NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY 26 May 2026 at 7:00 PM
Our April speaker will be Herizo Ramanantsialonina and Stephanie Arnold
Rotary Affiliation:
University of Makerere, Cohort 7, 2024-2025
Biography:
Herizo is a dedicated Malagasy community development specialist and the first-ever Rotary
Peace Fellow from Madagascar. Currently, he serves as the Founder and President of the
NGO Peace Gasy, a local non-profit organization committed to fostering sustainable peace
and development in Madagascar.
His professional journey is deeply rooted in his extensive tenure with the Peace Corps.
Herizo served in several pivotal roles, including Language and Cross-Culture Trainer and
Health Program Specialist in Madagascar, before transitioning to an international capacity as
a Peace Corps Recruiter based in New York City. Throughout these roles, he successfully
designed and led numerous community-led initiatives in rural Madagascar. His work in
malaria prevention, nutrition, and youth health has directly improved the quality of life for
countless individuals in underserved regions of the island.
In addition, he also serves as an Ambassador for the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP),
where he actively promotes the Positive Peace framework within the Malagasy context.
When he is not advancing peace initiatives, he finds inspiration in nature, spending his free
time hiking and exploring the great outdoors.
Linkedin: Herizo Ramanantsialonina
Email: jaonaherizo@gmail.com
Rotary eClub of Global Peacebuilders
Stephanie Arnold is a charter member of the Rotary
eClub of Global Peacebuilders, District 7610. A
former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (Geneva,
Switzerland, 1991-92), Stephanie has been an active
Rotarian for almost 25 years, since September 2001.
First a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago-Rogers Park, District 6450, she was
the club’s Centennial President in 2004-05. Later, she was President of the Rotary
Club of Falls Church, serving two consecutive terms (2018-19 and 2019-20). As her
career has taken her around the world, she has been a member of seven different
Rotary Clubs in five countries and has served in nearly every officer and board role.
Stephanie is currently the Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Mission to the Republic of
Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros. She joined the U.S. Department of State
in 2005 and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister
Counselor. Her previous assignments were in Canada, Benin, Uganda, Ireland, Côte
d’Ivoire, and Washington, DC. Prior to her diplomatic career, she served as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Ghana and worked in the private sector in Chicago for nearly a
decade at Arthur Andersen LLP and JPMorgan Chase.
She has a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Grinnell College, an
MBA in finance and economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of
Business, and a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the Eisenhower
School at National Defense University.
Stephanie is an Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Ambassador with a passion
for community service and doing her part to build a more peaceful and just world.
We hope you will join us!
MEETING INFORMATION AND ZOOM LINK
This Rotary e-Club meets virtually via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:00PM (EST). Rotarians, guests, and visitors are welcome to attend.
Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89661616549?
Passcode: 855719
