Fernando M. Reimers et a].

He is a member of the US Commission for UNESCO and advises policy
makers in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

In recognition of his global education leadership, he was appointed as the C]
Koh Visiting Professor to the National Institute of Education in Singapore
and received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Emerson
College. He received a BA in psychology from the Universidad Central de
Venezuela, and an EdM and EdD from Harvard University.

Vidur Chopra is an advanced doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education, where he focuses on adolescent and youth civic agency
in the developing world and particularly in post—conflict countries with large
youth bulges. He is interested in the role of formal and non—formal educav
tional opportunities in young people’s imaginings of their roles in rebuilding
conflict—torn societies and in the potential and promise that education holds
for peace building. He has policy—based experience from consulting for
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and practice—based
experience from working for international organizations such as Save the
Children and RET International. He has also worked on early childhood
development issues in the developing world and has had international work
experience in Bhutan, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Rwanda, Syria,
and the United States. Vidur also has an EdM in international education
policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an MA in inter—
national and development economics from Yale University, and a BA in
economics from the University of Delhi in India.

Connie K. Chung is the research director for the Global Education
Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a re—
search—practice—policy collaborative that works with education institutions
in seven countries. Her field of research is in education for the twenty—
first century, civic education, and global citizenship education. She works
to build the capacity of organizations and people to work collaboratively

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