Previously, he worked at the White House National Security Council from 2010 to 2014 as a special assistant in the Nonproliferation Directorate. Prior to joining government, he worked as a research assistant in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution from 2005 to 2009. During the 2008 presidential elections, he worked on arms control and non-proliferation issues for the Obama campaign.

She co-led the new implantation of GE in Côte d’Ivoire and continues to be involved in the daily operations. Prior to this, she spent seven years with GE Capital France where she held several positions. Her professional experience includes finance work with American Express in France and operations handling with Air France – KLM in the United States. She completed her graduate degree in marketing and business administration at Baruch College in 2006.

Most of his previous professional experience was in AIESEC (2007-11), the world’s largest student-run organization, where he was president of the Local Committee of Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 2011. He holds a major in business administration from the University Center UNA (2011) and a law degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2012). He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in public administration at the University of Brasília.

She serves as Trinidad and Tobago’s representative in the United Nations Development Program’s Caribbean Youth Think Tank, and as director of donors and partnerships with the Caribbean Youth Policy Institute. A Chevening Scholar, Dove holds degrees in media and communications from the University of Greenwich, and gender and international relations from the University of Bristol. In 2015, she received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for 10 years of substantial commitment as a leader in youth and community development.

Prior to this, she was a special assistant in the Office of the Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) acting as special advisor on the strategic foreign policy directions that should be taken by the Member States of the Organisation in order to effectively leverage their collective voice and vote on the international stage.

A graduate of Telecom Paris, she worked as an analyst for BearingPoint Consulting before joining the telecommunication giant, Orange, as a business consulting manager. In her current role with the government, Diop is tasked with leveraging Senegal’s advantageous geographical location to attract top investors and tourists from around the Atlantic Basin. 

Previously, she worked at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Brussels, where she covered EU-Asia relations. She continues to serve as U.K. coordinator for GMF’s Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF). Dembinski has authored a number of blogs and op-eds and is co-founder of ValuableWorld. Prior to joining GMF, she worked for the Eurasia Group and Proméxico, and was a Rotary humanitarian ambassador of goodwill.

Prior to this, she served as assistant project manager of “The Northern Africa Security Continuum: The Dynamics of Instability and the Search for Effective Responses” initiative, co-directed by CIDOB and the Stimson Center of Washington, DC.

Camargo also worked as an international advisor at São Paulo State Secretariat of Metropolitan Development. He attended several international missions as part of the state official delegation. He graduated in international relations from the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP, Brazil, he holds an executive education from ESADE Business School and completed executive courses from London School of Economics.

Prior to this, he was engaged in advocacy, communications, and policy work with different civil society organizations and the Colombian government. Cala Buendía has a Ph.D. in Latin American studies from Princeton University. His book Cultural Producers and Social Change in Latin America was launched by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. His research has also been published by several academic journals, and by the United Nations, for which he co-authored a report on youth engagement and human rights.