Young Leaders Program, April 2010, Stanford University, CA PDF Print E-mail

The Mongolian Cultural Association at Stanford University, with support from the Mongolian-American  

Scientific Research Center, is  organizing the Mongolian Young Leaders Program on April 9 - 10 in the

Bay Area. We plan on touching on several relevant themes during the span of two days, including

Democracy, International Development, Entrepreneurship in the Developing World, and the Environment. 

We are excited to host students in this program covering topics relevant to Mongolia's development.

Participants will engage with Silicon Valley executives, international NGO's, and prominent academics

working on democracy in post-communist countries. As with last year's program, this year's event will

be free of charge. We thank our generous sponsors, Stanford University and Nomadic Expeditions

Inc., for their support of this program:

                                          

 

 

 

Young Leaders Program 2010 participants:

 

Amar Baatartsogt

Duke University

I am a senior at Duke University majoring in electrical and computer engineering and minoring in economics.  I was born in Berlin, Germany and was exposed to a number of different cultures from a relatively young age.  Coming to Duke only diversified my knowledge and awareness of other cultures and helped me become a more global citizen.  I am greatly interested in arts, graphic design and digital imaging. I also enjoy blogging and writing my own short stories. I really look forward to this conference and I am quite excited about meeting with other interesting young people.

 

    

 

Bolormaa Enkhbat University of Oregon

 

Bolormaa is currently majoring in Economics and International Studies with focus in Sustainable Development. Her professional interest is sustainable development in Northeast Asia and specifically Mongolia's role in the multilateral effort. Bolormaa hopes to contribute to the development of her country and help steer it towards a more sustainable path. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and spending time outdoors.   

 

Bulgantamir Khaltar

Seattle Central Community College

Bulgantamir finished her primary education at the Specialized Foreign Language Lyceum under the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. She will get her Associated Arts Degree from Seattle Central in June 2010 and will transfer to a university to finish her undergraduate degree in Business/Finance. While attending Seattle Central, she was elected to serve on the Student Council and sit on the Service and Activities Budget Sub Committee, which allocates over one million dollars in funds to support student success. In the future, she would like to study more on finance/banking and pursue a MBA degree. Her ultimate goal is to work for the Central Bank of Mongolia and improve the banking system and business environment for small businesses. She believes that everyone will have a better chance of success if there is a fair and accessible business environment which Mongolia currently does not have. 

   

 

 

Enkhee Tuvshintogs

University of California, Davis

 

 

 

Enkhee and her parents came to United States as one of the first Mongolian immigrants to the United States in 1996. Growing up between two cultures: American and Mongolian, Enkhee saw the world in a different light. The disparities between the worlds instilled in her a passion to help nations develop and prosper for the better. Currently, she is pursuing a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with which she hopes to continue on to Medical School. In the future, she envisions working in underdeveloped areas such as Mongolia and the United States to help fill gaps in healthcare access. On her down time, she enjoys working for VNCARES (Vietnamese Cancer Research and Education Society), a student-run clinic at the UC Davis campus, providing and developing healthcare services for under served populations in the greater Sacramento area as well as advising underclassmen on issues about growth, health, and education at her university. Through YLP 2010, she hopes to meet and create solid relationships with both professionals and students, who share the same passion to develop Mongolia and America through cooperation and learning with one another--and hopefully in the end come up with projects to help both countries grow and prosper together. 

 

   

 

 Ganchimeg Ganpurev

University of Kansas

 

  I always remember the words from my math teacher at middle school; once he said “all people are not born to be mathematicians but all people are born to be individuals, so all of you need to do your best to be a right kind of person”. … I transferred to Mongolian-Turkish high school in Ulaanbaatar and continued chasing my dream. Finally I came to the U.S.A to study at the University of Kansas with scholarship. For me  my family, friends, and motherland are the most precious treasures and I try to do something which makes them happy and satisfied. ….In my spare time I enjoy playing table tennis, badminton, taking photos, baking, and cooking for my family. After the first months passed at KU, I realized that I should take advantage of high standardized technology and equipments of one of the most developed country and decided to have another major which basically relates to technology. I wanted to challenge myself in genetics field to contribute to Mongolian development by at least diagnosing a Mongolian citizen’s live by applying my study in the U.S.A. My next chasing dream is to open a complex laboratory which is fully equipped with contemporary machines and equipments to diagnose any kind of disease in Mongolia, although, it sounds so hard to chase.    

 

Munkherdene Batmunkh

University of Southern California

 

 

I recently graduated from USC Marshall School of Business with a Bachelors degree in Investment Finance. In 2008, I was an intern at Merrill Lynch, in the heart of the financial crisis, watching the whole system collapse. While studying about financial analysis and valuation methods, I continued working in the private wealth management industry until now. My school studies, previous work experience, and independent research got me really interested and have me thinking a lot about financial models, valuation methods, banking system, policies and politics, and the over all economy. I believe there is so much I can learn while working for the development of Mongolia.

   

Orchlon Enkhtsetseg

University of New York

 

I have been traveling for the better part of my life now. Attending three different high schools in three different countries before coming to New York has left with a deep appreciation for different cultures and people. I am currently the President of International Students Club at NYU and have been involved in many different activities and events promoting diversity. Professionally, I always have been fascinated by international economics, politics and business and have had the opportunity to be involved in several organization within those fields during my college career. It is my hope that having achieved enough academic and professional experience, I will be able to successfully participate in Mongolia's business and macro-economic sector  

   

 

Sainshur Ganchuluun

University of Alaska

I graduated from Mongolian-Turkish high school in Erdenet in 2007, and studied chemistry one year at the National University of Mongolia, the Faculty of Chemistry. Now I’m a sophomore, and majoring in Biological Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage. My educational goal is to go to Medical school after I pursue my bachelor degree.  Likewise, I’m willing to work at the public health system in Mongolia. I love science as well as sports. In my spare time, I prefer to do sports like volleyball, swimming and tennis. I am really excited to meet this young people who are doing great jobs in their lives.    

 

Tana Jambaldorj

Harvard University

 

  Tana Jambaldorj is a third year student at Harvard and is studying Economics with a secondary field in East Asian Studies. Tana is interested in international business and social enterprise and hopes to pursue a career in Mongolia that involves both the public and private sectors. In her free time she enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures, reading, and swimming.   

 

Tselmeg Erndenetogtokh

San Francisco State University

 

Tselmeg Erdenetogtokh is a senior pursuing bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies concentrating on Sustainability and Social Justice. As watching unsustainable and tragic acts, such as people using plastic bags and many other materials to heat their homes due to poverty, when it is hurting them and the environment tremendously, she has decided to become an active member in the environmental field, trying to find a balance which seeks both a healthy ecosystem, as well as sustainable development of Mongolia. Along with her big goal, she enjoys traveling, exploring different cultures, and learning to cook different dishes from all around the world. By attending Young Leaders Program 2010, she hopes to find opportunities that benefit her career in the future as she is soon to be graduating, and most importantly she hopes to learn practices that can be adapted to improve Mongolian society to bring about higher living standards and all in all, greater happiness for her people.   

 

Tengis Bat-Erdene

Berea College

 

I am a senior at Berea College in Kentucky. I am majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Business. My interests: I am interested in many things, especially learning and coming up with small ideas that make difference. I am also interested in marketing, finance and entrepreneurship.Expectations for YLP: I am also excited to meet with one of the brightest of my peers in the USA and highly experienced successful executives that become role models for many others. Furthermore, I hope to learn a lot and exchange many ideas from them as well. I am sure it will be a great experience.

   

 

Unorbat Erdenemunkh

Portland Community College

  I enjoy playing soccer and baseball on my free time. I am fascinated by music, so I like reading about different genders of music and music history. I love to play different type of musical instruments including violin and guitar. In addition, I love to work with children; therefore, I volunteer at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science), and voluntarily tutor middle school children every weekend.  In ten years I can see myself as professional nuclear engineer in Mongolia, and contributing Mongolia’s new nuclear engineer sector. I truly believe that my generation will bring the changes which make Mongolia a better place. Hence, I want to be part of the Mongolian exciting future.I truly believe in Latin quote “Carpe Diem” which means “seize the day”. Thus, I try to see every opportunity as possible.  I believe YLP was a huge opportunity to me. From YLP, I am expecting to understand profoundly about Mongolian current environmental situations, and find solutions that we can take in order to improve it. I am also excited to meet many future leaders of Mongolia. Most Importantly, I believe YLP would be inspirational event that would help to reach my educational goals.   

 

Uuganbayar Otgonbaatar Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
 Uuganbayar graduated from Mongolian Turkish joint School in Ulaanbaatar in 2007. Currently sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology majoring in nuclear engineering and physics. Uuganbayar participated in International Physics Olympiads in 2006 and 2007 representing Mongolia and received bronze award in 2006. In 2008 he qualified for Japanese Government scholarship student and studied at Tokyo University of Foreign studies for language preparation program until he came to MIT. But he has not left Japanese language studies and remain attached to the country. He is currently involved in SiC experiment at MIT Reactor laboratory