Lessons from Leaders

This podcast is dedicated to sharing leadership stories from the international nonprofit and other global sectors. We highlight the amazing leaders working to make a difference and learn from their stories. Each guest is hand selected by the host, Lynne Gilliland has worked with individuals, teams and organizations throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Previously, she was a senior manager with a larger US-based NGO, as well as Country Director for their Honduras program and Team Leader for West, Central and Southern Africa.She holds a graduate degree in International Agricultural Development from the University of California at Davis and is certified in tools such as MBTI, Emotional Intelligence, Strengths Deployment, Retreats that Work and various other 360 feedback assessments. Lynne was a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica and is fluent in Spanish.

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Lessons from Leaders: Featured Guest Ashok Regmi, Executive Director of Street Law, Inc.

June 13, 2022 • Lynne Gilliland / Ashok Regmi

In this episode, Ashok Regmi, Executive Director of Street Law, Inc. shares his leadership path with us.

Originally from Nepal, his leadership trajectory started when he worked to establish the first FM channel to use the power of radio to engage and develop a concept to bring education to his community.

He came to the US for schooling, but it was outside of the classroom that he learned real life strategies of leadership sharing. “Development works well when people closest to the problems are put into leadership and they own the solutions. This was the philosophy for how I worked through my career. I would ask, ‘How do we get the people on the local level, and put them in the decision making platforms and spaces?’”

Today, Ashok works with Street Law, Inc. to leverage the power of education to empower people for justice.

I learned a lot from Ashok in our conversation and took quite a few notes for my own journey. I hope you do the same.

Thank you Ashok for sitting down with me and sharing your journey, it was a pleasure!