Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015 Conference on Child Rights & Sight: Speakers
Special Guest

Senator Richard Blumenthal
Senator of Connecticut
Plenary Session

H.E. Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin
Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States

Ambassador Dr. Rohan Perera
Ambassador & Permanent Representative, Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Nancy A. Donaldson
Director, International Labor Organization (Washington Office)

Gopal Mitra
Program Specialist (Children with Disabilities), UNICEF
Session I: Child Labor & Child Rights

Dr. Jane Aronson
Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

Tasik Ahmed
Vice Chairman, ATN Bangla Television

M. Hassan Ahamed Chowdhury
Chairman, Debate for Democracy
Session II: Leadership & Volunteerism

Hansen Clarke
Former U.S. Congressman: 13th Congressional District, Michigan

Patricia Ryan-Krause
Associate Professor of Nursing and Clinical Coordinator at the Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education, Yale University
Adiba Mobin
Student, University of Texas Austin
Volunteer, Distressed Children & Infants International

DCI Stony Brook University Chapter
Meerah Shah, Alex Persaud, Tasnin Khan

Matthew D. Kaye, PhD
Director of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning, Sacred Heart University
Joined by Sacred Heart Volunteers: Angelique C. Carrier, Adyel Duran, Michaela Albano
Session III: Child Rights – Health & Environment

Paula Sotnik
Project Director, Institute for Community Inclusion,
School for Global Inclusion & Social Development, University of Massachusetts Boston

Dr. Tess Kulstad
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Grinnell College

Dr. Julie Stewart
Associate Professor & Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Sacred Heart University

Dr. Michelle A. Cole
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Sacred Heart University

Sonia Okorie
Student, Boston College

Dr. David T. Ives
Executive Director, The Albert Schweitzer Institute; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, and International Business, Quinnipiac University

Dr. Azizul Hoque
Cardiologist, Emory University
Session IV: Child Rights – Education & Development

Dr. Lori K. Sudderth, PhD
Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Quinnipiac University

Dr. Elma Kaiser
Assistant Professor of Social Work, Stockton University

Masud Chowdhury
Advisor, Distressed Children & Infants International
President, Concord Sonic

Chris Schweitzer
Director, New Haven/León Sister City Project

Salma Qadir
Chief Executive Director, Rights & Sight for Children

Michele Riondino
Professor of Canon Law & Children’s Rights, Pontifical Lateran University

Salman Khan (Video Message)
Founder & CEO, Khan Academy

Ian Burzynski
Development Officer, Distressed Children & Infants International