Karim Hwalla
Karim Hwalla is a thought leader whose career defines what it means to operate at the nexus of geopolitics, strategic advisory, and international business expansion. Karim has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to ruling families, multinational corporations, and governmental as well as semi-governmental organizations across Australia, the US and GCC & wider MENA […]
Ayesha Khan
Ayesha Khan is Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-GNY) where she oversees the organization’s fundraising strategy, engaging corporate, foundation, government and individual stakeholders in VOA-GNY’s critical housing and human services work. Less than a year into her tenure, Ayesha secured the organization’s largest gift: a $20 million […]
Emiliana Rico
Emiliana Rico is a Communications Intern at Concordia under the Media Relations Department. Outside of Concordia, she is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Global Journalism at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. As part of her academic journey, she completed an exchange semester at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and participated in a fortnight […]
Anna Gawel
Anna Gawel is the Managing Editor of Devex. She previously worked as the managing editor of The Washington Diplomat, the flagship publication of D.C.’s diplomatic community. She’s had hundreds of articles published on world affairs, U.S. foreign policy, politics, security, trade, travel and the arts on topics ranging from the impact of State Department budget […]
The Hon. Brendan Carr
Chairman Brendan Carr is the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, having served previously as the FCC’s General Counsel. Nominated by both President Trump and President Biden, Carr has been confirmed unanimously by the Senate three times. Described by Axios as “the FCC’s 5G crusader,” Carr has led the FCC’s work to modernize its […]
Armen Baghdasaryan
Dr. Eirini Agapidaki
Eirini Agapidaki is a Psychologist, with an MSc in Health Promotion and Education from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; and a PhD in Health Psychology from the same university. She has also specialized in matters of prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health. In addition, she has […]
Borjana Pervan
Christopher Skedgel
Dr Chris Skedgel is a Director at the Office of Health Economics, a health economics consultancy and registered Independent Research Organisation based in London, UK. He has more than 20 years of experience in health economics across consulting and academia in Canada and the UK, and more than 60 peer-reviewed articles. His interests centre on […]
Dr. Freddy Abnousi
Dr. Abnousi is VP of Health Technology at Meta and a practicing Interventional Cardiologist. He additionally serves as Professor Adjunct at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor Adjunct at Yale University School of Medicine. He has previously led innovative healthcare efforts at companies such as McKinsey and Google, and has served as Founder […]
The Hon. Michael Rigas
Michael J. Rigas is the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. He is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience leading organizational change across public, private, and non-profit sectors, including banking and government. Rigas recently served as a senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2025 transition, overseeing development of federal department and […]