkorn University Christine works for the Ambassadors Small Grants Program at Creative Associates, based in Pakistan. Pakistan UK Naohiro Tsuchiya Endowment English, German, Hebrew, French, Arabic Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dulwich & Peckham, UK 1130 Nai-Hua Wu 2005-07 International Christian University She is a PhD student in strategic management at the Mays Business School at Texas A & M University in Bryan, TX, USA. Bryan USA Taiwan Jackson S.L. Hsieh Named Rotary Peace Fellow Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, English, some Cantonese and Japanese Green Belt Movement, Nairobi, Kenya Rotary Club of Norman, OK, USA 5770 Teodosio Ximenes January 2011 Chulalongkorn University He is a project manager for Care International in Timor-Leste. Dili Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Tetum, English, Portuguese, Indonesian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Dili, Timor-Leste 9550 Flor Maria Yanez Alvarez 2011-13 University of Bradford Flor Maria is interested in human rights, equality and gender perspectives, international development, conflict resolution, international and community mediation, and peace building. Bradford UK México Spanish, English, French, Japanese Rotary Club of Juarez Integra, Mexico 4110 Kwong Weng Yap June 2012 Chulalongkorn University He is the secretary-general of the United Nations Association of Singapore (UNAS). He is responsible for the management of its executive committee and is the head of its youth council. Singapore Singapore Singapore The Bhichai Rattakul Endowed Fund for Rotary Centers English, Mandarin Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Victoria, Singapore 3310 Rachel Yordy 2009-11 University of Bradford Rachel is a project coordinator/junior consultant with Mennonite Economic Development Associates in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Waterloo Canada Canada James and Linda Bradley Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship English, French, Arabic, Mandarin American University of Cairo, Egypt and UK. Rotary Club of Waterloo, ON, Canada 7080 Kayo Yoshida 2010-12 University of Bradford She works in the fundraising section of the Japan UNHCR Association. Tokyo Japan Japan Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Sierra Leone Rotary Club of Tokyo Jyosai, Japan 2750 Hyun-Joo Youn 2004-06 Duke University / University of North Carolina She is an external relations specialist and researcher for the Korean Women's Development Institute in Seoul, Korea. Seoul Korea Korea English and Korean UNESCO’s Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP), Bangkok, Thailand Rotary Club of Sae-Cheonan, Korea 3620 Enda Young February 2012 Chulalongkorn University He works with TIDES Training and Consultancy in Belfast and develop training course from information I gained from my fellowship. I am currently developing a course alongside our Director on the Theories of Change with Systemic Peacebuilding principles. in Belfast. He is developing a training course alongside on theories of change with systemic peacebuilding principles. Belfast UK UK English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Belfast West, Northern Ireland 1160 Dong Ju Yu 2008-10 Duke University / University of North Carolina Korea Jim and Jan Heinrich Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship Korean, English, Mongolian, Russian United Nations, Environment and Development Division (EDD), Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary Club of Sae Han Yang, Korea 3650 Yesica I. Zarate 2010-12 International Christian University She is a specialist in politics and public policy. Her area of focus during her fellowship will be gender, economic growth, and peacebuilding. Tokyo Japan Argentina Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian La Casita de Villa de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rotary Club of Los Polvorines, Argentina 4855 Ana Zavala 2011-13 University of Bradford Ana's areas of interest include human rights; transitional justice; sustainable development; peace building; and psychosocial care programs for victims of armed conflicts. Bradford UK Argentina Spanish, English United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. Rotary Club of Jean Thomas, Argentina 4915 Tazeen Zehra January 2010 Chulalongkorn University She is a program analyst for the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Washington, DC. She helps refugees settle in various states around the USA. Washington, DC USA USA English, Urdu Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, DC, USA 7620 Andrezza Zeitune June 2010 Chulalongkorn University She works for UNESCO as the focal point for the Latin America and the Caribbean region as well as the emergency assistance projects. Paris France Brazil/Italy Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Italian Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Londrina, Brazil 4710 Andrezza Zeitune 2003-05 Sciences Po She works for UNESCO as the focal point for the Latin America and the Caribbean region as well as the emergency assistance projects. Paris France Brazil/Italy Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Italian Language coursework in Greece, Spain, and Italy Rotary Club of Londrina-Sul, Brazil 4710 Massimo Zizzari July 2009 Chulalongkorn University He is an international lawyer, based in Rome, where he focuses on human rights and international law. Rome Italy Italy Italian, English, French Applied Field Experience is not part of the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program. Rotary Club of Roma Nord Est, Italy 2080 Marcos Zunino 2007-09 University of Queensland Marcos joined the Judicial Power of Buenos Aires Province as undersecretary in a Court of law. In this capacity he focuses on complex cases involving human rights. He also joined the College of Magistrates and Functionaries of Buenos Aires Province. Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Spanish, French, Italian International Center for Transitional Justice in Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of San Fernando, Argentina 4215 Sabrina Zuodar 2007-09 Universidad del Salvador She is a volunteer with a local organization in Kazakhstan that works with street children. Kazakhstan Italy Spanish, English International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland. Rotary Club of Udine Nord, Italy 2060