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Staff Biographies
Clara Gaztelu, Executive Director
Clara Gaztelu is a second year
Masters of Public Administration (MPA) student concentrating in Non-Profit
Management at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Before
coming to SIPA, Clara worked for several years in the non-profit sector. She
worked for over two years in Fundación ONCE, one of the largest grant-making
foundations in Spain. Prior professional experience in umbrella organizations
of foundations in Madrid and Brussels enabled her to counsel start-up
foundations and foster a network of community foundations. These experiences
taught her that many non-profit organizations could be more effective at
achieving their objectives if they were managed efficiently. For this reason
she decided to pursue graduate management studies with a concentration in
non-profit management. Further, while working at Fundación ONCE Clara developed
a keen awareness of the need for empowerment and social integration of
discriminated populations.
Clara views her participation in ACE as a great opportunity to gain management
skills in the non-profit sector and to put into practice the management tools
she has acquired at SIPA. She is eager to contribute to the success of ACE’s
development as it strives to enhance the relationship between the Harlem Community
and Columbia University.
Lucy Hargreaves, ACE Chief Operating Officer
Lucy is a Canada-US Fulbright
Scholar and a second-year MPA student concentrating in Management and
Institutional Analysis. Before attending Columbia, Lucy worked in various
capacities in the public sector. She spent over two years as a Project
Assistant at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) in Thailand. In this role, she worked on developing
UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development program for the Asia-Pacific
region. Prior to this, Lucy worked for two years as a Policy Analyst for the
Ontario Ministry of the Environment in Canada. Most recently, Lucy spent two
months at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris,
where she researched topics related to governance and sustainable development.
Upon graduation, Lucy plans to pursue a career in management within the public
or non-profit sector.
Lucy hopes to use her management and organizational skills to assist ACE in
effectively and efficiently achieving its mandate to benefit the Harlem community.
Jean Lee, Chief Financial Officer
Jean Lee is a final semester
Master of International Affairs student (MIA) with an individual concentration
in labor, gender, sexuality, health and human rights, and will be taking a
hiatus from pursuing a law degree. Prior to attending Columbia, she has worked
for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva as a research officer
for the Conditions of Work and Employment Programme to promote the
International Maternity Convention (2000), support women in the informal sector
using community-based health microinsurance plans, and develop educational
resources for governments and NGOs. Subsequently, she continued her ILO career
under the International Programme Safety and Health at Work and the Environment
in Geneva and Delhi as a SOLVE Course Director to help managers reshape
workplace policies to address the issues of stress, tobacco, alcohol and drugs,
HIV/AIDS and violence in the workplace. Other relevant experiences include her
consultancy for the Ministry of Labour of Thailand on the final draft of the
first National Code of Practice on Managing and Preventing HIV/AIDS in the
Workplace approved in early 2005. She currently serves as president of the
SYLFF Fellows Council (SFC), an advisory board, at the Tokyo Foundation in
Japan. Her involvement with the SFC and the Tokyo Foundation/Nippon Foundation
has cultivated her interests in working for the nonprofit sector, international
philanthropy, and foundations.
The opportunity to participate in the goals of ACE as the CFO is both a challenge
and an enriching experiencing. She is looking forward to an eventful year to
learn about managing a grassroots nonprofit sector in the US, while enhancing
the surrounding community with her fellow colleagues.
Hai-Chiao Chang, ACE Mentoring Staff
Hai-Chiao Chang is a second year MPA student, concentrating in Urban Policy
and Risk Management. She is also the co-chair of the Taiwan Focus organization
at SIPA. Prior to studying at SIPA, she worked for a congressman in Taiwan,
where she managed public policy issues and participated in the Taipei mayoral
campaign. Hai-Chiao enrolled at SIPA to enhance her understanding of the relationship
between governments and non-governmental organizations. She joined the mentoring
team of ACE to gain practical experience in the non-profit sector and to assist
young people in Harlem to achieve their goals. She looks forward to working
with the other staff members of ACE and TRUCE to make the mentoring program
rewarding and meaningful for its participants.
Winnie Chen, ACE Mentoring Staff
Winnie Chen is a second year MPA
student with a concentration in Non-Profit Management. Her interests include
social policy, women’s rights, sexual health, and education domestically and
internationally. Prior to pursuing her graduate degree, she worked in
Washington D.C. in the Public Policy Division at Legal Momentum, formerly NOW
Legal Defense and Education Fund, a women’s legal rights organization. She also
has experience working at the Everywoman’s Center in Western Massachusetts, a
women’s crisis center. Her work focused on community education and outreach for
the Rape Crisis and Violence Prevention Division of the organization.
Internationally she has worked for the Head of International Programmes at
WOMANKIND Worldwide, an international women’s development organization in
London, as an English teacher and advisor to junior high and high school
students in Taiwan, and most recently as a non-profit consultant in low-income
minority communities (townships) in Capetown, South Africa.
Winnie brings her experience and
training to ACE aiming to benefit the organization, Harlem community and Harlem
Children’s Zone in conjunction with the collective support and collaboration of
her ACE colleagues.
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