Chris ThurlowStudent, School of International and Public Affairs
Chris Thurlow is currently a second-year MPA student concentrating in international economic policy at the School of International and Public Affairs. Previously he served as director of administration for mainland China's only human rights organization, where he was responsible for communicating to the international media some of China's most serious rights violations. He has served as a director for several development projects in southern Africa, such projects encompassing the areas of refugee relief aid, postwar reconstruction and HIV/ AIDS education. He is also part owner and founder of Green Caravan, an organic cashew trading company based in Senegal that utilizes the principles of fair trade, international labor standards and business-based community development. He sits on the board of Ball for All, a girls' education and empowerment organization based in West Africa. He holds a BA in psychology from George Washington University.
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