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Rotary Peace Centers students


2003-05 - International Christian University



Steven Abels

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Columbus, OH, USA
Sponsor District: 6690
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and German
Applied Field Experience: UNHCR in Washington DC
City: Doha
Country: Qatar
Summary: 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.



Elisabeth Abeson

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Westport, CT, USA
Sponsor District: 7980
Citizenship: USA
Languages: French, English
Applied Field Experience: United Nations, India
City: New York
Country: USA
Summary: Elisabeth is based in New York where she is a business and human rights consultant to organizations dedicated to social justice.



Nisa Chamsuwan

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Dhonburi, Thailand
Sponsor District: 3350
Citizenship: Thailand
Languages: Thai and English
Applied Field Experience: Pax Romana in Geneva
City: Bangkok
Country: Thailand
Summary: 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.



Andrew Isbister

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Balgowlah, NSW, Australia
Sponsor District: 9680
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian, and Japanese
Applied Field Experience: Japan Center for Conflict Prevention Tokyo
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Summary: He works for AusAID in Canberra, ACT, Australia in the Office of the Director General on project for rebuilding in Banda Ache.



Nathan Johnson

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Lincoln, NE, USA
Sponsor District: 5650
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and Japanese
City: Littleton
Country: USA
Summary: He is operations analyst for UDR (a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Denver), in their IT Department.



Hyejung Lee

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Gwangmyeong, South Korea
Sponsor District: 3690
Citizenship: Korea
Languages: Korean, English, Arabic, and German
Applied Field Experience: Internship in Tokyo office of the "Peace Boat"
City: Seoul
Country: Korea
Summary: She is currently teaching English in Seoul, Korea.



Shannon O'Brien

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Wellesley, MA, USA
Sponsor District: 7910
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and French
City: Boston
Country: USA
Summary: 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.



Elektra Printz

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Towsontowne, MD, USA
Sponsor District: 7620
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Veerayatan, Gujarat, India
City: New York
Country: USA
Summary: She started her own apparel line, Coup.



Crystal Procyshen

Rotary Center: International Christian University
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Calgary, AB, Canada
Sponsor District: 5360
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, Arabic, and French
Applied Field Experience: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Cairo, Egypt
City: Ottawa
Country: Canada
Summary: Crystal works for CIDA in the Strategic Policy and Planning Branch. Her focus is donor relations.