Current Volunteers

Carolyn Hubbard grew up in Canada and Australia, went to high school in Spokane and college in Tacoma. She was an AFS exchange student in Spain for one year, then in Mexico for a semester. After graduating with a double major in Spanish and Global Studies, she bought a one-way ticket to NYC.  While there, she worked for Bantam Books, before moving to Barcelona, Spain, where she worked as a language instructor and cultural liaison before and during the Olympic Games. Upon returning to the States, she worked for Lonely Planet in Oakland, CA, first as a senior editor, then as a Spanish publishing manager, and finally as a writer, focusing on Patagonia. She then taught fifth grade for four years, focusing her energies in a Title 1 school.  Next, she merged her interest in global development and education by managing a scholarship program for 300 women in Kakamega, Kenya.  Now back in Seattle, she continues to edit, write, and focus on merging global citizenry with education. With this background, and her interest in seeing programs effectively reach their goals, she is thrilled to volunteer for Global Washington.

Ismail Mohammad:  Born and brought up in Pakistan, 53 year old and father of three grown up children, Ismail Mohammad moved to United States in 1989 and started his own retail business. Thereafter he joined Edmonds Community College and completed his Associate in Liberal Arts in 2004 and followed it up with a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences in 2008 from the University of Washington. Ismail’s desire to bring about positive change in the world inspired him to continue his educational pursuit and venture into the non-profit world. He enrolled himself in the graduate program at Evans School to complete his Executive Masters in Public Administration in 2010 and also started volunteering with Global Washington. He considers Global Washington to be a hub of all non-profits and educational institutions. He looks at his volunteer work in Global Washington as an attempt on his part to bring about meaningful change in the lives of the people across the globe. In addition to volunteering with Global Washington, he runs his business, and also provides religious education to secondary students within his community.

Tomomi Tanaka was born and grew up in Japan, but lived in France for three years because of her father’s business. She studied Economics and International studies at Sophia University and Japan and Economics and Political Science at Seattle University as an exchange student. She worked as an intern for an educational NGO office, working at Burmese refugee camps in Thailand. She also volunteered for a global development in NGO in Kenya.

Brianna Breimayer is a freshman at Seattle University, who grew up in Novato, CA where she attended San Marin High School. She is currently striving towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with a Minor in Environmental Studies. She is a member of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) where she works with the community to improve their local businesses, provide the underprivileged with strong interviewing skills, and organize canned food drives for the homeless. She is also working with fellow women at Seattle University to restart the Seattle University Women in Business club, in which the club will host events for other women to attend where they can learn to network with successful businesswomen. She also works part time as an intramural official for Seattle University Intramural Sports. She hopes to learn many skills during her internship at Global Washington, which she can use during her education at Seattle University and in future business opportunities to come.

Casey O’Connor is a successful executive level professional working with nonprofits to provide strategic and appropriate financial and operational options for organizational growth and transition. With over 20 years management experience in finance, operations, and strategic planning in local government and nonprofits, Casey has led organizations through transitions and system changes to maximize organizational efficiencies and potential.

After spending 10 years working for local government managing federal funds for affordable housing and low income neighborhoods, Casey decided to turn her skills toward helping nonprofits manage transitions.  She has worked internationally in the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Africa as trainer/educator, business analyst, and logistics manager for non-profits and organizations managing change.  Passionate about international development and humanitarian work, Casey is equally committed to enhancing the quality of life for all in her Puget Sound community.

Sarah Baron is originally from San Francisco, CA and graduated from Seattle University in 2012 with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics with an Emphasis in International Development. She also obtained a Spanish minor and studied in Seville, Spain for one semester. She has interned at Acucela Inc. in the Corporate Communications department, Washington C.A.S.H. and The One Equal Heart Foundation. During her sophomore year of college, Sarah was the vice president of a club that successfully banned the sales of bottled water on Seattle University’s campus. Sarah is interested in international development and hopes to someday participate in a development project in Latin America. Sarah has a passion for travel and hopes to have the opportunity to immerse herself in many different cultures. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, playing guitar and reading.

Yun-Chieh Pai is a senior student at the University of Washington majoring in finance and information systems. She is originally from Taiwan and has studied in US for 5 years. She discovered her interest working in global development sector after her trip to Honduras where she worked as a consultant for a community bank to advocate micro loans.  After graduation, she is going to Colombia for a youth empowerment project to work with children and urge them to become next  global leaders. She believes education is the sustainable solution to many problems that the world is currently facing and she is dedicated to taking part in making the world a better place.