People

Ramona Calin

President

Motto: “ When you dam a river it stagnates; running water is free flowing, so … be a channel!”

Ramona Calin has held a series of public functions, nationally and internationally: in Romania she has been a Special Advisor to the Regional Envoy for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, and a Special Advisor to Romania's Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office to the OSCE (2000-2002) - as part of the USAID/ FH, RGTS Program.

She has returned to native Romania after having served the United Nations (in New York, Geneva, Paris, and Cambodia), the OECD and the USAID. Ramona Calin is a PhD. Candidate in political communication at Universite EHSS/Paris 8, following the equivalent of one year DEA at Sciences Po (IEP, Paris). She holds an MIA degree from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs - SIPA (New York). She has also received a Masters of Philology from The University of Bucharest.

Mrs. Calin is a member of "The Romanian Friends of the National Museum Association" (Bucharest), "Friends of Joan Miro" (New York) and "Les amis de Saint John Perse" (Aix en Provence).

Erwann Dumont

Political Science student in the fifth grade (MA), specialization “Administration d’Etat”, at Sciences-Po Paris after having studied Philosophy at La Sorbonne; in Bucharest within’ the frame of an international exchange programme between IEP Paris and the Faculty for Political Science - The University of Bucharest. Greatly interested inr European affairs, would like to join the French Administration.

Sabina Partenie

Studying at the"David Ogilvy" Communication and Public Relations Faculty -SNSPA- and at the Psychology Faculty -"Titu Maiorescu" University. Interested in education, communication and human resources. Coordinates student activities at the Ithaka Foundation. Coordinates the Brit Teen Youth Club at the British Council.

Lara Pedrini

Student in twelfth grade at the American International School of Bucharest. In the furtherance of her interest in international relations, she has taken politics courses at Stanford Summer School and Harvard Summer school, and has been a delegate at the Hague International Model United Nations for the past four years. She would like to study political science/international relations at an American university.