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ASB 2010 - Changemakers: Perspectives on Public Service Leadership - New York and Washington DC

Basic Information
Application Process: 
ASB 2010
Trip Name: 
Changemakers: Perspectives on Public Service Leadership - New York and Washington DC
Air Travel Trip: 
This trip will travel by air.
Number of Participants: 
12
Trip Description: 

In this increasingly globalized world, we are faced with challenges of unparalleled complexity, including climate change, a volatile global economy, poverty, and widespread disease. Despite the seemingly impossible odds, courageous individuals have risen to the challenge and have sought to overcome these discouraging conditions.  We seek to engage students with these creative leaders in government and policy, the nonprofit sector, and even the private sector, in hopes of inspiring the next generation of Changemakers. During our trip, we will meet innovators in New York City and Washington, D.C., two hotbeds of unprecedented social change. By the trip’s conclusion, participants will have gained a comprehensive yet fresh new insight into how they can use their own skills to combat the world’s most perplexing social ills.

Trip Leaders
Jay de la Torre

Jay de la Torre [by Philippe de Koning] Jay de la Torre is a senior majoring in Urban Studies, with a concentration in social innvation. Also known as Manila Ice, Jay’s passion for public service stems from his long-standing love for people, which he cultivated through his work over two years with an educational non-profit in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Jay can be found baking, watching Gilmore Girls, or dancing in front of a mirror when no one’s watching.   At Stanford, Jay has co-run dv8 Hip Hop Dance Troupe, has been the Community Service Chair for Sigma Nu Fraternity, and is currently serving as the Stanford student body vice-president.

Philippe de Koning

Philippe de Koning [by Jay de la Torre]  Philippe is a senior majoring in International Relations. His passion for public service stems from a motley crew of influences, including his parents, his friendships at Stanford, and an interest in the maintenance of international peace and security. Last year, he helped organize the Stanford Service Summit and the FACE AIDS Bay Area Ride, and was a Resident Assistant in Burbank. He is currently a Teaching Assistant for “Technology and National Security”, and the co-founder and co-president of Students for Engagement and Activism in Microfinance, but his dream is to co-term in Biomedical Goat Studies with an emphasis in Goat Mechanics. He hails from France (don’t hold it against him), but is an avid Laker and Arsenal fan. In his spare time, he rants about how much better futbol is than football.