Welcome to the George Washington University Global Zero (GWGZ) Chapter’s blog. GW GZ was founded in the fall of 2010 by: Ben Bloomfield, Christina Walters, Mariah Helgeson, and Kieran Wilde. Global Zero is a worldwide non-profit, non-partisan movement for the global elimination of nuclear weapons. GWGZ is a premier student-lead chapter of GZ that seeks to spread the message of GZ on campus, on the Hill, and beyond.
Below you will find mini profiles on GW GZ’s Executive Board members.
Ben Bloomfield
President & CEO
Ben Bloomfield is a senior in the Elliott School of International Affairs. He is Studying International Affairs and Global Public Health. He is the acting president of GW GZ.
Christina Walters
Executive Vice President of Media, Fundraising and Logistics
Christina is currently a Junior in the Elliott School of International Affairs studying Asian Studies with minors in Chinese and Criminal Justice. Christina has actively pursued her passions by studying abroad in South Korea and Taiwan, as well as working at Global Women on a women’s leadership summit held in Beijing in the summer of 2010. More recently her passion for law and Asia lead to her current employment with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). When Christina is off work, she devotes her time equally between her Sorority, Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc., The Multicultural Greek Council Executive Board, and Global Zero. Christina learned about Global Zero shortly before she participated in their two-week summer leadership program during which she attended policy briefings on nuclear policy. Christina hopes to bring her knowledge of nuclear issues and her passion for a safer world to GW GZ! She’s particularly excited for our fall panel with professors and policy experts on GZ’s initiatives!
Mariah Helgeson
Executive Vice President of Outreach and Development
Mariah is currently a Junior at GW majoring in International Affairs with a concentration in Conflict & Security and the Middle East and a Minor in English. She is passionate about conflict resolution and youth engagement in the peace process through community building. She has interned with the Peacebuilding & Development Institute and is currently an intern at the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network. Mariah is the Founder and Director of the Speaking Across the Divide project, which she began working on in April, 2010. The project aims to design and market a website to facilitate youth activism and dialogue between Iranian and American students. Mariah is excited about connecting her passion for international collaboration with the GZ movement. She found about about Global Zero through her research for the debate team. Mariah is particularly excited about the impact of GWGZ as political activists for START this fall. In her spare time, Mariah likes to read poetry on the steps of the Lincoln memorial (her favorite is the Sufi poet Rumi), experiment with vegetarian cooking and play for the GW Quidditch team. She is excited about GWGZ and hopes you are too!
Kieran Wilde
Executive Vice President At Large
Bio forthcoming
Written by Christina W.
Edited by Mariah H.
