Ariana Wheeler
As a Coordinator for Programming, Ariana assists in the curation of programming materials, outreach, and data management. Prior to joining Concordia, she served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Bulgaria, where she taught English and coached a student debate team. Her prior experience also includes roles at the Council on Foreign Relations and in […]
Vedanshi Vala
Vedanshi Vala is an Executive Office Intern at Concordia under the Data and CRM portfolio. Outside of Concordia, Vedanshi is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of BOLT Safety Society, a ‘tech startup meets nonprofit’ dedicated to creating safer, more equitable communities. A budding entrepreneur and community leader, Vedanshi is the founder of MAZE, a pop-up […]
Alex Green
In his role as US Government Affairs Manager, Alex serves as Concordia’s liaison with US government entities and officials to advance Concordia’s policy priorities and funding objectives. He also supports the programming department with the planning and execution of Concordia’s summit and regional initiatives. In addition to working at Concordia, he also has previous experience […]
Mateo Carvajal
Mateo Carvajal is the Media Relations Manager at Concordia, where he leads media engagement and strategic communications to enhance the organization’s visibility and impact. Before joining Concordia, Mateo held key roles in political communications, crisis management, and digital marketing, advising public and private sector entities. He previously led the largest communications team at a top […]
Abha Thorat-Shah
Abha leads British Asian Trust’s Social Finance work across South Asia. She is also a founding member of The British Asian Trust and has contributed to its growth and leadership over the last 15 years. Abha was a Fellow of Practice in 2021 and 2022 at the Government Outcomes Labs, Blavatnik School of Government, University […]
Carla Thompson Payton
Carla Thompson Payton is vice president for program strategy for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. In this role, Thompson Payton provides leadership and management for the creative and strategic direction of programming from design through implementation, evaluation and dissemination. As a member of the executive team, she is also responsible for the […]
The Hon. Janaina Tewaney Mencomo
Karin Svensson
As the Chief Sustainability Officer at Volvo Group Karin leads the company’s sustainability transition towards a fossil-free future – through a unique approach to cross-sectoral partnership and an ambition to drive sustainable solutions and practices across the supply chain. Her expertise plays a key role in helping Volvo Group move closer to 100% fossil free […]
BG (Ret.) Loree Sutton
Brigadier General (Ret.) Loree K. Sutton, MD, is the current New York City Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. She was the former director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury and was a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Formerly the highest ranking psychiatrist in […]
Mustafa Suleyman
Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI and a venture partner at Greylock, a venture capital firm. Before that, he co-founded DeepMind, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, and was vice president of AI product management and AI policy at Google. He is also the author of The Coming Wave.
Elizabeth Sturcken
Elizabeth directs climate impact and net zero acceleration at EDF+Business, the private sector engagement division of Environmental Defense Fund. She has led EDF partnerships with Walmart, UPS, United Airlines, Airbnb, Lyft and FedEx. Elizabeth also leads coalition collaborations with the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions (BASCS), Transform to Net Zero (TONZ), and works with […]