Prior to this, she was the political advisor at the World Health Organization, political advisor of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, advisor of the Minister for Defense, MENA expert for the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), and founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean — training, dialogue of cultures, immigration, and economic partnership — in Morocco in 2008. Sihame has a master’s degree from Sciences Po in political science and international relations, specializing in conflicts and security issues.

Lina managed business intelligence projects and business process improvement initiatives. She held key analyst roles in large IT systems implementations, customer experience improvement, and enterprise IT strategy initiatives. She also worked in mobile computing for Coca Cola Enterprises and healthcare manufacturing. Lina’s education includes a bachelor’s in computer science and a master’s in human computer interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Lina is also certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

He also attended a Political Philosophy Program, through the Continuing Education Division, at Harvard University. Sergio is the co-founder of Better Brazil, a think-tank that promotes nation-branding and helps develop business and human resources geared at providing Brazilian institutions with tools to compete in international trade. He has also organized and participated in a number of investment summits worldwide.

candidate in Latin American studies at the Ortega and Gasset Institute, located in Madrid, Spain. Carolina has been policy advisor and consultant while also actively participating in politics. She is the current national deputy secretary for the Youth of Democratic Action (Acción Demoncrática), an opposition political party in Venezuela. In addition, Carolina is the delegate in Venezuela to the Fundación Ciudadanía y Valores in Madrid, a columnist in several digital portals in Venezuela, as well as a host of a weekly radio program.

IMANI actively engages in public advocacy to publicize the results with a view to promote peace and prosperity throughout society. IMANI has been consistently ranked among the top 10 think tanks in Africa and among the top 100 worldwide. In 2010, Cudjoe was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He is the co-author of several books, including The Water Revolution: Practical Solutions to Water Scarcity (International Policy Network Press, 2006).

From 1981 to 1989, Crocker was U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs. As such, he was the principal diplomatic architect and mediator in the negotiations among Angola, Cuba, and South Africa that led to Namibia’s transition to independence and to the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola. Crocker is a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation and member of the Independent Advisory Board of the World Bank. He is the author of High Noon in Southern Africa: Making Peace in a Rough Neighborhood (1993).

He co-leads the Bilbao Urban Innovation and Leadership Dialogues, and is currently working in partnership with OCP to develop and launch the Wider Atlantic Leader Fellowship, an immersive policy studies program. Prior to GMF, Cottrell served as the vice president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and he has held leadership positions with LEAD San Diego, the University of California San Diego, and San Diego State University.

He serves as chair for the National Society of High School Scholars Foundation, serving more than 1 million members across 160 countries. He holds a master’s in business administration from Georgetown University, graduated from the Brand & Reputation Management Executive Program at Dartmouth College, and received the 2013 “Claes Nobel World Betterment Award” from the senior member of the esteemed Nobel family.

While in that role, she also served as president of the National Immigration Board and the National Drug Council. From 2002 to 2006, she was an elected member of the National Congress, chairing the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Narcotics. In 2006, she was elected vice president of the republic, taking office at the Ministry of Justice at the same time. She has also worked as a consultant in Latin America and Africa with international organizations in institutional reform.

In 2013, President Peña Nieto appointed him co-president of the Franco-Mexican Strategic Council. Dr. Castañeda is a regular columnist for the Mexican daily Reforma, the Spanish daily El País, and TIME Magazine, and has published more than 15 books. He received a bachelor’s from Princeton University and a bachelor’s from Universite de Paris-I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), a master’s from the École Pratique de Hautes Etudes, and his Ph.D. in economic history from the University of Paris-I.