Steve Schmida
Steve Schmida is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Resonance, a frontier markets solutions firm. Working out of the spare bedroom of his home, Steve, together with Nazgul Abdrazakova, bootstrapped Resonance into an award-winning global consulting and advisory firm with more than 70 staff worldwide. The organization has offices in Vermont, Washington, DC, Seattle, and Manila. Resonance […]
Dana Dornsife
Dana Dornsife is Chairman of Lazarex Cancer Foundation, a nationwide non-profit organization she founded in 2006. The unique mission of Lazarex is to improve the outcome of cancer care, giving hope, dignity and life to advanced stage cancer patients and the medically underserved by providing assistance with costs for FDA clinical trial participation, identification of clinical trial […]
Mack McLarty
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III is Chairman of McLarty Associates, which he co-founded in 1998 following a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three US Presidents: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter. Mr. McLarty is also Chairman of the McLarty Companies, a fourth-generation family transportation business. As […]
Dennis Hadrick
Mr. Hadrick currently serves as a Program Manager for Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) programs in the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA). As a CWD subject matter expert, Mr. Hadrick has broad responsibilities for program planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and integration of a complex portfolio of […]
Anila Noor
Anila Noor is the founder of New Women Connectors, a movement striving for mainstreaming the unheard voices of migrant and refugee especially women living across Europe. New Women Connectors is a perspective-shift to the refugee agenda and advocates inclusion than integration as a policy choice. The movement also helps newcomer refugee to lift their spirits […]
Jina Krause-Vilmar
Jina brings 13 years of experience in the for-profit and non-profit sectors, working alongside government, the UN and corporations, to craft and implement solutions to enable refugees and immigrants to integrate into the workforce. At HIAS, she was charged with reshaping and building the agency’s economic integration programming in the U.S. and internationally, bringing clear […]
Sana Mustafa
Sana Mustafa is the Founder and Manager of Sana Mustafa Consulting LLC where she consults with different institutions on designing projects related to refugees and refugees inclusion. Mustafa is a Founding Member of The Network For Refugee Voices, a refugee-led initiative for effective and sustainable refugee policy.
Dr. Clifford Hudis M.D.
Dr. Clifford Hudis is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He also serves as the CEO of its Conquer Cancer Foundation and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of ASCO’s CancerLinQ. He previously served in a variety of roles at ASCO including as President during its 50th anniversary […]
Jim Estill
Jim Estill, CEO of Danby Appliances is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist. Jim started a computer distribution business from the trunk of his car while in university. That modest business grew into a company doing $350,000,000 in sales before selling to SYNNEX in 2004. Jim then became CEO of SYNNEX Canada and grew […]
Dr. Edith Mitchell M.D.
Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and is Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Associate Director for Diversity Programs and Director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities for the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center […]
Lt. Col Robert Schroder
Robert Schroder is Senior Vice President of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is responsible for managing both long-term strategic initiatives and the day-to-day operations of the International Affairs Division, the largest international affairs team of any U.S. business association. With a staff of 80 regional and policy experts, the division represents […]