The Goldin Institute is staffed by a diverse group of talented and committed individuals around the world working towards a common goal of creating real local and global change rooted in the power of communities determining their own futures.

Our team

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Diane Goldin
Founder and Chair
Board of Advisors
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Travis Rejman
Executive Director
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Jassi Sandhar
Global Research Fellow
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Burrell Poe
Director, Chicago Peace Fellows
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Ethan Michaeli
Senior Advisor, Communications
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Janet Hanley
Mission Accounting
Accountant
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Yusuph Masanja
Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network
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Cree Noble
Team Coordinator
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John Zeigler
Senior Advisor, Programs
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Jessyca Dudley
Senior Advisory, Strategy
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Tony Raggs
Facilitator, Chicago Peace Fellows
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Lavinia Owens
Development Consultant
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Frank Latin
Senior Advisor, Multimedia Storytelling
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Aaron Nunes-Zaller
GATHER Design Team
Senior Advisor for Curriculum Design
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Faraj Khasib
GATHER Design Team
Senior Technology Advisor
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Lissette Mateus Roa
Co-Facilitator, Global Alumni Network
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Emily Licht
Director, Special Projects
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Zeki Salah
Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative
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Terence Keel
UCLA
Senior Advisor, Gather
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Ceasar McDowell
MIT
Senior Advisor, Gather
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Lisa Dush
DePaul University
Senior Advisor, Gather
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Garenne Bigby
GATHER Design Team
Senior UX Advisor
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Rosina Mahabeer
New Vernon Wealth Management
Board of Advisors
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Dr. Aziz Asphahani
CEO, QuesTek Innovations
Board of Advisors
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Gaye Theresa Johnson
UCLA
Board of Advisors
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Akif Irfan
Goldman Sachs
Board of Advisors
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Nathan Shapiro
SF Investments
Board of Advisors
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Thomas Hinshaw
HRC Roofing
Board of Advisors
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Mimi Frankel
Frankel Family Foundation
Board of Advisors
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Frank R. Cohen
Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell and Glazer LLC
Board of Advisors
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Timothy Child
Aspen Leadership Group
Board of Advisors
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Jimmie Briggs
Skoll Foundation
Board of Advisors
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Luis Alejandro Alomia
Director
Fundacion Ashe Masai
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Geiner Alfonso Arrieta Hurtado
Treasurer
Cooperativa Multiactiva para La Paz De Colombia
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Maria Andrea Avendano Valderrama
Volunteer
Mi Cuerpo es Mi Historia
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Maria Balaguera Villa
Co-Founder
La Olla de la Dignidad Cali
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Johnatan Cordoba Rivas
Ombudsman
Amazonia University Law School
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Omar Arturo Diaz Martinez
Human Rights Educator
la Red Internacional de Futbol Rebelde y Popular
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Desiree Natasha Duque Torres
Director
O.L.I.
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Nora Gabriela Fuentealba Rivas
Coordinator
Red de Memoria y Cultura en América Latina y el Caribe
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Eva Martina Gamboa
Project Coordinator
National Council of Indigenous Women
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Diana Rocio Gomez Torres
Coordinator
Red de Memoria y Cultura en América Latina y el Caribe
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Nuria Gracia Puigarnau
President
JAD Productions
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Ernst Djeride Jean-Baptiste
Founder
Haiti Moderne
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Jaquelin Maria Ladeutt Herazo
Legal Counsel
Fundacion Manantiales de Luz
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Leydi Manuela Mosquera Palacios
Director
Fundación Semillas de Oportunidades
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Martha Cecilia Portocarrero Mosquera
Program Associate
Fundación Territorio Azul
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Gladys Terrazas-Arnez
Project Coordinator
Red Paz Integracion y Desarrollo
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Julio Cesar Pulido Castillo
Founder
Amor a Tiempo
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Janneth Wilches Hernandez
Volunteer
Culturas Vivas
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Florence Adhiambo
Kenya Country Coordinator, Global Unites
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Ishmael Amini
Earth Keeper, Southern Africa Faith Community Environment Institute
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Ananda Kumar Biswas
Child Protection Coordinator, Caritas Bangladesh
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Klementina Dobrevska
Psychologist and Youth Coordinator, First Children's Embassy in the World Megjashi
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Anisa Fejzo
Project Manager, Projekto te Ardhmen ne Kohe
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Saro Imran
Founder, PINK Center
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Nii Armah Kwaku Tagoe
Small and Medium Enterprise Relationship Officer, Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans
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Abdul Rahman Kowa
Founder and National Director, Sierra Leone Unites
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David Metler
Mindfulness Coordination, Champion Education Network
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Richard Mugobo
Creative Director, The BIG Conversation
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Laura Nicks
Movement Builder, Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network
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James Offuh
Cote d'Ivoire Program Facilitator, United For Peace Against Conflict International
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Oluchi Achi Uzodimma
President and Founder, Child Shield Initiative
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Santoshi Wagle
Non-Violent Communication Trainer, Srijana Secondary School
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Jacqueline Williams
President, 300 North Pine Block Club
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Donald Williams
Founder and CEO, Deon J. Williams Foundation
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Omar Torres-Kortright
Executive Director, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
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Jamika Smith
Founder and Executive Director, Teena's Legacy
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Jarmiah Scott
Organizer, Woodlawn Restorative Justice Hub
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Maria Pike
Board Member, Chicago Survivors
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Pha’Tal Perkins
Executive Director, Think Outside Da Block
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Edwin Martinez
Co-Founder, Centro Sanar
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Lindsey Joyce
Pastor, Grace Church of Logan Square
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Xochitl Hubbell-Fox
VISTA AmeriCorp Volunteer, Territory NFP
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Guillermo Gutierrez
Street Outreach Supervisor, Enlace Chicago
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Tina Gulley-Augustus
Vice President, Austin Green Team
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Sylvia Del Raso
Board Treasurer, Chicago Youth Boxing Club Inc
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Daniel Allen
Founder, Chicago Cultural Performing Arts Media Alliance
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Zeenat Ebrahim
Goldin Global Fellow, South Africa
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Valerie Gordon-Williams
Goldin Global Fellow, Canada
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Sri Ram Timilsina
Goldin Global Fellow, Nepal
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Shazmin Rafeeq
Goldin Global Fellow, Malaysia
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Nonnel Galaviz-Johnson
Goldin Global Fellow, Ft. Myers, USA
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Nicholas Songora Odoll
Goldin Global Fellow, Kenya
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Munyaradzi Dzimunwe
Goldin Global Fellow, Zimbabwe
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Mathias Ngong Njoya
Goldin Global Fellow, Cameroon
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Mahdar Tahir
Goldin Global Fellow, Malaysia
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Luz Jennifer Divantoque
Goldin Global Fellow, Colombia
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Lupai Samuel Kenyi Stephen
Goldin Global Fellow, South Sudan
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Luc Mukamba
Goldin Global Fellow, DR Congo
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Lilian Efobi
Goldin Global Fellow, Nigeria
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John Kamma
Goldin Global Fellow, Liberia
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Jennifer Kuwa Henshaw
Goldin Global Fellow, Liberia
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Ismail Auwal
Goldin Global Fellow, Nigeria
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Gopal Iyer
Goldin Global Fellow, United Kingdom
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Fatmire Ajdari
Goldin Global Fellow, Macedonia
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David Orjuela Fierro
Goldin Global Fellow, Argentina
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Chhavi Bhatia
Goldin Global Fellow, India
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Blake Stoner
Goldin Global Fellow, Atlanta, USA
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Rev. Berry Behr
Goldin Global Fellow, South Africa

Leadership for Community Driven Social Change

In this video companion to our Summer 2014 Newsletter, we feature highlights of the Institute's latest project work in building grassroots partnerships for global change. From Colombia to Gulu to Zanzibar and back to our home office in Chicago, check out this brief video and catch-up with us!

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The Goldin Institute is developing a tablet-based mobile learning platform to train grassroots activists in Community-Driven Social Change tools. This innovative course will be built for the iPad with the instructional materials and interactive capacity built in to the device as a way to overcome the digital divide that limits many leaders in our network.

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