Our team

Vladimir Mladjenovic
​Founder/CEO

​I am the Founder of Tomorrow People Organization. I believe that our differences and diversity are the greatest resource our civilization has - from diversity of genes, to diversity of cultures, thoughts, perspectives and experiences - this has always been a foundation of our expansion and evolution, as individuals, as species and as civilization.. These values are in the founding philosophy of the Tomorrow People Organization and are incorporated in all of our programs.
 
As a Director of the Tomorrow People Organization, I actively participated in developing a number of academic conferences and study abroad programs across the world, on various topics such as: Education and Development, Poverty, Women’s Leadership, Spirituality and Psychology, Sustainable Development, Sexuality, Peace and Conflict Resolution, to name a few. 

Vladimir Ilic
Program director

Encouraging to take the risk, to believe in their own ideas and also to work for a better community because if we have a better community, we will have a better country and a better world. I always had a strong understanding of how to get things done. As someone with a proven track record working in the public and business sector, I learned how to get things done in a simple, adaptable and flexible way. 

Dedicated to change, no matter how small, believing that the key component of growth is inclusion and diversity. What I believe most is the random act of kindness.

Lynn Howard
Development director
 
Leadership and Entrepreneurship run through my veins.  I have started and sold many businesses across the globe for over 20+ years now, leading global organizations as a COO, in 26 countries, and on leadership boards of NGOs with a global footprint & impact!  
There is, and always has been, a passion that burns deep inside me to be a change agent, a thought leader, and to move the world forward.  As a natural leader, I have always seemed to take charge, create an impact and support the growth of those around me.
Even though taking control might have come easy to me, I didn’t always have the tools, or at least understand and apply them.   I understand the world differently, have empathy and an inner drive to create a culture and mindset shift, to get people out of their everyday complacency, or what the “norm” is, and step into a better version of themselves, in their life and business.

ADVISORY BOARD

Prof. Gerald Fry - University  of Minnesota, USA
is a distinguished international professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. He received his BA from Stanford University, an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, and his PhD from Stanford University. Previously, Dr. Fry was a professor of political science and international studies at the University of Oregon where he also directed the International Studies Program and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. He was the team leader for major Asian Development Bank projects in Laos and Thailand related to education reform. He has previously taught at Stanford and various universities in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. In 1991–1992, he was a Pew Fellow in International Affairs at the Kennedy School at Harvard.  Among his many publications are the books Pacific Basin and Oceania; The International Education of Development Consultants: Communicating with Peasants and Princes; International Development Dictionary; Thailand and Its Neighbors: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Synthesis Report: From Crisis to Opportunity, The Challenges of Educational Reform in Thailand; Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Historical Dictionary of Thailand; and Education in Thailand: An Old Elephant in Search of a New Mahout.

Dr. Susan Crosbie - Susan E Crosbie Consulting, LLC​, Oman​ 
After working for various investment banks in NYC and Bangkok, Dr. Susan Crosbie returned to academia and earned her doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, USA in 2006. Her inspiration came after teaching at an adult literacy program in the Republic of South Africa from 1996-2001. She has been teaching in the Arabian Gulf for over fifteen years, and currently during the academic year, she acts as an educational consultant for K-12 schools. Her research interests include 1) academic integrity and the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, not only in the identification of academic fraud but also in guiding students how to use technology to build vocabulary to avoid plagiarism, and 2) MSALs (Modern South Arabian Languages) of Oman which are included in the UNESCO list of endangered languages.

Dr. Nicholas Serenati - Flagler College, USA
Nicholas ​is Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Television at Flagler College, in St. Augustine, Florida. As an award-winning interdisciplinary scholar-artist, Dr. Serenati's focus is defined by arts-based research that explores the potential of medium and discipline in liminal spaces. With a practice rooted in locating one’s place, Dr. Serenati employs video, creative writing, photography, sound, and mixed-media installation to investigate forming situations around themes of trauma and spirituality.

Sandy Lamb - Altitude Business Coaching, USA
Sandy believes in a world where all leaders model emotionally intelligent behavior to transform the way their teams collaborate and grow both personally and professionally. Through her targeted executive coaching program, assessments and leadership training, she helps women, in male dominated industries, to gain self-confidence in their ability to inspire and influence others by their authentic leadership style. She spent 27+ years working as a female executive in the Engineering/Construction industry and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with an MBA in International Business.  In 2019/2020, she traveled the world speaking at women’s leadership and empowerment conferences (or delivered virtually) her message on how to build your emotional intelligence and resilience in a time of challenge and disruption.
She gives back to her community by being the chair for the Colorado Springs Committee of Women’s Foundation of Colorado, chair of 4Word Colorado Springs, a community for Christian women in the workplace and a speaker coach for TedX. Sandy resides in Colorado Springs with her husband of 23 years, Michael and their three talented teenage children.

Dr. Voltaire Mistades - De La Salle University, Philippines
​Voltaire is Associate Professor of the Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. He has held the following administrative roles in the University: Vice Dean of the College of Science (2003-2006), Dean of Student Affairs (2006-2009), University Registrar (2013-2016), and Dean of the College of Education (2012-2013 and 2016-2018). He is currently the Director of the University's Core Curriculum. He obtained his M.S. Physics degree in 2001, doing work on conducting polymers. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Science Education (major in Physics) working on a Substantive-Level Theory of Teaching Introductory Physics. His research interests include physics education, values education, technology in education, and teaching & learning in higher education. Currently, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Information and Education Technology. A passionate educator, he is a Hall of Fame awardee for the Students' Search for Outstanding Teachers (SSOT) after being awarded Outstanding Teacher for three consecutive years. In 2019, the World Education Congress conferred on him the Education Leadership Award.