People Who Power Asia Initiatives
The real power behind Asia Initiatives are the members who give of their time, energy, enthusiasm and resources. The planning and execution of all our work is the responsibility of our Board of Directors, who are greatly aided by volunteers and student interns.
| Board of Directors:
Ambassador Aftab Seth (Honorary Chairman) |
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Advisors:
Professor M.S. Swaminathan
Vicki Corbett, Chair of Friends of Swaminathan in Australia.
Mayuri Odedra Straub, Former board member
Pradipta Mullick, Former Board Member
Kylie Schuyler, AI USA (Los Angeles)
Geeta Mehta, Co-founders (New York)
Krishen Mehta, Co-founders (New York)
Former Board Members:
Lindy Lek
Penny Poe
Anna May Feige
Mike Alfant
Betty Sequiera
Special Volunteers::
Rani Bhuva (New York)
Dimple Maheshwari (Tokyo)
Aditi Nayar (Tokyo)
Harish Pathak (Philadelphia)
Vanessa Singh (New York)
Danni Shtraus (Philadelphia)
Temple University Japan Campus Interns:
Temple University Japan Campus offers credited internships for students to work for Asia Initiatives. Asia Initiatives is committed to mentoring these interns, introducing them to development issues, and making working for us a rewarding experience. We are grateful to the following interns for their help:
2009 Spring: Kimberly P Ellis
2008 Fall: Danni Shtraus
2008 Spring: Vanessa Singh, Harish Pathak
2007 Fall: Rachelle Bernadelle, Amandine Weinrob
2007 Summer: Lee Trinh
2007 Spring: Sarah Landry, Marcella McClatchey
2006 Fall: George Hatta
2006 Summer: Alla Kozmina, Seira Arai
2005 Fall: Benjamin Stevenson, Jonathan David
2005 Summer: Emiko Kino, Midori Yano, Natalia Murata
2005 Spring: Jennifer Inoue, Dana Springall
2004 Fall: Vanessa Appolonio, Ayako Tada
High School Interns:
These students have helped us in special ways over the years:
Tiffany Wang
Diana Wang
Shivang Gupta
Udita Ghosh
Robert Bowen
Brianne Bowen
Kiran Prasad
