Sanela Diana Jenkins
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Sanela Diana Jenkins is an entrepreneur and philanthropist born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who currently resides in California.[1] Jenkins fled her home country when the Bosnian War erupted and emigrated to London, where she studied at City University, London.
[edit] Career
While still a student in London, she acquired the swimwear line Melissa Odabash.[2]
Jenkins established The Irnis Catic Foundation in 2002 in memory of her brother who was killed in the Bosnian War. The Foundation provides essential funding to the medical facilities at the University of Sarajevo. She established the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Los Angeles International Human Rights Law Program in August 2008. The clinic concentrates on legal advocacy, political advocacy and documentation.[3] This program is the first endowed program on international justice and human rights at any law school in the Western United States.
She produced a photography book entitled “Room 23,” photographed by Deborah Anderson. Many of the celebrities in the book are friends of Jenkins, including George Clooney and Elton John. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit several philanthropic programs.[4]
In 2009 Diana Jenkins launched a functional beverage company, NeuroDrinks.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/business/22bonus.html?ref=business
- ^ "Odabash". http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E4DB1E31F93BA25751C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=.
- ^ "Sanela Diana Jenkins International Justice Clinic, Irnis Catic Foundation". http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=2731.
- ^ "Room 23". http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/02/diana-jenkins-h.html.
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