Denver International Program

Denver International Program Participants

Key to the success of the Denver International Program are the participants who come to Denver from all over the globe to learn, to teach, and to grow professionally. Through the years, DIP has hosted hundreds of adult professionals from more than eighty different countries.

Spring 2008 Participants
	Iriana Colina, a 2008 Global Partners Program participant from Venezuela, has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Languages with a focus on International Organizations from the University of the Andes. She has experience teaching both English and Spanish. Iriana's DIP training placement is with the Aftican Community Center.
	Tsogt Galsan has been working at the MONGOLYN ALT (MAK) mining company in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, since 1996. Currently, he is Director of the Production and Technical Department, which is the main division for all of MAK’s activities. He has a degree in Mining Technology Engineering from the Mining University of Sverdlovsk in Russia and had attended English and business management programs in New Zealand and Egypt. Tsogt is married and has three children. He and his family enjoy traveling in the countryside, watching movies, and playing snooker billiards. After six weeks of intensive English instruction at Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning, Tsogt's training placement will be with Colorado Schools of Mines.
	Heike Woerner has a degree as a youth worker and had additional training in outdoor and wilderness education. Since 2001, she has been a youth worker at the Stadtteilbauernhof (city farm) in Stuttgart, Germany. There she works with the children aged 6 to 14 years who visit the farm during their leisure time to participate in activities such as gardening, cooking, attending workshops and campfires, playing games, and taking care of the animals. Heike likes traveling (especially by motorbike), hiking, skiing, rock climbing and Irish dancing. She lives in a village near Stuttgart which is surrounded by vineyards. Heike's training placement is with the Urban Farm at Stapleton.

Fall 2007 Participants
	Edmond Borteye, Programme Manger for Community Action Foundation in Ghana, hopes to develop skills in raising funds that his organization can use to help mitigate hardships of people living in deprived communities. His training placement is with It Takes A Village, Colorado.
	Lidwina Ebrahim is the head of the Fredo Day Care Centre in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She hopes to learn new techniques for caring for and nurturing children between 2 and 6 years old. Her training placement will be with the Clayton Family Futures program at the Clayton Foundation.
	Nico Kelly is the National Program Coordinator for the Foundation for Peace and Solidarity in Cameroon. He is interested in learning new skills, techniques and methods in management, administration, marketing and fundraising for non-profit organizations. His training placement will be with Catholic Charities of Denver.
	Dafne Linares Goenaga, a 2007 Global Partners Program participant from Queretaro, Mexico, is interested in the potential of advertising and marketing for improving the economy in her country. Her training placement is with Heinrich Marketing where she hopes to get experience that will assist her in setting up an advertising agency in her hometown.
	Hans Reinfelder from Kiefersfelden, Germany, is Deputy Director of the Bavarian Youth Welfare Office in Munich. He is especially interested in learning how the American youth welfare system coordinates with the legal system in cases of juvenile delinquency and child abuse. His training placement will be with the Denver Department of Human Services.

Winter & Spring 2007 Participants
	Matthias Hoekert is a Spring 2007 participant from Zwolle, the Netherlands. He received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Management from Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim in January 2007. Through his internship with DIP he hopes to gain experience that will be useful for international business administration and management of people from other countries. In the future he would like to work for a company that has international operations.
	Thomas Maille is a 2007 Global Partners Program participant from France. He has an Advanced Vocational Diploma in car maintenance and after-sales support from the Educational District of Bordeaux. His DIP training placement is with Heli-Support, Inc. in Fort Collins where he will be learning the technical and administrative aspects of operating a helicopter maintenance facility.
	David Mayen, a Winter/Spring 2007 and a 2007 Global Partners Program participant from Sudan, is a member of the SPLM (Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement) and former member of the SPLA (Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army). Fluent in Dinka, Arabic and English, David received his secondary education in Khartoum, Sudan, and earned a BA degree in Economics and Political Science from Kampala International University in Uganda. His training mentor for winter and spring 2007 was Representative Cheri Jahn, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Colorado House of Representatives. In June 2007 David will begin a one-year traineeship with the International Human Rights Advocacy Center at the University of Denver.
	Bertram Ramspeck is a Spring 2007 participant from Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, where he has lived his whole life. He has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Windesheim, one of the 55 Universities of Professional Education in the Netherlands, and is working on a master's degree in Information Technology at Radboud University Nijmegen. His internship is with DIP, where he will be working with Sue Koontz to develop a new database.
	Francisco Varas, a 2007/2008 Global Partners Program participant from Santiago, Chile, has a strong international background: he lived the first half of his life in Canada and the other half in Chile. Francisco holds a business degree from the Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) and has worked for two renowned multinational companies, L' Oreal and Reckitt Benckiser. His DIP training placement with MicroBusiness Development Corporation will give him experience with marketing from a North American non-profit perspective.

Fall 2006 Participants
	Anja Bekens is a former kindergarten teacher from Hamburg, Germany. She recently completed a degree in social work and hopes to work with non-native speaking children of immigrants when she returns to Germany. Her training placement is with Jewish Family Service of Colorado.
	Intrawarang (Ame) Dumdeang from Bangkok, Thailand, is a former DIP participant (Fall 2003). She wants to get additional training in counseling traumatized children. Ame is with Good Samaritan Ministries in Bangkok and is experienced in counseling and social services. Her training placement is with Aurora Mental Health Center.
	Bjoern Lattoch from Neu-Ulm, Germany, started his career as a salesperson in a warehouse with a practical training for two years before he went back to college. He recently finished his studies in international business administration. His training placement is with Denver International Program.
	Munguntsetseg (Munguu) Myagmar from Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, is a financial officer for the Railway Authority in Mongolia. She has a BS in accounting and an MBA with a focus on financial planning and assets management. Munguu joined the fall DIP group after a four-week training with Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning. She is continuing her studies at the Spring Institute one day a week and has a DIP training placement with MicroBusiness Development Corporation.
	Stefan Reinecke lives in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a psychologist with 30 years experience in family therapy and youth therapy. Stefan's training placement is with Progressive Therapy Systems.