Christopher John Lindstrom, M.A.
Group Leader, Education, and Logistics in Worldwide
Christopher is a multilingual program manager. He holds a B.A. in French from Ohio State University, U.S.A. and an M.A. in Peace Studies from International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.
Christopher serves as an International Coordinator with Peace Boat Japan's GET language teaching team. This 40+ year old Japanese NGO is recognized by the United Nations for its humanitarian initiatives, including but not limited to promoting Atomic bomb survivors' testimonies, nuclear disarmament and disaster relief initiatives worldwide.
Between Peace Boat contracts, Christopher directed 1166 international students with his team at PLUS USA in New York City this past summer 2024 and previously, he served 18 months as the Global Trek Director at buildOn.org, coordinating 100+ Elementary School foundation building events with professional and student volunteers groups in 5 countries overseas.
Christopher also regularly leads both students and faculty with World Leadership School and Global Works Travel to Central & South America, East Africa, India & France orchestrating leadership and service-learning curriculum and associated projects, logistical and safety support, financial reporting, inter-cultural exchanges and more.
In Japan, he regularly contributes to positive youth develpment programming with english-adventure.org, and in California he has facilitated conflict resolution curriculum, logistics and musical performances for over 15 years at The Mosaic Project.
Previously, Christopher served in two United States Government humanitarian institutions, AmeriCorps' National Civilian Community Corps (N-Triple-C), where he led a full-time residential service program, and the U.S. Peace Corps, where he compiled global environmental education best practices curriculum and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer to Mali, West Africa in Natural Resources Management while working in cooperation with France's Volunteers of Progress Association (AFVP) out of Nantes.
His professional experiences have taken him throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Western Europe along with extensive experiences in Southeast Asia, East, West and South Africa, and the South Pacific. He is a proud holder of the United States' Presidential Lifetime of Service Achievement Award.
Specialties include: International Education, Conflict Resolution, Humanitarian Volunteer Logistics, Program Management, Team Leading, Trouble shooting and Outdoor Recreation.