Emma Carrasco
Emma Carrasco is the senior vice president of corporate affairs for the NBCUniversal News Group, which is comprised of NBC News, NBC News Now, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo and NBCU Local. In this role she advises on key strategies to help transform the News Group from a legacy television network into the leading multiplatform news organization […]
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman is the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) Senior Vice President for Sustainability where she provides strategic direction for several policy issues of critical importance to US businesses, including Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs (CRLA), Environment, Health, and International Product Policy. She possesses a nuanced understanding of the nexus of strategic […]
Gillian Barclay
Gillian has a 25-year career that spans private and corporate philanthropy, academia, the private sector, and international development. She is currently adjunct faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health, and prior to this was the Senior Vice President, Global Public Health, and Scientific Affairs at Colgate Palmolive where she led its largest corporate social […]
Sinan Eraydin
Sinan Eraydin is a Turkish-American entrepreneur based in Washington, D.C., who runs cybersecurity companies in Istanbul and Washington, D.C. Both companies provide consulting, training tools, and specialized services in cyberspace, namely in the fields of cybersecurity, digital forensics, cyber intelligence, and defensive/offensive cyber operations. Mr. Eraydin is an Academic Advisor and an Instructor at the […]
Shaila Manyam
Shaila Manyam is the COO and Executive Director of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA), a global trade association that represents the direct selling industry, working with over 60 national Direct Selling Associations and multinational companies whose combined sales exceed $167 billion. Shaila was previously Executive Vice-President and Managing Director at Burson, leading […]
Michael Magdelinskas
A dynamic and disruptive global policy expert with a decade of experience advising companies on international, federal, state, and local policy matters. Michael is currently the Northeast Government Relations Lead for Accenture, where he leads the development and implementation of government relations strategies that advance business and corporate objectives. Previously, Michael was the Head of […]
Sean West
Sean West is a serial entrepreneur now focused on enterprise software and virtual reality, and previously on geopolitics. He has a deep personal interest in bringing transparency to the market for professional services as well as in proving that great technology can be built anywhere in the world. He is working toward both as co-founder […]
Safiya Ghori-Ahmad
Safiya Ghori-Ahmad is senior director with APCO Worldwide leading the firm’s global public affairs work in Washington, D.C. Ms. Ghori-Ahmad most recently served as senior managing director and partner at McLarty Associates, a global consulting firm based in Washington, where she advised Fortune 500 companies on policy issues and market entry strategies in South Asia […]
Malisa Aksentijevic
Malisa Aksentijevic, a chess champion and mathematical prodigy from Serbia, and a mechanical engineer by professional education, has carved an unexpected path in global mental health care. His early career saw a meteoric rise, becoming the youngest CEO of a 117-employee company at just 24. Initially set for a future in engineering, a personal crisis […]
Sam Stephens
Sam Stephens is the chief executive of the AB InBev Foundation (ABIF), a leading global philanthropy that invests in public health, sustainable development, and humanitarian initiatives around the world. Prior to his role at ABIF, he spent 20 years leading international NGOs and philanthropies focused on sustainable development and humanitarian causes, including entities like the […]
Martha L. Aponte
Martha L. Aponte is an international development professional with over 20 years of experience. She is driven by a passion for creating greater social impact and economic success through her experience as a development and policy advisor and her knowledge of private sector engagement, shared value, management, leadership, and women’s contributions at all levels of […]