[INDIA] Ms. Sunita Sumati Suna hails from India, a member of the Student Christian Movement of India (SCMI) and belongs to the Lutheran Church (Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church ) - JELC, a member Church to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). She speaks Odiya, Hindi, English languages as well as tribal dialects of Odisha region. She has done her Gender Studies , Developmental Studies (DDS from the UTC, Bangalore), besides she holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education. Sunita started her ecumenical journey with SCM/ WSCF in 1995 and since then has been actively involved in the student movement. She concedes that her ecumenical journey has shaped her perspectives to articulate her faith into praxis, and her passion for this unique student movement has motivated her to persistently sustain in this vocation for such a long time. Prior to her appointment as the Regional Secretary of WSCF AP in 2012, she worked on women's issues in a number of ecumenical and human rights organisations in India and in the Asia-Pacific region. Sunita has served as the National Study Secretary of SCM India from 2002 to 2005, as WSCF Inter‐Regional Women's Coordinator from 2005 to 2007, being based in Geneva and than in Nairobi and Regional Women's Coordinator of WSCF AP from 2007 to 2011 based in Hong Kong. Sunita brings her rich experience of working with SCMers in the region for over a decade and has demonstrated her passion, dedication and commitment to the Ecumenical Vision and empowerment of young people, especially young women in the Asia Pacific Region.

Standing Committee

Chairperson

Jahartap Yustin Pasaribu

[INDONESIA] Yustin is graduate from the Diponegoro University, Semarang, in Central Java, majoring in Industrial Engineering. Since 1999 Yustin GMKI member and was part of the GMKI National Executive Committee as Treasurer (2004-2006) and served as the Chairperson for General, Communication and International Affairs (2006-2008). He currently serves as a member of the WSCF AP Human Rights Committee.

Vice Chairperson

Phan Dara
	[CAMBODIA]

Members-at-Large

Lam Hiu Fan

[HONG KONG] Fanny joined SCM Hong Kong in 2008 and graduated with Higher Diploma in Social Work at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the same year. She was elected as an Executive committee member of SCM Hong Kong in 2009 and continue till date. Fanny says “SCM gives me new insights/lens to look at the world and religions. Ecumenical movement for me is a daily practice of the new insights and perspectives I gained from SCM/WSCF. I love to learn and gain experience in WSCF”. She hopes to contribute more to SCM and continue her ecumenical journey in WSCF AP.

Ga Yeon Lee
	[KOREA]

Exco (hold-over from previous term)

Immanuel Gopala Kitan

[SRI LANKA] Immanuel is currently serving as General Secretary for the Student Christian Movement of Sri Lanka (SCMSL), previously as he worked as finance secretary from 2005-2006. Immanuel comes from an extensive background in the ecumenical movement in Sri Lanka as Vice Chairperson, Member of the Board of Education, and Member of the Community and Life Unit on the national Christian Council of Sri Lanka. As a member of the executive committee he hopes to provide a firm voice to strengthen relationships of solidarity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Bronwyn Crowe

[AUSTRALIA] Bronwyn is studying towards a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) in agricultural and resource economics at the University of Western Australia. Bronwyn was an active member of local, state, national and regional SCM since 2002. Bronwyn also served as part of the UWA SCM branch, involved with the Area Council overseeing the various branches in WA, currently Treasurer, and previously National Coordinator of the ASCM. She also represented ASCM at the 2004 RCM and GA in Thailand. Bronwyn sees SCM in WA as a very small and close community which provides and stimulates her faith.

Regional Women’s Committee

Misato Sasaki

[JAPAN] Misato Sasaki is a member of SCM Japan since 2007. Recently she graduated with major in Policy Study in the area of Labor rights Movements. After graduating from the university, Misato is working with SCM Japan as an intern and in charge of MIRIAM – women's program with SCM staffs. Misato participated in Women's Doing Theology workshop organized by the WSCF AP in November 2009. In 2010 during the Regional Committee Meeting in Tomohon, Indonesia, Misato was elected to serve in the Regional Women’s Committee - WSCF AP, representing the North East Asia.

Mani Mandal
	[BANGLADESH]

Selfitriani Kulla

[INDONESIA] Selfitriani Kulla more commonly known as Effy is an active member of Indonesia SCM (GMKI) since 2004. She attended the Women Doing Theology (WDT) 2009 when she was the Secretary of the Functional Capacity of Women in Executive Committee of GMKI 2008-2010. The WDT programme helped her to become strong in her struggle to integrate the issue of women leadership in GMKI. Presently she is preparing to become a pastor at the Church in Jakarta and also active as a Vice Chairperson in Indonesia Youth Interfaith Forum Communication.

Bronwyn Crowe

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