EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MICROCREDIT, EDUCATION, AND SKILL BUILDING

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-AI Tokyo:

Aftab Seth, Honorary Chair, Former Ambassador of India to Japan
Susan Considine, President
Geeta Mehta
Tomoko Takeba, Treasurer
Shashank Bansal
Jagmohan Chandrani
Nandini Gupta
Dimple Maheshwary
Sanjeev Sinha
Kaoru Sueda
Afifah Yamasaki

 

Board of Directors- AI New York:

Aftab Seth, Honorary Chair, Former Ambassador of India to Japan
Geeta Mehta, President
Anne Papantonio, Treasurer
Krishen Mehta, Secretary, co-founder
Rani Bhuva
Kylie Schuyler
Vanessa Singh, Student Representative

 

Advisors:
Professor M.S. Swaminathan
Vicki Corbett, Chair of Friends of Swaminathan in Australia.
Mayuri Odedra Straub, Former board member


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