Sarah Bouchie
Sarah Bouchie is Vice President, Global Programmes at the LEGO Foundation, leading the Foundation’s diverse portfolio of global initiatives that seek to promote learning through play in early childhood and primary school. Prior to the Lego Foundation, Sarah served as Vice President of Program Development at ChildFund International. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Eureka […]
Dauda Sesay
Dauda Sesay and his family were resettled in Baton Rouge in 2009, after spending nine years in a refugee camp where he met his beautiful wife, Alima. Upon arrival in the US, Dauda made learning English and acquiring education his top priority for him and his family. As a result, he earned an Associate of […]
Nejra Sumic
Nejra Sumic is a former refugee who was forced to flee from her home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a long and dangerous journey, Sumic and her family were finally granted asylum as refugees into the United States. They were able to overcome a great deal of adversity, including adapting to a new culture […]
Jen Smyers
Jen Smyers serves as the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program. She has been with CWS for more than twelve years. In this position, Ms. Smyers meets with policy makers to advocate in support of refugees resettled in the United States and for immigration reform that reunites […]
Bhuwan Pyakurel
Bhuwan Pyakurel, a former refugee from Bhutan, resettled in the United States in 2009. He and his family moved to Ohio in 2014 and he became a U.S. citizen in 2015. They bought their first home in Reynoldsburg and immediately became involved in the community. Bhuwan and his wife, Dil, have been married for 14 […]
Samir Ibrahim
Samir Ibrahim is the CEO and co-founder of SunCulture. SunCulture develops and commercializes life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. The company is recognized as a Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer and a Financial Times Transformational Business, and was named to the London Stock Exchange’s “Companies to […]
Sandra Westlake
Sandra Westlake is the Head of Global Private Sector Partnerships for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). She provides strategic direction to a global team of fundraising and capacity-building experts to secure transformational partnerships that deliver resources, expertise, technology and visibility for WFP’s work. Joining the division shortly after its creation more than a […]
David Crean
Dave Crean, Vice President of Corporate R&D and Chief Science Officer at Mars, Incorporated has over 30 years’ experience in food safety; working in many countries and most Mars businesses. Dave leads quality and food safety at Mars developing operational and research strategies addressing current and future business challenges. He has spoken extensively about the […]
Katherine Neebe
Katherine joined Duke Energy in 2020 to serve as Vice President of National Engagement and Strategy as well as Chief Sustainability Officer; she is also President of the Duke Energy Foundation. In this capacity, she leads Duke Energy’s stakeholder engagement efforts in service of the company’s purpose to power the lives of our customers and […]
John Barsa
John Barsa is the acting USAID Administrator. Prior to assuming these duties on April 11, 2020, he was sworn in on June 10, 2019, as the Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. Barsa brings considerable experience from decades of service in the public and private sectors. Mr. Barsa comes to […]
H.E. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of European and global politics for three decades as Secretary General of NATO, Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Minister of Economic Affairs, Danish Minister for Taxation and a leading Danish parliamentarian. During the Danish Presidency of the European Union in 2002, he played a key role in […]