GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP FOUNDATION - Key Persons

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• Editor
• Editor - in - Chief
• Member of the Editorial Committee
• Member of the Leadership Team
• President
• President of the Editorial Committee
• President of the Global Citizenship Foundation & Chief Listener at the Global Debates

Aaryan Salman is the President of the Global Citizenship Foundation & Chief Listener at the Global Debates. He is currently one of UNESCO MGIEP's Youth Leaders on the Prevention of Violent Extremism & UNESCO-APCEIU GCED Youth Leader. Aaryan has previously served as the Program Development Officer at Verbattle, Sub-Editor at Outlook Magazine & Foreign Policy Analyst at World Focus Journal.

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• Director of Personalized Learning / Singapore American School / Singapore
• Director of Personalized Learning Singap American School

Andrew Miller is currently the Director of Personalized Learning Singap American School where he leads the work of curriculum. instruction. He has served as both a classroom teacher and an instructional coach, and has taught both traditional and blended models of leaming Hea frequent contributor to Edutopia and is a consultant with ASCD. Andrew Miller is currently the Director of Personalized Learning Singap American School where he leads the work of curriculum. instruction. He has served as both a classroom teacher and an instructional coach, and has taught both traditional and blended models of leaming Hea frequent contributor to Edutopia and is a consultant with ASCD.

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• Consultant & Master Trainer at the British Council
• Consultant and Master Trainer / British Council / UK

Ann Burgess is a consultant & master trainer at the British Council, UK along with being the chief executive of Ann Burgess Consultancy. Ann has been a head teacher for almost two decades & has also served as a local authority advisor; an Ofsted inspector; a specialist international advisor & a senior policy advisor with the British Council, UK. As a former head teacher working at schools in challenging circumstances, she has now initiated an international doctoral research on school leadership in challenging circumstances. Ann Burgess is a consultant & master trainer at the British Council, UK along with being the chief executive of Ann Burgess Consultancy. Ann has been a head teacher for almost two decades & has also served as a local authority advisor; an Ofsted inspector; a specialist international advisor & a senior policy advisor with the British Council, UK. As a former head teacher working at schools in challenging circumstances, she has now initiated an international doctoral research on school leadership in challenging circumstances.

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• Vice - President / Education Quality Foundation of India / India
• Vice - President at Education Quality Foundation of India

Arijit Ghosh is the Vice-President at Education Quality Foundation of India. Having started as teacher, Arijit has held senior positions at Macmillan Publishers, Pearson Education & British Council India. With experience in large-scal assessments, teacher audits, curriculum design on 21st century skills & digital innovation in work space, he has managed several capacity-building programmes involving organisations like DfID, MacArthur Foundation, UNICEF & multiple state governments. Arijit is a recepient of the 2014 Global Teacher Accreditation Award by Cambridge Foundation for his work on critical thinking skills. Arijit Ghosh is the Vice-President at Education Quality Foundation of India. Having started as teacher, Arijit has held senior positions at Macmillan Publishers, Pearson Education & British Council India. With experience in large-scal assessments, teacher audits, curriculum design on 21st century skills & digital innovation in work space, he has managed several capacity-building programmes involving organisations like DfID, MacArthur Foundation, UNICEF & multiple state governments. Arijit is a recepient of the 2014 Global Teacher Accreditation Award by Cambridge Foundation for his work on critical thinking skills.

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• Member of the Editorial Committee

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• Lecturer / Foreign Expert / Thammasat University / Thailand

Cody Freeman is a lecturer & foreign expert at the Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education, Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. His research primarily focuses on gender and sexuality, comparative and international education, democratic education, social movements, and sociology of education. He is also the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Global Center, an NGO that creates freedom through education for LGBTI+ youth globally.

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• Member of the Editorial Committee
• Chairman at the International Conference
• Chief Executive Officer / the Urban Assembly / United States
• Chief Executive Officer of the Urban Assembly

David Adams is the Chief Executive Officer of the Urban Assembly, USA. David serves as the SEL Chair at the International Conference on Transformative Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development 2022. He started with the Urban Assembly in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning, where he created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP), a unique approach to integrating SEL into curriculum and classroom practices across the UA network. RSP has grown into a national program, serving schools and districts in Los Angeles, Houston, Syracuse, and other cities. As the Senior Director of Strategy, David led the expansion of the organization into a model provider of school support, with an emphasis on innovation and equity in public education. In 2021, David received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL and is an author of The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, and a co-author of the textbook, Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds an M.Ed in Educational Psychology from Fordham University.

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• Researcher / Soka University / Japan

Deepti Singh is a recent master's graduate of International Peace Studies from Soka University Japan. She has worked with the leading healthcare company - The United Health Group (UHG) for five years as a Software Tester and parallelly played a pivotal role in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) sector of UHG. She has worked alongside several NGO's which focuses on imparting education and character building for the less privileged kids in Gurugram, Haryana. As a master's student at Soka University, Deepti's research was focused on "Global Citizenship Education as an educational priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals". Deepti Singh is a recent master's graduate of International Peace Studies from Soka University Japan. She completed her graduation as a Bachelor's in Technology in Computer Science major from Vidya College of Engineering, Uttar Pradesh in 2012. Post her engineering, she worked with the leading healthcare company - The United Health Group (UHG) for five years as a Software Tester and parallelly played a pivotal role in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) sector of UHG. She has worked alongside several NGO's which focuses on imparting education and character building for the less privileged kids in Gurugram, Haryana. As a master's student at Soka University, Deepti's research was focused on "Global Citizenship Education as an educational priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals". Since August 2019, she has been working as a ‘Global Schools Program - Advocate' in Japan which is an initiative of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network of Youth. As an advocate, she facilitated the schools in Japan to implement the SDG education and Global Citizenship Education. She is also trained as a Climate Reality Leader by the former US Vice President Al Gore as a part of his project ‘Climate Reality Project - Tokyo'. In 2020 Deepti workded with The Global Summit Tokyo 2020 as a Program Coordinator. As a peace scholar, Deepti is determined to create a culture of positive peace through the power of global citizenship education and humanistic leadership.

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• Founder and President / Education for Sharing / United States

Dina is a social entrepreneur that has introduced an innovative, action-oriented international education model called Education for Sharing (E4S) to systems that have long struggled with passivity and rigidity. Dina is a social entrepreneur that has introduced an innovative, action-oriented international education model called Education for Sharing (E4S) to systems that have long struggled with passivity and rigidity. E4S mission is to form better global citizens from childhood through the power of play. Through a play-reflect-take action methodology, E4S empowers teachers from a variety of school settings to foster social and environmental awareness about the UN´s SDGs while teaching social emotional skills and civic values.Since its inception in 2007, E4S has worked with over 1.3 million children, teachers, and families with important results in Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, and most recently New Zealand. Dina is an Ashoka Fellow and a emerita member of the BOD of the International Youth Foundation. She is a Vital Voices Lead Fellow, a WEF Global Shaper and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. She is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in Urban Planning at MIT, and holds a MPA by the Harvard Kennedy School.

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• CEO
• President

Dr. Samuel previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Local, State, and National Engagement at the U.S. Department of Education, as a Senior Fellow at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, and as former Executive Vice President of Government Affairs & Partnerships at NWEA. Dr. Samuel is a bilingual executive leader with expertise from early childhood through higher education. Her experience includes program evaluation and evidence-based programs, data collection and disaggregation, family and community engagement support strategies, and policy development and implementation at the local, state, and national levels. She has informed state policy agendas, assisted with developing cross-systems approaches to develop policy solutions to support children and families, and leading systems-level change. In her role at NWEA, she led a team working on driving a state and federal education agenda. Prior to NWEA, Dr. Samuel was the Director of Education at the National Governors Association (NGA). While at NGA, her work included business development, strategic planning, and supporting high-ranking state officials on the development of policies that impacted health, education, and the workforce. She has worked with diverse constituents, philanthropies, and national partners. Dr. Samuel holds an undergraduate degree from Tuskegee University, a Masters's from the University of South Florida, and a Specialist and Doctorate Degree from NOVA Southeastern.

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• Associate Professor

Dr. Alida Anderson (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at American University, with a background and interest in visual and performing arts approaches to support student development of language skills and literacy. She is the sole editor of Arts Integration and Special Education. Dr. Anderson has developed arts-based learning approaches with children having a range of developmental needs and has presented extensively on the use of arts-based approaches with individuals having diverse abilities. Dr. Alida Anderson (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the American University.

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• Psychiatrist
• Professor

Dr. Alok Bajpai is a Psychiatrist trained at NIMHANS, Bangalore, presently working at Kanpur after few stints abroad. Apart from practicing Psychiatry, a consistent focus of his work is with children, adolescent and youth, being associated with various Institutes and schools. His work extends beyond the confines of clinic into freelance teaching of mental health issues and life skills. Psychiatry, Physics, Film, Music, Literature and Teaching are only some of the things that occupy Dr. Alok Bajpai's wide world. He has been instrumental in putting together many awareness campaigns and workshops - especially with schools and has trained teachers - aiming at increasing sensitivity towards childhood problems, in many Indian cities. Dr. Alok Bajpai is a Psychiatrist trained at NIMHANS, Bangalore, presently working at Kanpur after few stints abroad. Apart from practicing Psychiatry, a consistent focus of his work is with children, adolescent and youth, being associated with various Institutes and schools. His work extends beyond the confines of clinic into freelance teaching of mental health issues and life skills. Psychiatry, Physics, Film, Music, Literature and Teaching are only some of the things that occupy Dr. Alok Bajpai's wide world. He has been instrumental in putting together many awareness campaigns and workshops - especially with schools and has trained teachers - aiming at increasing sensitivity towards childhood problems, in many Indian cities. These interactions are directed especially to the process of critical thinking, as an attempt of brain training to help the young minds evolve and evaluate their own ideology. He is also a regular columnist who writes about issues of mental health and socio-politics of life. One special passion with Alok is the transformational process of the mind to enhance inner harmony and peace as Mahatma Gandhi remains his leitmotif and example. He is the curator of an interactive programme 'An Hour with the Mahatma' focussing on the transformative skills of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi for him is the tool to improve life skills and his exploration continues in applying Gandhi's tools to various walks of life especially conflict resolution and compassion. He is a Cinema student and left is busy schedule to attend the FTII-film appreciation course at Pune and did similar courses in Australia. He conducts Film Appreciation courses for students too He is engaged in interdisciplinary research at IIT and has few publications in Scientific reports (Nature) ,exploring Brain processes. His MOOC courses on NPTEL - ‘Psychiatry An Overview' and ‘How the Brain creates mind' are popular.

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• Associate Professor

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• Director
• Member of the Editorial Committee
• Director ( Education ), GEMS International School

Dr. Amrita Vohra is the Director (Education) at GEMS Education, India - a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dubai-based Varkey Group-promoted GEMS Education. Dr. Vohra is also the executive principal of the group's flagship GEMS International School, Gurgaon. Dr. Vohra is an alum of Lucknow University who later qualified as a Program Leader for Teacher Professional Development and Educational Leadership from the Cambridge University.

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• Associate Professor

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• Director / Nehru World School / India
• Director of Nehru World School

Dr. Arunabh Singh is the Director of Nehru World School, India. He is the Chairperson of FICCI ARISE (UP West) and a British Council School Ambassador. Dr. Arunabh Singh is the Director of Nehru World School, India. He is the Chairperson of FICCI ARISE (UP West) and a British Council School Ambassador. Arunabh is an alumnus of Kings College London and is passionate about technology, entrepreneurship and igniting young minds.

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• Chairman
• Director
• Member of the Editorial Committee
• Member of the Leadership Team
• Director / Ahlcon Group of Schools / India
• Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools

Dr. Ashok K Pandey is the Chairperson for the Council for Global Citizenship Education and Director of Ahlcon Group of Schools in India. Dr. Ashok Pandey is presently Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools in Delhi, India, and Chairperson of the Council for Global Citizenship Education. Dr. Pandey is the recipient of the National Teachers' Award by the President of India in 2012 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by Ferguson Humanitarian Foundation International Inc. (USA). Dr. Pandey sits on the Governing Body of the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), India. He is presently National Coordinator, Climate Education, Climate Reality Project, India, an active partner for the UN's #Act4SDGs and a #TeachSDGs ambassador.

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• Senior Partner / Education Reimagined / United States

Dr. Bobbi Macdonald is one of the 28 original signatories on Education Reimagined's founding document, "A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S." Her previous work as Executive Director of City Neighbors Foundation sought to provide an answer to the question, "What would it take for every student to be Known, Loved, and Inspired?" That question remains at the heart of her work today. Bobbi most recently completed her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University. Dr. Bobbi Macdonald is one of the 28 original signatories on Education Reimagined's founding document, "A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S." Her previous work as Executive Director of City Neighbors Foundation sought to provide an answer to the question, "What would it take for every student to be Known, Loved, and Inspired?" That question remains at the heart of her work today. Bobbi most recently completed her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University.

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• Senior Lecturer
• Senior Lecturer / University of Chester / United Kingdom

Dr. Chandrika Devarakonda is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services at the University of Chester, UK. She is also the disability link tutor for the faculty, link tutor for the partner colleges, Black Minority Ethnic (BME) recruitment and retention tutor on the Initial Teacher Education programs. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Manchester. Her research explored perceptions of parents and teachers about appropriate educational provision for children with Down's syndrome.

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• Professor of Development Education

Dr. Douglas Bourn is a Professor of Development Education and the Director of Development Education Research Centre (DERC) at University College London Institute of Education., United Kingdom

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• Member of the Editorial Committee
• Vice - President
• Vice President of the Editorial Committee
• Associate of Chief

Kuvam Mehta is the Vice President at the Global Citizenship Foundation. Kuvam is a former associate of Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates and former Gandhi fellow of Piramal Foundation.