Zoom Sessions

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Second Round of Zoom Sessions

Year 1: You will have the opportunity to attend a live Zoom session where we have invited career ambassadors to speak directly with you. You will have the opportunity to hear from them about their career, and the skills needed to be successful. You will also hear about some of the global aspects of those careers, and have the opportunity to ask questions!

Year 2: You have been learning about significant issues that effect the world. Specifically you dove in to the Global Water Crisis, and discovered how complex the issue can be. We are inviting speakers knowledgeable and involved in the global water crisis, giving you a first hand opportunity to ask questions and connect with a global issue in more depth. This is an essential skill when planning for your Take Action Projects (TAP) in Year 3. 

Course Requirements:
Below are the dates and times of the scheduled Zoom sessions. You must register for, and attend, at least one of the sessions for your year group. However, you are welcome to come to all of them! Following the Zoom session there will be a survey to complete in order to receive credit for participating.  

Click here to check out videos from past Zoom sessions,
OR if you missed the Year 1 Zoom Sessions last week!

Receiving Credit for the Session:

To receive credit towards your Global Scholars Diploma, 
you must attend a session AND complete one of the post session Surveys.

Surveys will be shared in Zoom at the end of the session, 
and updated on this page after the session.

Zoom Sessions Hosts 

Hannah Meyer

Vice President 

Jessica Flowers

Program Manager

Diane Flick

Experiential Learning Coordinator

Afnan Salem

Program Coordinator 

Year 2 Zoom Sessions

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.




Join Zoom Webinar ID:
822 8176 1475

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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.

Join Zoom Webinar ID: 
815 1898 2769

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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.

Join Zoom Webinar ID: 
817 1114 7963

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Jeff Jackson 

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.

Join Zoom Webinar ID: 810 9243 4149

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If you are unable to attend one of the sessions LIVE, recordings will be made available HERE after each session. 

Year 1 Zoom Sessions

Charles "Mark Phi" Smart

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.

Join Zoom Webinar ID: 
817 7242 5325

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Yetunde Okonrende 

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.


Join Zoom Webinar ID: 
867 4660 6910

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Dana
Meyer Buxser

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. 

Join Zoom Webinar ID: 837 9933 7910

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If you are unable to attend one of the sessions LIVE, recordings will be made available HERE after each session.

After watching one of the sessions, you must complete the "Year 1 Round 2 Zoom Session Survey" to receive credit.

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