Aung Din, Executive Director, Co-Founder
Aung Din served over four years behind bars as a political prisoner in Burma after organizing and helping to lead the country’s nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988 as Vice Chairperson of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), the largest national student organization and outlawed by the regime. The Amnesty International adopted him as a Prisoner of Conscience in 1989 and its chapters worldwide campaigned for his release. He co-founded the Washington, DC-based U.S. Campaign for Burma, an umbrella group of Burmese dissidents in exile and American activists, in 2003.

He is also country representative of the Thai-Burma border-based “Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma” (AAPP). He has been quoted in hundreds of media articles, testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Congressional Human Rights Caucus, and traveled on speaking tours across the United States. He received a Degree of Master of International Service from American University’s School of International Service in 2007, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Singapore Institute of Management in 2000 and a Degree of Bachelor of Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology in 1994.

Jeremy Woodrum, Campaign Director, Co-Founder
Jeremy Woodrum has worked on Burma since 1999, organizing Congressional and Hollywood delegations to refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border and organizing a nationwide boycott effort that resulted in 45 companies cutting ties to Burma’s military regime. He produced a CD of top musicans dedicating songs for Burma including R.E.M., Damien Rice, and Ani Difranco. From 2005-2006 he helped spearhead a successful effort to place Burma on the permanent agenda of the UN Security Council, where it remains. He has been nominated for the Reebok Human Rights Award and been quoted in hundreds of media articles and television interviews including the Washington Post, CNN, BBC, and Los Angeles Times. He has been invited and spoken on Burma in 25 states across the United States and testified at the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

Jennifer Quigley, Advocacy Coordinator
Jennifer Quigley has worked on women’s rights and the movement for freedom and justice in Burma in different capacities for seven years. From 2004-2006, she worked for the Women’s League of Burma and its member organizations on international advocacy and capacity building both while living in Thailand and in the U.S. Her work included advocating for and with women from Burma at the United Nations to both ensure the U.N. Security Council and other UN bodies pressure the military regime to end violence against women and bring peace and democracy to Burma and guarantee women from Burma are full participants in all stages and decision-making levels of the peace-building process. As the Advocacy Coordinator, she works to further Burma legislation in the U.S. Congress.

Thelma Young, Campaign Coordinator
Thelma graduated from Brigham Young University in Political Science and International Development. While there she organized many Burma events, including a Hunger Banquet where Bo Kyi, a former political prisoner and Joint Secretary of the Thai-Burma border-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) spoke to over a thousand people. She spent a summer working on the Thai-Burma border, and has done years of research creating a comprehensive database on the status of women in Southeast Asia. Thelma used to be the USCB’s regional coordinator for the Mountain West area, and now works to organize USCB’s grassroots network, working with community and student chapters to further Burma awareness and activism in the U.S. She is from Houston, Texas.