2002-04 - University of QueenslandMatthew Bright
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Northbrook, IL, USA
Sponsor District: 6440
Citizenship: USA
Languages: Spanish and English
Applied Field Experience: Save the Children, Mozambique
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Summary: He is an associate lecturer at the University of Queensland, teaching masters and undergraduate coursework. Also pursuing a PHD at UQ.
Francesca Del Mese
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Watford, United Kingdom
Sponsor District: 1260
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English & Italian
Applied Field Experience: Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, Dili, Timor-Leste
City: London
Country: UK
Summary: Francesca is based in Geneva where she is the legal advisor to the UN Commission of Inquiry into atrocities committed in Syria.
Carolyn Fanelli
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Raleigh, NC, USA
Sponsor District: 7710
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: Education for Peace, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
City: Khartoum
Country: Sudan
Summary: She is the country representative in Sudan for Catholic Relief Services, based in Khartoum.
Path Heang
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Named/Endowed: Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Sponsor District: 3350
Citizenship: Cambodia
Languages: English & Cambodian
Applied Field Experience: Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
City: Siem Reap
Country: Cambodia
Summary: 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.
Ryan Hendy
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Windsor-St. Clair, ON, Canada
Sponsor District: 6400
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: UN Assistance Mission, Sierra Leone
City: Ottawa
Country: Canada
Summary: 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.
Amy Kay
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Sponsor District: 7600
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and Arabic
Applied Field Experience: Hope for the Children, Ethiopia
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: 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.
Sofia Knöchel Ledberg
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Täby-Attunda, Sweden
Sponsor District: 2350
Citizenship: Sweden
Languages: English & Swedish
Applied Field Experience: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia
City: Uppsala
Country: Sweden
Summary: 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.
Rivkah Larkan
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Alpena, MI, USA
Sponsor District: 6310
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, German, Russian, Uzbek & Arabic
Applied Field Experience: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Cairo, Egypt
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Summary: She plays violin and co-writes songs with her band The Wishing Well, a folk band from Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Christian Oakes
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2002-04
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Green Cove Springs, FL, USA
Sponsor District: 6970
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English
Applied Field Experience: Habitat for Humanity, Boston, USA
Country: Philippines
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