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Muhammad bin Kamarulazizi
Muhammad bin Kamarulazizi founded Kindness Dot My in 2013 before establishing Kindness Malaysia in 2015. Under his leadership, the organization has grown throughout Malaysia with less than two years and inspired more than 100 kindness projects and activities. Now he is the executive member of the World Kindness Movement which is based in Netherlands. Muhammad holds an MBA degree specializing in Strategic Management from University Technology Malaysia and Bachelor Bachelor Degree in Engineering from the International Islamic University Malaysia. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Media and Information Warfare at UiTM. Prior to his contribution in social work, he was awarded as the World Kindness Hero Members 2017 under the World Kindness Movement and was the finalist for the Penang Youth Icon 2014, Prime Minister Office under the social work category. Muhammad was deeply involved in humanitarian and social work since his tenure for six years with Muslim Aid Malaysia Humanitarian Foundation under the UK based International NGO, Muslim Aid and Kindness Malaysia. He has experience working hand in hand with the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR), Zakat Institution, NGOs and corporates companies. He was involved in the humanitarian aid mission to Myanmar (Nargis Cyclone, 2008 and Rakhine Conflicts, 2012 and 2016), Philippines (Haiyan Cyclone, 2014) and Palestine (2011 and 2012). He also appears on local media mainstream sharing his experience on social works.
Zaim Mohzani
Organisation: Co-Founder & Chairperson, Nation Building School
Zaim Mohzani is a community organiser passionate about developing the next generation of leaders in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. His mission is to transform the lives of 50,000 young people (18-30 years old) through civic engagement by 2020. He specialises in youth development. Zaim promotes a Malaysian brand of community organising through the 3Cs (Cause, Community, Campaign). He has co-founded 2 NGOs and led 5 non-profit organisations in Malaysia. In addition, Zaim has organised, co-organised and supported 360 initiatives impacting 5,000 young people through 7 NGOs. Zaim was a senior program officer of a boutique digital media agency based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He previously served as an aide to the Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities under the prestigious Perdana Fellowship. Prior to that, he was a community manager to a technology startup JobEmbassy.com — connecting fresh graduates overseas to companies in Malaysia. Zaim brings a wealth of experience from his tri-sector exposure — being involved in private and public sectors as well as civil society. Currently, he dedicates most of his time to Nation Building School, a youth leadership platform. As its Chairperson, Zaim runs leadership development initiatives to expose, educate and empower the youth community. He is also a youth influencer of the World Economic Forum (WEF) through the Global Shapers Community. Zaim was the founder of Perdana Fellows Alumni Association, Vice-President of a Kuala Lumpur chapter for Toastmasters International and ambassador of Impact Hub Kuala Lumpur. He holds an advisory position for AIESEC (biggest global student movement), Humans of Kuala Lumpur and Sustainable Diplomacy. A Monash University graduate from Australia, Zaim majored in political science and international relations.
Siti Nathrah Binti Che Fazilah (PJK)
Organisation: Yayasan Salam Malaysia
Ho Chih Ming
Organisation: International Firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Ho Chih Ming is currently a full time associate in International Firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He obtained his professional qualification ACCA locally at HELP College. On top of his full time position, he is also the Honorary Secretary of Service Civil International (SCI) Malaysia since 2014 and had been an active volunteer since the age of 15. In SCI, he has been actively involved in many workcamps and programs at local and international level that promotes peace.
On top of that, he volunteers with many other organization namely Lions Club International and Special Olympics Malaysia. He founded the Leo Club of HELP CAT (a program under Lions Club) and has worked on many projects, camps and forums since. In Special Olympics Malaysia, he is the youth leader representing Malaysia to the Youth Leadership Summit.
Desmond Bong
Organisation: Volunteer, Yayasan Salam Malaysia
Desmond Bong, completed his Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Development, University Malaysia Sarawak in 2012. A freelancer, with becoming an entreprenure as a mission. An active students and vast experience working with youth and has represented UNIMAS for various activities. Desmond continue his passion in Volunteer work by contributing through Youth Club under Minsitry of Youth, As a for Malaysia Paralympiad 2016 and and currently a finalist for MyHARAPAN, Social Project Challenge 2017.
Zakiah Haji Ahmat
Organisation: Yayasan Salam Malaysia
Has served several NGOS in Sarawak for the past 17 years and was a volunteer to Yayasan Salam Malaysia since its establishment in 1997. In 2007, Yayasan Salam Malaysia spread its wing to East Malaysia, SARAWAK and since, a few project was initiated with support from local NGOS. Zakiah as a fulltime staff of Yayasan Salam Malaysia, together with Salam Malaysia Volunteer, initiated My Ole Ole, a Malaysian Foodbank version Project since 2009. Being managing volunteer as her core task and responsibility, Zakiah herself is a volunteer to other Community Group such as KOSPEN, Komuniti Bestari, Sarawak Canoe Association ,Sarawak Abilympic Task Force, Sukarelawan Kebajikan and received National Outstanding Volunteer award 2013 by Ministry Of Womens, Family and Community Development, Malaysia.
Dr Umaiyal Munusamy
Organisation: University Putra Malaysia
Umaiyal Munusamy is a Plant Scientist, a Science Communicator and also an Entrepreneur. She is also an affiliate member of the Young Scientist Network (YSN) Academy Science Malaysia (ASM). Recently, she was nominated as an Ambassador by G20 German Presidency to Malaysia as A Young Global Changer on Food Security. She is also a Finalist of Young Innovator of Falling Walls Lab Berlin 2016 and a Champion of Falling Walls Lab Malaysia 2016. She also won an Audience Choice Award at the Fame Lab Malaysia 2016, received the second runner up in Euraxess Science Slam Malaysia 2015 and was awarded as a Best Oral Presenter at the 11th Malaysia Genetics Congress. As a plant scientist, by profession she is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Plantation Studies, UPM. Her research interests are mainly in plant biotechnology, transgenic research, plant microbe interactions and innovation. She has been authoring numerous publications in reputed journals, written book chapters and also holds a patent. Recently she has been engaged with an international publisher to write a scientific book for the undergraduate students. As a women scientist or women in agriculture, she challenges herself to contribute towards ending hunger/malnutrition in the current changing global environment. She was invited as a judge for Zone Level Science Fair for Young Children 2017 and as a rapporteur for The 3rd ISTIC Biennial International Conference on Women in Science, Technology and Innovation (ST): Innovative Solutions by Women for UN Sustainable Development Goals 2016-2030. Due to her numerous achievements and active involvement she was invited as a panellist for Student Leadership Convention 2017 Forum on Women; Find your voice, speak up and be heard! Besides that, her passion as a science communicator continues into educating refugee children in science subjects voluntarily at Guru Nanak Punjabi School at Sentul, Malaysia. She was also invited to become a workshop speaker for the 1st Regional Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Congress at University of Malaya and also at Falling Walls Malaysia in 2017. She is often invited to talk on Agriculture Engineering to secondary school students and on Current Topics in Genetics and Molecular Biology to undergraduate students. She has been training various level of students for scientific competitions, she was an active contributor at Fame Lab Malaysia 2017 and Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Festival (KLESF) 2016. As an entrepreneur, she channels her research output and develop projects entitled Say`s U-turn to Underutilised land. She believes, through this project, SDG goals 2, 3, 13 and 15 can be achieved towards year 2050. As a founder of SAYOR MINE NETWORK she has started to develop underutilised land in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia and have engaged with 2 other projects; one on residential land and another one is on the aboriginal`s land. The output of this project not only going to cater partially for the daily need but also will create self-awareness on good health and well-being.
Jufitri Joha
Organisation: Malaysian Youth Council
Jufitri Joha is currently the Vice President of Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) and an activist of Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM). He obtained LLB from International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and Master of Arts in Community and Youth Work from Durham University, United Kingdom under the Chevening Scholarship. Currently he is pursuing his PhD in Youth Studies at Institute for Social Science Studies (IPSAS) of University Putra Malaysia (UPM). Being as a full time youth activist, he is actively involved in advocating various international issues related to Islamic world and consulting several youth development programmes and policies. He has been exposed to several international
Professor Dato Dr Yuserrie Zainuddin
Organisation: Deputy Vice Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Yuserrie bin Zainuddin is a Deputy Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Before joining UMP, he has served School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)(1996 -2009) as lecturer and as Deputy Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. He has more than 20 year of working experience in academic which he works on management accounting and control systems, accounting information systems, strategic management accounting and leadership. He started a career in UMP in 2009 as a Professor in Management Accounting, and appointed as Dean of Center of Postgraduate Studies, and subsequently he was appointed as Dean/Assistant Vice Chancellor/Deputy Vice Chancellor of Students Affair and Alumni (2010 – present).
Tuan Mohamad Hakimi bin Tuan Yahya
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Hakimi Yahya is a bachelor student majoring in Nuclear Engineering and will be graduating from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2018. He was awarded as (youngest) UTM Student Volunteer Icon 2017. Apart from being excellent in academic, he also participated in various programmes and societies with distinctive positions and titles. Among the society positions that he holds are Vice President of Malaysia Student Leaders UNESCO Secretariat Council, Honorary Secretary and Human Resource Executive of UNESCO UTM Club, Co-advisor of Volunteer UTM Club, Officer of Nuclear Engineering Student Society, and Alumni of Student Volunteer Foundation (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa). Among the high impact programmes he has directed and will be directing are Konvensyen Pembangunan Mahasiswa & Mahasiswa OKU 2017, UTM Volunteer Week 2017, and Jalinan Kasih Rohingnya 2016. He also co-directed and became high council of remarkable national/international programmes such as Nuclear Youth Summit 2017 and Nuclear Youth Conference 2016. Besides, Hakimi Yahya has accumulated more than 1000 hours of community volunteering and more than 2 years of experience in UTM – Japan Summer School programmes. He was also the Head Buddy of Osaka Prefecture University – UTM Language Academy Summer School Programme 2017, Head of Medical and Health Cluster of Green Summer Volunteer Campaign 2016 Vietnam, and Head of Education Cluster of YSS Volunteer Weekend at Kampung Orang Asli Sg. Melut 2017. Hakimi Yahya represented UTM and became Malaysian delegates to various prestigious international programmes such as Diversity and Inclusion Youth Camp 2017, International Capacity Building Workshop on Green Growth 2017, Southeast Asian Mobility for 21st Century Skills and the largest United Nations youth symposium – 8th University Scholars Leadership Symposium at the United Nations
Sathish Rao Appalanaidu
Organisation: Director, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Sathish Rao is a Tunku Scholar graduated from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) with CGPA 3.93 and bagged a gold medal for Pingat Tunku Award by Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation (YTAR). He was the first Indian in Malaysia to win the gold medal of Pingat Tunku. He also was awarded with The Outstanding Achievement Award by National Malaysian Indian Congress Women’s Wing. As a First-Class Graduate at the 17th UPSI Convocation, Sathish won the Royal Gold Education Medal and the recipient of Anugerah Pelajaran DiRaja (Royal Education Award). He has also held the the position as the Head of Students Affairs Bureau, Malaysian Indian Congress – National Youth Wing@Putera MIC.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Sopian Bujang
ORGANISATION: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
TWITTER & LINKED IN: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Associate Prof. Dr. Sopian Bujang is an academic staff at Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development, University Malaysia Sarawak. Currently he is on secondment at Ministry of Higher Education as Director of Student Development Division, Department of Higher Education. Prior to that, he was a Director of National Civic Bureau, Sarawak Prime Minister Department.(2014-2015)
He graduated with B.Hsc Psychology (Hons) from International Islamic University Malaysia in 1996 and obtained his M.A in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from University Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1999. After joining UNIMAS in 1999, he persued his PhD in Human Research Management at University Utara Malaysia and was graduated in 2006. In 2012, he completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning from UNIMAS. In 2013, he took sabbatical leave and became academic visitor at School of Management, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
Professor Rina Indiastuti
Organisation: Secretary Directorate General of Student and Learning Affairs, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Indonesia
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Prof. Rina Indiastuti serves as Secretary Directorate General of Student and Learning Affairs, Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, Indonesia since May 2017 by following the vision of Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs. She obtained the Industrial Management Master in Institut Teknologi Bandung 1989, and the doctoral degree in University of Osaka Prefecture in 1999. She is also active as researcher, consultant, reviewer, and evaluator during her lifetime. She has been a researcher in LP3E (research laboratory, community service, and economic assessment) Faculty of Economy, Padjadjaran University since 1987. She also actives at writing book and journal in economic such as The Financing of Regional Development and Economic Growth in West Java Province, within Regional Development in The Era of Decentralization: Growth, Poverty, and Environment, Unpad Press, 2003 and A Competitive Model of Manufacturing Industry: The Cases of Indonesia and Japan, The Journal of Economic Studies, Society of Economics University of Osaka Prefecture, Vol. 39:2, 1994.
Professor Datuk Dr Rokiah Omar
Organisation: Professor and Optometrist, Optometry and Visual Science Programme, School of Healthcare Sciences, National University of Malaysia (UKM)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Professor Datuk Dr Rokiah Omar is a Professor and Optometrist at the Optometry and Visual Science Programme, School of Healthcare Sciences at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). She is also the Director of the University Of Community Transformation Centre (UCTC) at UKM. Under her leadership, UCTC UKM runs an average of 70 community developments and engagement projects a year. Professor Datuk Dr Rokiah is a Fellow in Low Vision, American Academy of Optometry, Fellow of Association of Malaysian Optometrists, Founding members of Malaysian Academy of Optometry and Associate Fellow Academy of Science Malaysia. She is currently the Classification Director for Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and for the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF), in charged for classification of disable athletes.
Norashikin Shaharudin
Organisation: General Manager, Bank Rakyat Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Norashikin Shaharudin has over 20 years of management experience in distinct Industries including Accounting and Finance, Banking, Wealth Management, Trustees, Retailing, Customer Service, Event Management, Food and Beverage, Costume and Fashion Designing and even as a Makeup Artist. Norashikin offers a history of success contributing all facets of community development and social enterprising in the formation of Yayasan Anak Warisan Alam and Local Agenda 21 Kuala Lumpur. Norashikin has made many state and international presentations for many professional groups, most recently co-chaired an International Conference on Sustainable Cities and Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals – which attracted practitioners, researcher, industry representatives, community groups and individuals from all over the world. Through her love of lifelong learning and its potential to inspire change Norashikin has passionately organized more than 1,240 human holistic education programs since spearheading Yayasan Bank Rakyat. Norashikin has a consistent record of positioning Yayasan Bank Rakyat for success and drives highly accomplish teams of 32 strong personnel that demonstrate profound dedication to operational excellence for the past 4 years.
Professor Dato’ Dr Mohammad Shatar Shabran
Organisation: Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Professor. Dato‘ Dr. Shatar was appointed as the 6th Vice Chancellor of UPSI on February 24th, 2017. After receiving his Diploma in General Studies from Indiana University of Bloomington, USA, he pursued his Bachelor Degree and Master at Iowa State University, Ames, USA. His major is in Community and Regional Planning. In 1999, he completed his doctorate and earned a Ph.D. in Leadership and Community Development from University of Missouri, Colombia USA. Given his professional expertise, Professor Dato’ Dr. Shatar was handpicked for an international duty as an expert in organizations like Tomorrow People Organization, Asian Productivity Organization (APO), and Community Development Academy (CDA). Apart from these international roles, he also served as a government officer at the Public Service Department of Malaysia, Federation of Malay Economic Bodies (GABEM) and National Drug Prevention Agency. In the field of sociology, Professor Dato’ Dr. Shatar is a renowned speaker and has delivered more than 700 motivational talks across Malaysia as well as Asia in various topics including leadership, humanities and social problems. Also, he has written more than 40 books in community development, leadership, soft skills and motivation and being appointed as a ‘Distinguished Visiting Professor’ at Taft Payame Noor University, Iran since 2015. In recognition of his work and contributions, Professor Dato’ Dr. Shatar received numerous awards internationally as well as locally. In 2010, he was conferred with the Malaysian National Academic Award in the Arts and Social Sciences Cluster and in 2012, he is listed among the ‘2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century’ by the International Biographical Center, England. Early this year, he is being awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Education from the Golden Globe Tiger Awards based in Mumbai, India.and became Malaysian delegates to various prestigious international programmes such as Diversity and Inclusion Youth Camp 2017, International Capacity Building Workshop on Green Growth 2017, Southeast Asian Mobility for 21st Century Skills and the largest United Nations youth symposium – 8th University Scholars Leadership Symposium at the United Nations.
Michael Teoh Su Lim
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
A proud Board Member of the Student Volunteers Foundation of Malaysia (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa – YSS), owned by the Ministry of Higher Education – Michael was given the opportunity to volunteer across 22 countries in 2011, after emerging as the Global Youth Champion for the Your Big Year, a Global Volunteerism, Entrepreneurship & Citizenship competition which saw Michael, the youngest participant at the age of 23 years old then, bested 45,000 competitors from 168 countries. Since then, he has led YSS’s missions to Laos, Vietnam, Sabah, Sarawak and has been involved actively with the training sessions conducted for YSS’ volunteers. An Educator at Heart, and an Entrepreneur in mind, he has combined both his Passion and Profession as the Founder of Thriving Talents, an international award-winning talent development company, with a rich clientele of Fortune 500 companies, spreading across 39 countries, with their track-record of having trained more than 100,000 young leaders to lead their organisations and societies better, since 2012. Recognized as a Global Top 100 Learning & Development Coach of the Year 2017, this youthful Malaysian Educator & Entrepreneur, has amassed an accolade of achievements in recognition of his consistent contributions in the fields of Human Resources development, Capacity Development for the Underprivileged, and his keen interest in Volunteerism. Since 2010, Michael has been recognized as one of Malaysia’s National Youth Icons, with his appointment as an ‘Ambassador’ for both IM4U and Negaraku, Malaysia’s Most Enterprising Youth by the Global Entrepreneurship Week, PRESTIGE’s Top 40 Under 40 and had even landed his name in the Malaysian Book of Records, CNN, BBC and the United Nations. From his work in Human Capital development, he had also shifted his expertise towards Leading Positive Change among the world’s most celebrate leaders, by his appointment into various Boards, often being remarked as one of the Youngest Board of Advisors for major organisations. He is the Global Advisor for Microsoft ‘YouthSpark’ in Seattle, U.S.A., the Economic & Entrepreneurship Advisor to the World Youth Government in Geneva, Switzerland and a Board Member with the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) Malaysia.
Mohd Al-Farid bin Abraham
Organisation: Board of Trustees / Director, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)/ Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Mohd Al-Farid Bin Abraham was appointed as the youngest Board of Director for Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) at the age of 22. He has been supervising YSS Students Volunteer Missions to Laos, Vietnam, Sabah and Sarawak in 2016 which were able to trained hundreds of student leaders from Higher Learning Institutions (HLI’s) across Malaysia. He also acted as Head of Malaysia Delegation for ASEAN Youth Forum which held in Vietnam. Owing to this, he had challenged himself to become the President for Student Representative Council of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) by election and positioned himself as Vice President (Borneo) for National Student Advisory Council back in 2015. Currently, he had just finished his studies in MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security from Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
Maizhatul Nazreen Zaidi
Organisation: Board of Trustees/Director, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Maizhatul Nazreen Zaidi joined Kenanga Investors Berhad (KIB) with a practical sense and social enthusiasm where she managed to make the best use out of these qualities. Prior to joining KIB, Maizhatul is an alumnus of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS), a volunteer foundation under the Ministry of Higher Education. She also took part in the national flood relief mission in Kelantan back in 2015 organised by YSS. She is the holder of Bachelor of Administrative Science and Policy Studies (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA. She has been volunteering since 2004 with various charitable NGO/organisations and has been an active volunteer with YSS since 2014.
Datuk Munirah Abdul Hamid
Organisation: Vice President, Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (PERTIWI)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Datuk Munirah is a consummate entrepreneur who enjoys nurturing businesses in exciting new areas. Munirah together with her husband, Robert George Hercus, set up their first IT company which initially focused on accounts and payroll systems for financial institutions. Later, the company was instrumental in the design and development of a pioneer automatic toll payment system which was implemented throughout Malaysia. Munirah is also the Executive Director and co-founder of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (MGRC), one of Asia’s leading providers of genome sequencing and analysis, and genetic screening services. Munirah is an active social worker with Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (PERTIWI). Working closely with other volunteers and relevant government agencies, she is the guiding light behind PERTIWI Soup Kitchen, which she founded in 2010. Munirah and her volunteers go out four nights a week to feed the homeless and hard-core poor in Kuala Lumpur.
Leuang Vilaysone
Organisation: Vice President, Vietnam National Union of Students of Ho Chi Minh City
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Miss Vilaysone Leuang serves as a government official of the Department of External Relation, Ministry of Education and Sports since 2013. During her duties at the central level, she contributes to the development of education sector serving as the focal point, coordinating with international organisations and development partners for education development programmes. Vilaysone holds a Master Degree on Development and Cooperation (International Studies) from Ewha Womans University, South Korea and obtained Bachelor in Political Science at the National University of Laos. Vilaysone had gained some experience via social, educational and cultural exchange programme organised in many countries such as; Darmasiswa Exchange Programme in Indonesia 2011, ASEAN Youth Camp in 2013, served as a volunteer through ASEAN Young Professional Volunteer Corps in Cambodia 2013, invited as a speaker in ASEAN-Russia Youth Summit in 2017 and lead Lao students to join JENESYS Programme in Japan in 2017.
Le Hoang Minh
Organisation: Vice President, Vietnam National Union of Students of Ho Chi Minh City
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Le Hoang Minh serves as the Vice President of Vietnam National Union of Students of Ho Chi Minh City, a social and political organization of Vietnamese students in Ho Chi Minh City with over 420,000 members since 2015; Deputy Chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Central Vietnam National Union of Students since 2016. Le Hoang Minh is a lecturer of University of Technology – Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (HCMUT) between 2010 – 2015. He held an ME degree (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) from that university in 2012. In the process of studying and working at the university, he also held various duties as Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, President of Vietnam National Union of Students of HCMUT. Mr. Le Hoang Minh has over 15 years of experience in organizing youth activities, especially in volunteer activities.
Kogaan a/l Selvaraja
Organisation: Final Year Medical Student, AIMST University / Alumni of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Kogaan Selvaraja is an undergraduate student who is currently pursuing his 5th year medical degree in Asian Institute of Medical Science and Technology (AIMST University). Kogaan participated in Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa – ASEAN Students Volunteer Mission to Batang Maro, Sarawak in 2016 and also to Sangthong District, Vientiane, Lao PDR in 2017. He spearheaded various health camps and events in campus including during volunteering mission in Lao PDR. He also engaged himself in community projects with APEX club and teaching school children during weekends. Kogaan Selvaraha was appointed by former Dean of Medical Faculty of AIMST University as treasurer and facilitator of Peer Assisted Learning Club in AIMST driven to share knowledge with juniors and colleagues. He is also a top performer in academics and was awarded the Dean’s List Award in 2014. Kogaan’s work has provided him with extensive exposure and experience in voluntary programmes and public events.
Jason Ang Wei Lung
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Jason Ang is a final year undergraduate, pursuing Aeronautical Engineering in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Johor Bahru main campus and undertaking a research project to design an airliner passenger seat. He has undergone 12-weeks internship in Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB). His current leadership position is the Vice President of Public Relations in UTM ACES Toastmasters Club. Being the former President of Golden Key International Honour Society UTM Student Chapter, he received the Golden Key Emerging Scholar Award from the US-based honour society. He was also a 2-years cadet officer in Reserved Officer Training Unit (ROTU) or PALAPES, a unit to train volunteer reserve officers from undergraduate students for the armed force in Malaysia. Besides his academic excellence with CGPA 3.98/4.00, he was awarded the UTM Student Volunteer Icon 2015. To date, he has volunteered at 7 countries abroad including the 2-weeks YSS mission to Laos in 2015. From August 2015 to August 2016, he took a gap year to study abroad in Brunei Darussalam and Republic of Korea. Recently, the UK-Based Institution of Mechanical Engineers bestowed him the Frederick Barnes Waldron “Best Student” Award. Recently, he represented Malaysia to take part in the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Russia, which is his 33rd country visited. Growing up in a small fish village and coming from a low-income family background, he has a passion to pursue a professional career in aviation and a personal dream to launch a thematic coffee shop.
Ismitz Matthew De Alwis
Organisation: Chief Executive Officer, Kenanga Investors Berhad
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Ismitz Matthew De Alwis is the Chief Executive Officer for Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”). He is responsible for the overall asset and investment management business of KIB and its subsidiaries. He started his career as an Investment Analyst with a regional research & advisory firm, where he obtained vast regional exposure in Hong Kong, Philippines, Dubai and Singapore. Mr. De Alwis is currently on the board of the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia (FIMM), Committee Member for Malaysia Association Asset Managers (MAAM) and board member of the Licensing Examinations Review Committee (LERC) for the Securities Commission Licensing Examination Module 10: Asset & Funds Management. He was also appointed to the Industry Competency Framework (ICF) Advisory Panel for the Malaysian Capital Market project undertaken by the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC). He is the current President of the Board of Governors for the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM). He is an alumnus of University of Cambridge, Judge Business School – ABSEP and also attended the Advanced Business Management Program (ABMP) by International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Farah Nadzirah Khairuddin
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Farah joined Leaderonomics with a strong passion in capacity building focusing on youth empowerment. Prior to this, she was attached to Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) a volunteer foundation under the Ministry of Higher Education, training and developing undergraduates to be global volunteer leaders. She has been volunteering and mobilising student volunteers domestically and internationally across ASEAN region. She was also involved with national flood relief missions in Pahang back in 2015. In her time here, she has delivered programs including training and facilitation for corporate companies such as EPU SL1M, Axiata, Talent Corp, Astro, Alliance Bank etc., as well as private and public universities in Malaysia. Prior to Leaderonomics, Farah found joy in volunteering. She has been volunteering with YSS since 2014. Inspired from all her volunteer missions, she continues to serve the community. On the 1st and 3 rd weekends of each month, you will find her at Kuala Kubu Bharu, as Kalsom Harapan Head Facilitator conducting English fun learning for the underprivileged students. Outside of work, she loves to wander, travelling to new countries, discovering the hidden gems and exploring new cultures. Farah holds a Bachelor of Education (Hons) (TESL) and a Master of Education in Educational Management and Leadership from Universiti Teknologi MARA.
Dr Fairuz Ashikin A. Kadir
Organisation: Board of Trustees / Director, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)/ Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Dr Fairuz Ashikin served on Board of Directors of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa/Students Volunteer Foundation, wholly-owned entity of Government of Malaysia (via Ministry of Higher Education) since 2012. She is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Consultant in DEMC Specialist Hospital Shah Alam and currently the Head of Department. Dr Fairuz has experience in O&G more than 20 years and subspecialises in Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Minimal Access Surgery.
She served in HTAR (1990-1991), Medical officer of Health (Sepang 1991), Registrar O&G at Hospital Bainun Ipoh (1995), Hospital Sultanah Aminah JB (1996) Specialist/Lecturer O&G HKL/HUKM (1996-2000).
Prof Dr Durrishah Idrus
Organisation: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Professor Dr. Durrishah Idrus, is a highly experienced academic leader, and a Professor in the field of Industrial Relations and Public Policy. She now holds the post of Campus Director at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. At national level, she has been the Secretary for Cluster of Governance, Law and Public Administration, Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN), since 2010. Professor Durrishah has served UTM for 32 years and has held various posts as academic leader, and also serves her beloved country in many ways, especially in community and youth character building. She truly believes everyone deserves the best in education and that education is a life-long learning. In 2011, she was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor and CEO of KPJ Healthcare University College, a subsidiary of KPJ Healthcare Berhad in Nilai Negeri Sembilan. She was instrumental in upgrading the College to a University College status. Under her leadership, the University College grows and obtained approvals for 40 programmes, from Undergraduate to PhD level, especially in healthcare education. Apart from leading the university to grow, she also delivers training for top KPJ Healthcare Berhad management. She is the Secretary for Cluster on Governance, Law and Public Management, at Majlis Profesor Negara, Malaysia, under the Prime Minister’s Department. She is also a Fellow of Institute of Human Resource (ILMIA), Human Resource Ministry, advising on Research and Publication activities, and is external Editor for the Malaysian Labour Review, a national Journal.
Carmen Yong
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Carmen works in the field of urban development in Kuala Lumpur. She is passionate in education and the environment. She is active in volunteerism work, and is an alumnus of Student Volunteers Foundation, otherwise known as Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS). She was involved in YSS-ASEAN volunteer mission to Laos in 2015. During her time in university, she led PDK Redefined in Sarawak, a project that helps students with learning disabilities from less privileged communities in literacy and in upskilling. She is also the top 25 under 25 of Young Sustainable Impact in 2017, a global innovation team of youth leaders working on specific Sustainable Development Goals. Her team Bright City Tech creates technologies that make cities smarter, safer and more sustainable.
Abdul Na’em Suhaime
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Abdul Na’em is a full time Technologist at Malaysia’s top university, Universiti Malaya. He specializes in public-private technology transfer, business development and Intellectual Property Management. Abdul Na’em is a registered Graduate Engineer (Chemical) with the Boards of Engineer Malaysia. He read Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology) at Universiti Malaysia Pahang, and was elected as the President of the Student Government from 2012-2013. Abdul Na’em was also one of the first student volunteers chosen to represent YSS to its pilot international volunteer mission at Vietnam back in 2012. Together with YSS, Abdul Na’em is among the first student volunteers to led a team of 12 volunteers to provide aid the people of Cameron Highland, Pahang who were stricken by terrible mud floods back in 2013. Due to his active role in promoting student volunteer movement, Abdul Na’em was also selected by YSS to attend the 7th World Youth Volunteer Conference, in Australia 2014. He also won Anugerah NADI Negara and obtained Special Awards from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs in the same year. Abdul Na’em also served at YSS from 2015-2016, tasked with corporate relations and volunteer management portfolios. During his tenure, with the help of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia, he managed to foster close relationships with ASEAN, which upgrades YSS mission to be branded officially as an ASEAN initiatives.
Azlan Rudy Malik
Organisation: Vice President, Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (PERTIWI)
Twitter & Linked In: @SukarelawanYSS (Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa)
Rudy holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Accounting and Finance from Oxford Brookes University. He joined IBM Malaysia in the year 2000 as an Accounting Analyst. He was promoted to Team Leader and was then assigned to IBM Corp in New York for 6 months in 2007 handling Asia Pacific Expenses. In 2013, Rudy joined iM4U as the Director of Corporate Services. He was promoted as iM4U’s Chief Operating Officer in 2014. Under his stewardship, iM4U launched its first radio station, iM4U fm. This is the station that reaches out to the youth and spearheads social causes. Besides setting up its first radio station, iM4U has also organised large-scale volunteer programmes like Volunteer Malaysia, Reach Out Convention and Celebration and Reach Out Run that have successfully engaged volunteers of different age groups and background. Also, under his purview, iM4U initiated its first volunteer network programme, ASEAN4U that brought together 70 ASEAN delegates.
Wan Ahmad Hazman Wan Daud
Organisation: Board of Trustees/Director, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter: @SukarelawanYSS
Hazman was commissioned as Young Officer in Rejimen Askar Wataniah at the 30th Royal Commissioning Ceremony of the Reserved Officer Training Unit (ROTU) in 2011. Hazman was made Vice President of the Students’ Representative Council in 2009. He was managed UTM’s 45th Convocation Fest where he led a team of 85 people and achieved unprecedented profits at a value of RM150,000.00 which is still revered till this day. Hazman was a receiver of the Royal Education Award (Medal of Excellence) at the UTM 49th Convocation Ceremony. Aside from that, he was also awarded as UTM Student Icon, UTM Leadership Icon, Berita Harian Varsity’s Icon Award 2012 and National Nadi Award 2012. Hazman holds several posts in several committees at the Ministry of Higher Education level relating to volunteerism and leadership such as the Anugerah Tokoh Siswa (Student Figure Award) and the 1st Shift of Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) [PPPM (PT)]. Hazman is also active in presenting paperwork and attended as delegation for several world-class conferences such as the 66th UNDPI/NGO Conference, 23rd and 24th IAVE World Volunteer Conference, 7th and 8th IAVE World Youth Volunteer Conference, Konvensyen Kepimpinan Melayu Muda Nusantara and ASEAN Young Leader Conference. He was nominated as a member of the Board of Trustees/Director of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) in 2012 and serves until now.
Su-yen Huang
Organisation: Hualien Youth Volunteer Association
Great impact by his father Jung- tun Huang, Su-yen Huang participated in the youth volunteers and joined Welldoer House several years ago. In the organization, he not only helps farmers sell farm products which is affected by price crash but also devotes himself to various charitable events. Additionally, after natural disasters like typhoon or earthquake, he assists victims to raise materials and furniture, transporting these materials to whom they need.
Runiy bin Maldud
Organisation: Manager, Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter: @SukarelawanYSS
Runiy is now serving at Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa/ Student Volunteers Foundation, Ministry of Higher Education as Manager/ Head of Department Planning and Execution Activity. At heart, Runiy is an avid volunteer and has travelled more than 10 countries when performing official duty. Under the flag of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa he has been involved in more than 15 Volunteer Missions to Sabah, Sarawak, Lao PDR, Vietnam & France for two weeks to one month abroad at any given time.
Runiy holds a Degree in Sports Science (Hons) from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and former Student Ambassadors back in his student years.
Potter Ka Kai Fong
Organisation: Lions Clubs International, Youth Engagement Committee Orient & Southeast Asia Representative
Twitter: @SukarelawanYSS
Potter Ka Kai Fong has served as a community youth activist for over 10 years through informal education and youth projects. He has also been involved in several youth organisations and youth development programmes locally and internationally including in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, India and many other countries. As a ‘Generation Y’, he has the ability to understand the unique concerns about youth and young adult engagement in community. Through consulting, seminars, conferences, and speaking on various youth-related topics, he assists organisations in organising their youth engagement initiatives. Potter Ka Kai Fong is a recipient of a number of awards for his outstanding contribution and achievements in youth works: Malaysia National Youth of the Year Award, Lions Clubs International Youth of the Year Award, Leadership Award. He is currently Orient and Southeast Asian Youth Representative for Lions Clubs International and also the Vice National President for the International Award for Young People Gold Award Alumni Association for Malaysia. He is now working with government and non-government youth organisations to deliver a series of motivational talks to inspire students to follow their dreams.
Maximillan G. Ventura (Max)
Organisation: Philam Foundation & Philippine Coalition On Volunteerism
Max G. Ventura is the President and CEO of Philam Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Philamlife Insurance an affiliate of AIA Group based in Hong Kong. Max has a degree in business administration and a master’s in development management from the Asian Institute of Management. He started his path in social development work as a Jesuit Volunteer in the early 90’s organizing and helping out farmers during the implementation of the Philippines’ Agrarian Reform Law. He established the Kaakbay Philam Volunteer Corps in early 2000’s at Philamlife and has been an active advocate for volunteerism in the corporate sector ever since. He also currently serves as a trustee for the Philippine Coalition on Volunteerism that strives to mainstream volunteerism for nation building.
Jung-tun Huang
Organisation: Hualien Youth Volunteer Association
Jung-tun Huang is the founder of Welldoer House which was set up in 2011. For past three decades, he dedicated himself to citizen participation and integrated community service by initiating Hualien Youth Volunteer Association which encouraged the youth get involved in volunteering. By chance, he noticed the overproduction led to the price crash of farm products. This phenomenon inspired him to focus on local farmers’ issues. He started gathering a group of people and decided to establish an organization to help Taiwan farmers for selling their products based on fair price. Nowadays, Welldoer House not only improves farmers’ lives, but also puts efforts to lots of charitable events.
Emira Izzati Abdul Aziz
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)/ Student Volunteers Foundation
Twitter: @SukarelawanYSS
Emira Izzati Binti Abdul Aziz is a 22 years old girl born in Kuala Lumpur and grew up in Johor Graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), in Faculty of Resource Science and Technology (FRST), majoring in Animal Resource Science and Management (Zoology), she is the recipient of Di-Raja Award (Pingat Jaya Cemerlang) during 21st UNIMAS Convocation. She was also selected as a student representative to give a valedictorian speech during the 21st UNIMAS Convocation. Pertaining to the achievement, she received a Zamalah Vice Chancellor Research Award from UNIMAS during 21st UNIMAS Convocation to further her Master studies in Medical Entomology at Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, UNIMAS. Emira Izzati is an Alumni of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) where she participated in volunteer mission in Tawau, Sabah in 2016. She was once an internship trainee and volunteer at World Wildlife Fund, WWF-Malaysia.
Shalabh Sahai
Organisation: iVolunteer (Registered name: MITRA Technology Foundation)
Twitter: @shalabhsahai
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalabhsahai
Shalabh Sahai – co-Founded iVolunteer – India’s largest social enterprise for volunteering engaging 10,000 volunteers each year with 350+ NGOs & many corporate partners. Shalabh also creating iVolunteer Awards – India’s only awards on volunteering. Instrumental in setting up ICICI Fellows in 2009, in 2014 he co-founded India Fellow – an intense 13-month youth social leadership program.
Shalabh also started JobsForGood – a boutique consultancy offering Recruitment and HR Advisory services exclusively to social enterprises.
Shalabh serves on the Global Council for Global Pro Bono Network and on the Task Force for CII’s India@75 initiative. He is a visiting faculty at SPJIMR a leading B-school in Mumbai. An MBA he was also India’s first Commonwealth Professional Fellow to UK in 2003.
Melissa Kwee
Organisation: National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)
Melissa Kwee is the third Chief Executive Officer of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). As a spokesperson for a wide range of causes, she has been involved in mobilising resources and people to aid in community development. She has assumed roles as the Chairman of Halogen Foundation, and President of UN Women Singapore (formerly known as Unifem Singapore), where she tackled trafficking issues and initiated various community campaigns to engage and empower youth as advocates.
She received the Singapore Youth Award in 2007 and Asean Youth Award 2008 for her leadership and service. To help teenage girls on probation reintegrate into society, she founded Beautiful People, a programme of Beyond Social Services, which pairs mentors with teenage girls to offer guidance, life skills, and friendship.
Upon returning to Singapore, she started Project Access – a values-based leadership education initiative to inspire and equip girls and young women to be role models for positive change.
Her career has spanned the public, private and community sectors as anthropologist, researcher, educational programme designer, social innovator and as a catalyst in the private sector. She has served on many public service and community boards to advance the mission of causes she believes in including the National Arts Council, the Singapore Repertory Theatre, the ITE Board of Governors and Prison Fellowship International. She is currently President of International Women’s Forum (IWF) and is on the boards of Crest Secondary, a specialised school for technical education in Singapore; 70×7, an initiative by the Prison Fellowship Singapore, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, Pontiac Land Group and honestbee.
She holds a degree in anthropology from Harvard College and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study ethnic-based community leadership in Nepal.
Harsha Ravindran
Organisation: Ascendance
Linked In: Harsha Ravindran
Harsha is 15 years old. She is Head of Marketing and Branding for ET Ideas. She is the founding member of Ascendance, the Chief Marketing Officer and trainer of the Youth Program. Harsha was a speaker at an International conference [ASEAN Solidarity in creating Shared Prosperity] held in Kuala Lumpur on 9th May 2017. She speaks the voice of the younger generation; Gen Z on solving world problems, listening to your heart, following your passion and harnessing the power of the mind, by sharing her personal experience and achievements.
Manon Bernier
ORGANISATION: United Nations Volunteer programme (UNV)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManonBernier
Manon Bernier is the Regional Manager for Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations Volunteer programme (UNV) which has the specific mandate of supporting programme and partnership development in the region.
From 2012 to 2015 Manon was leading the area of volunteer learning and knowledge management for UNV, developing innovative solutions to enhance the quality and impact of the volunteer experience. She also chaired the technical group for the development of UNV Youth Strategy in support of the Five-Year Action Agenda of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. From 2007 to 2012, she was Portfolio Manager for Latin America, managing more than 700 UN Volunteers and developing new innovating partnership promoting volunteerism as a tool to engage communities in development as well as enhance South South cooperation. Manon worked as well for UNDP in Panama and for the Canadian Cooperation in Guatemala.
Prior to the UN, Manon was working for the private sector. From 2000 to 2005, she worked for the artistic multinational Cirque du Soleil. As Project Manager for their social corporate responsibility programme, she developed and implemented specific programmes in Latin America, Asia and Africa, using arts as a way of intervention with youth at risk.
Ramona Dragomir
Organisation: Consultant, Network Development, IAVE
Ramona joined IAVE at the beginning of 2013, as an Atlas Corps Fellow. During her fellowship, she was involved in assisting the design, development and launch of IAVE’s Global Network of National Volunteer Centers. Currently, Ramona serves as a consultant regarding IAVE’s network development and assists in the development and execution of IAVE’s global research on volunteer centers.
Ramona’s involvement in the non-profit sector began in 2006, starting as a volunteer in numerous local, national, and international organizations and later joining Pro Vobis – the National Resource Center for Volunteering of Romania as a Program Coordinator.
She holds a degree in Political Science from Babes-Bolyai University and was also awarded a fellowship to participate in the Hansen Summer Institute on Leadership and International Cooperation. Her extensive professional experience in the field of social development by means of volunteering translates in to setting up and implementing projects to support the development of volunteer infrastructure in her home country, Romania.
Kylee Bates
Kylee Bates was elected as IAVE’s World President in 2014, having been an active member of IAVE since 2001 and a member of the board of directors since 2008.
Kylee has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, government and commercial sectors. She is currently the General Manager (VIC/NSW/TAS) jobactive for Advanced Personnel Management. She previously served as the State Director of Service Delivery for Mission Australia, one of Australia’s largest non-profit community services organizations, and was also the Deputy CEO of Volunteering Australia for over four years.
Kylee also has worked for the Australian Government in a variety of policy, program and service delivery roles, most recently as a Senior Advisor on Indigenous Policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
In 2012 Kylee was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to travel to 6 countries to examine and report on Employer-led initiatives to increase the workforce participation of people with disabilities. She has tertiary qualifications in economics, law and non-profit studies.
Lim Pei Fang
Organisation: George Town World Heritage Incorporated
Lim Pei Fang actively involved in volunteering programs for the state of Penang as facilitator in Arts-ED Penang (NGO), Facilitator Guide in Friends of George Town Heritage, and volunteer in George Town Heritage Celebrations since year 2011.
She received her Master in Business Administration (MBA) from University Science of Malaysia and Degree of Bachelor of Accounting from Northern University of Malaysia. She is a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2014.
Anrie Too
Organisation: GIVE.asia
Linked In: @anrie2
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrietoo/
Anrie Too is the Chief Development Officer for GIVE.asia. Headquartered in Singapore, GIVE.asia works with hundreds of nonprofits and social enterprises across 20 countries. Prior to joining GIVE.asia, Anrie was the Business Development Manager for Malaysia and Cambodia with SimplyGiving.com. She has worked with National Cancer Society of Malaysia and Global Environment Centre to drive fundraising initiatives and build donor communities. Also, Anrie is an active advocate of local performance art and enjoyed success in both her performing arts career and involvement in the nonprofit sector in Malaysia. Anrie continues to support of the local Performing Arts industry and is a passionate advocate of social change.
Andy Mankiewicz OBE
Organisation: Hourvillage Pte Ltd
Andy is the Founder and CEO of Hourvillage, a two-sided social marketplace for skills & services where the currency paid is not money but time. As a social equaliser, Hourvillage has attracted strong interest from individuals, corporations, schools & universities and government to encourage volunteerism in the community. Andy has built numerous private and publicly listed companies in Japan, Singapore and the UK. He was President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the UK Governor of the European Business Council in Japan, culminating in being awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2011.
Doris Mariani
Organisation: Executive Director, IAVE
Doris brings to IAVE deep international experience from nonprofit, professional services and government sectors. Prior to joining IAVE, Doris served in Brussels as the CEO of Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international civil society organization that fosters dialogue among parties in conflict and provides a protective presence for threatened civilians in violence-affected communities.
Previously Doris held roles as Vice President for Policy at Business Executives for National Security in Washington, DC and Senior Strategic Adviser for the US Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Before that, Doris served as Vice President of both the Washington Operations and the Europe/Eurasia Operations at the International Executive Service Corps, a non-profit organization leveraging the expertise of volunteer American business executives to advance sustainable development and economic growth in the developing countries. A common thread throughout Doris’ career has been volunteerism and development. Doris currently volunteers for the World Affairs Council Washington DC and serves as a member of their International Affairs Committee.
Chang Sup, Oh
Organisation: Ceo of Korea Volunteer Center
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Adrienne Picone
Organisation: Volunteering Australia
Twitter: @adriennepicone
Linked In: Adrienne Picone
Adrienne Picone joined Volunteering Australia (VA) as the CEO in January 2017. Prior to starting at VA, Adrienne was the CEO of Volunteering Tasmania and during that time she has been a tireless campaigner for volunteering. Adrienne is passionate about the for-purpose sector and strives to ensure that volunteering is universally acknowledged as being integral to the social, economic and cultural cohesion of our community.
Adrienne has worked with volunteers for over 15 years as a Volunteer Manager, trainer and management consultant. She has qualifications in education and extensive experience with Local and State Government as well as for purpose organisations. As the CEO of VA, Adrienne is responsible for ensuring that the organisation remains true to purpose and delivers on its mission to lead, strengthen, promote and celebrate volunteering in Australia.
Mara Basanovic
Organisation: Volunteering Queensland
Mara, is CEO of Volunteering Queensland and was previously CEO of Volunteering Western Australia. With 11 years’ experience leading the volunteering effort in Australia’s two largest states, Mara has been a driver behind developments including the Australian national standards, definition of volunteering, and national digital platform for volunteer recruitment and management.
She strongly advocates and represents volunteering state-wide, nationally and internationally. Her knowledge, innovative programs and service delivery models have contributed to advancement of the volunteering movement and the transformative power of volunteering in strengthening and connecting individuals and communities and being vital and integral to the economic, social, cultural and environmental well-being of Australia.
Professor Datuk Dr. Rohana Yusof
Organisation: University Malaya
Professor Rohana Yusof is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student affairs) at the University of Malaya. In this position she is responsible for developing and preparing students’ for the job market and at the same time facilitating and looking after their well-being.
Professor Rohana Yusof previously hold the position of the Deputy Director of the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) heading the Centre for Leadership Research and Innovation. In this position she is responsible for the organization & management of programs & initiatives related to HE leadership research & innovation. In this position too she has broaden her horizon into looking at the HEIs issues and challenges and planning for training in the centre that she headed.
Professor Rohana Yusof received her early education at the Convent Bukit Nanas Secondary School. She holds a BSc (hons) in Biochemistry (Lancaster University, UK) and a Postgraduate teaching certification. She then obtained an MSc (University Malaya) and PhD in Biochemistry (University of Leeds, UK) specializing in Molecular Biology and she was awarded the High Commissioner’s Award for Academic Excellence in London for her work on Adenovirus for her PhD. Upon her return to Malaysia in 1993, she was appointed as a lecturer in the University of Malaya. Among the many accolades Prof Rohana has received include a number of international awards such as the one awarded by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (1996) fellows in the Kinki University in Japan. She also obtained a fellowship from the Asean Molecular Biology Organization (1997) to work at the National Institute of Genetics, in Mishima, Japan. In 1998, she received the Fulbright Scholar award following which, she spend 8 month sat the Kansas University Medical Centre. Professor Rohana is appointed as Fellow at the Academy Science of Malaysia for Medical and Health Science in May 2014.
Her academic passion is balanced by an equal passion and interest in student activities which seen her being appointed as a Fellow of the student’s residential college for 4 years following which in 2003, Professor Rohana was appointed the Master of the Ibnu Sina residential college. In this position, she was responsible for the management & development of the students as well as the college staff, the physical development of the college, during this time she was on a number of advisory boards of the students’ activities in the Student Affairs Department. Her experience and passion in students’ development is acknowledged and this brought her to the present appointment as the Deputy Vice Chancellor for student affairs.
Eddie Razak
Eddie Razak is a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was formerly Executive Vice President at Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, the national agency for innovation in Malaysia. His work involves advocacy for policies and models for how government can work with social-purpose organisations and the private sector to facilitate social investment, intervention programmes that meet social needs and preventive approaches to systemic social issues.
Eddie started his career in an investment bank and served in two major multinationals in oil & gas and in mobile telecommunications. He held senior positions in two public-listed companies and headed the investor relations association for the stock exchange of Malaysia. He does voluntary work in education and the social sector.
Yun Se Hun
Organisation: Suwon Volunteering Center
– Suwon City Volunteer Center, assistant manager, Yun Se-hun
– Presentation theme: On-off-line volunteer platform with citizen participation
Tanie Eio
Organisation: UPS
Twitter: @UPS_Asia / @EioTanie
Linked In: @UPS / @TanieEio
Tanie Eio is the Director of Human Resources for UPS Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Tanie oversees Health & Safety, Learning & Development, Community Relations, Workforce Planning and Compensation for 14,000 employees across more than 40 countries and territories.
With 23 years of HR experience across Asia, Europe and the U.S., Tanie leads organizational transformation through HR programs that nurture and empower UPS talents to serve the evolving logistics and commerce needs of customers worldwide.
Tanie holds a Bachelor in Arts & Social Sciences Degree from the National University of Singapore and actively advocates women’s leadership development, diversity and inclusion.
Simon Gee
Organisation: TechSoup Asia-Pacific
Linked In: https://au.linkedin.com/in/simongee
Simon Gee, Managing Director of TechSoup in the Asia-Pacific region, an international NGO with its head office in San Francisco, has over a decade of experience in the NGO and Technology sectors.
Simon is expanding the reach of TechSoup throughout the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the development and growth of TechSoup Asia-Pacific’s partner network of civil society organizations and technology partners in new countries & territories, from Korea and China, to Cambodia and Myanmar.
Under his leadership, TechSoup Asia-Pacific and its partner network of civil society organizations & technology partners have been able to deliver more than US$ 435 million worth of technology product donations, tools and philanthropic services to more than 35,000 NGOs, CSOs, charities and non-profits across 43 different countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Simon is passionate about the important role of the NGO and Technology sectors in creating positive outcomes for wider society.
Moonhwan Yuh
Organisation: Junior Achievement Korea
Facebook: michael@iLoveCare.com.hk
He is currently a chief operating officer of Junior Achievement Korea since its establishment in 2002. He won the Individual Achievement Award and the Media Award from JA Worldwide and received the Entrepreneurial Award from MetLife Foundation. He received several Commendations from Ministry of Education and the Best Community Service Awards from Korea Media Foundation. After receiving Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies and Master’s degree in Political Science from Sogang University, he took his second Master’s degree in the War Studies of King’s College London with the British Chevening Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. degree in International Politics in Korea.
Jay Ancheta
Organisation: Habitat for Humanity International/Philippine Coalition on Volunteerism
Jay is the Asia-Pacific volunteer programs manager of Habitat for Humanity International. In this role, he provides management support and guidance in the design and implementation of volunteer programs in 18 countries. Concurrently, he serves as the program lead for Habitat Japan.
Prior to joining Habitat, Jay worked for eight years with international development agency VSO. He served as regional adviser on volunteering for development supporting countries in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and China. Before leaving VSO, he served as development programs manager. Jay is a founding member of the Philippine Coalition on Volunteerism – a network of development organizations working with volunteer administrators and managers in the Philippines. PhilCV led the design and development of the Roadmap on Philippine Volunteerism, a multi-sector development agenda outlining the critical role of volunteerism in the Philippine development plan.
HO, Sung Hon
Organisation: Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff
HO Sung Hon, Michael has completed his Master of Science in Nursing in 2008 from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and continuing Doctoral Degree in Health Science. He is the managing director of iLoveCare Service Group Limited, a supreme healthcare and nursing services company. With qualifications of Registered Nurse, Honorary Clinical Instructor and Nursing Instructor, he is being a consultant, lecturer, tutor and supervisor of various institutions, healthcare organizations and companies. Through managing and participating in many social and volunteering services, he aims at contributing to the community on enhancing both physical and psychological health of those citizens.
Wendy Osborne
Wendy Osborne OBE has spent over 30 years working in the non-governmental sector particularly providing leadership within the field of volunteering. She has recently retired as the Chief Executive Officer of Volunteer Now, a leading UK organization providing volunteer infrastructure support and development. She was a Board member of IAVE for six years completing her term of office in December 2016 and has remained as a Special Advisor to the IAVE global research project on national leadership structures for volunteering.
Simone Galimberti
Organisation: ENGAGE
I am very passionate about social change and very intrigued at discovering new ways for youths living in vulnerable status to undertake a path of self-empowerment. Volunteerism or service can make the difference by offering new learning opportunities but also it can be instrumental in bringing together youths from different backgrounds and economic status. This is the mission of ENGAGE, a local not for profit I created together with my wife Kalpana. We actively use our volunteers, the ENGAGE Sport Coaches, to support the process of self-empowerment of youths with disabilities. Before ENGAGE, I co-organized two editions of a course on volunteerism and social work.
Maria Olivia Lucas
Organisation: Unang Hakbang Foundation Inc.
I am a former banking professional having been with the Bank of Montreal in the Philippines and Chemical Bank NY (now JP Morgan Chase). Subsequently, I left banking and started a small project for street children. As it grew, Unang Hakbang Foundation Inc. (UHF) was born to take over project. As its president, a volunteer position, I have overseen UHF’s expansion into an organization that reaches out to over 600 children annually, 20%-25% of whom serve as volunteer story-tellers and peer tutors helping another child read, write and count.
Lindsay Mell
Lindsay Mell has coordinated the United Nations Association of Australia Community Project Portfolio since 1995: is former UNAA – NSW President (2003- 2007), before this serving as Association Vice-President.
Lindsay’s Masters Degree is in Sociology (Policy/ Applied Social Research – Macquarie University), with Honours Masters Thesis in process (Social Psychology). He holds two Post-Graduate Diplomas – Conflict Resolution and Public Administration.
Lindsay taught for six years, was a journalist for six years (his Arts Degree with Politics and Journalism Majors), was Sydney Bureau Chief of Pacific Computer Weekly (two years), then full-time Executive Director/National delegate of a volunteer-based agency – the Safety House scheme, thence coordinating many broad-based community development initiatives/ forums.
Richard Brubaker
Organisation: HandsOn China
Twitter: Twitter.com/richbrubaker
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire and equip those around him to take their first step.
He is the Managing Director of Collective Responsibility, Founder and Executive Volunteer of HandsOn China and a Visiting Professor of Sustainability at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), and have overseen the development and execution of more than 200 projects focused on solving the social, environmental and economic challenges that are faced in Asia
Undral Gombodorj
Organisation: Democracy Education Center (DEMO)
Twitter & Linked In: @undralgombodorj
Mrs. Undral Gombodorj is the Director of the Democracy Education Center (DEMO), a Mongolian NGO. Undral holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Institute of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic. She is a certified trainer, facilitator, mentor, researcher, and author of numerous publications in NGO management, social accountability and governance.
DEMO’s Check My Service initiative aims to assess the transparency and accountability of public services, and to date DEMO has assessed 101 public services.
Apart from the DEMO, Undral is the Chairperson of the Network of Mongolian Volunteer Organizations (NMVO).
Scott Miller
Organisation: Volunteering New Zealand
Twitter: @volunteeringnz
Linked In: @scottmilleronlinkedin
Scott is Chief Executive of Volunteering New Zealand, the national organisation for volunteering in New Zealand. Scott is also an international speaker and democracy consultant and director on several national NGOs.
Scott has a professional background in corporate finance, intellectual disability and social enterprise. He believes that volunteering is the ultimate demonstration of citizen engagement, and is committed to enhancing the impact of volunteer managers as vectors of change.
Scott lives in Wellington with his wife and young son. Outside of work, he plays tennis and squash poorly, and attempts challenging Yotam Ottolenghi recipes.
Nuntinee Malanon
Organisation: Volunteer Spirit Network
Twitter: @malanon
Linked In: Nuntinee Malanon
Malanon’s personal and professional growth has been revolved around civic engagement. She has been working in the civic engagement and volunteerism field since 2005. Volunteerism promotion is the center of her reason. She has got involved with several major changes of volunteering movement in Thailand including the co-founder and manager of the first university volunteer center in Thailand at Thammasat University as well as the recent National Volunteer Center which she has been substantially engaged in policy advocacy and implementation for several years. She believes that through volunteering, citizens become more capable of collaborating, less willing to accept exclusion from closed spaces, and more able to contribute what they are truly passionate about. Malanon expects and puts her geat effort to create an enabling environment for volunteering in Thailand so that citizens and civil society can more effectively participate in sustainable social development.
Jinkyung Jung
Organisation: Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea
I am currently a professor in the Kwangwoon University, Department of Public Administration, a member of the government volunteer promotion committee, and a member of the committee of the Korea Volunteer Center. I have undertaken a number of policy researches in the field of voluntary sector for the past 20 years, including project manager for establishing Korea’s Third Volunteer State Basic Plan (2018-2022).
Park Jihoon
Organisation: BBB Korea
I attended at the 2016 IAVE Mexico as a member. It was very impressive and inspired experiences. While participating in the conference, I was encouraged to share our proud civil movement to the world. It was perfect timing seeing the inform booth about 2017 IAVE KUALA LUMPUR.
I work for BBB Korea, whose mission is ‘A world without language and culture barriers’ since 2014. I will introduce how the movement is survived during 15 years, and how it showed Social Impact in Korean Society highly developed with IT technology. I am sure our story will help others make better world.
Sreenivas Narayanan
Organisation: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASSISTAsia
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreenivas-sreeni-narayanan-b521b31/
& https://www.linkedin.com/in/assistasia/
Sreenivas Narayanan is the founder and Managing Director of ASSIST Asia, an innovative and self-sustaining non-profit focused on project management and capacity-building.
A Chemical Engineer by profession with an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Sreeni has led ASSIST in managing over 100 developmental projects in 20 countries across Asia, through its country offices in the Philippines, India, Viet Nam, and Cambodia.
Likewise, he oversees the development media portal called AsianNGO and its publication called IMPACT Magazine. These aim to address the needs of nonprofits and CSOs, CSR groups, social enterprises, philanthropists, and other entities in the development sector.
Eliza Li
Organisation: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliza-宜樺-li-李-93402792
Eliza Li has been with PwC Taiwan for more than 20 years and is currently the Leader of Capital Market Service and thee Leader of Sustainability Services in PwC Taiwan. Eliza has been promoting the importance and the benefit of implementing SROI to Measure, Manage and Maximize the value created for stakeholders. Eliza has established the first and the only team in Taiwan which has ever helped Taiwan’s Corporation and Social Enterprise to assess and publish the result of Social Return on Investment of their social/philanthropic activities and get assurance from Social Value International.
Zoe Chou
Organisation: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E7%AD%B1%E5%A7%BF-%E5%91%A8-450512a9/
Zoe is an Assurance Partner of PwC Taiwan. Since 2008, she initiated PwC Taiwan’s skill-based volunteering program to help NPOs and Social Enterprises to enhance financial, accounting, tax, and operational management capabilities. As of 2017, PwC’s volunteers have contributed +2,000 hours and supported +111 NPOs and Social Enterprises through this program.
As a Partner in PwC Taiwan CSR Committee for social issues, she created a new social impact program to help social enterprises to measure social impact and social value by adopting the methodology of “Social Return on Investment” (SROI). PwC CSR Committee supports “The SROI Report of Dining in the Farm Project”, which is the 1st accredited report of Taiwan’s social enterprise by Social Value International.
Zoe is PwC Taiwan’s Government and Public Services Leader. She is passionate and enthusiastic in education and public affairs for the next-gen. She is the financial report reviewer of Taiwan NPO Self-Regulation Alliance, the important gatekeeper for the approval of new joining members. Besides, she is the Board of Director of Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation, and the Supervisor of United Way of Taiwan. Furthermore, she is a respected judge/reviewer of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Council of Agriculture, and Ministry of Justice. Her lectures are welcomed by university students, such as NTU and NCCU. Her book “The way from ideal to practice public welfare: the establishment and management of non-profit organizations” builds up PwC Taiwan’s thought leadership and helps to create shared value.
Eduardson Baterina Flores
Organisation: Habitat for Humanity International
I am currently the Regional Program Advisor at Habitat for Humanity International – Asia Pacific, wherein I support the development and implementation of the organization’s youth engagement strategy in the region. The strategy focuses on building the leadership and active participation of the youth towards sustainable cities and settlements. I am also part of the team that drives regional activities and supports 18 countries for the annual run of the Habitat Young Leaders Build (HYLB) campaign. Prior to working with Habitat, I worked with a wide network of youth volunteers for organizations like the UN, US Peace Corps and VSO in the Philippines.
Jayjay N. Jacinto
Organisation: De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, University Avenue, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City, Philippines
Mr. Jayjay N. Jacinto, is a registered school social worker of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ). He is currently finishing Masters of Science in Education with specialization in Community Development at the Asian Social Institute, Philippines.
As the Social Action Head for 7 years, he spearheads various advocacy programs such as the Goodbye Gutom End-Hunger Campaign, Children and Youth Development, One Million Trees and Beyond Project, and various Disaster Relief Operations.
As a volunteer, he is one of the formators of the student and employee volunteers in DLSZ. He is a Licensed Foster Parent, officer of IAVE Philippines, and volunteer board of trustee and current President of Pedya Kamp,Inc., an NGO that promotes the well-being of children with special needs.
Gloria Arlini
Organisation: National Volunteer and Philantrhopy Centre
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-arlini-5b97a82a
Gloria leads the Futures of Giving project, a signature research of NVPC Knowledge and Advocacy team. With over a decade of experience across the public, private and people sector across Singapore and Indonesia, she applies her sociological imagination to explore an increasingly complex “giving” sector. Gloria holds a Masters of Social Sciences, specializing in Sociology, from the National University of Singapore. She is also the Co-Founder of ChapterW (www.chapterw.org), a non-profit social enterprise focusing on women, technology and social innovation in rural Indonesia.
Ka Man Carman Sin
Organisation: Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
Ms. Carman Sin has been coordinating volunteers since 2013 and has managed students and adult volunteers for mental health promotion and youth development services. She is now a project officer managing volunteer projects related to mental health promotion and social inclusion. She is conducting research on volunteering, wellbeing and stigma reduction.
Carrie Lam
Organisation: Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
Ms Carrie Lam is the team leader of the community education team, which is focusing on social inclusion and wellness promotion in Hong Kong. She has over 10 years experience in the management of the volunteers and social inclusion projects in the mental health service. She has initiated the study on the volunteering and wellness areas since 2014 and she was the convener of the Volunteering to Wellness Symposium 2016.
Elango Thiyagu
Organisation: Et Ideas – The Hub of Ideas
Facebook: ETIdeasGroup
Website: http://elangothiyagu.com/
Elango Thiyagu is the founder of ET Ideas and the mentor of 29 successful businesses and 43 associates. He is a successful entrepreneur, starting his first business at 12 years old. He is the author of 3 books; and has impacted over a 100,000 lives through his Bio-Cybernetics program over the past 20 years.
Elango founded ET Ideas in 2008, mentoring and developing entrepreneurs. ET Ideas now have 29 companies; many valued over a Million Ringgit starting from zero. They provide job opportunities for the poor and single mothers. ET Ideas Associates volunteer their time, resources and guidance to create a younger generation of successful entrepreneurs.
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan
Organisation: Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan serves as the Chairman of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Student Volunteers Foundation, a wholly-owned entity of the Government of Malaysia (via The Ministry of Higher Education) since 2012.
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan is a practicing Advocate & Solicitor (Lawyer) in her own firm, Chambers of Zuraidah Atan. Dato’ Zuraidah holds an LLB (Honours) degree from The University of Buckingham, England and obtained the Malaysian Qualifying Board Certificate in Legal Practice (Honours) in 1992. She is a former student of Tunku Kurshiah College.
Dato’ Zuraidah has more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry. She served as President & CEO of Affin Merchant Bank, an investment bank, for 4 years from 1999 until 2003. She started her career at Perwira Habib Bank in 1984 and then Vice President of OCBC Bank for 10 years. Her forte is in cross-borders transactions. Subsequently she served for a period on the Boards of HSBC Bank and Bank Rakyat.
She is an arbitrator at the KL Regional Centre for Arbitration. She was an Independent Member for the Consultation & Corruption Prevention Panel of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
She is the Honorary Advisor for the National Cancer Society of Malaysia and Chairman for RELAY FOR LIFE MALAYSIA, an international cancer awareness event in Malaysia. She is also the Chairman of the IATSS Forum National Committee, Malaysia, a Leadership Training Programme in Japan for young professionals from ASEAN countries.
She presently sits on the Boards of Public Listed Companies such as S P Setia Berhad and Petron Malaysia. She also sits on the Board of Kenanga Islamic Investors Berhad.
Melissa Kaye Pang
Organisation: The Law Society of Hong Kong
Ms. Melissa Kaye Pang is the Vice President of the Law Society of Hong Kong and Chairlady of the Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee. She has a strong interest in access to justice and led the setup of the Pro Bono Committee and the International Legal Affairs Committee in 2010. Ms. Pang is a practising solicitor in Hong Kong. With her devotion to public services, Ms. Pang was awarded Medal of Honor and Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong by the Government of Hong Kong SAR.
Do-young Kim
Organisation: CSR Forum
Do-young Kim has more than 14 years of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility area as a CSR team leader of SK group, SK telecom and SK broadband. And he is a founder and a leader of CSR Forum which has more than 500 CSR team members of more than 170 Korean Corporations. The forum is conducted monthly as an open forum to enable Corporations, NPOs and Government meet together and design new partnership model.
He also serves as executive committee for Volunteering Korea, Korea Volunteer Center and working staff for The Ministry of the Interior and Safety.
And Do-young is a board member of the Korean Association of Nonprofit Organization Research and the Korean Association of NGO Studies.
He teaches NPO management and CSR at Korea Soongsil Cyber University and Korean National Police University. And Do-young is the author of “Working as a CSR team member” and the co-author of “New paradigm of Volunteer work”.
Varsha Ajmera
Organisation: World Youth Foundation
Facebook: varsha.ajmera.3
Twitter: @wrldyth (personal) / @WYFOfficial (office)
Linkedin: Varsha Ajmera
Varsha Ajmera is the Chief Operations Officer of World Youth Foundation. She has over two decades of experience in youth development issues and has embarked on numerous programmes empowering young men and women. She oversees several portfolios including building strategic partnerships, capacity training among others.
Varsha has been a social worker from a very tender age and is always opening opportunities for others, living by the certainly that young people can be a force of change. She has been awarded for her tireless service in coaching and mentoring volunteers. She is also an NGO representative to UN-DPI.
Glenda Martin
Organisation: Volunteering Canterbury
Twitter: @volunteercanty
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/6395093
Glenda Martin, Outreach and Marketing Manager, Volunteering Canterbury.
Glenda has been with Volunteering Canterbury since 2012, speaking to groups about volunteering benefits – new connections, new skills, enhanced CVs; and to organisations about volunteer management. ‘Out of working hours’ Glenda volunteers as a mentor with Pillars, a charity supporting children of prisoners, as a Panelist on the Community Panel (formerly Community Justice Panel), and is a Board member of both Christchurch Community House Trust and Hearing Support Christchurch.
Bhola Prasad Bhattarai
Organisation: Association of Collaborative Forest Users Nepal (ACOFUN)
Twitter & Linkedin: BholaBhattarai
Mr. Bhattarai is an adviser of Association of Collaborative Forest Users Nepal (ACOFUN), which is a national federation of forest user groups. Likewise he is a social activist, working for community based forestry in Nepal. He has more than 20 years experiences in mobilizing and organizing community members in forest protection, management and utilization in remote villages of Nepal. Currently, 19000 forest user groups in Nepal, who are directly contributing to forest management. As a social worker, Mr. Bhattarai is also takes part in policy process in forestry sector. Moreover, Mr. Bhattarai is completing his M. Phil degree in development studies from Kathmandu University.
Tomoya Kaji
Organisation: Meiji Gakuin University
Tomoya Kaji had finished Ph.D. in public administration course at International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. He is now professor of urban management at Meiji Gakuin University, which is the oldest Christian University in Japan. He has taught at Princeton University in U.S. as a visiting fellow, and served several government agencies and many institutes including Tokyo Metropolitan Government and DESA at United Nations as a consultant and an advisor. He is also a charter member and currently an executive director of Habitat for Humanity Japan and an advisor of student campus chapter of Habitat.
Su Su Mon
Organisation: Cuso International
Linkedin: su-su-mon-28141141
Su Su Mon has been involved in the development and humanitarian sector in Myanmar for more than 7 years. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration. Su Su has been working with Cuso International for two years and is enthusiastic about the value of national and international volunteerism to development.
Shwe Zin Mon Aung
Organisation: Freelance consultant
Shwe Zin Mong Aung is a freelance consultant/researcher from Myanmar. She was an IAVE National Representative of Myanmar from 2014 until 2017 and is currently an Executive Committee Member of the local volunteer organization “Searchers-Myanmar”. She was the lead research consultant of the “A Study on Urban Volunteerism in Myanmar”.
Shereen Ng
Organisation: Youth Corps Singapore / Strong Mind Fit Body Pte. Ltd.
Website: https://www.youthcorps.sg; https://strongmindfitbody.com
Facebook: youthcorpssg / strongmindfitbody
Instagram: youthcorpssg / strongmindfitbody
Shereen is the director of Strong Mind Fit Body, a registered Social Enterprise that prepares the community to support one another to age-in-place. She has been a Youth Corps Member since December 2016 and currently leads a team of dedicated youths in the Youth Corps Eldercare Cluster, which organises events to foster deeper civic and social responsibility towards seniors, and build capacity of volunteers in the eldercare sector. Through volunteering, she hopes to develop compassion and shared ownership towards caring for one another in the community.
Penny Harrison
Organisation: Australian Red Cross
Twitter: @harripenn
Linkedin: Penny Harrison
Instagram: #redcrossau
Penny is Director of Volunteering at Australian Red Cross and believes in the power of networked change. Drawing from her experience working internationally with Oxfam and Médecins Sans Frontières and in Australia with Red Cross, she wants to be part of creating impact at scale demonstrating the strength of people helping other people. Penny is currently focused on testing an ‘action framework’, on ways to leverage and accelerate partnerships across business, communities, influencers and governments as well as the power of storytelling to demonstrate the good that occurs when people act on the issues and causes that matter to them.
Muhammad Syazwan Bin Mohamed Suhri
Organisation: Youth Corps Singapore / Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH)
Website: https://www.youthcorps.sg
Facebook: youthcorpssg / muhammad.syazawan.129
Instagram: youthcorpssg / wan4all
Syazwan is currently a caseworker with the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH), working with youths in the community to promote mental wellness through sports and the arts. He completed the Youth Corps Leaders Programme in 2015 and is now leading a team of dedicated youths in the Youth Corps Engagement Taskforce that organises events to engage youths in healthy discussions and inspire them to be changemakers of tomorrow. Syazwan chooses to believe and stand firm that volunteering is not always about giving, but a way of living.
Muhammad Afzal Bin Abdul Hadi
Organisation: Youth Corps Singapore
Website: https://www.youthcorps.sg
Facebook: youthcorpssg / MuhdAfzalBinAbdulHadi
Instagram: youthcorpssg / stirlingsmiles / nomnompui
Linkedin: muhdafzal
Afzal is currently working as a trainer, specialising in entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and youth development. He has been an active volunteer with Youth Corps Singapore since 2016 and has taken on leadership roles for various events and programmes. He is a Youth Corps Leader who led Project Stirling Smiles which aims to enhance community bonding and empower low-income families living in rental flats on Stirling Road, an old estate in Singapore. Afzal envisions a more empathic world and would like to broaden perspectives for himself and for others through learning and having shared experiences.
Loh Yan Zhu
Organisation: Tsao Foundation
Ms Loh Yan Zhu is a senior counsellor from Tsao Foundation, Hua Mei Centre for Successful Ageing. She provides professional counseling and coaching groups for seniors in the community. She is also the project lead of the Para-Counselling Programme, managing and supervising trained senior volunteers to offer psycho-emotional support to other seniors in the community.
Kee Jin Wen
Organisation: Youth Corps Singapore
Website: https://www.youthcorps.sg
Facebook: youthcorpssg
Instagram: youthcorpssg / projectelfsg
Jin Wen is a first-year Junior College student and has been an active volunteer with Youth Corps Singapore since January 2017. He is a Youth Corps Leader who is currently leading a team of youths to champion Team Elderly Fitness (ELF). He was one of the Lead Trainers and used innovative ways such as storytelling to help the seniors remember the exercises. Jin Wen decided to volunteer because he wanted to learn more about the problems different groups of people are facing as well as to hear about experiences that are worth celebrating.
Emily Ho Jin Li
Organisation: Youth Corps Singapore
Website: https://www.youthcorps.sg
Facebook: youthcorpssg
Instagram: youthcorpssg / teamswee / emilyholy
Emily is currently taking a gap year after graduating from Junior College last year when she signed up for the Youth Corps Leaders Programme and embarked on Project H.O.P.E (Helping Our Precious Environment). Together with seven other youth leaders, the team seeks to cultivate a sense of ownership of the environment in the residents of the Bukit Ho Swee neighborhood through engaging families in collecting reusable and recyclable materials, upcycling sessions and an exhibition. Through volunteering, she hopes to make a difference, touch lives, and inspire others to volunteer and do good.
Debbie S.F. Huang
Organisation: Volunteering Taiwan
Debbie S.F. Huang has been the Secretary General to Volunteering Taiwan (IAVE Taiwan) since 2001. In 2006 she was appointed as the National Representative to IAVE and elected as the board members. She is reliable on her professional meeting management which makes her a crucial role to establish the practicable volunteer system for mega events in Taiwan, such as: 2009 World Games, 2010 Taipei World Floral Expo, 2013 Yunlin Agriculture Expo, 2013 Asia Pacific Cities Summit, 2016 JCI ASPAC, and 2018 Taichung World Floral Expo. Through volunteering, she successfully builds up the collaboration among governments, academics, voluntary organizations, and business sector. In recent years, she also serves as the mentor in the universities and gives speeches in seminars and training programs to share her experiences in the leadership of volunteers and event management.
Faizal Tahir
Organisation: iamFAITHMEN
Facebook: @faizaltahir
Twitter/Instagram: @faizal_tahir
Faizal Tahir is a singer-songwriter-producer who has one of the biggest followings in Malaysia. Faizal Tahir is very influential with his very own style and music. He has since recorded 4 studio albums with countless hit songs, chart-toppers and raked up numerous awards thus making him one of the most successful local artistes to date.
Apart from his music-related work, Faizal Tahir is also well-known for his charity works. The FAITHMEN initiative by Faizal Tahir began in 2016 with his lifelong desire to raise awareness on positive social causes. #iamFAITHMEN movement aims to transform lives through education, inspiration and opportunities.
Professor Susanne Schech
Organisation: Flinders University of South Australia
Susanne Schech teaches international development studies at Flinders University in Australia. She co-authored Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction (Blackwell, 2000), edited Development Perspectives from the Antipodes (Routledge, 2014) and has published journal articles on a range of issues including critical race and whiteness studies, refugee settlement, gender and development, poverty reduction, and international development volunteering. Her most recent research project was a four-year study of international development volunteering funded by the Australian Research Council and Scope Global.
Sue Hennessey
Organisation: Raleigh International
Sue Hennessey has extensive experience in the voluntary sector including work with Oxfam on livelihoods and employability initiatives; as a funder as Head of Programmes for the Big Lottery Fund, and Deputy Director at Voluntary Action Manchester developing community grant programmes.
Sue joined Raleigh in 2016 as Country Director for Borneo, having originally been a Volunteer Manager. Prior to joining Raleigh she worked as an independent consultant supporting organisational change and skills development within the voluntary sector. She has developed her commitment to supporting and inspiring young people, through civic action as a foster parent, school governor and community volunteer.
Sharon Walsh
Organisation: Bendigo Health
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BendigoHealth
Twitter & Linked In: @Bendigo_health
Sharon is the Director, Volunteer Services at Bendigo Health, located in central Victoria in Australia. In 2011 Sharon co-founded the Leaders of Health Volunteer Engagement (LOHVE) Network which she continues to Chair. The network sole purpose is for health service volunteer managers to share, learn and grow. This network has grown to include more than 110 health organisations from all Australia and New Zealand. Sharon is the first to have taken on the role of an annual LOHVE Benchmark by volunteer managers for volunteers’ managers which lead to her being recognised in last year’s Volunteering Victoria’s Thought Leadership – Practitioner Award.
Sharifah Sharina Bt Syed Aswad
Organisation: Projek IQRA’
Twitter & Linked In: projekiqra
Born in Kuala Lumpur and graduated in Information System, Sharifah Sharina Syed Aswad never knew that one day she will be involved in social works especially focusing in education.
In 2013, Projek Iqra’ was registered as a legal non-profit organization in Malaysia. Since then, she just keep on moving forward. Now Projek Iqra’ is serving 200 children and teenagers in 4 states in Malaysia with the help of more than 100 volunteers. Projek Iqra’ keep on growing and collaborating with more than 10 NGOs and groups to expand the idea of Kelas Rakyat.
Dessy Aliandrina
Organisation: SociopreneurID
Twitter: @ech_03
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/echlife/
Dessy strong interests on human factors, social entrepreneurship, technology and organization that are developed through her-12 year experiences working for social causes. In 2013, she starts to promote and foster the growth of social entrepreneurship to crowds of any ages in Indonesia – children, youths, young adults, and adults – by way of research and development programs, especially by applying Design Thinking and Design Ethnography. She develops programs to promote empathy through science, creativity, and innovation such as FeSoVity (Festival of Social Creativity) and ISoC (Indonesia Sociopreneur Challenge). Dessy has served various organizations/institutions for social and technology projects, economic leadership, and entrepreneurship education and development.
Christel Lorraine Mex
Organisation: Flinders University, South Australia
Twitter: @christelmex
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christel-lorraine-mex-3b849524/
After ‘re-wiring’ her career after 30 years in the South Australian public service, Christel has embarked on a PhD with Flinders University, investigating the challenging question of why people aren’t putting up their hand to be volunteer leaders of grassroots organizations.
In her spare time, Christel is also a Counsellor with the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters and active volunteer in her local community. Her qualifications include a BA and MBA, and her previous career included senior roles at the Adelaide Festival Centre, State Library of South Australia, and the South Australian departments of Premier and Cabinet, Environment and Office for Volunteers.
Abdul Hamid Bhat
Organisation: Rahim Greens
I am trying to change corporate social responsibility into common man’s social responsibility. I have realized that there is a thin line between societal responsibility and marketing your Business cause. Many Corporate houses use CSR to advance their brand. Our corporate sector has to contribute in genuine ways to the social good. The necessity of being honest requires one to frst exercise it on oneself, and then telling employees to be honest. Similarly observing discipline, strong work ethic and being sincere with customers. For me, a manifestation of this can be seen as a Teacher in different Schools, Colleges, and Universities. I bring students and fedgling entrepreneurs to my headquarters. I talk to them about my experiences, garner some laughs and encourage them to pursue private enterprise. The idea is to provide them with a “moral education” that covers self-suffciency, the kind of values that anchored my own business understanding and teaching them to be effective corporate leaders. We as volunteers have taken the responsibility of Education in many ways. We are trying to make an IMPACT and help bring transformation. Rahim Motors has signed a MOU with the University of Kashmir and helps in skill development of the youth of Kashmir. Making them employable and whenever possible we employ them at Rahim Motors. Rahim Motors in collaboration with National Institute of Technology (NIT, Srinagar) has indigenously developed a seat heating system.
Dr. Sudeep Mohandas
Organisation: First International
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifintdream
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudeep-mohandas-766a092a/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ifirstinternational/
Since the age of 18 he has been involved in volunteerism and non-profit work across the globe. He was instrumental in the establishment of a few notable foundations and nonprofits that are renowned today in Malaysia. He was the COO for WWF-Malaysia a career that spanned 13 years. During his stint with WWF he was instrumental in operational, financial and in promoting sustainable and resilient offices in Asia and Africa. In 2014 he set up his company, I First International, a management consultancy that focuses on professionalizing the nonprofit, social enterprise, foundations and NGO sector across the globe. He has written books, articles and has appeared on numerous talk shows discussing what matters today in the nonprofit sector. First International
Simona Achitei
Organisation: Scope Global
Twitter: @Simona_Ach
Linked In: https://linkedin.com/in/simona-achitei-9077b339
Simona Achitei is a social scientist and an experienced international development practitioner. For the past five years, Simona has been managing and implementing the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program, Australia’s flagship international volunteer program.
Sachal Aneja
Organisation: VSO
Twitter: @sachalaneja
Linked In: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sachal-aneja-0817412a
Sachal is a development communication strategist with a cross sector experience spanning in Communications and Corporate Engagement for over 13 years. He has developed and led on stakeholder engagement strategies in international development organisations, UN agencies, Private sector companies and Ministries of the Indian government. He is a Strategic Thinker, an Engagement Specialist and a Thought Leader.
Sachal leads the Asia-Pacific corporate engagement strategy for VSO and manages CSR Partnerships along with VSO’s Global Corporate Employee Volunteering Programme ‘Knowledge Exchange’ in the region. His work countries include India, Bangladesh, Thailand, PNG, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nepal and Pakistan.
Peter Devereux
Organisation: Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute
Twitter: @drpeterdevereux
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-devereux-90a46417/
Dr Peter Devereux is adjunct research fellow at Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute. He is in Myanmar on Australian volunteer assignment with his partner, an Occupational Therapist with Handicap International. Peter is doing research on the contribution of AVID Volunteers and their Myanmar hosts to the SDGs. Peter has focused on volunteering for development and sustainability policy, research and practice for over twenty five years. Previously he worked in United Nations Volunteers; the School of Sustainability at Murdoch University; as lecturer and NGO environmental adviser in Nicaragua, UN volunteer in Fiji, and as manager of Australian Volunteer International’s Perth office.
Matthew Boyd
Organisation: Vollie
Twitter & Linked In: @vollieco
Matt is the Founder and Managing Director of Vollie, a platform that connects skilled Australians with non-profit organisations to unlock skills-based remote volunteering. Matt has close to a decade of experience working with non-profits, having helped to raise more than $1 million in funding and volunteer value across children’s charities, mental health NFPs, animal welfare groups, environmental charities and more.
Mahendranath Busgopaul
Organisation: Halley Movement
Twitter: @halleymovement
Facebook: helplinemauritius
Mahendranath Busgopaul is the Secretary-General of Halley Movement, which is an ECOSOC registered NGO working in Mauritius. Mahendranath is a trainer and researcher and has implemented various community based programs in the African region. The latest program is Helpline Mauritius, which is the first free online counselling service for children and young people in Mauritius.
Mahendranath has served as board member for the International Association for Volunteer Effort as the African representative. He has also chaired the PSP Task force at Child Helpline International at global level.
Mahendranath has long experience in the NGO sector having joined Halley Movement in 1990. Mahendranath holds a degree in public administration.
Anne Loh
Organisation: Agency for Volunteer Service
Anne Loh is an individual Member of IAVE, Volunteer Staff and Volunteer Trainer of the Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS) Hong Kong, and Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Volunteers. She is also Winner of the Hong Kong Community Volunteers Outstanding Volunteer Award and was commended for her outstanding contributions to volunteer service by the Home Affairs Bureau of The Government of the Hong Kong SAR in 2013.
Anne is keen to promote volunteering and provide consultancy service to AVS corporate members. She is studying in the DBA program of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University focusing in volunteering research.
Virginia Lim
Organisation: Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service (Elderly Service)
Ms Virginia Lim is the project manager of “Project Eagle”. This project aims at providing a systematic volunteer training to retired people aged 50 or above to use their knowledge, technical skills and experience to serve the community. “Life Mentors and Smart Kids” is one of the training programmes under “Project Eagle”. Through participating in this programme, it is proved that the Silver-aged Volunteers build up their self-confidence and enhance their personal value. Ms Virginia Lim will co-ordinate with trainers, recruit volunteers, arrange service opportunities and promote the project to the community. The impact of this programme is encouraging.
Jordianne P. Gomez
Organisation: De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
Jordianne is a licensed teacher who is currently working as Data Analytics Specialist in De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde. She received her Masters at De La Salle University – Dasmariñas in 2015, major in Educational Management. She holds both Baccalaureate degrees in Education and Computer Sciences. Her passion includes doing researches on the areas of Deaf Education and Employment, and Corporate Social Responsibility. She is an active volunteer, and advocates Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Education, Poverty Reduction, and Human Rights. She loves solo backpacking around Southeast Asia to immerse herself on history, culture, arts, and human ecology.
Kiu Jia Yaw
Organisation: Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee
Twitter: @KiuJiaYaw
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiujiayaw/
Jia Yaw is a practising lawyer. He serves as the Co-Chair of the Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit organisations and social enterprises.
A Chevening scholar, Jia Yaw draws upon his experience advising businesses and non-profits to advocate for for-purpose enterprises. He works with philanthropists, entrepreneurs and volunteers in designing business vehicles that harness the power of business to generate wealth to serve their social and environmental causes. He advises on the design and governance of their legal vehicles and in navigating the cultural and legal dichotomy of the business and non-profit worlds.
Helga Wientjes
Organisation: Volunteering New Zealand
Helga Wientjes is the vice–chair of Volunteering New Zealand and as such setting the strategic direction of Volunteering New Zealand to promote, value and support effective volunteering for the benefit of communities in New Zealand.
Helga began her career in the volunteering and community sector about 15 years ago in her homeland, the Netherland. Since then she has worked to support volunteering at a range of not-for-profits as well as at a government agency that engages many volunteers.
Helga’s professional skills include stakeholder management, volunteer management, workforce engagement, and capacity development.
Wan Yuen Yee Elsie
Organisation: Agency for Volunteer Service
Elsie WAN is an IAVE Member, and has been a Speaker at previous IAVE Regional / World Volunteer Conferences since 2011.
Elsie is a Volunteer Trainer of the Agency for Volunteer Service, Director of Empowering Life Network; Member of a number of NGOs /Volunteer Institutions , and an Affiliate Member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. She has been a Volunteer Mentor / Mentor-Supervisor of several mentorship programs.
Elsie is also actively involved in promotion of volunteerism, coordination/organization of volunteer events and enhancement / development programs. She is a winner of the 2010 Hong Kong Community Volunteers Outstanding Volunteer Award.
Ediola Pashollari
Organisation: World Assembly Of Youth
Twitter: @ediola_81
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ediola-pashollari-1440214a/
Ms. Ediola Pashollari holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (UK); a Master’s Degree of Arts in Political Science (UK), a Master’s Degree in Entreprenology (USA) and also a Degree in LLB (UK) and presently is the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) which is headquartered in Melaka, Malaysia. She is of Albanian nationality, and has resided in Malaysia for the past 17 years. Through her capacity as the Secretary General of WAY and the Director of the World Youth Institute (WYI), she has been instrumental in assisting and supporting various youth initiatives locally, regionally and internationally. Her heart desire is seeing that the youth around the world be prepared to face the many changing challenges that are occurring globally and educating them for achieving a sustainable future.
Catherine Bantoy-Panganiban
Organisation: Dela Salle – College of St.Benilde
Twitter & Linked In: catheya@rocketmail.com
At twenty-nine, Catherine Bantoy-Panganiban is a development worker, social development graduate student and a mom to a two year old baby girl. She is currently the institutional outreach coordinator of Center for Social Action – De La Salle College of St. Benilde. She is a teacher by profession and a seasoned volunteer.
Anne Gawen
Organisation: CEO, Connecting Up / TechSoup New Zealand
Anne Gawen is Chief Executive Officer at Connecting Up where she provides leadership and management towards building the capacity of the not-for-profit sector, including promoting the development of information and technology networks nationally and internationally.
Anne is a leader in the not-for-profit sector with 20 plus years’ of experience at senior management and Executive Director level in Community Service areas including Children Services, Service Provision focusing on Disability Services and in the area of Education and Training for the charitable sector. Anne also worked as a senior management consultant providing services to the sector on best practice in the areas of: Industrial Relations, Human Resources Management, Governance, Risk Management and Strategic Planning.
Anne’s vision is to lead Connecting Up to continue to deliver relevant products and services that meet the needs of the not-for-profit sector and communities.
Azma Abdul Hamid
Organisation: Together We Make a Difference
Twitter & Linked In: azmahamid@gmail.com
With more than 35 years’ experience in education, Dr Azma is an advocate of lifelong learning. Her teaching experiences included stints in the USA, Mexico and Malaysia.
She graduated with her basic degree and a Masters in Education from Louisiana State University and pursued her post graduate studies at Teachers College, Columbia University New York.
In 2011 she initiated a voluntary group called Together We Make A Difference (TWMAD). This is a group of professionals from all walks of life looking for avenues to give back to the society. Its core activities focus on helping underprivileged children (orphans & urban poor) attain educational excellence because we believe that only education can help these kids break the poverty cycle and attain economic freedom. We conduct FREE study skills & motivational workshops.