Viswa Sadasivan is the CEO of Strategic Moves Pte Ltd (formerly known as The Right Angle Communications). In his 25 years of television experience, Viswa served as Senior Controller of the Current Affairs Division of the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. He anchored several top-rated current affairs programmes including the live coverage of Parliamentary Reports and General Elections, and has produced and anchored acclaimed programmes including Feedback and Talking Point. He has interviewed business and political leaders including Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, the late Tungku Abdul Rahman. He was heavily involved as a strategic consultant in the SilkAir MI185 crash in 1997 and SIA's SQ006 crash in 2002.
\nFor seven years, Viswa served as the Chairman of Political Development Group in the Feedback Unit of the government. He also served on several key national committees including the Economic Review Committee and the Remaking Singapore Committee. Viswa is also an experienced mediator and has been a Principal Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre since its inception.
", "CEO"], /*["Claire Chiang", "", "", "claire", ""],*/ ["Elim Chew", "77th Street", "elim", "Ms Elim Chew is the Founder and President of 77th Street (S) Pte Ltd. She is also a Founding Member and Director of the Social Innovation Park, SIP, where she championed the Pop and Talent Hub (PaTH), Singapore's first social enterprise talent development platform advocating social entrepreneurship.
She sits on board the pro tem committee in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports spearheading the setting up of Singapore's Social Entrepreneurship Association and steering social entrepreneurship in Singapore and the region.
Elim's accolades include being named Most Promising Woman Entrepreneur, Mont Blanc Businesswomen Award in 2002, Young Woman Achiever Award and Leadership and Mentoring Award.
", "Founder & President"], ["Jack Sim", "World Toilet Organisation", "jack", "Founder of WTO, Jack was a businessman who switched to devote full-time to social work and has worked without salary since 2004.
\nHe was the first recipient of the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006 and the first Singaporean to be named an Ashoka Global Fellow in 2007.
\nIn 2008, he was appointed to the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Water Security and was one of the founding members of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSana). His international work proves that with passion and enterprise, limited resources can be used to generate enormous impact.
", "Founder"], ["Melissa Kwee", "Halogen Foundation", "melissa", "Melissa Aratani Kwee is an educator, activist and advocate for youth development and community engagement. In the mid-90s, she founded and ran Singapore's first girls' leadership programme Project Access (PAX) and most recently Beautiful People: a coaching and career development initiative for teens girls at-risk.
\nShe is currently embarking on an ethical recruiting initiative in Singapore focusing on the protection and advancement of vulnerable populations. Melissa also consults on youth and community engagement to various private and public sector groups.
\nIn August 2007 Melissa received the Singapore Youth Award for Community & Youth Service and was recently awarded the Young Woman Achiever 2007 by Her World.
", ""], ["Howard Shaw", "Singapore Environment Council", "howard","Howard is the Executive Director of the Singapore Environment Council (SEC). He graduated from Oxford Brookes University, UK, in 1995, majoring in environmental biology and business administration. As one of the representatives of Singapore's NGO community, Howard has contributed towards shaping Singapore's environmental policies, strategies and action plans.
\nHoward was in charge of the administration of the Singapore Green Labelling Scheme and the development of new environmental labelling standards. Currently, he oversees all programmes organised by SEC, which reaches out to educational bodies, businesses and the community. His other interests are in pottery, photography, scuba diving, boating and animal husbandry.
", "Executive Director"], ["Louis Ng", "ACRES", "louis", "Louis is the Founder and Executive Director of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), a local charity which aims to foster compassion and respect for all animals.
\nIn 2002, Louis was presented with the HSBC/NYAA Youth Environmental Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of environmental protection and nature conservation in Singapore. Louis also received the The Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore award for 2007.
\nLouis received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the National University of Singapore and his Masters of Science in Primate Conservation from the Oxford Brookes University.
", "Founder & Executive Director"], ["Aaron Maniam", "Mendaki Club", "aaron", "Aaron is an EXCO member of Mendaki Club, an organisation of young Muslim professionals. On a Public Service Commission Scholarship, he studied at Oxford and Yale University.
\nAaron has served as the Director of Special Services with the Connecticut chapter of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, and was a member of the Capitol Hill Rotary Club in Washington DC.
\nHe attended the Asia 21 Young Leaders' Summit organised for emerging Asia Pacific leaders, and was selected to be in the 2008/09 class of \"Asia 21 Fellows\". Aaron is currently working on projects to systematize the teaching of leadership to students.
", "Executive Committee"], ["Farid Abdul Hamid", "Ithaca", "farid", "Farid Hamid is a free lance consultant and principal trainer with Ithaca. A law graduate from NUS with honours, he became Deputy Director (Training) at Outward Bound Singapore in the 1990s and later, hired by the Government of Brunei to establish Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam.
\nFarid was the Founding Director of Singapore International Foundation's (SIF) Youth Expedition Project (YEP) in 2000, following the success of which YEP received the \"Outstanding Experiential Education Community Based Organisation of the Year\" award in 2003. Together with NIE, Farid developed, designed and delivered Diversity Education Programmes to grassroots organizations.
", "Principal Trainer"], ["Siew Kum Hong", "Nominated Member of Parliament", "kumhong", "Kum Hong is a lawyer by training, and has been writing commentaries for the TODAY newspaper since 2003.
\nAppointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament in 2007, He has spoken on topics ranging from ministerial salaries to Singapore's approach to helping the less fortunate.
\nMost notably, he submitted to Parliament a citizens'petition bearing over 2000 signatures, calling for the decriminalization of private consensual sex between men.
He is currently also a member of MARUAH Singapore, whose mission is to inform and facilitate the formation of an ASEAN Human Rights body.
", ""], ["Alfie Othman", "PERTAPIS", "alfie", "Alfie is active in the social welfare organisation scene as an executive member in PERTAPIS, a welfare and education centre for the marginalised, having held the post of Finance Secretary for the past four tears.At present, he holds the post of Chairman of the Home Management and Pertapis Development committees.
A recognised Social Enterprise practitioner in Singapore, Alfie, with the aid of the Ministry of Community Services, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and PERTAPIS, set up an industrialised catering kitchen (Ikhlas Catering), which aimed to provide jobs for marginalised sectors of society such as ex-offenders and single mothers.
Alfie has also been appointed by MCYS to sit on the Social Enterprise Steering Committee, which will present their recommendations for pormoting social enterprise and entreprenuership.", "Executive Member"], ["Dr. Paul Ananth Tambyah", "National University of Singapore", "paul", "
Paul Ananth Tambyah is an Infectious Diseases Physician who graduated from NUS many years ago. After completing National Service, he did his postgraduate training in the US including Infectious Diseases training at the University of Wisconsin.
\nSince returning to Singapore, he has been actively involved in Infectious Diseases teaching, research and patient care at a large public institution located somewhere in Kent Ridge.
\nHe has also been involved with the organisation of the last two Singapore AIDS congresses and hopes that you will be there in Nov 08!
", "Assoc. Prof."], ["Sha Najak", "Migrant Voices", "sha", "Sha heads outreach at Migrant Voices and was just 22 when she joined Migrant Voices. With guidance from The Necessary Stage and Music for Good, she helped coordinate her first project, a song album that was recorded and performed by migrant workers.
\nSha has dedicated much time and effort in becoming more involved in the arts scene, and through this has realised her desire to pursue social issues, particularly that of migration. Following the album launch, Sha was elected President of Migrant Voices. As part of Migrant Voices, Sha spearheaded outreach programmes such as 'Grass Day Out' to serve as platforms for engagement with marginalised migrant workers in Singapore.
\nSha currently works a non-profit organisation, TWC2.
", ""], ["Bogdan Imre", "Asia-Europe Foundation", "bogdan","Bogdam Imre, a Romanian national, joined Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in November 2007. He studied Law at the \"Vasile Goldis\" Western University of Arad (Romania). Before joining ASEF, he worked for 5 years as a youth worker and trainer in an international youth peace movement committed to promote peace and dialogue in local communities; and as a project manager in the management of a grass-root organisation in Oradea, Romania.
\nBogdan's main fields of expertise include project management, organisational management, volunteer management, intercultural learning and non-formal education. He is now in charge of the Youth Pillar of the People-to-People Exchange Department of ASEF.
","Project Officer"], ["Michael Switow", "ONE (Singapore)", "michael", "Michael Switow is the co-founder of ONE (SINGAPORE) and the founder of SUPERSEED, a charity that plants new seeds in the community with superseded goods. He moved to Asia as a journalist in 1996 and covered stories like Hong Kong's return to China, Bird Flu and even the Wild Cows of Hong Kong.
\nSince 2000, Michael has worked in New Media (webcasting, podcasting, blogging) and as a freelance writer. Michael has also worked in homeless shelters in the USA and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger and Gabon. Michael received a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.
", "Co-founder"], ["Low Theng Khuan", "Waterways Watch Society", "thengkhuan", "Theng Khuan has been a volunteer with Waterways Watch Society since 2006. Besides leading in the weekly patrol, he helped out in the education programs and Camp Enviro-awareness.\nDuring his college days, he was part of various community service projects including, Alternative Spring Break where the team provided reconstruction work for low income families in the Appalachian area. Theng Khuan chaired a university wide Diversity Conference, where issues on race and diversity was discussed.
\nIn 2002, he participated in Beyond Lands End, a 3 week marine conservation expedition to Borneo under the Singapore Youth Expedition Program. ", ""], ["Jamie Lewis", "The Choice Initiative", "jamie", "
Jamie is the co-facilitator for The Choice Initiative's forum theatre program, where she incorporates theatre into social change.
\nSince her first brush with the form in Bangalore in 2003, Jamie has worked with Drama Box, and has attended the Pedagogy of the Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) Conference and Workshops in Omaha, Nebraska, learning under Augusto Boal.
\nShe believes Forum Theatre is a rehearsal for life that allows for the dialectical exchange of ideas within social issues and in the process, empowers people to explore the choices in their lives.
\nJamie currently reads Theatre Arts at LASALLE College of the Arts
", "Co-facilitator (Forum Theatre)"], ["Arun Kumar", "World Toilet Organisation", "arun", "Arun is the Executive Director in World Toilet Organization. He is responsible for overall administration and is also the Program Director for all WTO's field projects.
\nA trained environmental engineer, he has obtained both Masters in Environmental Management and Masters in Environmental Economics. Before joining WTO, he was involved in biomass-based renewable energy and water management projects for rural development for 4 years in TIDE, an NGO based in India.
", "Executive"], ["Jared Tham", "The Choice Initiative", "jared", "Jared is the Founding President of The Choice Initiative, a youth NGO dedicated to helping youth make better choices. He also moderates for various networks such as Fair Trade SG, Expedition SG and Refugees SG. He gets a high from finding ethical products where he least expects them.
", "Founding President"], ["Daniel Tan", "MINDS MYG", "daniel","Daniel Tan is the Chairperson of the Central Committee of MINDS MYG (MINDS Youth Group), and is an Executive Committee member of Raleigh Society. In 2002, Daniel led the planning of one of the biggest camps for the intellectually disabled beneficiaries, in collaboration with a few other VWOs. As the Central Chairperson since 2007, he has initiated the setting up of the 8th project under MYG.
\nDaniel has previously built schools in Tibet and Namibia, while on expedition with Raleigh Society. Today, he focuses on facilitating service learning through adventure for youths involved in Raleigh Society's projects.
","Chairperson"], ["Choo Zheng Xi", "The Online Citizen", "zhengxi", "Choo Zheng Xi is the Editor-in-Chief of The Online Citizen (TOC), a popular Singaporean group blog site run entirely by volunteers. Since its founding in December 2006, TOC has been a visible player in both online and offline news. Zheng Xi is one of the main initiators of a proposal by a group of 13 bloggers to get the government to abolish laws that create a hostile regulatory environment for political speech online.
\nTOC has grown to include a diverse team of volunteer writers from students and ex-civil servants to financial experts and the ex-CEO of Singapore's largest insurance company. It regularly highlights issues relating to public service accountability and media bias.
", "Editor-in-Chief"], ["Deepa Chaudhary", "World Toilet Organisation", "deepa", "Deepa Chaudhary has over seven years of experience in professional fundraising. From 2003 to 2006 she was Deputy Executive Director of United Way Mumbai, which she and a colleague founded. She was responsible for introducing United Way's Employee Giving and Major Gifts programmes into India and was a key contributor to increasing UWM's income ten fold and establishing a donor base of over 30 leading multinationals.
\nSince moving to Singapore in 2007, Deepa has worked as a consultant with Habitat for Humanity International and Nathan Associates. She currently holds the position of Director of Resource Development with World Toilet Organisation.", "Director of Resource Development"], ["Saleemah Ismail", "UNIFEM Singapore", "saleemah", "
Ms Saleemah Ismail is the President of the Singapore Chapter of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). UNIFEM's mission is to promote gender equality and women's empowerment in developing nations. In her role at UNIFEM, one of her accomplishments has been to raise the awareness of the trafficking of women and children, in particular, addressing the demand side of child sex tourism in Singapore. Saleemah also sits on the board of Aidha, a non-government organisation that provides education and training courses for migrant women.
", "President"], ["Kephren Ayanari", "Syinc", "kephren", "Kephren has been involved in the environment sector and has organised projects that deal with rural development and land issues also. He has been involved with the national efforts to tackle waste management and educate youths on how to recycle, reduce, reuse and refuse (which also partially tackles consumerism). Also, he has given talks to students about agricultural issues in other countries, as well as helped in events organised by environmental agencies in Singapore that deal with sustainable development.
Currently, Kephren helps out in efforts by Youth Challenge Singapore to help out other ASEAN countries such as Laos achieve sustainable development.
", ""], ["Andrew Wang", "Social Entrepreneurship Forum", "andrew", "Andrew Wang runs the Social Entrepreneurship Forum, a youth-led initiative that brings together practitioners, passionate individuals and policy makers to harness the possibilities of social innovation. He believes that social entrepreneurs are visionary mobilizers of capital, talent and ideas to use market forces to drive social change.
\nAn avid diver and traveller, Andrew has led conservation expeditions to the Himalayas in India and to coastal communities in Southern Thailand and Sabah.
", ""], ["Terence Quek", "Right Impact Training", "terence", "Terence Quek is a trainer and facilitator with a sharp analytical mind and strong people and communication skills. He has more than 10 years of training and facilitating experience working with youth, community, and corporate organizations. He is a certified Emergenetics trainer and has developed programmes that benefited professionals, grassroot leaders and students. He recently trained youth trainers from more than 20 countries at Asia-Europe Foundation's Training for Trainers in Romania.
\nTerence contributes to the community, leading youth projects such as WORLDview360 Youth Conference and YourFilm.SG. He lives life to the full and is committed to making a positive difference.
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