Shannon Heesacker McClain grew up in Nebraska and currently lives in New York, USA. She holds an MA in Political Science with a focus on intelligence analysis & conflict resolution and a graduate minor in French. Shannon first fell in love with Caux as a 2012 Caux Scholar; she returned in 2013 for the Learning to Live in a Multicultural World conference. Currently, she works as a marketing specialist for a cyber security nonprofit.

Angel de la Flor holds a B.A. in International Relations from Manila, Philippines, and an M.A in International Business from the University of Padua in Italy. Previously, she worked for three years under a bilateral development project co-funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the Philippine government, in support of the peace process in Mindanao, Philippines. She is actively engaged in various programs that work on volunteerism, leadership, education and youth empowerment.

Ismaila Ceesay Ceesay is an attorney who works as a civil rights investigator in higher education. He is originally from Gambia and currently lives in the United States. He was a Caux Scholar (CSP) in 2011 and the Coordinator of CSP in 2012. He has been a team member of two IofC International conference teams and has participated in several IofC US and Hope in the Cities programs including Inzaba and Community Trustbuilding Fellowship. Ismaila studied peace and social justice, political science, and philosophy in college.

Jean Claude Bucumi is a young Burundian who is a master’s candidate in Computer Engineering at University of Burundi in Bujumbura. He is interested in software development and IT in general but is also very committed to contribute to community issues. He got to know IofC in 2010 and has participated in the Eastern Africa Youth Forum (a program of IofC) for the first time in February 2011. He learnt about IofC’s core values (love, peace, purity and unselfishness), conflict transformation, inner listening and much more.

Prerna Rathi is a humanitarian practitioner from India, with an MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from LSE. She was a Caux Scholar in 2014 and helped start Caux Scholars Programme – Asia Plateau (CSP-AP) in India. Prerna has worked with several organizations in the government, non-profit and private sectors in the U.S, U.K, Belgium, Lebanon, Nigeria, India and Nepal. She is currently affiliated with the Azadi Project in Greece to teach digital media storytelling to female refugees.

Daria Trofimova is a member of the Just Governance for Human Security team. She was born and lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. She visited Caux for the first time as an intern in 2013 and returned the next year as a volunteer. In 2015, she was a member of the team of the Seeds of Inspiration Conference. At the beginning of 2019, she was a team member of the Foundations for Freedom Regional Conference in Ukraine. Daria is a psychologist, with experience of applying knowledge in practice, in research and in academia. In 2016, she plunged into motherhood.

Jonas Truneh is from the UK and first came to Caux in 2017 for the Just Governance for Human Security conference and returned the following year as a member of the 2018 Caux Scholars Program. These experiences affirmed to him the importance of the values of IofC. In 2019 he was a member of the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme where he was given the opportunity to explore the true meaning of leadership with an international cohort of inspiring changemakers. He has since been a member of the Creative Leadership team.

Olga Merezhuk is passionate about international development, communication and diplomacy, international security, art and sports. She is very happy to join the team of JGHS this year. She first came to Caux in 2015 and returned in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a part of the organizing team for Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business. She is originally from Ukraine, but now lives and works in Poland. She holds a Master’s in International Relations and a Bachelor’s in European Studies.

Shaima Bouzhou is a travel junkie and blogger, who is passionate about law. Originally from Morocco, she was born and raised in the Netherlands. She holds an LLM in Globalization and Law from Maastricht University with a specialization in human rights and a Bachelor's degree in International and European Law from the Hague University of Applied Sciences. She has studied at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, United States. Shaima finds that the JGHS conference coincides with her passion for human rights and international security.