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Our Core Team Members
Lim Nguon, B.A. in Economics & Business Administration
Mr. Lim Nguon is double majoring in economics, at the University of Cambodia, and Business Administration, at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. Due to his academic excellence, he has been awarded with the exchange program scholarships to sharpen his skill and deepen his specialization in Thailand, United States, and Japan. He has been actively organizing and participating in various project and extracurricular activities, including organizing students’ study trips, cultural exchange programs, fund raising, community work, debate on environmental and gender issues, and other various social works. During Cambodian Chairmanship, He worked as the liaison officer and supporting staff for the ASEAN Summit and related meetings; in particular the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment. He loves research and doing field work.
Miss DIM Socheata has completed a bachelor degree in Finance and Banking from Cambodian Mekong University. Based on her academic and non-academic experience and performance during her university life, she was awarded scholarships to exchanges in Japan, United States, and Singapore to deepen her knowledge, skill and specialization. Despite being a Finance Majoring student, Socheata is very enthusiastic and passionate in environmental protection and community work. As a result, she has been very actively involved in activities such as charity fund raising, no plastic bag campaign, debate on environmental issues, and many other activities organized by her university, FUSAAC (Fulbright and Undergraduate State Alumni Association of Cambodia), and U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Dim Socheata, Tender Executive Assistant, Dynamic Pharma Co, LTD
Pheng, Meas Sak, Lecturer, Department of International Studies, IFL, RUPP
Mr. PHENG Meas Sak has earned a Bachelor in International Studies (with Honors) from Department of International Studies, Institute of Foreign Languages. During his study, he was awarded scholarships to sharpen his specialization and research skill in United States, Germany, and Indonesia. His research interest lies in Political Regime and Economic Development, and Development in Southeast Asia. Meas Sak was immediately recruited after his graduation as a Full-Time Lecturer of the Department of International Studies, IFL. Besides, he has actively involved in environment, community works and volunteers with U.S. Embassy, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and SYCA Cambodia.
Ms. Nhean Dalin is a graduate in Business Administration from France (2012) and currently a senior of Bachelor of Art in International Studies (Honor Student) from Department of International Studies, Institute of Foreign Languages. Due to her academic performance, Dalin was awarded scholarships to broaden her knowledge and skill in the United States and France. Besides, she has actively involved in various community and social works with the U.S. embassy and universities. Due to her quality, she has been contacted to do some projects with private companies such as Mckinsey&Company and LG-licensed Company in Cambodia.
Nhean Dalin, BA in Int'l Studies and Business Administration
Hout Siekhuoy, B.A. in International Studies, IFL, RUPP
I am currently a junior who always attain top grade in class and was once awarded the outstanding awards in the Department of International Studies of Institute of Foreign Languages. My all-the-way-good performance at school; and my several-year activeness in social involvement has demonstrated me as a committed and responsible person. This has been resulted in and proved by me being selected to attend nice well-known programs and conferences abroad in six different countries within my three year university life. On top of that, I am one of the executive committee of Fulbright and Undergraduate State Alumni Association of Cambodia as a SUSI representative. I also at the same time involve in other social work like radio talk show, public clean up, etc.
Our Technical Advisors
Brian Kastl, International Consultant -- Environmental Management and Education Project development for IUCN, TNC, and ADB
Harshini de Silva, LEED Accredited Profesional
Our Partners
Brian Kastl is an international consultant on environmental management and education in the Asia Pacific region. He aims to strengthen livelihoods and resilience to climate change through recommendations for water resources management. Brian leads safe drinking water projects for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Cambodia, a Payment for Ecosystem Services project for The Nature Conservancy in Micronesia, and a Community-based Disaster Risk Management assessment in Laos and Vietnam for the Asian Development Bank. As a mentor for the Study of the US Institute on Global Environmental Issues, he helps undergraduate students realize and lead their own projects. Brian holds a Masters degree from the School of Oceanography Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii and is an East-West Center alumnus of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program. He has research experience on South African watersheds and New Zealand flooding disaster risk management as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Auckland.
Harshini de Silva is a LEED Accredited Profesional currently pursuing her Master's at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, on Biodiversity, Ecotourism and Environmental Management. Harshini just completed her tenure at the East-West Center as a Professional Associate to a number of Leadership Programs of the Center and is now in the process of exploring new openings in Sri Lanka, especially in the Green Hospitality sector. Having worked in International and National NGOs and in Private Sector Organizations, she has gained over 5 years of experience, working in the fields of Ecosystem Conservation, Green Buildings and Sustainable Development, Integrated Water Resources Management and associated Communications, and Conservation and Leadership Education. Having worked with over two dozen nationalities, she enjoys multi-cultural environments. An avid bird-watcher, her passions are nature, travelling and cooking.
