Dear  Fellows,

I am delighted to share that Dr. Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana has successfully expanded the Strategic Ai Leadership and Entrepreneurship Program through the CUET Business Incubation Centre.

This initiative connected with over 100 startups, business leaders, and academic representatives, highlighting our collective commitment to sustainable innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Through this collaboration, we are now introducing AI-driven innovation, drone technology applications, and entrepreneurship transformation models designed to strengthen Bangladesh’s corporate and academic sectors.

The integration of AI, climate leadership, and technological entrepreneurship reflects TANDO’s mission to build a resilient, future-ready innovation ecosystem across South Asia. Together, we aim to empower young innovators to transform challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth and societal impact.

Warm regards,
Dr. Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana
President, World Talent Economy Forum Institute (WTEFI)

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Mariya Spartalis – International Financial and Banking Expert in Investments and Crypto Investments, Global Financial Speaker, Business Lady of Dubai 2024, Private Banking & Wealth Management Specialist, and Strategic Advisor for Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNWIs).

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JOINING US NOW DURING ASIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE-HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC-ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IS THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

A-P-I-A SCHOLARS, NOEL (pronounced: NO-ELLE) HARMON.

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BIO:

President & Executive Director

Noël S. Harmon, PhD.

Noël Harmon is President and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Scholars, formerly, the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. She joined the organization in June 2018. Harmon comes to APIA Scholars from Say Yes to Education, where she was Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships. Harmon has also held positions at the Brookings Institution where she was the Associate Director of the Global Cities Initiatives, a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase, and at CEOS for Cities, where she was the Chief Program Officer and National Director of the Talent Dividend. She led the National Talent Dividend Network and Prize, a joint initiative of Living Cities and CEOs for Cities, to foster post-secondary attainment, through cross-sector collaboration among more than 60 network cities. She also served as a senior research analyst at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) where she managed several long-term national initiatives.

Harmon spent the first decade of her career in direct service to students, working in administration at post-secondary institutions including Hofstra University, University of Michigan, Western Illinois University, and four years in Athletic Student Services at the University of Iowa.

Harmon holds a PhD in Higher Education and a BA in English from the University of Iowa, and a MA in Student Affairs Administration from Ball State University.

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Listen to “David Toman Announced as Clearwater’s New Executive Director” on Spreaker.

Clearwater is excited to welcome David Toman, who comes with over 25 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, most recently as the Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer at the Mohonk Preserve. Toman’s non-profit career began in the public accounting world; his love of nature guided him to the Delaware Nature Society where he held the position of Associate Director of Business & Finance for 12 years.

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As Clearwater’s Executive Director, Toman will be responsible for supervising all programs and operations, including implementing Clearwater’s recently adopted strategic plan in concert with board and staff. His work will encompass strengthening relationships with Hudson Valley partners and broadening both Clearwater’s base of support and the impact of its activities.

David hopes to draw from his combined experience in environmental advocacy, nature education, public engagement, and business acumen to help guide Clearwater as they address the current challenges to the health of our environment.

“Pete Seeger had a wonderful vision that a beautiful boat and music could bring people together to care for the Hudson River. Clearwater has played an important, unique, and necessary role in the ongoing efforts to protect the river” said Toman. “I am so fortunate to be able to join a dedicated group of people working towards this cause, and it will be a rewarding occupation knowing that I am serving this important mission.”

In his spare time, David enjoys paddling on local waterways, nature hikes with his Karelian Bear Dog, and listening to great music with his family, where they reside in New Paltz, NY.

Toman will replace Acting Executive Director Steve Stanne, who has kept the organization on course since July 2019. Stanne provided much needed stability for Clearwater as they navigated the challenges of the pandemic. Stanne will continue as Clearwater’s Board President and looks forward to working with its new executive director.

“With David’s arrival, Clearwater will voyage into the new year with optimism, buoyed by the continued generosity of our supporters, steered by talented and hard-working staff and crew, and following a course charted by the board’s adoption of our new strategic plan.”
Clearwater thanks Steve for his years of service, devotion to the organization, and commitment to the health of the Hudson River and its valley.

Welcome aboard, David!

Today, we’re celebrating the profound legacy of Pete Seeger, on the eighth anniversary of his death.

For more than half a century, Pete championed the environment and for decades before he came to the Hudson Valley, social justice. In 1966, when the Hudson River was rank with raw sewage, toxic chemicals, oil pollution and bacteria, too anoxic to support fish life over many miles of its length, he announced plans to “build a boat to save the river.” In 1969, two thousand people attended the launching of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

“Pete Seeger dedicated his life to leading a revolution against injustice. He sang for workers rights, civil rights, for environmental awareness; he built the sloop Clearwater to save the Hudson River from pollution. He succeeded in bringing social consciousness to these causes and helped to create historic reforms that made this world a better place,” said Captain Nick Rogers in 2017.

Over fifty years later, Clearwater is recognized for its unparalleled environmental education programs, through which hundreds of thousands of watershed residents of all ages have investigated the ecology, history, and environmental challenges of the Hudson Valley. These award-winning programs aim to create the next generation of environmental leaders.

Pete’s dedication to environmental and social justice has guided the organization through decades of advocacy through education. For years, he would show up (sometimes unannounced) at local elementary schools, armed with his iconic banjo to sing about the river with students. These school sing-a-longs remain treasured memories that the now parents of 4th graders share with us often during Sailing Classroom Programs.

Due to Pete’s leadership around equity and inclusivity, Clearwater has served for 4 decades as one of the only tall ships in the country to have a strong line of female (and female presenting) Captains and crew who found Clearwater as one of the only safe spaces with opportunities for advancement and respect in the industry. For 20 years, Clearwater has offered Youth Empowerment Programs to break down the barriers historically marginalized groups in the communities we serve face to the river and to sailing. Our advocacy team has played a critical role in coalition building with concerned community members, state, and federal regulatory agencies in the fight for clean water; resulting in two recent long awaited triumphs for Hudson Valley residents: the closure of Indian Point, marking the end of the Nuclear Power generation at the plant, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s denial of Danskammer proposed expansion of the fracked gas plant.

As we grow, learn, and create change together here at Clearwater, one thing becomes clear, and Captain Nick outlined it wonderfully, “We find ourselves fighting harder than ever to preserve his legacy as we see the patterns of history repeating themselves as we walk these same roads, fight these same fights, march in Washington D.C., and protest peacefully to protect our rights and our rivers. Pete has done more than inspire us, he taught us to use our voices, to unite, and to never stop fighting.”

Pete Seeger was a giant, worldwide, though he never wanted to be made out to be an idol. He made all us feel like we were a part of he and Toshi’s chosen family. He and his friends played music to get us together to raise awareness about the river, they inspired us to play music together, share memories, and mobilize against issues of social injustice in our own communities. He demonstrated that there is no age too old to begin advocating for what’s right,

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Mr. Fisch, Jr. has also worked with a leading investment bank in China in analyzing strategic partnership opportunities within their portfolio of companies and consulted on how to make those companies marketable for U.S. investment. In addition he create a consulting company, Aeris Management, protecting the rights of workers in the fashion industry. This led to the success of a firm with 64 associates and became the centerpiece of a Discovery Channel documentary on helping those in need. He now runs, with Archana Sivadassan, FS Capital (A fund that is committed to changing the world for the better).

Recently, Fisch was a Producer on Kathleen Turner’s latest Broadway work, HIGH, on Broadway, has Produced a Carnegie Hall Concert where the proceeds were donated to the instill music programs into the NY Public School System, has Directed four episodes of a new T.V. show (Two Many Moms), Directed the musical parody of Showtime’s Dexter, and is slated to direct his pilot, Last First Kiss over the next several weeks. Currently he is the Festival Director of the New York New Works Theatre Festival where Broadway Producers and Emmy Award winners have been aggregated to review and mentor the work of aspiring writers from around the country.

He has studied Logistics, Engineering and Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics at the State University of New York, International Finance at Adelphi University, and Human Rights / Urban Development at Harvard University. While at M.I.T. Fisch Co-Authored a thesis on developing an environmentally friendly automobile that achieves 173mpg and is produced in India.

Fisch is an avid triathlete, has completed the Ironman, and acknowledges that some of the best years of his life have been as a volunteer with the Thursday night team at the Ronald McDonald House.

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Over the past eight years more than 350,000 people have experienced Canada Day in London. On Saturday June 29, 2013, the inaugural Canada Day Festival in New York $B!G (Bs Central Park becomes the next location, on the expanding Canada Day International calendar of worldwide events.  Four more cities will be added leading to Canada $B!G (Bs 150^th Anniversary in 2017. The Sesquicentennial provides a unique and effective platform to raise international awareness of modern Canada and its future promise. Canada Day International benefits from new and longstanding government, community and corporate partnerships to achieve a shared vision.

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Christopher Roe is the chief executive office of the California STEM Learning Network (CSLNet), a nonprofit organization working to ensure that California is a national leader in preparing STEM-capable students.

Roe is in charge of overseeing the creation of strategic relationships and collaborating with regional, state and national partners to rapidly scale innovative STEM teaching and learning across K-14 education in order that all students have access to high-quality learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the critical fields that fuel California’s dynamic economy. In addition, Roe been appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to serve on the newly-created STEM Task Force that will examine how to improve the way California educates its students in these subjects and engage more students in scientific and technical fields, which are integral to the state’s economic future.

Prior to joining CSLNet, Roe served as the Deputy Director for the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF), a membership organization comprised of corporate CEOs and senior executives, college and university presidents, and foundation leaders working together to advance innovative solutions to the nation’s most significant education challenges. In this role, Roe worked closely with BHEF’s members, policymakers, and educators to develop and advance innovative policy and programmatic solutions to our nation’s most pressing education challenges. While at BHEF Roe provided leadership for its STEM initiative, which has as its goal doubling the number of STEM graduates nationally.

Roe previously was also managing director of the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research and the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement, based at Stanford University. Roe is also co-founder of Pacific Educational Group, based in San Francisco, CA, and the Foundation for a College Education (FCE) located in East Palo Alto, CA, an award-winning non-profit organization that assists students of color and their families in attaining a college education.

Roe has authored or contributed to a number of reports on issues of state and federal higher education policy, including “An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation’s Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce” by the Business-Higher Education Forum and “New Models of Leadership and Collaboration to Improve Science Education: The Role of Business” in Science Education Leadership by NSTA Press.

Roe received his master’s in public policy from the University of California-Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, and his bachelor’s of science degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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