Mentoring
IID's Development Fund has an active program of mentoring young professionals
interested in development. This has been a particular interest of senior
members who remember the difficulties they sometimes experienced, ‘getting a
start’ professionally in developing countries. However our mentoring activities
are not limited to overseas work. The key factors in the selection of young
professionals since 1993 have been:
2010-2011 Lucy Hackworth
Lucy completed her Bachelor of Development Studies (University of Adelaide) in 2009 and already has a history of social service in South Australia and overseas. She has been involved in Children’s services since 2005 and was an Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, Overseas Action Program, World Youth International in Kenya in 2005. At IID she has been in charge of our CV data base and working on projects in Myanmar.
2009 Alison Nyle
Alison completed her Bachelor of Development studies (University of Adelaide) with her project undertaken with IID directed at the information needs of communities interested in REDD+ investments. She completed higher education in (2010) with a double degree in International Studies and Media and another internship with Amnesty International’s Government Relations team in Sydney.
2008 – Mr Evan Lucas
Evan Lucas has a degree in Health Science and a Masters in International Business Administration & Finance at Flinders University. During his time with IID he provided support for market development work being undertaken in Timor Leste for USAID and the World Bank for Merle Menegay working in country. Since his time with IID he has worked in management consulting with SME.
2006 - Mr Tim Nugent
Tim Nugent was a final year commerce student at Adelaide University and undertook a program of work experience, understudying Merle Menegay on QPod trials being planned to run between Adelaide to Darwin and a vegetable marketing study in Timor Leste. Tim now has a business as a professional writer for studies and proposals.
2006 - Ms Carrie Deutsch
Ms Carrie Deutsch is an environmental scientist, with a Masters in Environmental Management from the University of New England in Armidale, NSW. She has been working in community based natural resource management in East Timor for a number of years. In early 2006, she spent 5 weeks in Azerbaijan, working with IID's CEO Mr John Leake. She worked with UNDP and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources to assist with facilitation of the design of a sustainable land management project to be funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
2003 - Mr Tim Mann
Mr Tim Mann, a final year veterinary student at Murdoch University, spent 6 weeks in Mongolia on an IID project developing a new disease surveillance strategy and system for Mongolia to enable that country to provide more accurate disease incidence certification for its livestock product exports. Dr Mann has completed his final year of Veterinary Science and after a period in private practice was awarded an Australian Youth Ambassadorship as a veterinarian working with Orang Utan in Kalimantan Indonesia in 2006- 2007. He has since completed a masters degree in international relations and now works in Indonesia in development.
2002 - Dr Emma Haslam
Dr Emma Haslam, at the time a recently graduated veterinarian, was commissioned to undertake a study entitled "Training in the Country for the Country; A Review of the Proposed Undergraduate Veterinary Course" by the Charles Sturt University. The objective of the study was to gain a clearer idea of the demand for veterinary training, both from the perspective of undergraduates and the likely market for graduates. Institute Members Prof J L Falvey, John Leake, Dr Eyrl Pitt and Wayne Haslam provided input to the study and discussed ideas on a ‘pro bono’ basis as a Development Fund Activity. Since this activity Dr Haslam has found employment in a professional veterinary practice in NSW.
2001 - 2002 - Mr Mark Sargeant
Mark Sargeant, a graduate of La Trobe University was sponsored by the Development fund to complete an honours degree at La Trobe and a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Science at The University of Melbourne. His area of study was in the productive use of Halophytes in Australia’s rapidly growing areas of dry land salinity. Since and during the time of this activity Mr Sargeant joined the staff of NyPa Australia as an agronomist. As part of this activity he traveled to see other saline sites in Mexico, south west USA, United Arab Emirates and Spain. AusIndustry was a major sponsor for this also.
Since completing his masters degree Mr Sargeant completed his PhD at Latrobe associated with an Australian Research Council Grant to investigate establishment issues with Distichlis species and to describe the environmental impact of using Distichlis species in saline discharge areas.
2001- 2003 - Ms Helen Leake
Ms Helen Leake, a graduate of the Australian National University (ANU), faculty of Asian Studies (Chancellor Letter of Recommendation & 2002 Dean's Letter of Commendation, Asian Studies Faculty 2002) has provided inputs to IID activities in Myanmar for UNDCP by identifying training facilities in Changmai suitable for officials from Myanmar. She has also provided inputs to a Study regarding the relocation of the Mekong River Commission from Phnom Penh to Vientiane. She also participated in an IID study tour in parts of the Shan and Kachin States in Myanmar in 2003.
Since then, Ms Leake (today: Ms Tugendhat) has also completed a Masters of International Relations at ANU (first class hons.) and was appointed the Publicity Officer for the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, an advocacy NGO based in Chiang Mai. Since 2005/2006, Ms Helen Leake was appointed Programme Specialist; Regional Indigenous Peoples' Programme with UNDP in Bangkok; her programme to promote indigenous rights to manage natural resources, included activities from Bangladesh in the Chittagong hill tracts across to Indonesia and north to the Philippines. She is now a policy advisor for the Forest People's Program an international advocacy NGO
- knowledge of the young professional and
their interests by an IID member;
- involvement of IID in an area of interest to a young professional,
and
- the attitude and support of the funding agent towards mentoring
activities.
2010-2011 Lucy Hackworth
Lucy completed her Bachelor of Development Studies (University of Adelaide) in 2009 and already has a history of social service in South Australia and overseas. She has been involved in Children’s services since 2005 and was an Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, Overseas Action Program, World Youth International in Kenya in 2005. At IID she has been in charge of our CV data base and working on projects in Myanmar.
2009 Alison Nyle
Alison completed her Bachelor of Development studies (University of Adelaide) with her project undertaken with IID directed at the information needs of communities interested in REDD+ investments. She completed higher education in (2010) with a double degree in International Studies and Media and another internship with Amnesty International’s Government Relations team in Sydney.
2008 – Mr Evan Lucas
Evan Lucas has a degree in Health Science and a Masters in International Business Administration & Finance at Flinders University. During his time with IID he provided support for market development work being undertaken in Timor Leste for USAID and the World Bank for Merle Menegay working in country. Since his time with IID he has worked in management consulting with SME.
2006 - Mr Tim Nugent
Tim Nugent was a final year commerce student at Adelaide University and undertook a program of work experience, understudying Merle Menegay on QPod trials being planned to run between Adelaide to Darwin and a vegetable marketing study in Timor Leste. Tim now has a business as a professional writer for studies and proposals.
2006 - Ms Carrie Deutsch
Ms Carrie Deutsch is an environmental scientist, with a Masters in Environmental Management from the University of New England in Armidale, NSW. She has been working in community based natural resource management in East Timor for a number of years. In early 2006, she spent 5 weeks in Azerbaijan, working with IID's CEO Mr John Leake. She worked with UNDP and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources to assist with facilitation of the design of a sustainable land management project to be funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
2003 - Mr Tim Mann
Mr Tim Mann, a final year veterinary student at Murdoch University, spent 6 weeks in Mongolia on an IID project developing a new disease surveillance strategy and system for Mongolia to enable that country to provide more accurate disease incidence certification for its livestock product exports. Dr Mann has completed his final year of Veterinary Science and after a period in private practice was awarded an Australian Youth Ambassadorship as a veterinarian working with Orang Utan in Kalimantan Indonesia in 2006- 2007. He has since completed a masters degree in international relations and now works in Indonesia in development.
2002 - Dr Emma Haslam
Dr Emma Haslam, at the time a recently graduated veterinarian, was commissioned to undertake a study entitled "Training in the Country for the Country; A Review of the Proposed Undergraduate Veterinary Course" by the Charles Sturt University. The objective of the study was to gain a clearer idea of the demand for veterinary training, both from the perspective of undergraduates and the likely market for graduates. Institute Members Prof J L Falvey, John Leake, Dr Eyrl Pitt and Wayne Haslam provided input to the study and discussed ideas on a ‘pro bono’ basis as a Development Fund Activity. Since this activity Dr Haslam has found employment in a professional veterinary practice in NSW.
2001 - 2002 - Mr Mark Sargeant
Mark Sargeant, a graduate of La Trobe University was sponsored by the Development fund to complete an honours degree at La Trobe and a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Science at The University of Melbourne. His area of study was in the productive use of Halophytes in Australia’s rapidly growing areas of dry land salinity. Since and during the time of this activity Mr Sargeant joined the staff of NyPa Australia as an agronomist. As part of this activity he traveled to see other saline sites in Mexico, south west USA, United Arab Emirates and Spain. AusIndustry was a major sponsor for this also.
Since completing his masters degree Mr Sargeant completed his PhD at Latrobe associated with an Australian Research Council Grant to investigate establishment issues with Distichlis species and to describe the environmental impact of using Distichlis species in saline discharge areas.
2001- 2003 - Ms Helen Leake
Ms Helen Leake, a graduate of the Australian National University (ANU), faculty of Asian Studies (Chancellor Letter of Recommendation & 2002 Dean's Letter of Commendation, Asian Studies Faculty 2002) has provided inputs to IID activities in Myanmar for UNDCP by identifying training facilities in Changmai suitable for officials from Myanmar. She has also provided inputs to a Study regarding the relocation of the Mekong River Commission from Phnom Penh to Vientiane. She also participated in an IID study tour in parts of the Shan and Kachin States in Myanmar in 2003.
Since then, Ms Leake (today: Ms Tugendhat) has also completed a Masters of International Relations at ANU (first class hons.) and was appointed the Publicity Officer for the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, an advocacy NGO based in Chiang Mai. Since 2005/2006, Ms Helen Leake was appointed Programme Specialist; Regional Indigenous Peoples' Programme with UNDP in Bangkok; her programme to promote indigenous rights to manage natural resources, included activities from Bangladesh in the Chittagong hill tracts across to Indonesia and north to the Philippines. She is now a policy advisor for the Forest People's Program an international advocacy NGO
