Akron High School Alumni
Akron, New York (NY)
Anthony Zola
Akron High School
Class of 1966
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ANTHONY'S PROFILE

First Name | Anthony |
Last Name | Zola |
Graduation Year | Class of 1966 |
Gender | Male |
Current Location | Thailand |
Hometown | Akron |
Relationship Status | Single |
About Me | Served in the United States Peace Corps in Thailand in 1970 and since 1972 has worked as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, United States Agency for International Development, several United Nations agencies, and the European Commission, among other international organizations and bilateral technical assistance agencies, as well as for private sector and non-profit clients. A rural economist and economic development administration specialist undertaking policy research and providing technical assistance services to clients in the Greater Mekong Subregion, related to agribusiness, cross-border agricultural trade, contract farming, and involuntary resettlement and relocation of rural communities. Was the Chairman and CEO of his own consulting and agricultural land management company in Thailand from 1991 to 2008, providing technical assistance and land management services to public and private sector clients throughout Southeast Asia. Currently work as a social scientist is focused on social safeguards auditing, involuntary resettlement, and livelihood restoration as a technical advisor to international finance institutions and commercial investment banks. He specializes in inspection, monitoring, auditing, and validating social and economic entitlements of people impacted by hydropower and other large infrastructure projects, within the framework of the Equator Principles, International Finance Corporation Performance Standards, and World Bank and Asian Development Bank Social Safeguards policies. He is an occasional special lecturer and resource person for social safeguards auditing at the Institute of Metropolitan Development at Navamindradhiraj University in Bangkok, Thailand. Board member of the John F. Kennedy Foundation in Thailand and the Mekong Environment and Resources Institute Foundation. He served on the Board of the Thailand-United States Educational Foundation (Fulbright Thailand) from 1997-2016. Holds a graduate degree in economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York (1976); an undergraduate degree in international affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC (1970); and a certificate in French Civilization from the University of Paris, Sorbonne (1967). He speaks and reads Thai, Lao, and French fluently. Originally from Western...(read more) |
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Recent Class of 1966 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1966 Reunion for Free
Group reunion
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Jul 03, 2009
Description: We are hoping to gather anyone who graduated from Akron together for an evening of fun and memories. We are not chargin...(read more)