Nikita Jain, Calvert, Morgan Stanley
Nikita Jain is a Senior Associate and Engagement Strategist for Calvert, a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, which specializes in responsible investing. She is also a member of the…
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Purnaka Lohendra de Silva, Seton Hall University
Purnaka L. (“PL”) de Silva, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, New Jersey; and Director, Institute for Strategic Studies and Democracy (ISSD)…
Aleksandra Plesko, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Aleksandra Plesko has been working in human rights advocacy with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) since 2010. Before moving to UNHQ in New York…
Maureen Manning, The PIE
Dr. Maureen Manning is an international consultant, presenter, and keynote speaker on global education and culturally responsive leadership, and the VP of Strategy and Insight for The PIE. She has…
Magdalena Fulton, IREX
“Young people are not our future, they are our NOW and in today’s complex society it is time we put young people in the driver seat of their own development.”…
Frederico Menino, Open Society Foundations
“I’ve attended the Youth Assembly since 2018. I have no reservations to affirm that this is one of the most important, engaging and consequential convenings of young leaders in the…
Joann Halpern, NYU
Dr. Joann Halpern is the Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute, New York, an adjunct professor of international education at New York University, and a design thinking coach. In addition…
Lauren Fisher, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Laur Hesse Fisher leads the development and execution of public engagement on climate change for the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. She focuses on cross-partisan collaborations, as well as bridging the…
Roopa Dhatt, Women in Global Health
Dr. Roopa Dhatt, WGH Executive Director and Co-Founder, is a passionate advocate for gender equality in global health and a leading voice in the movement to correct the gender imbalance…