Rotary Peace Fellow

Bogdan is a Rotary Peace Fellow who attended the Rotary Peace Fellow Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand during the summer of 2019. He will be discussing his experience at the Rotary Peace Fellowship and his role as the founder of iSERVE (www.iserveinternational.com) where he is a connector and educator, bridging stakeholders from various sectors toward peacebuilding, improved community safety, and conflict transformation leveraging resources to bring people together and find solutions to conflict.

 Bogdan has presented his international security research internationally to find ways toward better global security and efforts to counter violent extremism and insurgencies affecting victims worldwide. Working with various assets, he has assisted in the return of kidnapped children, helped with coordinating the rescue of human trafficking victims, and aided operations in counterterrorism and combating human and drug smuggling.

 He is a native of San Diego and a first-generation Polish-Mexican-American. Proud to be born and raised in the U.S., Bogdan has been privileged to experience life as the child of a refugee in a country that has provided his family with the opportunity to prosper since his father immigrated to the U.S.A. in the 80's. His family history led him to learn languages and about different cultures and ignited a fascination with international affairs and global collaboration, which in turn has led him to travel to 41 countries for work, education, or pleasure.