David Diaz, MA, PhDc

an Diego County Registrar of Voters and an Analytical Linguist for a Federal Contractor. Diaz served as Charter Vice President and Foundation Chair for the San Diego Downtown Evening Rotary Club 2020-21 and is a Past President of United Services Rotary e-Club. Diaz worked in the Outreach Department of the San Diego County Registrar of Voters at one point working concurrently for a Department of Homeland Security component. Prior, he was a Political & Global Affairs Analyst for Interactiva News KSDY San Diego. He was also a United Nations Association of the United States delegate to the UN Population Conference. In 2013, he received a lifetime (Presidential) appointment as a member of the U.S. Selective Service System Local Board in the State of California. In 2012, he worked as Central Las Vegas Field Organizer for OFA (President Obama’s Re-election Campaign) and beforehand served at the Political Section of the American Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Additionally, he was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and a Caux Scholar. In 2010, he served as an Office Manager/Field Organizer for the San Diego County Democratic Party. He has served as a Disaster Public Information Officer for the American Red Cross. He has significant experience in the private sector that dates to his teenage years when he helped his mother manage her store in Mexico and continued through the years when he opened a language school in the Madrid suburb of Pozuelo de Alarcon and most recently, he operates an SME online business. Diaz continues to work towards the implementation of his Sustainable Peace Education Project, for which he was awarded student membership in the Clinton Global Initiative. Department of State Iraqi Elections Observer. He lectured at the 2009 Euro-Mediterranean meeting on “Identity & Conflict” in Italy and “Post-Conflict Development” in Croatia. He has also collaborated with the American Red Cross (ARC) International Services Department on a pilot program to establish both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in San Diego County. Diaz is certified by the ARC in IHL. That same year, he was granted a University of California, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation fellowship, during which he earned a certification in Public Policy & Biological Threats. Diaz carried out his Ph.D (currently ABD) in International Law & International Relations at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and earned his M.A. in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding at California State University-Dominguez Hills. in International Security & Conflict Resolution from San Diego State University. He also holds an A.A. in Political Science from Southwestern College where he was also certified in Diversity Management. In addition, he studied Comparative Law and Russian at Lomonosov Moscow State University and International Relations at East Mediterranean University in Famagusta, Cyprus. Prior to moving to Madrid to work for the Spanish Ministry of Education, he worked at the Institute of the Americas in La Jolla, California, in the Information and Communication Technologies programs. During his time in Spain (2008 – 2012) Diaz was an active member of Democrats Abroad, Madrid. His current research interests include but are not limited to: Global Governance, Conflict Resolution, Anti-Aging, and Comparative Religion in addition to Atypical Spiritual Traditions and Belief Systems. Diaz has been elected to Honorary Membership in the Madrid Cibeles Rotary Club and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). He is an international speaker who frequently speaks at Rotary Clubs and other CSOs.