2007-09 - University of California - BerkeleyDomingo Antonio Blanco-Gutierrez
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Caracas Casco Histórico, Venezuela
Sponsor District: 4370
Citizenship: Venezuela
Languages: Spanish, Portugese, French
Applied Field Experience: Did not propose an AFE.
Larissa Bosch Paullada
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Mexico City, Mexico
Sponsor District: 4170
Citizenship: Mexico
Languages: English, French
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Human Settlements Programme: Centre for City to City Cooperation., Seville, Spain.
City: New Haven
Country: USA
Summary: Larissa is currently at the Yale School of Management, working in the Program for Social Entrepreneurship.
Mary Therese Soundarie David
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Colombo Mid-town, Sri Lanka
Sponsor District: 3220
Citizenship: Sri Lanka
Languages: English and Sinhala
Applied Field Experience: Did not propose an AFE.
City: Colombo
Country: Sri Lanka
Summary: 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.
John Deporres Ayimbire
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Dartmouth East, NS, Canada
Sponsor District: 7820
Citizenship: Ghana
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: West African Youth Network, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
City: Accra
Country: Ghana
Summary: 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.
Luke Anthony Fletcher
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Mosman, NSW, Australia
Sponsor District: 9680
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: French
Applied Field Experience: Global Witness, London.
City: Cambridge
Country: UK
Summary: 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.
Veronica Guzman
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bogota, Colombia
Sponsor District: 4290
Citizenship: Colombia
Languages: Spanish, Portugese, German
Applied Field Experience: The Fund for War-Affected Children and Youth in Northern Uganda, Uganda.
City: Seattle
Country: USA
Summary: 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.
Omid Memarian
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Berkeley, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5160
Citizenship: Iran
Languages: English, Arabic, Farsi
Applied Field Experience: Inter Press News Service (a UN Agency), New York City.
City: San Francisco
Country: USA
Summary: Omid is a freelance journalist.
Antonia Porter
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: John and Kirsten Swift Family Fund Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ripon, UK
Sponsor District: 1040
Citizenship: UK
Languages: Portuguese, French, Hindi, Nepali
Applied Field Experience: Phaphama Initiatives & Search for Common Ground, Cape Town, South Africa & Luanda, Angola.
City: Cape Town
Country: South Africa
Summary: 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).
Aditya Vikram Rametra
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Chandigarh MidTown, India
Sponsor District: 3080
Citizenship: India
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, and basic Portuguese
Applied Field Experience: CARE , Atlanta, Tanzania, Malawi.
City: Chandigarh
Country: India
Summary: 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.
Zuzana Stiborova
Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2007-09
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Praha City, Czech Republic
Sponsor District: 2240
Citizenship: Czech Republic
Languages: Czech, English, German, Slovak
Applied Field Experience: Did not propose an AFE.
City: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
Summary: 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.
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