Our Executive Team

Rudy Scholaert, M.A.

Rudy is currently Vice-President - Global Supply Management at Aastra Technologies Ltd.

A few years ago, Rudy took a leave of absence from his current job at Aastra and served as World Vision International's Peacebuilding Program Director in Kosovo. In this capacity, he acted as an Advisor and Program Manager for a number of Civil Society Development and Peacebuilding projects across the province.

From 1999 to 2004, Rudy was the driving force behind the Community Council for Peace & Tolerance program in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica. Rudy also lead a number of conflict mitigation projects funded by the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Swiss Government's Department of Foreign Affairs.

Rudy holds a Bachelor of Science (Applied) degree from the Royal Military College of Canada and a Master of Arts degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University. His Master's thesis was focused on the role of religion in conflict mitigation efforts and was entitled "Human Security Implications of Ethnophyletism in Kosovo". Rudy also attended the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, USA where he further studied the role of religion as part of Track 3 diplomatic efforts.

In May 2002 Rudy completed the Advanced Peacekeeping Course at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Canada and in that same year became a "Local Capacities for Peace" (LCP/DNH) trainer. In autumn 2002 Rudy became a member of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre's external faculty and helped to develop and launch a new Core Competencies for Civilians in Peace Operations training program.

Rudy has helped train senior military personnel from a number of South American countries at the Joint Peace Operations Training Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has also served with the Canadian military under the auspices of the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO) in Ethiopia during that country's civil war in 1988.