JAINA Convention 2013 07 Detroit MI

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Speakers
Mr. Michael Krause is a member of the Board of Directors of World Medical Relief (WMR) in Detroit, MI. WMR was founded in 1953 after the Korean War, and is well-known as a humanitarian organization with the mission of helping the medically underserved populations of the United States and the world by collecting and distributing medicines, medical equipment, and related materials. Michael is a member of the Warren, MI, Rotary Club. He has actively participated with his club in several international projects partnering with local clubs in other countries around the world. He is the owner of a business in Farmington Hills, MI that serves businesses and non-profits on their insurance needs, and in planned giving.
Ms. Anju Bhargava began her career as a banker, and has held senior positions in corporate America, focusing on business transformation, organizational development and risk management. Ms. Bhargava has a bachelor's degree from Madras University, an MBA from Rutgers University, with training at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, American University, and Kellogg. Shortly after her appointment to President Obama's Inaugural Advisory Council in April 2009, Bhargava founded Hindu American Seva Charities, a progressive American organization advancing seva, interfaith collaboration, social justice and sustainable civic engagement to ignite grassroots social change and build healthy communities. HASC is working to strengthen the diaspora immigrant civic engagement of the new Americans for the common good.
Mr. Arvind Vora is the Chair of the JAINA Interfaith Committee and co-founded the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum (LIMFF) in 1994. He helped to found the Jain Society of Long Island, and worked with the Jain Center of America in New York City. He was instrumental in the formative years of JAINA as the first Secretary to lay a solid foundation of JAINA. He worked on special projects including several honoring Gurudev Chitrabhanu. He was one of the ten invited (and the only Jain) to meet and greet Pope Benedict on his first visit to the USA in April 2008. He has represented JAINA at many domestic and international interfaith events involving the United Nations and national leaders of the United States and India. He is a past recipient of the JAINA Ratna Award.
Ms. Tina Agarwal has been a part of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization for fourteen years. She is pursuing her doctorate in microbiology at University of Toledo, OH. She was involved in the project "Spotlight Values" done in collaboration with the United Nations for the UN's International Year of Youth in 2012. Presently, she is involved in creating the project, "7 Billion Acts of Goodness."
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