Greg Guldin is an applied anthropologist with expertise in urbanization, rural-urban migration, and international development projects in many regions and especially in Asia and China.

Cross-cultural facilitation has been a major part of Dr. Guldin’s professional approach; he has organized international workshops and training seminars on a wide array of topics, ranging from delivery of urban social services to marginalized communities to urban research methodology.

Dr. Guldin has led and coordinated multi-cultural project and research teams for numerous international development projects, and has decades of experiences working with Asian ministries and agencies—from the Education Ministry, to the Finance Ministry, to the Communications Department—and has a strong appreciation for the need to work within the system and to pay close attention to inter and intra-agency connections.

Aaron Kyle DENNIS, Director, Business Development and Research

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Aaron Dennis, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Aaron Dennis is an anthropological analyst with experience in multilateral social policy initiatives, including the ADB Thematic Review of Social Assessment (Country Safeguard Systems) and the EBRD Study on Vulnerable Groups Safeguard Policies. He works as CCCS Director for Business Development and Research—responsible for all aspects of the company’s administration, especially in terms of project bid preparations, liaising with clients, and the recruitment of CCCS Associates. Mr. Dennis also heads the planning and coordinating of company research projects. Prior to working for CCCS, Mr. Dennis gained experience with multi-lateral cultural development initiatives of the Culture Sector at UNESCO Office Beijing.

Mr. Dennis' research interests include principles of governance under international law and the mechanisms of corporate determinations of appropriate benefits levels for Indigenous Peoples affected by international development projects.

Лариса КОРАБЛИНОВА, Russian Projects Coordinator
Lara KORABLINOVA

Lara Korablinova, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

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Lara Korablinova is an Indigenous Peoples and social development consultant based in St. Petersburg, Russia. As the first Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples’ Program on the Sakhalin II project, Lara was a key player in facilitating Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation’s (SEIC) relations with Indigenous Peoples and has been part of training initiatives on stakeholder engagement and international “best practice” standards for social policy for international entities such as Shell International and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Lara now facilitates all CCCS corporate development initiatives in the Russian Federation and CIS countries.

Marianne MunJong FUNG, Director, Cross-Cultural Communication Design; Chinese Culture Consultant

Marianne MunJong, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Marianne Fung has worked as a Graphic Designer in Hong Kong, New York and Seattle area, and has much understanding of both the Eastern and Western art and culture. Currently she is involved in a retrospective review of Chinese communication arts in 20th century China. Ms. Fung has extensive experience as a resident in Chinese and American societies, and has served Berlitz and similar firms as a Chinese culture consultant for corporate personnel relocating to Asia and USA.

Darrell EDMONDS, Director, Diversity and Conflict Resolution

Darrell Edmonds, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Darrell Edmonds specializes in mediation, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution training. Since 1980 Mr. Edmonds has assisted organizations, communities, business and individuals in resolving their disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution which emphasizes collaboration that benefits all parties. For over fifteen years Darrell has been affiliated with the University of Washington School of Law where he is a member of the mediation clinic's training team.

Mr. Edmonds is also a consultant for both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA). In his role as a FEMA community conflict resolution specialist, Mr. Edmonds has been sent around the USA to work with communities traumatized by various natural disasters. As a WSSDA diversity/conflict resolution specialist, Mr. Edmonds has provided mediation, facilitation, training, and advice to administrators, school board members, faculty, students and community members. His experience as a Human Resource Consultant for the Washington State Ferries Department for seven and half years enabled him to create and deliver cultural awareness, respectful workplace, and conflict resolution programs for union, nonunion, managers and directors. Mr. Edmonds' skills are applied in a variety of private and public settings.

Matthew GULDIN, Director, Educational Programming

Matthew Guldin has been an educator and school leader at New York junior-high and high schools for more than 30 years. Having started as a history, social studies, and humanities teacher, and then moving into school leadership roles—first as an Assistant Principal at ACORN Community High School in 2000, then as Dean of Students at East Side Community High School in 2002—Matthew is experienced in implementing socio-emotional learning programmes both within the classroom as well as from an administrative perspective.

ASSOCIATES:

Gaynor DAWSON, Ph.D.

Gaynor Dawson, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

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Dr. Gaynor Dawson is a development consultant with considerable country expertise in Indonesia, as well as the greater South East and South Asia region. Her consulting specializations include gender, social analysis and community development across sectors such as water supply and sanitation, health, education, agriculture, and water resources. Her work has included feasibility, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Dr. Dawson has over 10 years of experience in a range of development projects and programs with a background of anthropological research.

Adam BURKE, Ph.D.

Dr. Adam Burke is a development specialist focusing especially on social issues in conflict-affected environments. He has conducted strategic analyses of conflict and aid provision, as well as policy studies on poverty and aid, the political and social impact of aid flows, and social accountability. Dr. Burke has worked on projects throughout Africa and South and Southeast Asia, especially on DFID and UN project initiatives.

Concepcion DEL CASTILLO, Ph.D.

Concepcion del Castillo, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Dr. Concepcion del Castillo's professional experience from 1979 through 2005 has focused on applied development anthropology in North Africa and Egypt, as well as in East Asia and Indonesia. She has worked with a variety of international donor agencies and institutions. Concepcion del Castillo's key experience includes fieldwork among Indigenous Peoples including biodiversity and indigenous lands projects, as well as the development of analytic tools for appropriate social and poverty alleviation targeting, and farming systems. Within the World Bank system, her experience includes work developing the World Bank's Indigenous Peoples Policy and co-authoring and editing the Indigenous Peoples Guidebook.

Reza HASMATH, Ph.D.

Dr. Hasmath is a sociologist and policy analyst who has worked on ethnic minority development and NGO activities in China, including work for ActionAid International on building successful NGO-corporate partnerships. He is the author of several books and papers on Chinese minorities issues, including ‘A Comparative Study of Minority Development in China and Canada' and 'The Ethnic Penalty: Migration, Networks and Labour Markets', and 'China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors' (with J. Hsu).

Jennifer HSU, Ph.D.

Dr. Jennifer YJ Hsu is a development specialist with expertise in China. Her project experience and expertise focuses on China’s NGO sector, social participation and rural-urban migration. She has worked with a variety domestic Chinese NGOs in both a professional and academic capacity, as well as such organizations as ActionAid International and Oxfam.

Gelek LOBSANG, Ph.D., China Tibetology Institute, Beijing, China

Gelek Lobsang, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Dr. Lobsang Gelek is one of the world’s leading authorities on Tibetan development, particularly the effects of economic reform on family and community structure. His consulting experience includes work on social impact assessments, implementation of socially responsible policy initiatives, and sustainable development projects. In these roles he has advised The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank among others.

Chris LYTTLETON, Ph.D.

Dr. Christopher Lyttleton has more than 18 yrs experience in management, design, implementation and evaluation of health programs—including work on HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, cross-border disease vulnerability, and institutional capacity. In addition, he has also worked on issues of livelihood security. Dr. Lyttleton has worked throughout rural and urban SE Asia, and has significant country experience with projects in Lao PDR and Thailand.

Andrew MANZARDO, Ph.D.

Dr. Andrew Manzardo has been working on public sector social development initiatives for nearly 30 years. His expertise in social impact assessment, community consultation initiatives, and resettlement issues draws from project work throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. His project experience has focused on infrastructure development projects, natural resource management and associated impact assessments, with particular emphases on gender and poverty issues. He has worked at all levels of social development projects, ranging from community-based endeavors to multi-national initiatives.

Andrew MCWILLIAM, Ph.D.

Andrew McWilliam, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

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Dr. Andrew McWilliam has over 20 years experience in ethnographic research and the anthropology of Indonesia, specializing in the cultural anthropology of Timor Island. Complementing academic research Dr. McWilliam has also been active in the design, development and implementation of technical assistance projects in Indonesia and East Timor. As a specialist in applied social research and community development, he has undertaken both long and short term consultancy work throughout Indonesia with a wide range of donor agencies including the World Bank, ADB, GTZ, CIDA (Canada) and AusAID. He has extensive experience in watershed resource management, community development planning studies and monitoring and evaluation.

William PARTRIDGE, Ph.D.

With three decades of experience in over 20 countries Dr. William Partridge is a top expert in social development and social impact analysis—especially as related to resettlement planning and implementation. Other areas of Dr. Partridge’s consulting expertise include project risk assessment and participatory community development. Dr. Partridge’s roster of client organizations includes the World Bank (IBRD), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Vuong Xuan TINH, Ph.D.

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Vuong Xuan Tinh, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Dr. Vuong Xuan Tinh is an ethnic minority and gender specialist with experience in Vietnam, China, Lao PDR and Thailand. He has over 10 years of experience as a consultant and specialist for the Asian Development Bank, working at all levels of project management. Dr. Tinh is also the Deputy Director of the Institute of Anthropology in Hanoi, Vietnam. His academic research has focused on educational, social, cultural, economic and gender issues related to ethnic minorities in Vietnam and the surrounding areas.

周大鸣, Ph.D.
ZHOU Daming

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Zhou Daming, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Dr. Zhou Daming is the director of the China Cross-Cultural Consulting Center, based at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Dr. Zhou has over 24 years of experience in development consulting, including having led training seminars and workshops on Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) for World Bank Staff. Dr. Zhou is an expert on urbanization, poverty reduction, and Indigenous Peoples/Ethnic Minorities. He has led Social Assessments for the World Bank on a diverse range of projects throughout the People’s Republic of China, and was most recently brought in as an independent external monitor for the World Bank Pearl River Delta Urban Environment Project.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS:

Julian COADY, MA

Julian Coady assists CCCS with bringing all documents and research reports to the editorial standards of our clients. He also contributes to company business development and research initiatives. His past work with corporate sales and marketing programs continues to improve CCCS project team facilitation and our public face to potential clients.

Mr. Coady also has a grounded familiarity with international relations—especially in terms of Asian political development and democratization. He is currently examining emergent modes of public participation in the PRC and how these feed into internal governmental reform strategies.

Anna KONOPATSKAYA, Cпециалист

Anna Konopatskaya was first engaged by CCCS as document-preparation specialist to suggest standardization approaches for English-Russian translations of social development terminology. Ms. Konopatskaya’s support to CCCS continues to grow, and now include support to company relations Russian partners and help with Russian-language research assignments.

SPECIAL ADVISOR:

Daniel NEILSON, Ph.D.

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Daniel Neilson, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services

Daniel Neilson is a quantitative economic consultant in the risk-management industry. He is familiar with a variety of econometric methods and statistical software.

Dr. Neilson combines advanced training in economic theory and econometric analysis with other interests in the social sciences.

Dr. Neilson's graduate research focuses on monetary economics and the banking system. Separate works examine emerging modes of decentralized production, typified by open-source software. In general, his work combines careful empirical study with a critical view of economic orthodoxy.

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Gregory Eliyu GULDIN, Ph.D., President