Participants
Participants in Global PACT come from all kinds of backgrounds and interests. Here are a few profiles of our participants.
Bryony Winn
Bryony was selected as a Rhodes Scholar in Zimbabwe in 2007, and is now studying towards an MPhil in Development Studies at Oxford University.
Chetra Soun
In 2007, she was selected to participate in the Mekong Youth Net, an intensive training program for young women leaders from anti-trafficking organizations in the Greater Mekong Subregion....
Daniel Christopher
Following the Global PACT Thailand 2007 training, he and Greg Mills attracted widespread attention with a series of videos and screenings based on their organization - Ta To (Wide Eyes). He is an accomplished musician and aspiring surfer, currently living in Brazil.
Elora Mukherjee
She graduated from Yale Law School in 2005. As a law student, she represented asylum seekers, assisted on a death penalty case, and worked on a range of domestic and international human rights issues.
Jill Matthews
Jill is currently director of media relations at Seton Hall University, where she is simultaneously completing her MBA part time...
Lauren Oleykowski
Lauren is a founding member of Global PACT. She has spent much of the past three years in West Africa, first as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, and then as Savings & Literacy Coordinator for the American Refugee Committee in Sierra Leone...
Lilly Gannone
Lilly is a second year student at Rutgers College and a double-major in French and communications with a minor in political science. Aside from Global PACT, Lilly is the president of the French Club at Rutgers...
Maria Maldonado Matiz
Maria was born in Bogota, Colombia, but moved to New England at the age of five. She did volunteer work in Central America before graduating high school and attended Northeastern...
Robin Bose
Senior Intrapreneur, Ashoka - Innovators for the Public. Between his stints at Ashoka, he has worked in the US, UK, and India with corporate and civic sector organizations in finance, publishing, and public health.
Shawn Golhar
In addition to his work with Global PACT, Shawn is a public finance banker with Barclays Capital in the Los Angeles office. In this role, he provides financial expertise to the full range of public sector clients, including state and local governments, non-profit organizations, and public authorities.
Sopheak Nam
Sopheak is a graduate of the Center for Children's Happiness, a school in Phnom Penh. In 2007, she was selected to participate in the Mekong Youth Net, an intensive training program for young women leaders from anti-trafficking organizations in the Greater Mekong Subregion...
Yasmine Habash
Yasmine's first Global PACTexperience began in Boston in 2005 and allowed her to travel to South Africa in 2006. Yasmine has traveled extensively in Asia and plans to work in the NGO sector.
