Meet the Staff
Lance C. Boyd (Senior Experiential Leadership Education Specialist) specializes in empowering emerging young leaders from Southeast and South Asia and the Pacific Islands. His courses and publications emphasize the application of practical strategies utilizing rapid prototyping and open innovation strategies around startup communities, grassroots philanthropy, challenge prizes, and future scenario planning. Believing that learning occurs best from experienced leaders immersed in their context, Lance develops case based learning experiences that connect Fellows directly with experts in their field for the Pacific Islands Leadership Program and Institutes for Natural Resource Managers. Lance also helps alumni secure funding to launch place based initiatives addressing tough, systemic problems in their communities through mentorship, regional workshops, and collaboratively running an online impact incubator for EWC alumni. Under his mentorship, alumni have earned earned thousands of dollars to launch initiatives including the Laut Community iLab in Rote, FARM iLab in Sumbawa, Abundance iLab in Battambang and Mindanao, ASEAN Peace Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs, Middle East Environment Leadership Program, Chili Padi Academy Accelerator, and ASEAN Food Rescue Social Enterprise.
Prior to his current role, Lance spent a decade teaching and training teachers in STEM education with the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) and in public and independent schools. He earned a M.A. from the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam and an M.A. in Education Foundations from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has received multiple awards and fellowships including a Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellowship in Japan, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellowship in Singapore, a Goethe Institute funded study of the environmental movement in Germany, and an Earthwatch research fellowship to study bats in Malaysia.
Prior to his current role, Lance spent a decade teaching and training teachers in STEM education with the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) and in public and independent schools. He earned a M.A. from the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam and an M.A. in Education Foundations from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has received multiple awards and fellowships including a Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellowship in Japan, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellowship in Singapore, a Goethe Institute funded study of the environmental movement in Germany, and an Earthwatch research fellowship to study bats in Malaysia.
Christina Monroe (Leadership Program Senior Manager) is an international leadership educator, curriculum designer and program manager with 15 years experience working with professionals and students from 50+ countries. She has won over $5 million in grants from the U.S. State Department, Corporation for National Service, and National Education Association to develop international and experiential programs for several institutions. She currently directs the Leadership Program under the East-West Center’s Professional Development Program, which includes the Asia Pacific Leadership Program, Pacific Islands Leadership Program, Institutes for Natural Resource Managers, North Pacific Woman’s Action Program and other customized leadership programs. Since 2009 she has directed sixteen Study of the U.S. Institutes for 300 emerging leaders from Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Brazil and Russia with funding from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She previously co-directed the Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program and since 2005 has served various roles for the program including U.S. Field Study Director and Professional Development Instructor. While Chair of the Sustainability Task Force, she led the East-West Center’s successful bid to be the first green-certified educational institution in the state. She is certified in ISO sustainability reporting by the Global Reporting Initiative and was featured in Hawaii Green Magazine’s Six People You Need to Know. As a 2018 Australian Government Endeavour Executive Fellow, Christina researched impact investing and new philanthropy models at the Melbourne Women’s Fund. Christina is certified by Georgetown University as an Organizational Consultant and uses this knowledge to design curriculum and teach on organizational development and change leadership. Her past research in the U.S. and Europe focused on cognitive development during international exchange experiences and on ethnic and gender self-identification in foreign settings. Her current work focuses on personal prototyping and foresight in the Anthropocene.
Contact Us
For more information, please contact:
Jaymen Laupola
Senior Program Officer, East-West Center
LaupolaJ@EastWestCenter.org
+ 1-808-944-7332
Official East-West Center website: www.eastwestcenter.org/susi
Jaymen Laupola
Senior Program Officer, East-West Center
LaupolaJ@EastWestCenter.org
+ 1-808-944-7332
Official East-West Center website: www.eastwestcenter.org/susi
