Speaker Biographies for 2014-2015 Events
Dr. Bachman is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, where he teaches on Chinese domestic politics, foreign policy, and US-China Relations. He served as the associate director of the School from 2003 to 2010 and is an adjunct professor of Political Science. He is the author of several books as well as numerous articles about Chinese politics. He served as President of the Washington State China Relations Council in 2005 and on its executive committee for 10 years.
Susan Barclay is a socio-cultural anthropologist who has specialized in peace and conflict studies, violence prevention, humanization, and social change. Susan spent over ten years living abroad in Guinea, Reunion Island, France, Israel/Palestine, and Lebanon doing fieldwork and working with local communities in theater, film, photography, exhibitions, and music. She completed her graduate work in Beirut studying social change and the arts as tools for healing in the context of civil conflict.
Tony is a Director of Communications at Rally Point/6. He was among the first Marines deployed to Iraq in 2003. After returning home, he was a Fellow at The Mission Continues and a relentless advocate for our service members. He has worked with cabinet-level officials and legislators for priority registration at public colleges, tax benefits for businesses who hire vets, and advised senior business executives on best practices. He has also appeared on radio and television as subject matter expert, and provided testimony in support of veteran's legislation. Both the California State legislature and United States Congress have recognized Tony for his continued service to the veteran’s community.
Tony holds a BA in Political Science from Chapman University, and is currently a graduate student at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs
Dr. Bradshaw is a currently chairperson of the Biology Department at the University of Washington, where he has taught since 1989. His research and publishing accomplishments are many, but he is probably best known as the victim of an incident in 2001 when his laboratory at the university was firebombed by environmental activities with Earth Liberation Front who suspected him of engaging in research to produce genetically-engineered trees.
Toby's research interests are in the detailed molecular genetic basis of adaptive evolution in natural populations, particularly the origin of new species resulting from premating reproductive isolation. In his spare time he roams the Great Basin with his Harris's hawks, in search of jackrabbits
Janet Carbary joined ONE MIND in 2013 and is currently the Chief Financial Officer. She has a diverse background in organizational development, and financial planning within the healthcare industry. Janet has been an executive with experience as a CFO, COO and CEO. She holds 25 years of knowledge that includes for profit and not for profit healthcare, as well as system environments.
Janet started her career at Empire Health Services. She left after nine years to take a position with a new joint venture that was forming between two large competing systems in Texas. She has worked with many aspects of the healthcare delivery system included acute care, air ambulance, durable medical equipment, physician practices and clinical laboratories. Prior to joining One Mind, Janet was the CFO/COO of Pacific Physician Lab.
Janet holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Eastern Washington University and did her graduate studies at Gonzaga University.
Lisa Cohen is the Executive Director of the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA), a coalition of more than 60 leading global health research, development and civic organizations. WGHA activates governments, corporate and non-profit organizations and individuals in the Washington state region through shared efforts to advance global health equity.
Prior to the formation of WGHA, Ms. Cohen spent 25 years as a producer and manager in broadcast news. She taught journalism at the University of Washington, where she earned degrees in Broadcast Journalism and International Communications. She serves as Executive Director and Board Chair for the Washington Global Health Fund and on the governance boards of Global to Local, Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association and Seattle CityClub, as well as numerous civic advisory committees.
Kristen Dailey joined Global Washington in March 2014. She has over 18 years of experience in international development including advocacy, issue campaigns, microcredit, and building partnerships among NGOs, businesses, and government. Most recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President at the Initiative for Global Development where she played a leadership role in growing the organization from a small program in Seattle to an international business alliance.
Her professional background also includes work at Global Partnerships, the United Nations Foundation, and working with low-income refugee and immigrant families in South Seattle. Her expertise includes strategic planning, membership models, budgeting, fundraising, and corporate partnerships.
Kristen holds a Master’s degree in public administration from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and is committed to finding effective, sustainable solutions to world poverty.
Rachel David grew up in Northern California and attended U.C. Berkeley as an undergraduate. In 1992 Rachel moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, School of Law. From 1996 to 1999 she worked as the Legal Advocate for Seattle Rape Relief, a small non-profit agency with a philosophy of anti-oppression. In that position, she worked with survivors of sexual assault through all stages of the justice system. She has been teaching Gender & Women's Studies at Shoreline since 1999. Her areas of teaching and interest include multicultural and intersectional analyses, gender violence, sexuality and intimate relationships, and global gender issues. She loves teaching in this field because of the discipline's profound potential to affect students' lives.
Dr. Natalie DiNicola is Vice President of Sustainable Ag Partnerships at Monsanto Company, where she leads efforts to embed sustainability principles throughout the company. Her team also leads the development of public-private partnerships working with civil society, research institutions, and others to fight hunger and improve nutrition security, to protect natural resources and to improve the livelihood of farmers around the world through the adoption of improved agricultural systems. Previously, she served as a Federation of Animal Sciences Societies Science fellow in Washington, D.C., where she worked on agriculture and environment-related issues and focused on the use of science in policy making.
She received her B.A. in Biology and Environmental Biology from St. Mary’s College in 1989 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995.
Reggie Garrett has been performing throughout the U.S. and Canada for a number of years. Based in Seattle, Washington he performs mostly original songs mixed with pop covers and more traditional style folk ballads. He is the purveyor of a unique urban strain of acoustic folk music incorporating a number of diverse influences, including: Latin rhythms, blues, gospel, Celtic and more. The result is a musical blend that has excited and touched audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Ms. Gielen is a retired Boeing Executive with 28 years’ experience in the commercial avionics, space and communications industries. Her position before retiring was Director, International Regulatory Affairs for Connexion by Boeing SM -- an innovative service providing high-speed broadband connectivity to airborne passengers and crew. She and her multinational team developed and implemented a strategy to modify a global treaty to enable use of satellite communications for this purpose. The success of this endeavor convinced Karen that the efforts of ordinary people could lead to world-changing outcomes. Since leaving Boeing, she has applied her efforts and expertise to the work of ending global poverty. She is the leader of the Seattle chapter of RESULTS.
Director of PATH’s Window of Opportunity Project, Senior Advisor for PATH’s Health Systems Strengthening Unit, and Chair of PATH’s Ebola Task Force.
Scott develops and manages new health policy and system strengthening projects, including projects examining scale-up of health technologies, expanding strategic approaches to health promotion and disease control programs, and assessing performance of immunization and other health systems. The Window of Opportunity Project is an integrated maternal and child health and early childhood development project in South Africa and Mozambique
Dr. Gordon has developed, managed, and evaluated global health programs for nongovernmental and academic institutions for more than 20 years. He has served in senior technical and managerial positions for PATH, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, DBL Institute for Health Research and Development, Harvard University, and Direct Relief International and has worked throughout Asia and Africa. Dr. Gordon holds a doctorate and master’s degree in health policy from Harvard University
Donald Hellmann is a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of Political Science. He teaches courses on Japanese government and politics, American foreign policy as well as the international relations of East Asia. Hellmann has been a member of the University of Washington faculty since 1967. Since 1994, he has been director of the University’s APEC Study Center and from 1994–2000 he served as chair of the US Consortium of APEC Study Centers. Hellmann has written or edited several major books on Asia and International Relations and published more than sixty articles and monographs. He received his undergraduate education at Princeton University and holds masters and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
(Evans School of Public Affairs, Class of 2014-15)
Humphrey fellows are mid-career professionals from other countries who are resident at the University of Washington (one of eighteen four-year institutions around the U.S. with similar programs) for a year of advanced non-degree study and work experience in their professional fields.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is generously supported by the people of the United States.
Ms. Huster worked over 9 years as a Registered Nurse at Harborview Medical Center's Trauma Intensive Care. Since 2013 she has been spending her time working in humanitarian emergency settings -- in Gaza, then in Lebanon -- working with non-government organizations (NGOs) and the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), on Syrian refugee issues. Most recently she has focused her energy in Liberia and Sierra Leone working with the NGO, Partners in Health, where she served as the clinical lead of an Ebola treatment unit. Karin holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Washington (2005), earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health - from UW's Department of Global Health (2013).
Ernest B. Johnson II (Dr. J.) is currently a professor of critical multicultural studies in the Equity and Social Justice program at Shoreline Community College, and adjunct faculty in American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington. Dr. J. earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington Department of Linguistics, M.A. from the University of Khartoum (Institute of African and Asian Studies), and B.A. in psychology from the University of Hawaii. He has lectured in one or more of the following fields of African American history, multiculturalism, linguistics, religious studies, and ethnic studies at several community colleges and universities. He is currently advisor of the Moslem Student Association, Assistant Dean for the Social Science Division, chair of the Campus Diversity Action Committee, chair of the Strategic Action Plan sub-committee and chair of the Division Planning Committee.
Samsam was born in Kenya and immigrated with her family to the U.S. in 2007. She completed elementary school in Kenya, and middle and high school in the U.S. Samsam is in the second year of her studies at Shoreline Community College with a concentration in Social Work. Her goal after earning her Associate Degree is to transfer to a four-year university to earn B.A. and M.A. degrees in social work with a concentration on Mental Health.
Samsam spent the 2013-2014 academic year in Kenya, visiting family and reacquainting herself with that society and culture. While there she volunteered at a school for deaf children in the city of Isiolo where she met some amazing and talented students.
Prior to assuming the post of Consul General of Japan in Seattle, Mr. Omura served as Deputy Director General of the National Institute of Public Administration, National Personnel Authority. Previous assignments include a Senior Fellow at the Research Institute of the Cabinet Office, Minister at the Japanese Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, and Director of the Second Africa Division of MOFA. He also served at embassies in Washington, DC, Jakarta, and Kenya. He is a graduate of Yale University Graduate School (MA in International Relations) and University of Tokyo (BA in Public Law).
Christina Owen is a Program Officer in the Agricultural Development group at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she has worked since 2010. She develops and manages Research & Development grants, with a focus on leveraging discovery science and innovation for smallholder farmers in developing countries. She also has a strong interest in science communication and outreach, and spent time as a radio journalist covering science and the environment. Christina has a PhD from the University of Washington in evolutionary genetics of flowering plants.
Tim Payne is an educator and an economist with interests in sustainable development
and the power of local organizations in improving lives of individuals and communities.
As a teacher, he has devoted 3 decades in the classroom at Shoreline Community College,
Western Washington University, and Washington State University, teaching principles
of Economics and International Studies to thousands of students from a multitude of
countries and backgrounds. Some of his early economic research in sustainable agriculture
and energy in the Pacific Northwest inspired him to explore principles and practices
of sustainability in other parts of the world, including SE Asia, Central America,
and recently in Cuba.
Dr. Nino Ramirez is internationally known for his work in neuronal control of breathing. He joined the Seattle Children’s Research Institute in 2008 where he established the Center for Integrative Brain Research (CIBR). He is currently the Director of CIBR and Professor for Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor for Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (Seattle). He serves as the Associate Director for the Center on Health Development and Disability (CHDD) at the University of Washington and Co-Director for the Neurodevelopmental Research Consortium (NDRC).
Mr. Shepherd, concurrently, is a Senior Advisor at Associates in Cultural Exchange, Seattle. He also runs a consulting firm, Shepherd & Associates. Previously he was President of the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Washington, DC. (2004 – 2009), and Executive Director/CEO of the Fulbright program in Tokyo, Japan (1994-2004).
In November 2010, the Japanese Government announced that His Majesty the Emperor of Japan had decorated Shepherd with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Leaf with Rosette in recognition of his “contribution to strengthening of the relations between Japan and the United States through educational exchanges and internationalization of education in Japan.”
Dr. Matt Sparke is Professor of Geography, International Studies and Global Health at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the Director of Integrated Social Science. He is the author of Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions and Uneven Integration and scores of other publications. His classes on globalization, both face-to-face and online, are among the most popular at the university.
Stephanie holds a B.S. in Psychology from Wright State University and is currently an Employment and Training Specialist based at Shoreline Community College. Over the past 9 years, she has held several volunteer and intern positions working with captive wild animals, many of which are native African species. In 2012, she was able to realize a long-held dream when she traveled to Kenya on a safari. While there, she explored her interests in zoology, photography and anthropology. It was a journey full of “ah-ha” moments, and there were more when she returned to the U.S.
Kathleen is the Deputy Director, Strategy Planning and Management in the Office of the President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Ms. Walsh joined the Gates Foundation in 2007. In her role, Kathleen ensures the President’s time is efficiently used in support of Global Development priorities and leads complex initiatives in support of the President. She also drives the strategic and operational aspects of the foundation’s Emergency Relief and Multilateral Partnership programs including the foundation’s response to the West Africa Ebola epidemic. Ms. Walsh holds an MA in Library & Information Science from the University of Washington and a BA in Arts in History from Mount Holyoke College.
Anand A. Yang, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor, International Studies and History, is the former Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle.
Yang is the author of books on The Limited Raj: Agrarian Relations in Colonial India and Bazaar India: Peasants, Traders, Markets and the Colonial State; and the editor of volumes on Crime and Criminality in British India and Interactions: Transregional Perspectives on World History. His forthcoming books are on Empire of Convicts and Thirteen Months in China, a co-translated work.
A former editor of The Journal of Asian Studies and Peasant Studies, Yang was the former president of the Association for Asian Studies and of the World History Association.