ABOUT CONCORDIA

Where partnerships
shape progress.

We bring together leaders from government, business, and civil society to build meaningful, cross-sector partnerships that tackle the world’s most urgent challenges.

OUR MISSION

We bring together leaders from government, business, and civil society to build meaningful, cross-sector partnerships that tackle the world’s most urgent challenges.

OUR VISION

A world where collaboration leads to inclusive, innovative, and lasting solutions to the most pressing issues of our time.

At the heart of Concordia is a simple but profound belief: that the most urgent challenges of our time cannot be solved in silos. Concordia makes a big bet on the power of convening—on what happens when heads of state sit beside entrepreneurs, when nonprofit leaders meet investors, and when unlikely allies find common cause. We exist to create those moments of alignment, where dialogue becomes direction. 

Rather than define solutions, Concordia creates the conditions for them to emerge. Our role is not to dictate outcomes, but to build the stage where they can be imagined, tested, and scaled—by the people best positioned to act. We believe that when the right people are in the room, the possibilities for progress are limitless.

A TIMELINE

A brief history
of changemaking.

Our People
Leadership at Concordia

Concordia is guided by a diverse group of global leaders, policy experts, and strategic thinkers across sectors.

Matthew Swift

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Concordia

Swift has grown Concordia into the leading nonpartisan global affairs membership organization dedicated to forming innovative cross-sector partnerships that address the greatest challenges and opportunities of our time.

Nicholas Logothetis

Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

Nicholas Logothetis is Vice Chairman of Libra Group and Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Concordia. Nicholas is an entrepreneur who has a lifelong passion for politics and international affairs.

Leadership Council Co-Chairs

George M. Logothetis

Co-Chair, Concordia Leadership Council & Executive Chairman, Libra Group

H.E. Laura Chinchilla

Co-Chair, Concordia Leadership Council & Former President, Republic of Costa Rica

Leadership Council

Albert Rodriguez

President & CEO, MediaCo Holding Inc.

Alejandro Santo Domingo

Senior Managing Director, Quadrant Capital Advisors

Alex Gorsky

General Partner, ICONIQ Growth

Amb. Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.

Chair Emeritus and Of Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Amb. John D. Negroponte

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

Amb. Nancy G. Brinker

Founder, Susan G. Komen | Co-Founder, Promise Fund of Florida

Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D.

Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2009); Vice Chair, Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Andrew N. Liveris AO

Former Chairman and CEO, Dow Chemical Company

Anita B. McBride

Executive in Residence, American University

Barbara Humpton

CEO, USA Rare Earth

Bart Friedman

Chairman of the Board, Giant Eagle Enterprises; Partner & Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon

Carmen Castillo

President & CEO, SDI International Corp.

Carolyn Miles

John Alden Purinton Jr. Professor of Practice and Senior Adviser to the Dean, Darden School Foundation

Cherie Blair CBE KC

Leadership Council Member | Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Co-Founder and Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP

Christiana Figueres

Founding Partner, Global Optimism

Constantine M. Logothetis

Chairman, Alithea Capital | Board Member, Libra Group

Dr. Andrew Steer

Former President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, Ph.D.

President Emeritus, Miami Dade College

Dr. Githinji Gitahi

Group CEO, Amref Health Africa

Dr. Ian Bremmer

President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

Dr. Julio Frenk

Chancellor, University of California Los Angeles

Dr. Kerry Healey

Executive Chair, Forward Party

Dr. Vera Songwe

Chair and Founder, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Eamon Gilmore

Former EU Special Representativie for Human Rights & Former Deputy Prime Minister, Ireland

Frances F. Townsend

Founder, Frances Fragos Townsend, LLC

Gen. David. H. Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.)

Founder & Managing Partner, Wesley K. Clark and Associates

George M. Logothetis

Co-Chair, Concordia Leadership Council & Executive Chairman, Libra Group

Gillian Tett

U.S. Editor-at-Large & Chair of the Editorial Board, The Financial Times

Alvaro Uribe

H.E. Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Former President, the Republic of Colombia

H.E. Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder, Alliance of Democracies | Former Prime Minister, Denmark | Former Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

H.E. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

Former President, Republic of Latvia

H.E. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Global Ambassador for Extreme Heat, Atlantic Council | Former President, The United Mexican States

H.E. Felipe Gonzalez

Former President, Spain & President, The Felipe Gonzalez Foundation

H.E. Iván Duque Márquez

Former President, Republic of Colombia

H.E. Jorge-Tuto Fernando Quiroga

Former President, Plurinational State of Bolivia

H.E. José Manuel Barroso

Chair, Goldman Sachs International Advisors | Chair, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

H.E. José María Aznar Lopez

President, Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis (FAES) | Former President, Republic of Spain

H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Former President, Republic of Croatia

H.E. Laura Chinchilla

Co-Chair, Concordia Leadership Council & Former President, Republic of Costa Rica

H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle

Former President, Republic of Uruguay

H.E. Luis Almagro

Concordia Leadership Council Member | Independant Director, Observatory for Democracy, Center for Studies and Analysis for Latin America (CASLA Institute)

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo

Chairman, The Brenthurst Foundation | Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

H.E. Petar Stoyanov

President, Center for Global Dialogue and Collaboration (CGDC)| Former President, Republic of Bulgaria

H.E. Toyin Ojora Saraki

Founder-President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Hon. Jane Harman

Distinguished Fellow & President Emerita, The Wilson Center

Hon. Jeh Johnson

Partner, Paul Weiss | Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Hon. Keith Krach

Chairman and Co-founder, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Hon. Mark Green

Former President, The Wilson Center; Former USAID Administrator and U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania

HRH Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Leadership Council Member | Chairman, Arab Gulf Program for Development - AGFUND

Irina Bokova

Former Director-General, UNESCO

Jay Collins

Vice Chairman of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citi

John Koudounis

President & Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments

Jose Bared

Director, The Bared Family Foundation

Kimahli Powell LL.D

Fellow, Carr Center for Human RIghts Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Lord Dr. Michael Hastings CBE

Chairman, SOAS University of London

Madame Monica Geingos

3rd First Lady of the Republic of Namibia & Chairperson, One Economy Foundation

Michael J. Nyenhuis

President & CEO, UNICEF USA

Muhtar Kent

Former Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

Petra Nemcova

Supermodel, Conscious & Sustainable Life Advocate & Philanthropist, Co-founder of All Hands and Hearts, Founder of Happy Hearts Mexico, Happy Hearts Indonesia & Happy Hearts Czech Republic

Raúl F. Salinas

Los Angeles Partner-in-Charge, Frost Brown Todd | AlvaradoSmith

Sheila Davis

Chief Executive Officer, Partners in Health

Sherrie Rollins Westin

Leadership Council Member | President & CEO, Sesame Workshop

T.H. Malcolm Turnbull AC

Former Prime Minister, the Commonwealth of Australia

T.H. Orette Bruce Golding

Former Prime Minister, Jamaica

T.H. Wilbur Ross

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Ross Acquisition. Corp. II; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Teri Ardleigh

Realtor, Sotheby's International Realty

The Hon. Henrietta Fore

Chairman & CEO, Holsman International; Former Executive Director, UNICEF; Former Administrator, USAID

The Hon. Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila

Executive Coach; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of El Salvador

The Rt Hon. the Baroness May of Maidenhead

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Advisory Council Members

Donniell Silva

Senior Director, Global Programming, Milken Institute

The Hon. Douglas A. Smith

Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Orchard Global Asset Management

Jim Jones

Former Director, Global Community Programs and Strategy, ExxonMobil

Hon. Christopher E Campbell

Founder & CEO, Incamera Solutions

Amber Barth

Director, ILO Office for the United States and Canada, International Labour Organization

Lady Dentaa Amoateng MBE

Founder & CEO, GUBA Enterprise

Porter DeLaney

Founding Partner, Kyle House Group

Dave King

CEO, Digitalis

Josh Sandler

Co-Founder & Chairman, Lori Systems

Erica Tavares

Senior Director, US Programs & Advancement, International Medical Corps

Hagar Hajjar Chemali

CEO, Greenwich Media Strategies

Nili Sarit Yossinger

Executive Director, Refugee Congress

Julia Yun Hulme

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Omnia Strategy LLP

Shelly Kurtz

Founder & Principal, Eagle Pointe Advisors

Alberto Zilio

Head of European Government Affairs, Ericsson

Martha L. Aponte

Founder and CEO, AmarA

Sam Stephens

President & CEO, AB InBev Foundation

Hector Mujica

Head of Economic Opportunity, Google.org

Carmen Correa

CEO, Pro Mujer

Malisa Aksentijevic

Chief Executive Officer, WEVO Group

Dario Galli-Zugaro

Managing Director, Net-Hero

Safiya Ghori-Ahmad

Global Public Affairs Lead and Senior Director, APCO Worldwide

Sean West

Co-Founder, Hence Technologies

Tina Fordham

Geopolitical Strategist & Founder, Fordham Global Foresight

Michael Magdelinskas

Northeast Government Relations Lead, Accenture

Shaila Manyam

COO & Executive Director, World Federation of Direct Selling Associations

Sinan Eraydin

Founder & CEO, SiberZincer

Gillian Barclay

Former SVP, Global Public Health and Scientific Affairs, Colgate Palmolive

Kristen Edgreen Kaufman

Senior Vice President, Sustainability, United States Council for International Business

Emma Carrasco

Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, NBCUniversal News Group

Douglas Evans

President and CEO, Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce

Nicolla Hewitt

CEO & President, Nicolla Hewitt Communications

Daniel Erikson

Senior Advisor, Covington

Kwame Anku

Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Black Star Fund

Crystal Upperman

Senior Manager, Deloitte

Ehab Elsonbaty

Partner, Chair US/Middle East Initiative, DLA Piper

Brian Wayne

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, CurvePoint Capital

Jonathan Dunne

Chief People Officer, Deloitte

Hooman Shahidi

Managing Partner, HX Ventures

There is no replacement for the power of in-person connection, and that’s precisely why Concordia exists today.

Nick Logothetis, Co-Founder &
 Chairman of the Board

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