The Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar is funded by the East-West Center

The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options.

Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar

Changing Faces Alumnae 2002 – 2014

Afghanistan Narmada A. DHAKAL Chief of Office, UNICEF, Bamiyan (2003) Shahnaz HAKIM Program Management Specialist in Education, United States Agency for International Development (U.S.AID), Kabul (2008) Najia HANEEFI Director, Afghan Women Educational Center, Kabul (2007) Australia Catherine M. SULLIVAN Manager, Victorian Water Trust, Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne (2008) Bangladesh Shahzia Rashid CHOWDHURY Director, RR Fashions Ltd., Gazipur (2009) Moushumi DAS-PURKAYASTHA Program Manager, Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association, Dhaka (2002) Burma Swe Swe MYINT Program Coordinator, Save the Children/U.S. Myanmar Field Office, Yangon (2002) Hkaw Lwi SAWLANG Project Coordinator, Environmental Program, Pan Kachin Development Society, Ma Jai Ying (2005) Cambodia Putheany CHOU Deputy Director, Social Planning Department, Cambodian Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh (2008)

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Phally HOR Executive Director, Project Against Domestic Violence, Phnom Penh (2002) Theary C. SENG Executive Director, The Center of Social Development, Phnom Penh (2007) Tep SAVERY Team Leader, Reproductive and Child Health Alliance, Phnom Penh (2002) China Sannie Lit Fong CHAN Executive Director, Green Peng Chau Association, Hong Kong, (2005) CHANG Ling Director and Chief Reporter, Economics Dept. Shenyang Daily News Group, Shenyang (2003)

Jiang CHULIN Assistant Researcher, Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, Guiyang (2006)

LI Xingling Journalist, China Youth Daily, Tianjin (2006) SHA Yila Section Head, Economic Development Department, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Beijing (2003) Weilin SHI Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF China, Beijing (2014) Qing YI Deputy Chief of Party, Sustainable Tibetan Communities Project, Winrock International China, Chengdu (2009) YU Jie Campaign Advisor, Greenpeace China, Beijing (2005) Fiji Maria Ronna Luna PASTORIZO-SEKIGUCHI Managing & Creative Director, The Greenhouse Studio, Suva (2014) Guam Grace Omega GARCES Assistant Director, University of Guam Cooperative Extension Service, Mangilao (2004) India Deepanjali BAKSHI Assistant Manager (Security), Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi (2007)

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Swati BHATT Site Representative, Play for Peace India, Maharashtra (2007) Ritusmita BISWAS Founder & Owner, Wordsmith Writing Services, Kolkata (2014) Ananya CHATTERJEE Chief Producer, News and Current Affairs, TARA Bangla Television Station, Kolkata (2002) Dharti DAFTARY Project Management Officer, Human Rights and Conflict Reduction and Peace Building Projects, British High Commission, New Delhi (2004) Sonali Ghosh Assistant Forest Conservator, Assam State Forest Department, Assam (2005) Ashima KAUL Consultant, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), Srinagar (2008) Hasina KHARBHIH Founder and President, Impulse NGO Network, Meghalaya (2006) Jyoti RAMNATH Founder, CEO, CraftMyGift, Bangalore (2010) Roopa RATHNAM Program Officer, Oxfam GB, Ahmedabad (2005) Nandita ROY Senior Program Officer, National Foundation for India, New Delhi (2003) Kalpana SANKAR Chief Executive Officer, Hand in Hand Tamil Nadu, Chennai (2009) Deepa SUNDARARAJAN Program Executive, Catholic Relief Services’ South India Program, Hyderabad (2003) Meera SUNDARARAJAN Chief Executive Officer, Tamilnadu State NGO and Volunteer Resource Centre, Chennai (2002)

Indonesia Siti N. AZKIYAH (Nurul) Women’s Officer, Association of Indonesian Regency Legislative Council, Tangerang (2006) Dwi R. KHOLIFAH (Ruby) Indonesia Country Representative, Asian Muslim Action Network, Jakarta (2007) Harining MARDJUKI Program Officer, Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, Jakarta (2002)

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NURHASDIANA Coordinator, Sri Ratu Syafiatuddin Foundation, Aceh (2008) Nilom SARI Marketing Director, Baba Rafi Group, Jakarta Selatan (2010) Dzuriyatun TOYIBAH Program Officer, Participatory Budgeting and Expenditure Tracking, PP Lakpesdam NU, Jakarta (2007) Japan Keiko NAKANO Head Translator, Interpreter, and Protocol Official, Foreign Affairs Office, Japan Defense Agency, Tokyo (2002) Noelle TAKAHASHI Vice Chairman of Policy Commission, Tokyo Junior Chamber International, Tokyo (2014) Kazakhstan Natalya PANCHENKO (Natasha) Senior Program Assistant, United Nations Development Program, Almaty (2004) Korea Se-Hee JUNG Assistant Director, Ministry of Government Legislation, Seoul (2006) KIM Eunkyung Director, Sejong Leadership Institute, Seoul (2003) Yujin LEE International Cooperation Director, Green Korea United, Seoul (2004) Laos Phaivanh CHANGNAKHAM Human Resources Manager, CARE International, Vientiane (2004) Malaysia Saliza ABDULLAH Group CEO, BG Capital Holdings Sdn. Bdn., Subang Jaya (2010) Katherine Tsui-Mee HO Founder & President, Bright Stars Special Needs Charity Association, Kuala Lumpur (2014) Azrina HUSIN Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (2003)

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Dora JOK Senior Manager, Angkatam Zaman Mansang, Sarawak (2006) Alina RASTAM Consultant and Editor, Ministry of Women and Family Development, Sexuality Rights Project, Kuala Lumpur (2002) Nor Hafizah SELAMAT Chair, Anthropology and Sociology Dept., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (2004) Marshall Islands Brenda Alik MADDISON Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Research, Ministry of Education, Majuro (2003) Micronesia Berna GORONG Founder/President, The Yap Networker, Inc., Yap (2009) Magdalena HALLERS Assistant Professor, Education Division, College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei (2002) Mongolia Delger BATNYAM Program Coordinator, World Vision Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (2009) Gandolgor PUREVJAV (Gana) Founder & CEO, Ganabell Institute, Ulaanbaatar (2014) Burmaa RADNAA Founder and Current Director, Women for Social Progress, Ulaanbaatar (2002) Selenge TSERENDASH Executive Director and Founder, Mongolian Quilting Center, Ulaanbaatar (2010) Nepal Rita CHITRAKAR Civil Engineer, Butwal Power Company Ltd., Kathmandu (2005) Luna K. C. GHIMIRE Resettlement Assistant, Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project, DoLIDAR, Lalitpur (2008) Padmanjali POKHAREL Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Coordinator, Search for Common Ground, Kathmandu (2007)

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Bhawani RANA President of SAATHI Mid-West Nepal; and Regional Co-Chairperson, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal, Nepalgunj (2002) Sita RUPAKHETI Managing Director/Fundraising Coordinator, Simsis Export Import House/POURAKHI, Kathmandu (2010) Sulo Shrestha SHAH Founder, Formation Carpets and Founder, Lotus Holdings, Kathmandu (2009) Subina SHRESTHA Documentary Filmmaker, Lalitpur (2005) New Zealand Leonie R. FECHNEY Regional Business Analyst/Ngai Tahu Liaison, Department of Conservation (2010) Anna GUENTHER CEO, PledgeMe Limited, Wellington (2014) Nicola PATRICK Manager for Conservation Awareness and External Relations, Department of Conservation, Wellington (2004) Pakistan Psyche BATOOL Producer, Current Affairs Section, Pakistan Television, Islamabad (2005) Aisha HUMERA Desk Officer for United States, Africa, and Middle East Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad (2003) Shazia JUNEJO Gender and Capacity Building Coordinator, Strengthening Participatory Organization, Hyderabad (2006) Yasmin LEHRI Manager, Programmes in Participatory Education Awareness & Community (PEACE), Balochistan (2007) Shaheen Khan QABOOLIYO Gender Specialist, Project Implementation Assistance Consultants, Sindh (2008) Perveen SHAIKH President, Entrepreneurship and Career Development Institute, Karachi (2002) Shahzadi TUNIO Program Sociologist, World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF-P), Karachi (2009)

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Papua New Guinea Josephine KENNI Director, Sepik Village Tours, Angoram District, East Sepik Province (2014) Wala OLA Executive Officer, Community Development Initiative Foundation, Port Moresby (2007) Mary J. SMARE (Josephine) Small Enterprise Development Project Coordinator, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Lae (2008) Philippines Maria Maida S. AGUINALDO Project Coordinator, Local Governance for Coastal Management Project, Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation, Inc., Cebu City (2004) Cherry Faye AL-AG Owner & General Manager, CFBA Travel Station and Elysia Massage and Wellness Spa, Davao City (2014) Zefora BOSONGAN Owner & Manager, Guinzadan Inabe, Bauko (2014) Sienna Maureen A. HILARIO Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Josefina M. Dela Cruz, Bulacan (2002) Jaileen F. JIMENO Executive Producer, Imbestigador, GMA Channel 7, Manila (2003) Agnes A. MALINIS Editorial Manager, DESKARTE Graphics House, Quezon City (2009) Jennifer Saipudin NANDU Program Officer for Health System Improvement, Save the Children—SHIELD Project, Sulu (2007) Jackielou G. ORIO (Jackie) General Legal Counsel, Junior Chamber International, Macajalar 24K, Western Mindanao (2008) Mary Joyce B. VILLACORTE Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, East-West Seed Company, Bulacan (2009) Solomon Islands Molly MARITA Founder, All for Employment Services and Co-Project Coordinator, Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA), Honiara (2014)

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Sri Lanka Charmalee JAYASINGHE Head of Education and Communications, The World Conservation Union Sri Lanka Office, Colombo (2004) Viveka Siriwardena DE SILVA National Project Coordinator, Equal Access to Justice Project, Colombo (2007) Taiwan Janice Hsiu-Chuan CHENG Junior Technical Specialist, Natural Conservation Section, Economic Development Bureau, Tainan City Government (2004) HSIEH Huai-Hui Deputy Director of International Affiars, Democratic Progressive Party, Taipei (2006) HSU Tsun-Tzu (Kristy) Research Fellow, Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Taipei (2003) HUANG Wen-feng Division Chief, Department of Social Welfare, Taipei (2005) Thailand Hsiaoching LIU Associate Researcher, Democratic Progressive Party, Taipei (2010) Potjana SUANSRI Program Coordinator, Responsible Ecological Social Tours (REST) Project, Bangkok (2004) Saowalak WINYOONUNTAKUL Foreign Relations Officer, Planning Division, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Bangkok (2005) Timor-Leste Brigida B. Soares Matchmaking Associate, Peace Dividend Trust, Dili (2010) United States Paige K. BARBER (Kapi‘olani) Executive Director, Nanakuli Housing Corporation, Honolulu, Hawai`i (2007) Luisa CASTRO Assistant Water Quality Coordinator, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu, Hawaii (2005)

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Dana R.H. DOAN International Trade Policy Analyst and Project Manager, U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council and Education Forum, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2007) Kim GREENWOOD Water Quality Engineer, Vermont Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Waterbury, Virginia 2004 Kiesha T. HAUGHTON SMOOTS Regional Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center, Baltimore (2010) Heather HUDDLESTON Founder & President, Business Infusion, Inc. San Diego, California (2014) Lilia KAPUNIAI Vice President, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Honolulu, Hawai`i (2006) Sherene Y. KHAN (Sherry) Manager, Emerging Markets Group, Ltd., Arlington, Virginia (2007) Kelli Chiang KOLLING Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia (2003) Rebecca A. KOPP Senior Associate Attourney, Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista, Cleveland, Ohio (2009) Gena LEW Program Director, Community Partners, Los Angeles, California (2003) Rachel L. MATILLANO Associate Director, HIV Care Services, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, California (2002) Beth Lewis MAZE Circuit Court Judge, 21st Judicial Circuit, Division II of Kentucky, Owingsville (2008) Elizabeth A. PICKETT Human Ecosystem Specialist, Kamuela, Island of Hawaii (2008) Nikki RANDALL Member, Georgia State Assembly, Atlanta, Georgia (2006) Marisa RINKUS Population and Environment Specialist, National Wildlife Federation, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2004) Kathleen E. STACK Vice President, Program Development, Freedom from Hunger, Davis, California (2009) Maeve TAYLOR Grants, Partnerships and Volunteer Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska (2006)

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Vera Thong TITH English Language Learner Teacher, Lowell Community Charter Public School, Lowell, Massachusetts (2008) Melissa UMBRO Coordinator, National Scholarships and Awards, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (2007) Vietnam NGUYEN Thi Phuong Vinh Project Officer, Oxfam GB, Hanoi (2005) Van Anh NGUYEN Chairwoman of the Foundation Committee, Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Hanoi (2014) TRAN Thanh Tuyen Project Manager, Department of Science and Technology, Travinh (2006) TRAN Thi Ngoc Tran Academic Manager, English for Academic Purposes, Center for International Education, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Hang T. VU Deputy Director, Petro Vietnam Insurance Joint Stock Corporation (PVI), Hanoi (2010)