MEET OUR STAFF
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT)  has five full-time staff working at the International Headquarters in New York City and many nearly full-time volunteers. They live to make life difficult for the Chinese government, so that China understands that the occupation of Tibet must end. The job of the staff is to support the efforts of SFT members worldwide, by providing leadership on campaigns and organizational strategy, and by coordinating training opportunities, like Free Tibet! Action Camp.

The Executive Director is hired by the Board of Directors and the rest of the staff is hired by the Executive Director. SFT also has countless dedicated volunteers and interns, without whom our work would not be possible.

MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall strategic direction of SFT and for the financial health of the organization. In order to ensure that students and the most active SFT volunteers determine the direction of the organization, a majority of SFT's Board of Directors are nominated by active student chapters, individual student members and long-term volunteers.

MEET OUR US REGIONAL COORDINATORS
In the U.S., chapters are organized into regions. Each region has a Regional Coordinator, whose responsibility is to give support to all the chapters in their region, plan the annual regional conference etc...

STAFF
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT)  has five full-time staff working at the International Headquarters in New York City and many nearly full-time volunteers. They live to make life difficult for the Chinese government, so that China understands that the occupation of Tibet must end. The job of the staff is to support the efforts of SFT members worldwide, by providing leadership on campaigns and organizational strategy, and by coordinating training opportunities, like Free Tibet! Action Camp.

The Executive Director is hired by the Board of Directors (see below), and the rest of the staff is hired by the Executive Director. SFT also has countless dedicated volunteers and interns, without whom our work would not be possible.

TENZIN DORJEE, Executive Director
Born and raised in India, Tendor graduated from Brown University with honors in International Relations. After working at the National Endowment for Democracy, he joined Students for a Free Tibet in 2004 as Grassroots Coordinator. In 2007, he made international headlines after he and a team of Tibet supporters staged a high-altitude protest at Mt. Everest base camp in Tibet for which he was detained for three days. A published writer of essays and short stories, he won the International Campaign for Tibet's first Light of Truth essay contest and is a frequent guest on Radio Free Asia, Voice of America, and Voice of Tibet. Tendor became SFT's Executive Director in 2009 and is a leading spokesperson for the Tibetan freedom movement.

KATE WOZNOW, Deputy Director
Kate joined the SFT chapter at the University of British Columbia in 1999 after traveling to Tibet and China. In 2001, she was part of the SFT action team that captured the Canadian media spotlight after
staging a protest in Beijing during a Canadian government-sponsored trade mission. After completing her Honors Political Science degree, she became SFT Canada's first National Coordinator in April 2005. Kate
attributes her strong leadership and campaign skills to SFT's Youth Leadership Training Program, which she has attended as a participant, volunteer and trainer. She was SFT's Campaigns Director from the fall
of 2005 to fall 2009.

TENZIN DOLKAR, SFT USA Grassroots Director
Tenzin Dolkar (TenDolkar) was born in India and moved to Connecticut when she was 10 years old. She attended Mount Holyoke College where she studied Biology and Anthropology. She first got involved with SFT in 2005 and served as co-chair of her college chapter. From 2007-08 she was SFT USA's Regional Coordinator for the New England region and was actively involved with the local Amherst Tibetan community. She also attended two of SFT’s flagship Free Tibet! Action Camps. TenDolkar interned with SFT HQ in the summer of '08 and was one of the key organizers of NYC's Team Tibet, which organized several Olympics actions here in the city.

SCHUYLER SWENSEN, Office Manager
Schuyler first learned about SFT while studying abroad in Dharamsala, India. After meeting activists and members of SFT India and traveling to Nepal and Tibet in 2007 she was inspired to help start an SFT chapter at her college in Connecticut. During the Olympics Campaign in the summer of 2008, Schuyler interned at SFT HQ assisting the Director of Operations. Along with studying sociology and music in college, she has always had a strong interest in activism and is excited and honored to be working for the Tibetan movement.

MARY-KATE OREOVICZ, Development Manager
Mary-Kate became involved with Students for a Free Tibet in 2000 when she joined the chapter at Indiana University. After completing her degree in Cultural Anthropology she traveled to Tibet, India, and Nepal to witness the situation in Tibet firsthand, and to teach English in exile communities. Her experiences there fueled her dedication to working for a free Tibet, and returned to Indiana University to lead the SFT chapter and complete her MA in Tibetan Studies. Inspired by the building momentum of the non-violent resistance movement inside Tibet and by the direct actions of activists worldwide, she is honored to work for the Tibet movement at SFT HQ.

LHADON TETHONG, Tibet Action Institute
Lhadon is one of the most recognizable faces in the Tibet movement. A Tibetan born in Canada, she was the Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet from 2003-2009 and the Program Director from 2000-2003. Lhadon has traveled the world building a powerful non-violent movement for Tibet, leading effective corporate and political campaigns against China’s rule in Tibet and training and inspiring young people to become committed activists for Tibet and for social justice everywhere.