2006-08 - University of QueenslandPeter Emberson
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Suva North, Fiji
Sponsor District: 9920
Citizenship: Fiji
Languages: English and Fijian
Applied Field Experience: Spirit in Educational Movement (SEM), Bangkok, Thailand.
City: Suva
Country: Fiji
Summary: 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.
Andrea Fanta
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Dickson, TN, USA
Sponsor District: 6760
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: Spanish, French, and English
Applied Field Experience: UNESCO, Peru.
City: Nashville
Country: USA
Summary: 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.
Cassio Furtado
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club Pelotas Norte, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4680
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: The Club of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Country: Brazil
Summary: 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.
Margarita Gonzalez Holder
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Dawson County, GA, USA
Sponsor District: 6910
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, basic French
Applied Field Experience: International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
City: Atlanta
Country: USA
Summary: 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.
Vikas Gora
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Vijayawada, India
Sponsor District: 3020
Citizenship: India
Languages: English, Telugu, and Hindi
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Hyogo, Japan.
City: New Delhi
Country: India
Summary: Vikas is a consultant focusing on international development, humanitarian affairs, disaster risk reduction and corporate social responsibility in New Delhi.
Sheunesu Hove
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Harare West, Zimbabwe
Sponsor District: 9210
Citizenship: Zimbabwe
Languages: English, Shona, and Basic Portuguese
Applied Field Experience: JustaPaz, Mozambique.
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Summary: He is pursuing a masters degree from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Christopher Moore
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Carlsbad, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5340
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, intermediate Mandarin Chinese, basic Japanese, basic Amharic
Applied Field Experience: Population Caring Organization (PCO), Ghana.
City: Los Angeles
Country: USA
Summary: He is an international resource manager for Apropos International, which does development projects Peru. He does freelance video production/post production.
Cecilia Nedziwe
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Pretoria-Silverton, South Africa
Sponsor District: 9210
Citizenship: Zambia
Languages: English, Russian, Tonga, Shona and Bemba
Applied Field Experience: Intern at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo, Norway.
City: Stellenbosch
Country: South Africa
Summary: She consults with the Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa on their regional and national programs.
Ville-Veikko Pitkänen
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Leppävirta, Finland
Sponsor District: 1430
Citizenship: Finland
Languages: English, Finnish, Swedish, basic Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Children of Cambodia, Cambodia
City: Kuopio
Country: Finland
Summary: 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.
Kristin Post
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2006-08
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sponsor District: 7710
Citizenship: USA
Languages: Spanish and English
Applied Field Experience: Al-Laz Theatre, Acre, Israel.
City: Arlington
Country: USA
Summary: She is a subject matter expert at the US Marine Corps Center for the Advancement of Cultural Operational Learning in Quantico, VA.
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