Past Zoom Session RECORDINGS

Culture Sessions
for Years 1 + 2

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Which Cultural Ambassador 
would you like to hear from?

CRIS
Community Refugee & Immigration Services

Omar Al-Omari  from Jordan

Rejay Aladad Arquillano from the Phillipines

Primrose Ignor from South Africa

Momina Tashfeen from Bosnia

Rena Chaba from India

Kojo from Ghana

Career Sessions
for Year 1

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Which Career Ambassador 
would you like to hear from?

Charles "Mark-Phi" Smart

Artist and Activist

Dana Meyer Buxser 

Primary Care Physician

Yetunde Okonrende 

Technology for Nationwide

Global Issues Sessions
for Year 2

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Which Water Crisis Ambassador 
would you like to hear from?

Lara Lambert 
from
Water Mission

Rebecca Gionatti  
from The Global Water Institute @OSU

Gillian Winkler 
from
Safe Water Network

Jeff Jackson
volunteer with Water Mission

Round 2 Zoom Sessions
Year 2: Global Issues

December 7tH 12:00Pm - 12:45Pm 

Lara Lambert 

Water Mission

Originally from South Africa, Lara serves as the Director of Program Development for Water Mission, leading a team of subject matter experts in WASH service delivery models, financing, behavior change communication strategies, monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning. With 10 years of professional experience within the WASH sector, Lara has provided both technical and program design support in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Lara holds a master’s degree in both Higher Education and community-based Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation.

Find out more about Water Mission
https://watermission.org/

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December 8tH 10:00AM - 10:45AM

Rebecca Gionatti 

Global Water Institute

Dr. Rebecca Gianotti is a Senior Research Associate with the Global Water Institute at Ohio State University. In this role, she works on issues of water resource management and water access for rural communities, particularly in East Africa. She helps to develop programs and research projects that support local needs and priorities by partnering with communities, researchers, local government, NGOs, and the private sector. Before joining GWI in November 2015, Rebecca completed an M.S. and Ph.D. in Hydrology at MIT, worked as a technical writer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and as an environmental engineering consultant in Australia, and spent time living in Niger, Mexico, and Canada.

Find out more about The Global Water Institute
https://globalwater.osu.edu/

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December 8TH 4:00PM - 4:45PM

Gillian Winkler

Safe Water Network

Gillian Winkler is a mission-driven program management and business development professional skilled at developing and nurturing strategic partnerships with public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders to advance sustainable and equitable solutions to global sustainability challenges. She is responsible for Safe Water Network's strategic partnerships and oversees our relationships with international development organizations, foundations, and corporations whose values and interests align with Safe Water Network's mission. In addition, Gillian works with Safe Water Network’s country programs to secure and manage grants, ensuring successful project implementation, and capturing project results to share with donors and other sector stakeholders. Gillian has considerable experience in the global development sector, with country experience in Ghana, India, Argentina, China, Egypt, and Lebanon. Prior to joining Safe Water Network, she worked at Habitat for Humanity Argentina on housing issues and at Creative Associate International on economic growth and workforce development. Gillian received a B.S. in Communication with a concentration in International Relations from Cornell University and a Master of Public Administration from George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School.

Find out more about Safe Water Network
https://www.safewaternetwork.org/

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December 9th 7:00PM - 7:45PM

Jeff Jackson

Volunteer with Water Mission

Jeff spent over 5 years working as the program and communications coordinator for a humanitarian engineering nonprofit in central Ohio called Design Outreach (DO). While there are many causes to poverty in developing countries, water is usually central. Because of this, many of the projects that DO focused on were related to addressing the water crisis. Throughout his time there he focused on the accurate and timely delivery of program information to supporters which included media assets and updates on various projects. This at times took him overseas to Haiti and Ethiopia to collect imagery, videos, stories, and data. Previous to his time at DO Jeff, spent time in Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, and India working with various nonprofits and NGO’s to address issues related to poverty and the water crisis.

Find out more about Water Mission
https://watermission.org/

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Round 2 Zoom Sessions
Year 1: Careers

December 1st 10:00Am - 10:45am 

Charles "Mark-Phi" Smart
Artivist

Mark Phi is an international ARTtivist, creator and an ideology rooted in the belief that we all have the ability to create and make an impact on our world. 
Mark demonstrates this through Art Philanthropy and Art Wealth Generation. 
Through his “Impact Model” he creates art to help organizations across the globe spread awareness about their cause and access financial resources.
He holds these organizations accountable by ensuring funds generated from the sale of his art are used to make an impact on the lives of those in need.
He uses art as an asset class for wealth generation and store of value for art connoisseurs, enthusiasts, collectors, and investors, consciously preserving the value of the art and deliberate about appreciating its value over time.

Find out more about Mark-Phi's Jamacian Hero's Modernized Project!
http://markphicreations.com/

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December 1st 4:00PM - 4:45PM

Yetunde Okonrende

AVP Staff Administration with Nationwide Technology

Yetunde Okonrende is the AVP, Staff Administration Leader for Nationwide Technology. In this role, Yetunde is responsible for the management and operations of the Office of the ECIO, leads the Talent Strategy & Development and Enterprise Metrics and Reporting organizations. Yetunde has been with Nationwide for 5 years and prior to her current role, she led our Digital/Personal Lines Distribution business consulting practice. Her background includes strategic planning, program delivery, application development and test management practices in the Financial and Healthcare industries. Yetunde has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Spanish from Wayne State University and a master’s in management information systems from the University of Akron. Yetunde is a certified Project Management Professional, a Six Sigma Greenbelt, and an Agile practitioner. Yetunde is originally from Lagos, Nigeria and has a passion for developing young professionals to reach their full potential as a technologist.
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December 2nd, 7:00PM - 7:45PM

Dana Meyer-Buxser
Primary Care Physician

Dana is a primary care physician working in the DC Metro Area. As a part of her practice, she cares for patients from all over the world, including a large Spanish speaking population. She did her undergraduate studies at Denison University where she majored in Spanish with a minor in chemistry. She spent time studying abroad and volunteering in Bolivia, and spent a year after graduation working in Bolivia as part of a Davis Project for Peace Grant. During medical school at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, she participated in Medical Brigades to Honduras and Guatemala and did global health electives in Bolivia and India. 
She did her Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency at Indiana University and had the opportunity to complete a Global Health Track, spending time in Kenya working side-by-side with Kenyan providers to care for patients in a public hospital. 

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Round 1 Zoom Sessions
Years 1 and 2: Culture 

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October 5th, 2021 (12:00 - 12:45 p.m.)

Jeremy Hollon 
Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS)

Jeremy Hollon is currently the Associate Director of Community Partnerships at Community Refugee& Immigration Services (CRIS) here in Columbus. His job entails overseeing all of their youth mentorship programs which helps new American students aged 14-24 with mentors, academic, employment and social support.
Their program currently serves over 5 districts and welcomes in over 60+ countries a year. In addition to our mentorship program he help companies, entities, and volunteers get connected to CRIS and find projects or activities they can do to help our served communities and make an impact in the Columbus community. 

He is also an artist and within their program they have completed over 15 murals in Columbus in various schools or outside venues with a goal to highlight and support the diversity of Columbus and help amplify their students' voices. 

Visit the CRIS website at https://www.crisohio.org/

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October 5th, 2022 (12:00 - 12:45 p.m.)

Rena Chaba

Rena Chaba grew up in Mumbai, India and moved to the US for graduate school and work. She manages a team of software engineers and have worked in marketing and project management  in the past. She has worked in insurance, Higher education, and in the healthcare distribution industry. She loves traveling. She also enjoys volunteering and have been doing more of that in the last few years.

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October 3RD, 2022 (12:00 - 12:45 p.m. EST)

Momina Tashfeen
Bosnian-Indian

Momina Tashfeen is a Bosnian-Indian American Muslim from Columbus, Ohio. She’s currently serving humanity with Penny Appeal USA as part of the Marketing Team. Previously, she was a journalist for The Lantern, Mvslim, and The Commoner.

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October 6th, 2021 (10:00 – 10:45 a.m)

Omar Alomari
Jordan

Omar Alomari was born in Jordan. He grew up in the city of Amman. He studied in Jordan, Egypt. The UK, and the United States. His research and academic interests include global cultures, Middle East, world religions, and women issues.
He immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. He taught at the Ohio States University, Otterbein University, and Capital University. Currently, he teaches Humanities at Franklin University.
In addition to his academic interests, he developed the office of Community Engagement for the Ohio Homeland Security where he worked as the community engagement officer.
Mr. Al-Omari is a world traveler where he visited 72 countries so far. He enjoys cooking global cuisine. He’s also a mosaicist. He has two sons: Abe and Zak

Learn more about Jordan:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Jordan

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October 6th, 2021 (4:00 – 4:45 p.m.)

Rejay Aladad Arquillano
Bohol, Philippines

Rejay is a college student studying Forestry in Bohol, Philippines. 


Learn more about The Philippines: https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines

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October 7th, 2021 (7:00 - 7:45 p.m.)

Primrose Ignor
South Africa

Primrose Igonor was born in Uganda. She was raised in South Africa where she qualified as a Clinical Psychologist.
 Primrose has lived and worked in South Africa, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Canada. She is The Director of the Connections Center and Belonging and Equity at Marion Technical College.
Primrose is passionate about diversity issues and community building. She is married and has two wonderful sons. Her hobbies include reading, traveling, gardening and attending arts and music festivals. 

Learn more about The Philippines: https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines

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