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UP Team

The greatest asset of United Planet is our team.  This means our in-office team, international team, members, and global volunteers.  We are all part of a team committed to achieving the essential mission of UP.  UP is always looking for enthusiastic, responsible, and compassionate globally-minded individuals to join our team either at our headquarters or worldwide.  For more information, please email a cover letter and resume to team@unitedplanet.org.

We are always looking for qualified interns and staff volunteers in all different fields. If you want to check the jobs available click on “Job Openings”:

Job Openings

..Staff

Dave
Dave, Executive Director

Why UP?  Besides my family, of course, there is no greater joy than meeting the people of this world, experiencing their fascinating cultures, and working together beyond borders, to make a positive difference.  Motto:  To lead is to serve.

From: UPEarth
Theresa
Theresa, Quest Director

Working at UP is a chance to learn, grow and explore!

“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” - Wade Davis

From: United States USA
Tracy
Tracy, Director of Communications

At UP, you spend your day working for the world -- not yourself. That's a good feeling!

“All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” - Pearl S. Buck

From: United States USA
Katherine
Katherine, Quest Manager

United Planet gives people a wonderful opportunity to learn about new cultures and expand their knowledge of the world that we live in. I love working here, every day I learn something new!

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” - Albert Pine

From: United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ana
Ana, Special Projects Coordinator

“To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world.” - Unknown

From: SpainSpain
Li
Li, Long-term Quest Coordinator

UP provides me a great opportunity to see different cultures from different aspects. Not only to help me to learn work in American environment, but also to help me to achieve personal goals.

“Experience is never limited and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-bone particle in its issue.” - Henry James

From: ChinaChina
Tatiana
Tatiana, Human Resources Manager

Come to have a wonderful experience. Join us!

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

From: BrazilBrazil
Rosario
Rosario, Marketing and Project Manager

I believe that there are some things in the world that should be improved. I'm here because United planet helps to make that happen!!

From: SpainSpain
Amanda
Amanda, International Project Coordinator, Latin America Focus

UP is broadening people's horizons one individual at a time.

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” - Woodrow Wilson

From: United StatesUnited States
Carol
Carol, International Outreach Coordinator

It is wonderful to work every day with such a dedicated -- and international -- team of people who are committed to changing the world for the better.

“I do not want the peace that passeth understanding, I want the understanding that bringeth the peace.” - Helen Keller

From: United StatesUnited States
Nate
Nate, Video Editor

With United Planet I look forward to doing something I enjoy while at the same time helping towards a admirable cause.

“First, one must last.” - Ernest Hemingway

From: United StatesUnited States
Anja
Anja, CAP Manager

UP is a great opportunity to learn about new cultures, also without traveling around the world. It also gives you the chance to share the experiences you got on your own journeys.

“Die beste Bildung findet ein gescheiter Mensch auf Reisen.” - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

From: GermanyGermany
Kumi
Kumi, International Project Coordinator (Asia Focus)

I feel lucky to find UP, an organization truly dedicated to build bridges between different countries and cultures. I'm proud of being a part of the team.

“I inherited an important quality as a human being from my parents, which is, understanding each others beyond borders, beyond oceans and beyond races.” - Mariko Terasaki Miller

From: Japan Japan
Sara
Sara, International Project Coordinator (Africa and Middle East Focus)

It is a wonderful feeling to help progress a cause you deeply believe in.

“All truths are easy to understand ance they are discovered, the point is to discover them.” - Galileo Galilei

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

From: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Nathan
Nathan, Marketing/Alumni Coordinator

Working for UP gives me the awesome opportunity to work for a great cause, work with great people and become a more informed international citizen.

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.” - Mahatma Gandhi

From: United StatesUnited States
Claire
Claire, Communications Coordinator

Working for United Planet is a really rewarding experience because it gives me the double opportunity to share my passion for French culture and to learn from very different people on their own culture.

“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” - Robert Motherwell

From: FranceFrance
Laureline
Laureline, Communications Coordinator

Because cultural understanding id important all around the world, we need organizations like United Planet.

“The past is not dead in fact, it's not even past.” - William Faulkner

From: FranceFrance
Perrine
Perrine, Accounting and Finance Manager

Working in UP is a wonderful experience! An international work-environment in a great city!

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” - Marcel Proust

From: FranceFrance
Silvia
Silvia, Ambassador Program Manager

Being part of United Planet is a wonderful chance to do my share and work for something I believe in.

“Embracing diversity is one adventure after another, opening new paths of discovery that connect an understanding to caring, listening and sharing with others who are different than ourselves.” - A. Holland

From: SpainSpain
Helio
Helio, IT Coordinator

Doing volunteer work for United Planet makes me feel a part of people who care to help others in need around the world regardless of their culture. We have it so well here in the US that sometimes we forget how awful some people live in other countries. Often times I find that most people I talk to would like to help the situation. The problem is they never get around to actually doing it because of their busy schedules. Like most people I also have a busy schedule, but I figured it would be time well spent, if I can give some of my precious time to an organization like United Planet.

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.” - Barack Obama

From: United StatesUnited States
Ahmer
Ahmer, IT Support

United Planet is a great place to work. It is a great place to start off to get experience and then go on.

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo

From: United StatesUnited States
Leo
Leo, Web Administrator & Developer

Working at UP has allowed me to gain new perspectives on other cultures, and the world has become much more fascinating place.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius

From: TaiwanTaiwan

In-Country Coordinators

Naoko
Naoko, Country Coordinator for Japan
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” - Ryunosuke Satoro
From: Japan Japan
Elif
Elif, Country Coordinator for Turkey

United Planet gives us the chance of reaching out for those who are less luckier than us. It also acts a crucial role in bringing cultures together through fostering cross-cultural understanding. Here is our chance to unite our planet back. So, “Let's meet where the continents meet.”

“Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say 'What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?' If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.” - M.K. Atatürk

From: Turkey Turkey
Manfred
Manfred, Country Coordinator for Peru
 
From: NetherlandsNetherlands
Paul
Paul, Country Coordinator for Chile
 
From: United StatesUnited States
Pablo
Pablo, Country Coordinator for Ecuador
 
From: Ecuador Ecuador
Raj
Raj, Country Coordinator for Ghana & Nepal
 
From: Nepal Nepal
Nima
Nima, Country Coordinator for Nepal
 
From: Nepal Nepal
Prerna
Prerna , Country Coordinator for Nepal
 
From: Nepal Nepal

 

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board members

Our board members represent a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures and play a very important role at shaping the future of United Planet.

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We are always looking for qualified interns and staff volunteers in all different fields. If you are interested, please click here for more details or send an email to:   team@unitedplanet.org

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