meet sauve scholars alumni

Saman Ahsan

Pakistan

Saman Ahsan

The biggest benefit I got out of the Scholarship was the love, friendship and support of some of the most amazingly wonderful people on earth including Jim, Nancy, Harry, Helen and all my fellow Scholars, and above all their faith in me that made me begin to believe that I can be a leader.

In September 2008, Saman started work...

Daniela Bartosova

Slovakia

Daniela Bartosova

Daniela (Dani) is currently a senior lecturer in media management at London Metropolitan Business School London Metropolitan Business School in London. She specialises in digital media businesses and Internet media enterprises.

Daniela has over 10 years experience working in the UK, Slovakian and international media. During...

Yael Hartmann

Canada

Yael Hartmann

Since completing the Sauvé Scholars Program, Yael has worn several different professional hats, because she believes a good politician is one who has been trained in a number of different areas. The first position she accepted after leaving Montreal in 2004 was that of Head of the North American Desk for the Israel Defense Forces Media...

In-Hyeok Hwang

South Korea

In-Hyeok Hwang

In-Hyeok is a journalist with Maeil Business Newspaper, the most influential journal in Korea with a circulation of over one million. He has seen his input on economic reports adopted by the President and become national policy and has interviewed over 50 CEOs of multinational corporations. Four times he was awarded that Best Exclusive...

Sherry Lee

Taiwan

Sherry Lee

Sherry is a reporter with Commonwealth Magazine, the most prestigious and best-selling business magazine in Taiwan. She is in charge of Human Capital issues and has published extensively on the knowledge revolution, digital learning, the internet and the women's movement. She has co-authored three books on human capital and has been on...

Steve Li

Peoples' Republique of China

Steve Li

Steve is from the Peoples Republic of China, where he is a part-time Vice-Manager of a prominent advertising agency, while recently completing his MA in Communications and Mass Media Management at Zhejiang University. He has already started on his Doctoral program in literature and media culture. He has been a creative director, editor,...

Sandra Lizardo

Peru

Sandra Lizardo

Sandra is from Lima, Peru, where she obtained her BS in Communications from the Catholic University, specializing in Communications for Development. She has worked at the Institute of Law Defense, the most important NGO in the country in Human Rights. She traveled throughout Peru to the poorest communities in the highlands, worked with...

Ta Bao Long

Vietnam

Ta Bao Long

Long Ta is presently in England, doing a MA on Global Citizenship, Identity and Human Rights under the sponsorship of the British Government's Chevening Programme.

Meriem "Mimi" Maza

Algeria

Meriem "Mimi" Maza

25 May 1975 - 1 September 2007

Mimi Maza was a real star, a shining example to people surrounded by her. She had that ‘It Factor’ – that unexplainable, immeasurable, indescribable quality that is hard to put into words, but you know it when you see it. That was Mimi -- A light onto others whose love, beauty,...

Malcolm Moore

United Kingdom

Malcolm Moore

Malcolm came to the Sauvé Scholars Program from London, England where he was a a financial reporter for the Daily Telegraph covering the oil and gas sectors, as well as utilities and cars. Born in Singapore of a Singaporean mother and an English father, who was a trader, for much of his life he traveled extensively with his family...

Readith Muliyunda

Zambia

Readith Muliyunda

Zambia being a young democracy whose government requires checks and balances by civil societies and the media, journalists have an onerous task to help develop democracy and attain high standards of governance.

Readith is from Zambia, where she was a business reporter with the Times of Zambia, the largest daily journal in the...

Ana Nov

Cambodia

Ana Nov

Ana completed a Research Project on Labor Disputes for CLEC/World Bank/ILO in 2005-2006.

Since 2007, Anna is General Manager for Ang Khmer Group providing business consulting, research, and public relations to several clients including CDB Bank, Home Magazine, and some international investors.

She is a member of...

Adam Sharon

Canada

Adam Sharon

Following his participation in the Sauvé Scholar Program, Adam returned to Washington, DC and continuing working in journalism. He covered the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, presidential debates and inauguration for Talk Radio News Service. In 2005, he produced “White...

Paul Shore

Canada

Paul Shore

The Sauvé experience broadened my horizons immeasurably. It also provided me with a whole new range of issues I wanted to explore through my work. Meeting and developing relations with the diverse group of Scholars spanning the world was the highlight for me. I was not only reflecting about my place in the world, but also privy to...

“Leaders must dream of changing the world.

They must have an inspired vision of the changes they want to make and be prepared to consecrate all
their energy to that purpose. A capacity to communicate their objectives is indispensable to sustain
the enthusiasm of their collaborators and their perseverance in action.”
— The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Opening Speech to the National Conference for Young Leaders, June 2-8, 1991