Machik team
Dr. Losang Rabgey
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DR. LOSANG RABGEY
Machik Co-founder Born a Tibetan refugee in India and raised in Canada, Dr. Losang Rabgey is the first Tibetan with a PhD in Gender Anthropology. She is the first Tibetan Commonwealth Scholar and National Geographic Explorer. In 1998, she and her sister Dr Tashi Rabgey co-founded Machik with their parents as a nonprofit whose mission is to grow a global community committed to a stronger future for Tibet. In 20+ years, Machik has mentored and supported education for thousands of people in Tibet and in diaspora, mostly girls and women. Machik’s work currently centers on civic engagement and social innovation. Programs include Machik Weekend, a global platform for bridging global divides, Machik Film Screenings, health screenings and more. She and her sister were recognized by Harvard University as Women Inspiring Change. Dr Rabgey and her family received the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor-General of Canada. She is a member of the Explorers Club 50 and is a frequent public speaker. |
Dr. Tashi Rabgey
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DR. TASHI RABGEY
Machik Co-founder Dr. Tashi Rabgey is a Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School, specializing in Tibet, China and the politics of statehood and governance. Through interdisciplinary research initiatives she has led on public policy and governance in Tibet, Professor Rabgey's work has enabled the development of new inquiries into the institutional structure and process of the People's Republic of China's policymaking in Tibet. She currently directs the Tibet Governance Lab and the Research Initiative on Multination States (RIMS) at George Washington University through which she has been developing comparative regional studies of the Basque Country, Kurdistan and other case studies of regional autonomy. Before joining the Elliott School, Tashi Rabgey was a lecturer in contemporary Tibetan studies at the University of Virginia where she was also co-director of the UVa Tibet Center. Committed life-long to community empowerment, she has traveled extensively to remote regions across Tibet over the past three decades. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University as well as law degrees from Oxford and Cambridge where she studied as a Rhodes scholar. She was a Fellow in the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations from 2011-2013. Rabgey is Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto Law School. |
Tenzin Dolma
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TENZIN DOLMA
Machik Program Coordinator Tenzin Dolma was born in Tibet and left for education in India around eight years old. After completing her schooling at TCV Schools, she earned degrees in BBA Travel and Tourism Management from Christ University, Master of Commerce from St Joseph's College of Commerce, and MSc. International Business from IESEG School of Management. During her college days, she served as a member of the student council, student groups and volunteered as a local host for Machik events in the past. She enjoys reading, traveling, photography, hiking, and painting. |
Tenzin Nordon
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TENZIN NORDON
Machik Weekend Co-chair Tenzin Nordon has worked in the youth development, college access, and community development sectors since 2008. She brings a strong ability to communicate, network, and work effectively with a diverse range of people. She possesses extensive experience in the leadership and management of people, processes, and events. Nordon was born and raised in Chandigarh, India until she immigrated to the United States with her family in 1998. Since then, she has been studying, living, and working in Minnesota. Her previous work in the Tibetan community led her to co-found Lamton (a college access program) in 2008 where she served as a board member for over 10 years. Last July, she completed two years of service as the Education Chair for the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota. This fall, she continues serving another term on the Lamton board. Nordon obtained her B.A. in Biology from Carleton College in 2011. She obtained her M.A. in Organizational Leadership from St. Catherine University in 2020. Her master's thesis is titled "Women Beyond Tea: Fostering Tibetan Women Leaders of Tomorrow." She describes her research on Tibetan Women Leaders in a podcast episode titled "Fostering Women Leaders: Learnings from a Tibetan Leadership Development Context" |
