Club Board 2024 - 2025

Dr. Rose Cardarelli is the CEO & Founder of the international NGO, Education for All Coalition. She is acclaimed for her work in strategy, global education, and sustainable development, and is a veteran of the U.S. Department of Defense and former professor of human security. As a humanitarian, she is driven by her passion to develop equitable, accessible, and sustainable solutions for displaced children worldwide. The Education for All Coalition serves to improve the lives and social development of children, with a focus on early childhood development, social emotional learning, digital technology, and inclusive education. The mission of the Education for All Coalition is to help children become thriving global citizens with unlimited potential and opportunities. Dr. Cardarelli serves as an NGO representative to the UN, UNHCR, and UNICEF, and is a member of the Board of Directors for both Childhood Education International and Fitchburg State University. She earned her Ed.D. from The College of William and Mary, an MHA from Baylor University, and an M.Ed. from Boston University. She is also a graduate of the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Center on Forced Migration.

Gustavo is Country Manager of Klimber Corp in Mexico, an Insurtech company with business in Latin America. He is also an advisor on digital technologies for non-profit organizations. He has experience in State Modernization, having developed the implementation of management dashboards, the identification of indicators, and the development of project monitoring systems for Argentina's national government. He was a consultant for the World Bank in Argentina and Paraguay on information systems and management. Likewise, he was a consultant for CorpBanca in Chile, for the development of a commercial management board for the private banking division. Gustavo is a Civil Engineer from the Metropolitan University of Caracas and has an MBA from Adam Smith Open University. In addition, he has certifications in systems and project management. He is a guest speaker at George Washington University. 

Ademar Bechtold earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the State University of New York, the same university he had attended as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar a few years earlier. During his College years in Brazil, Ademar was an active member of the Rotaract Club of Itajai, District 4652, elected to various leadership positions, including the Rotaract District Representative. Ademar is a professor of economics at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore. His primary interest is in international trade and monetary policy. At Notre Dame, Ademar has inspired faculty and students to create a more prosperous and "just" world by thinking globally and learning how people in other countries think before judging them for not thinking like us.

Mike is the Regional Director, Inter-America and Pacific Region at Peace Corps. He brings over 30 years of professional experience managing international development programs in over 40 countries.  His expertise includes strategic planning, management and administration, grant implementation, youth development, education technology, program design/ implementation, training design and facilitation, and public - private sector partnerships.  Mike previously worked at USAID as the Agency Senior Advisor on Youth - overseeing coordination of youth issues across all sectors of the Agency.  Mike also worked as the Senior Associate for Capacity Development at Creative Associates International as well as the Chief of Party for the USAID-funded Panama Youth At Risk Program. He served as Chief of Programming and Training for the Inter-America and Pacific Region covering 21 countries at Peace Corps, as well as Deputy Director for Peace Corps Dominican Republic. As Vice President for Youth Service America, he led a network of 235 non-profits promoting civic engagement. He served as Country Representative at the Inter-American Foundation overseeing grant management for portfolios in Mexico, Venezuela, Panama. He also served as National Programs Officer for UNICEF in the Dominican Republic. 

Mike received his Master’s in Public Administration from Princeton University and his Bachelor’s of Science Degree in International Relations from Georgetown University.

Dr. Mari H. Clarke, World Bank Senior Social Inclusion consultant, provides technical support to World Bank Water Practice. She supported Rural Transport projects in Vietnam 2010-2022. She also supported Cooperation on International Waters in Africa (CIWA) on mainstreaming gender, and supported the
Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Electricity Rollout Plan (NEROP) and PNG Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project II. Previously she consulted for the Asian Development Bank, USAID, Catholic Relief Services and other NGOs. In addition to her Rotary membership, she is former president of Friendship Force of the National Capital Area and continues as a member of the governing council. She holds a PhD, in Economic Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Ed. in Instructional Design, UNC, Chapel Hill; MA in Economic Anthropology U. of Pennsylvania. BA in Anthropology, Michigan State University.
 

Anthony Bloome is the Founder and Executive Director of the Mobiles for Education (mEducation) Alliance, a non-profit focused on strengthening global collaboration and catalyzing knowledge exchange and evidence-informed investments for strengthening education in developing countries, particularly through innovative uses of technology. He has specialized in the field of international development and technology for over 25 years.

From 2009 to 2020, he was USAID’s Senior Education Technology Specialist. While working at USAID, Tony founded the mEducation Alliance and the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development, an open innovation competition and partnership with World Vision and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to catalyze tech-based innovations to advance early grade reading. 

From 2006-2009, Tony was Peace Corps’ technology for development specialist. From 1995-2006, he served as a distance education specialist for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Zimbabwe where he focused on various applications of technology for education, health, and youth and workforce development. Tony serves on multiple advisory boards including, the Rotary International Action Group in Basic Education and Literacy and Benetech. He has a M.A. in Telecommunications from George Mason University and a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA.

Diana is a digital communications strategist with more than twenty years of experience in international development, non-profit sector, and media. She is one of the founding members of the Rotary Club Washington Global (established in 2020) and a Rotary Peace Scholar (2003-05). Currently she has a role of a Digital Communications Lead for the Environment, Natural Resource, and Blue Economy Global Practice, World Bank Group. Her past roles at the Bank included speakers coordinator for the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings, Communications Specialist for the Education Trust Fund, and more. Her pre-Bank work experience includes project coordination with major non-profit youth organizations, as well as being a columnist for the major newspaper in Belarus. Diana holds a Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from Belarusian State University. 

Ms. Nadiv is the Senior Business Development Strategist at WestEd and Chief Executive Officer at Global Health and Education Strategies, LLC (GHES) a bespoke consulting firm focused on developing education, health and wellness solutions. In addition to her strategic business development activities, Sarah has led multidisciplinary teams, managed large, complex multi-million dollar proposals and projects, and developed both in-person and online professional development materials for practitioners, policymakers, and families around the world. Trained in infant and early childhood mental health, her work focuses on providing mental health, trauma, and social and emotional learning. 

​As a serial entrepreneur, MAZ has a proven track record of launching language academies, translation consultancy, printing services, publication and media companies, and growing businesses in Myanmar and Southeast Asia. This experience equips him with a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by aspiring professionals.
MAZ also serves as an adjunct lecturer, sharing knowledge and fostering the potential of the next generation. Additionally, he lends expertise as a social enterprise consultant, guiding organizations towards positive social impact. Currently, MAZ is serving as an Operations Manager at a leading International nonprofit organization that focuses on disaster relief and human development in the USA, Southeast Asia, and Africa. MAZ's educational background includes BA English, B.Sc. (Hons) Business IT (UK), and Master of Business Information Systems from Australia, and he is presently pursuing a Ph.D. in Global Business Administration.