Who We Are

We are an international coalition of journalists, teachers, business leaders, midwives, academics, artists, lawyers, mothers, international policymakers, poets, and social entrepreneurs united to create equal visibility for women and children in international news media and to foster leadership by women and children worldwide.

We are an abundant community.

Staff
Editorial Guide Council
Board of Directors
Consultants
Current Volunteers
Past Volunteers
Past Interns
Partners

Staff

Jensine Larsen
Founding Editor and CEO

Jensine (Yen-See-Nah) Larsen was inspired to start a magazine covering world issues from a woman’s angle at age 28 after many years as a freelance journalist reporting on indigenous movements and ethnic cleansing in South America and Southeast Asia. As a young woman who thrives on discussing local, national and international politics, she dreamed of a media source that would broadcast the thriving but neglected voices of women and youth around the world.

Since founding the publication in 2003 with just a vision and no prior publishing experience, Larsen now has a dedicated staff, teams of professional advisors, an international network of journalists and photojournalists, a Board of Directors, endorsements from men and women luminaries and subscribers and private donors worldwide.

Larsen holds a degree in Comparative International Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison (1999). She has appeared on NPR and her writing has been published in the Thai and U.S. press including The Nation (Thailand), The Progressive, The Sojourner and academic journals such as The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.

More about Jensine and the "Editor's Pulse"

Ila Asplund
Communications Director

As the Communications Director at World Pulse, Ila supports local and global outreach, web communications, and manages concept and production of informational materials, channeling the innovation of her team and our worldwide women’s community into World Pulse products.

Cynthia Casas
VP, Strategic Development & Partnerships

Cynthia began her career with IBM, Singapore and GE Capital in London. After seven years in media and corporate strategy with the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, she has worked as a social enterprise consultant, serving the Alaska Federation of Natives, Global Giving (US), Voxiva (Peru), and Mobell (UK). Cynthia received her MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and her BA in international business/marketing from American University.

Rhyen Coombs
Contributing Editor

Rhyen Coombs is a freelance reporter and first-year graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is pursuing her master's degree in journalism with a focus on new media. She holds a BA in Anthropology and a minor in Women's Studies from UC Davis. Rhyen brought her passion for women in media to World Pulse in 2005 as associate editor and site architect and content developer for the initial launch of PulseWire.

Lynn McMullen
Development Diva

Elsie McIver
Development Assistant

Elsie earned her BA in International Affairs with minors in Economics and Latin American Studies from Lewis & Clark College. With a passion for connecting others to the unseen worlds that surround us, she has led service and study trips internationally, worked in AIDS education and coordinated cultural activities while teaching English for an international student exchange program. Before joining World Pulse, Elsie pursued her desire to connect people making positive change while running charitable campaigns for the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.

Corine Milano
Managing Editor

Prior to joining the team in 2007, Corine studied in Paris and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies and Professional Writing, with a concentration in women's literature from Portland State University. With a passion for independent media, she has worked for the publishing house Collectors Press and Bitch Magazine. She is a firm believer that expression is the starting point to creating social change, and that technology can empower women across borders.

Ankur Naik
Technology Director

Ankur joined the World Pulse team in 2003 and has over ten years of experience working with web technologies, including creating and maintaining highly usable and accessible web sites for both commercial and non-profit organizations. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS in Computer Science, a BA in Philosophy, and a Minor in Linguistics, and he strongly believes in the ability of the Internet to empower individuals to transform global communications.

Leah Okyeo
African Outreach Specialist, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Ramya Ramanathan
Outreach Specialist

Ramya has a rich background in marketing, outreach and communications that spans India, Canada, Switzerland and the United States. She has worked with Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement and the End Human Trafficking Now! Campaign; The African Studies Outreach Center at Boston University; and The Food Bank for New York City. A native of India, she holds a Masters in International Relations from Boston University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Management, Development and Research in India. She speaks English, French, Spanish and three Indian languages.

Jan Heald-Robinson
Chief Financial Officer

Jan has over 20 years sourcing and securing debt and equity instruments to provide capital for companies growing markets, expanding globally, and/or acquiring companies. Since February of 2007, Jan has been consulting with companies poised to drive to the next level, bringing financial strategies and structures to the table to deliver revenue and funding. Prior, Jan was Controller for a $600m trade show services firm, VP of Finance for Teseda; and CFO of uXcomm, where she closed financing for $13.6m in four months.

Jennifer Ruwart
Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer has over 15 years domestic and international experience in project, program and operational management. After working at two of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S., she pursued her dream and joined Peace Corps Mongolia. From there she received her MBA from Schiller International University in Madrid, Spain, where she also worked for a hi-tech start-up. Most recently, Jennifer consulted high-growth companies in creating their corporate community involvement programs.

Editorial Guide Council

Our Editorial Guide Council is a growing circle of women, men, and youth who support our mission, guide our editorial development, and have dedicated their lives and voices to creating a child-honoring world.

Mariane Pearl, France/Cuba

Award-winning international journalist, wife of the late Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal.

The 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Global

The 13 indigenous grandmothers have gathered together from all corners of the earth to share their common vision and chart a course for humanity.

Lisa Ling, USA

Journalist for National Geographic Explorer and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" who reports from some of the most dangerous places on earth including Colombia, Iraq, The Congo (DRC), Afghanistan, and Chechnya.

Hafsat Abiola, Nigeria

Acclaimed global-democracy activist

Paul Hawken

Environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author of "Natural Capitalism"

Riane Eisler, Austria/Cuba/USA
Futurist, international best-selling author, and visionary historian

Mahnaz Afkhami, Iran

Exiled former Minister of State for Women's Affairs in Iran

Winona La Duke, USA

Indigenous rights leader

Rita Manchanda, India

Founder of the India-Pakistan People's Forum for Peace and Democracy

Zainab Salbi, Iraq/USA

Founder and CEO, Women for Women International. Esteemed global advocate for women peacemakers.

Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestine/USA

Award-winning international poet and peacemaker

Ritu Sharma Fox, USA

Ms. Sharma and her organization, Women Thrive Worldwide, is a leading voice on international women’s issues and U.S. foreign policy.

Board of Directors

Nanci E. Luna Jiménez, Board President, Founder of Luna Jiménez Seminars

Ms. Jiménez is the founder of Luna Jiménez Seminars and uses her highly effective skills as a trainer and facilitator in the area of Cross Cultural Communication and Alliance Building. Her dynamic programs have expanded to include Leadership Development, Women and Physical Power, and Team Building & Collaboration. Born and raised in Detroit, MI and Tucson, AZ, of Puerto Rican and Chicana heritage, Ms. Luna Jiménez brings a unique perspective and personal passion to her work. A Ford Foundation Fellow, Ms. Luna Jiménez was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz and received her BA cum laude from Yale University. In addition, she attended the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras and El Programa Interdiciplinario de la Mujer at the Colegio de México in Mexico City.

Rangineh Azimzadeh

Rangineh graduated cum laude from Portland State University with her undergraduate degree in Communications Studies. Immediately following graduation, Rangineh went abroad to Nicosia, Cyprus where she studied International Mediation and Conflict Resolution. During her time in Cyprus, she studied and participated in real-time simulations around several of the key conflicts currently taking place in the Middle East with a specific emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She has also lived and studied abroad in Iran and Italy
Policy from 2003-2007.   Rangineh currently is Executive Coordinator & Junior
Associate with Luna Jiménez Seminars & Associates

Jensine Larsen

Please see Jensine's bio above.

Consultants

Milena Fiore
Establishing the Divine Feminine in Business

Regina Perata
Leadership Coach for Executive Women
www.reginaperata.com

Barbara J. MacKay
North Star Facilitators

Business Development, Technology and Marketing

Sharon Graugnard
President of Volant Strategies
www.volantstrategies.com

President of Global-Chase: The Resource for Global Business.

Bev Corwin
Internet Technology and Language Localization Advisor.
President of Enso Company, Ltd.
www.enso-company.com

Cheryl Woodard
The Publishing Group

Laura Mansfield
Nonprofit Development Specialist

Alison Amoroso
AA Publishing Consulting

Kathy Davis
CDiversity, Inc

Alecia J. Cohen
Publisher, Global Rhythm Magazine
www.globalrhythm.net

Jan Davis Tudor
Library Circulation Research, JT Research LLC.

Joshua Creem and Penny Seurrier
Stoel Rives Legal Firm.

Kathy Murphy, CPA
Topp Murphy

Jyll Taylor
JY Enterprise, Socially responsible consulting
www.jyenterprise.com

Katie M. Hoffner
International Marketing Executive

Scott Shlaes
Resource Development Consultant

Current Volunteers:
Kate Blackmore, Alyssa Larkin, Violeta Rubiani.

Past Volunteers:
Lisa Alfano, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Judith Angelo, Karime Alaeddine, Nicole Amaris, Deseree Anderson, Rachel Anderson, Paca Arceo, Carrie Bader, Joanne Barratt, Bonnie Barrett, Merry Bateman, John Beezer, Christina Berry, Bella Blackman, Phoebe Blackman, Hillarie Boettger, Lisa Marie Bunker, Amy Buringrud, Andrea Chow, Kimberly Christensen, Mindy Coolidge, Rhyen Coombs, Bev Corwin, Liz Crain, Kristin Crandall, Carolyn Crawford, Joshua Creem, Deborah Curry, Janina Davis, Diana Dearin, Deb Delman, Gina Diaz, Gene Dieken, Selina di Girolamo, Colette Dinneen, Joshua Dommermuth, Christiane Drangle, Beverly Drumm, Loren Drummond, Nancy Durrell-McKenna, Keely Edmonson, Deja Engel, Jenn Frederick, Jeanette Fruen, Kalen Garr, Kelly Grotke, Holly Haddad, Shelley Halstead, Sheenah Hamid, Anita Hairston, Lila Hamilton, Sherry Harbert, Geoffrey Hiller, Joy Hughes, Marion Kaplan, Joah Keller, Jill Kelly, Katie L’Hommedieu, Shana Larsen, Holly Laux O'Higgens, Yan Li, Martha Elena Llano Serna, Dawn Loftis, Shik Love, Sarah Lundy, Cielo Lutino, Jemilah Magnusson, Tisha Marajh, Erin Markel, Sarah Masterson, Geri Matyiko, Colleen McClain, Kelli McKee, Jeri McMaster, Julie McWhorter, Karin Mellskog, Alicia Mickes, Lee Ann Moldovanyi, Felicia Morrelli, Carla Murphy, Nori Nash, Shava Nerad, Meghan Neumann, Liane Owens, Dani Palacio, Marcela Pena, Satya Peterson, Rena Brar Prayaga, Jennifer Polis, Karla Rae, Brittany Rae Strobel, Rodney Rascona, Julie Raymond, Kirsten Rudberg, Hillary Rupert, Jennifer Ruwart, Mary Sampson, Lea Sanders-Wilcox, Sara Schlesser, Lindsay Schneider, Tera Schreiber, Greg Schultz, Elizabeth Seuling, Robin Scholetsky, Miki Schultz, Aaron Schuman, Heather Seeley, Krystee Sidwell, Anastasia Sofranac, Chrissa Stephens, Melanie Stephens, Kerry Stuart Coppin, Penny Surrier, CindyLynn Swatland, Tereza Topferova, Sari Toplin, Lara Towaza, Steve Tullar, Leigh Ann Tully, Dave Van't Hoff, Mark Wallace, Heather Washburn, Jackie Welch, Karen Werstein, Jude Winiarczyk, and Joy Worthen.

Past Interns:
Katy Beloof, Angela Cash, Cat Cole, Deja Engel, Brian Fiore, Sarah Lundy, Yan Li, J. Sanders, Korakoch Sansaneeyavanich, Cary Spaeth, Corinne Swick.

Pomegranate Founding Partners
Beth Kei Ruml, Carol Larsen, Leo Artelejo, Ron and Eda Rassner, Liane Owens, Jessica Williams, Anita Hairston, Ruth Nickodemus, Heather Hutchison, Amy Fry, Marna Hauk, Mary Laird, Laura Ross-Paul, Marianne Phillips, Shauna Alexander Mohr, Karin Salzmann, Beth Kahlen, Bart Millar, John Fenger, Jen Reid, Bill Olson, Pence Revington, Lora Wison, Priscilla Bernard, Elizabeth Burdick, Sara Applequest, Pascal Guzel, Lisa Cutler-Stamm, Wendy Cutler, Jeffrey Stratton, Inez Stratton, Meghan Finley, Patti Kraemer, Kim Spalatin, Vicki Timm, Pam English, Teo Spalatin, Jenn Martin, Nancy Mayer, Marilyn Sronce, Laura Schepps, Eliza Fournier, Joyce Powers, Lynell DeJean, Michael Short, Diane Napierkowski, Hillarie Boettger, Kathleen and Paul Beckett, Marissa Sheets, Anne Whittaker, Faith Kuczaj, Lisa Olason, Gina Warren, Deborah Sanomero, Sarah Davison-Tracy, Bill Troja, Kimberly Otis, Sabina Sullivan, Barbara Hays, Charles & Molly Brazell, Vinita Long, Robbi Woltring, Jo Billings, Jeanne Murphy, Audrey Drath-Gauerke, Steve Tullar, Suzanne Beede, Bella Blackman, Pheobe Blackman and Roland Olsen, Deb Curry, Suzan Barrie Aiken, Leo Artelejo, Carol Banquer, Adina Beaumont, Ellen M. Brilliant, Diana Byrnes, William Cleek, Claudia Coke, Renee Cookerly, Lesley E. Cox, Ronald F. Ennis, Wendy Cutler, Harriet Denison, Angel R. Devlin-Brown, Lisa Dolezal, Kathleen Doyle, Pam English, Juliana Forbes, Nancy Foster, Eliza Fournier, Ayn Fox, Hazel Henderson, Carol Iwamoto, Kim Jaynes, Jeri Jenkins, Carl Jett, Janet Jett, Beth Kei Ruml, Mary Laird, Catherine A. Lees, Vinita Long, Katherine Meyer, Joanna M. Murray, Diane Napierkowski, Kathleen O’Connor, Lisa Olason, Liane Owen, Penny Serrurier, Abby Shaw, Nikki Shears, Marijke J. Sheraden, Johanna Sherlin, Michael Short, Amy Sodnicar, Abigail Spring, Tammie Statler, Inez Stratton, Peggy Taylor, Katherine Tennyson, Matthew A. Tollefson, Leigh Ann Tully, Janice Watson, Jenell Werder, Marla J. Williams, Scott Wolf, Cheryl Anne Woodard, Sandra Younghans, Carol Ferris, Karen Gilden, Vicki Timm, Peg Diaz, Sally Nelson, Amy Spreadborough, Rev. Dana St. Claire, Rena Brar Prayaga, Dorothy Dinneen, Michael Dunham, John Fenger, Anita Hairston, Stacy Weidkamp, David Weidkamp, Margaret Ralph, Kathleen Beckett, Paul Beckett, Hillarie Boettger, Barbara Cooney, Wendy E. Hughson, Laura Mansfield, Judith Matson, Tori Padellford, Linda Rask, Marna Hauk, Joyce A. Bivins, Roberta Davis, Paul Hawken, Francine Read, Renee Rutz, Donna Fitzpatrick, Carol Larsen, Gina Warren, Sarah and Stuart Adler, Suzanne Beede, Cynda Collins Arsenault, Debra Curry, Janina Davis, Diana Dearin, Leigh Drake, Marla Durden, Patsy D. Feeman, Adele Fosheim, Jeannette Fruen, Miriam Fuerle, Pen Goodale, Chantel Gooch, Victoria Villa-Lobos, Deborah Gregoire, Bryan Hitchcock, Melissa and Michael Haglund, Mary A. Heale, Nanci Luna Jimenez, Rita Jimenez, Hilarie Kavanagh, Jennifer Knutson, Kenlyn Kolleen, Kathy Long Holland, Sharon Marer, Rian Moore, Irma Romero, Verna L. Salmon, Margaret Sansone, Elizabeth Siegel, Standard Insurance, Rick Stiggins, Desari Strader-Caldwell, Molly Tisdell, Barbara Tombleson, Cindy Tortorici, Nancy Wood, Myrna Yoo, Lisa Cutler-Stamm, Debra A. Layton, Mary Ann Phillips, Victoria Trabosh, Ann Mulroney, Will Nash, Louise Bauschard, Lisa Bean, Deborah Burke, Gun Denhart, Judy Ervice, Catherine Green, Kristi Halvorson, Karen A. Johnson, Carol Menustik, Deborah Mulkey, Peggy Ohlson, Joellen Raderstorf, M.E. Roberts, Rebecca Seymour, Tracy Sopchick-Smith, Ted Volchok, Jena Yoo, Kathy Murphy, Barbara MacKay, Maura Conlon-McIvar, PhD, Sharon MacFarland, Bella Blackman, Shauna Alexander Mohr, Micheal Stone, Kathleen MacNaughton, Jeff Wihtol, Phoebe Blackman, Roland Olsen, Deborah Field, Mary Rose Franklin, Sharon Graugnard, Mary Rowan, Steve Tullar, Julie Mancini, Ashley Benavides

There are so many wonderful people who have devoted time, energy and love to World Pulse that we may have inadvertently left out a name or two; if so, please let us know and accept our apologies and praise.

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