Professional
Affiliations.
Current.
Founder & CEO
Diplomatic Courier
Diplomatic Courier is a global media network which organizes and distributes thought capital for top diplomats, policy makers, c-suite business, media, and civil society leaders in over 180 countries and five continents, and for high level gatherings such as the G7, G20, UNGA, IMF and World Bank, and APEC summits. Diplomatic Courier publishes special editions, reports, and daily commentary and news.
Founder & CEO
World in 2050
World in 2050 is a think tank, which convenes multi-stakeholders in the private and public sectors through a series of global summits and forums, research papers and reports, and digital and print media. Since 2012, it has convened over 20,000 experts to stimulate discussion and solutions about the future.
Co-Founder & Member of the Board of Directors
Learning Economy Foundation
Learning Economy Foundation is a U.S. based non-profit organization with a global mission to accelerate the world toward 21st century education and workplace infrastructures, address inequity with student and employee centric models, and connect the fragmented ecosystem of stakeholders into a unified hub of innovation.
Luminary Thinker
RedBoxMe with Cartier
RedBoxMe, in collaboration with Cartier, is a place of encounter, a place for thinkers, scientists, and innovators of all kinds to come together and engage in meaningful conversations. It is a space that encourages self-discovery, where individuals can RED BOX themselves by diving into who they are and the world in which they live
Board Member & Chair of Sustainability Committee
Smithsonian Science Ed Center
The Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) is the only organization at the Smithsonian Institution that is solely dedicated to formal K-12 Education. The SSEC was established in 1985 as the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) under the sponsorship of two prestigious institutions: the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences.
Brain Trust Member, Learning & Society Domain
XPRIZE Brain Trust
The Brain Trust is a group of world-renowned innovators, thought leaders, industry experts, and entrepreneurs that together shape the design of what could become the next revolutionary moonshot prize competitions in the Grand Challenge Domain of Learning & Society.
Former.
Senior Advisor, Gallup News
Gallup News
Gallup delivers analytics and advice to help leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 85 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of employees, customers, students and citizens than any other organization in the world.
Publisher of Quality of Life Report
Sodexo Global
The Quality of Life Report leveraged practical solutions and real-world insights from Sodexo’s 50-year history in the service business and from its varied base of customers and partners. Leaders explored progress that is proving critical to the future of quality of life as it relates to six distinct populations: corporate employees, patients, workers in atypical environments, seniors, students and citizens.
Adjunct Faculty & Director of Cyprus Program
Northeastern University
For over a decade and a half taught political science courses at Northeastern University. In addition, served as director for the Cyprus and Egypt programs as part of the Dialogue of Civilizations, now under the Global Experience Office, which provided transformative global experiences for learners at all levels.
Writer
United Nations Foundation
UN Foundation works to advance human dignity and protect the planet through their work on transformative issues critical to humanity’s shared future. UNF strives to defend progress already made and unlock the collective promise of the Sustainable Development Goals across interconnected issues, including climate, health, gender equality, human rights, data and technology, peace, and humanitarian response.
Research Fellow
U.S. Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical and essential for U.S. and global security. In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. To reduce future crises and the need for costly interventions, USIP works with governments and civil societies to build local capacities to manage conflict peacefully.
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