Andrew Gilmour served 30 years at the United Nations, often posted in conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. His final positions were in New York as Political Director in the Office of the UN Secretary-General, and finally Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights from 2016-19. He was the executive director…
Pamela Pavkov joined TPG in September 2022 as Managing Partner of TPG NEXT. Before joining TPG, she was a partner at Jasper Ridge Partners where she focused on private equity investing and impact advisory services. Pavkov started her career at Cambridge Associates. She is a member of the Wellesley Business Leadership Council. Pavkov earned a…
Lisa Osborne Ross is a communications industry veteran with over 30 years of experience as an in-demand social impact, public affairs, and crisis management counselor. She is known for bringing balanced and inclusive solutions to complex business and societal challenges. Prior to Edelman, she served as managing director of APCO Worldwide’s flagship office. During her…
Nia Tomalin, a double major in history and human rights, is a member of the Barnard College of Columbia University Class of 2026. Guided by a deep commitment to women’s rights, education, racial equality, and environmental justice, Ms. Tomalin’s academic focus primarily centers on the thematic concentration of War, Conflict, and Revolution. She advocates for…
I’ve been doing this for eleven years. Most of the time I coordinate fieldwork, collect information, conduct fact-finding missions, and train my staff to do the same, specifically in the pipeline area of the U.S. oil company Unocal. We currently have a lawsuit pending against Unocal. The crux of the case is that a U.S.…
Tags Share The full list of honorees for the 2024 RFK Journalism Awards can be found below. High School Journalism The Hidden Homeless Naperville Central High School Nathan Yuan College Journalism and Grand Prize America After Roe Carnegie-Knight News21 Housed at Arizona State University, in partnership with University of Oregon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University,…
Tags Share The 2024 Book Award winner was “Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class” by acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley. Spanning two hundred years, “Black Folk” highlights the lives of the laundresses, Pullman porters, domestic maids, and postal workers who established the Black working class as a force in the late nineteenth and early…
Chung Koo-do, Chairman of the No Gun Ri Peace Foundation, has devoted his life to revealing the truth about the No Gun Ri Incident and advocating for human rights for over 30 years. Eunyong Chung, Chairman Chung’s father, lost his 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter at No Gun Ri in late July of 1950. Seonyong…
As the Asia Staff Attorney, Catherine coordinates the work of the International Advocacy and Litigation Team to promote accountability and expand civic space in Southeast and South Asia. Catherine previously served as an international legal advisor with Justice Base in Yangon, Myanmar, where she worked closely with a Rohingya advocacy organization and supported initiatives to…
Ashley Pullen is the Head of Investor Relations and oversees the Business and Human Rights (BHR) team. Together, they work with a network of 300 investors who collectively manage $7 trillion in assets globally, as well as impact-oriented companies, to embed human rights and social justice considerations into their business practices and investment strategies. Ashley…
Medha Raman is the Dale and James J. Pinto Fellow on the U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Team. She earned her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Public Interest Fellow, Managing Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives, and Co-President of the South Asian Law Students…
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