The Work of the UN & SDGs Around the World

Name: The Work of the UN and SDGs Around the World
Start: 2026-01-29T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-29T20:00:00+00:00
Location: East Lansing Public Library

Feeding 10 Billion by 2050

A GL-UNA JAVA CAFE

THE WORK OF THE UN & SDGS

with MSU Humphrey Fellows

Join us on January 29 at the East Lansing Public Library for an evening with MSU Humphrey Fellows! Five Fellows from across the globe will share how the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals are influencing real change in their home countries and communities.

Hamid Karim is a civil servant with over a decade of experience at the federal level who is committed to mobilizing climate finance for Pakistan. As Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Government of Pakistan, Hamid Karim is responsible for coordinating external economic assistance from foreign governments and international financial institutions to fund important projects for the country’s development. He has worked with development partners on projects related to climate action, health, and education.

An economist with a crush on data and storytelling, Luis Montalván has spent the last 10 years building digital experiences in 18 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. He launched Vynil in San Francisco, led global growth at Maxonrow in Taiwan, and managed e-commerce and marketing operations for brands like Hopblox, Simply LBS, and The Poimen Group. His work has been recognized by the UNICEF Innovation Unit, the United Nations’ ITU, FIIS Chile, MIT, 500 Startups, the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in Germany, and Innovate Latam.

Currently, Luis leads marketing at Bearworks, an AI sales enablement platform. He builds agentic AI tools to scale content creation, outbound strategy, and inbound growth.

Trang Vu is an influential leader in Vietnam’s finance and banking sector who prides herself in delivering tangible benefits to businesses and members of her community. Trang Vu is currently the Head of Investor Relations at Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), one of the country’s largest state-owned banks. At BIDV for the past twenty years, she has been deeply involved in equitization, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investor sales, private placement, corporate governance (CG) and Environmental Social Governance (ESG).

Trang’s Humphrey Fellowship goals include deepening her understanding of CG and ESG, particularly as they attract foreign investment, lead to cost savings, keep ahead of changing regulations, and lead to a stable and supportive shareholder base.

Mbolatiana Razakatsara is a rising star in Madagascar’s economic development sector passionate about increasing the digital economy’s share of her country’s GDP. Currently she is Manager for Entrepreneurship and Digital Components supporting the Economic Transformation Project for Inclusive Growth. With a background in finance and accounting, her main responsibilities include boosting start-ups, establishing legal frameworks for the digital sector, improving system efficiency and enhancing digital skills.

Mbolatiana’s Humphrey goals include creating a program focused on technology policy and management, public policy analysis, and government innovation. Ultimately, she hopes to acquire the necessary skills and experiences to build the digital ecosystem in Madagascar and strengthen her country’s institutional capacity.

Dolgorjav Munkhbayar is a dedicated civil servant who believes strongly in ensuring everyone’s interest is represented in the policymaking process. Currently, Dolgorjav is the Superintendent (Referent) at the Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolia’s authority for regulation and supervision of financial markets. In this role, Dolgorjav is responsible for the FRC’s foreign policy development, expansion of its cross-border collaboration, and the proper implementation of nationwide and sector-specific programs and projects in the financial market.

Hybrid Program

PROGRAM Details

WHEN:
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM

WHERE:

East Lansing Public Library
950 Abbot Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823

*Overflow parking can be found at the Hannah Community Center across the street from the library.

ZOOM DETAILS

Zoom Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 878 7159 8532
Passcode: 168094