2019 Concordia Annual Summit Speakers

Daniel Abadie

Undersecretary of Digital Governance, Republic of Argentina

Hon. Elliott Abrams

Special Representative for Venezuela, United States of America

Hon. Akinwumi Adesina

President, African Development Bank Group

Hind Ait Mout

Student Ambassador, NYU Abu Dhabi

Her Majesty Rania Al Abdullah

Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Royal Hashemite Court

H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg

CEO, Dubai Cares

H.E. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

H.E. Hassan Al-Thawadi

Secretary General, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Hon. Fayez al-Sarraj

Prime Minister, Government of National Accord of Libya

Gustau Alegret

International Broadcast Journalist, NTN24

Roberta Annan

Managing Partner, Roberta Annan Capital Partners

Yalda Aoukar

President, Bracket Foundation

H.E. Michel Aoun

President, Republic of Lebanon

Jennifer Artley

President of BT Americas, Managing Director of Technology, Life Sciences & Busin...

Armand Arton

President, Arton Capital

Ali Aslan

TV Presenter & Journalist, www.aliaslan.de

Margarita Astralaga

Director of the Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, Inte...

H.E. Andrej Babiš

Prime Minister, Czech Republic

Gerard Baker

Editor at Large, Wall Street Journal

Kostas Bakoyannis

Mayor, City of Athens

Hon. Jim Banks

Congressman, Indiana's 3rd Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives...

Juan Manuel Barrientos

Founder & Chef, El Cielo Restaurant

H.E. José Manuel Barroso

Chair, Goldman Sachs International Advisors | Chair, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

Basma

Muppet from Ahlan Simsim, Sesame Street

Douglas Beal

Partner and Director, Total Societal Impact & Sustainability, Boston Consulting ...

Jessica Billingsley

CEO, Akerna

Amb. Deborah L. Birx, M.D.

Ambassador at Large and U.S. Global Aids Coordinator and White House Coronavirus...

Hilary Black

Chief Advocacy Officer, canopy Growth Corporation

Hon. Michael Blake

Founder & CEO, Atlas Strategy Group

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Director of Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunicatio...

David Bohigian

Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Dana Bolden

Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, Cortev...

Julio Borges

Ambassador of Venezuela to the Lima Group, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Josselyn Boudett

Founder & CEO, Telepathy Labs

Sigve Brekke

President & CEO, Telenor Group

Dr. Ian Bremmer

President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

Dr. Mark Britnell

Global Head of Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare, KPMG

H.E. Gaston Browne

Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda

Lois Bruu

Vice President of International Development, Public Private Partnerships, Master...

Dan Bryant

Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Walmart

Howard G. Buffett

Chairman & CEO, Howard G. Buffett Foundation

Hon. Marko Čadež

President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (CCIS)

Sean Cairncross

CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation

John Calamos, Sr.

Founder, Chairman and Global CIO, Calamos Investments

Kathy Calvin

President and CEO, United Nations Foundation

Gunilla Carlsson

Executive Director, UNAIDS

Sebastian Caro

Student Ambassador, NYU Abu Dhabi

Nicole Carroll

President, News and Editor in Chief, USA Today

Steve Case

Chairman & CEO, Revolution

Jonathan Cetnarski

Chief Operating Oficer, Great Performances

Neil Chatterjee

Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Hon. Michael Chertoff

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group

Dr. Charles Clancy

Vice President for Intelligence Programs, Mitre

Kelly T. Clements

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR

Jay Collins

Vice Chairman of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citi

Kathy Conrad

Director of Digital Government, Accenture Federal Services

Kellyanne Conway

Senior Counselor, White House

Noëlla Coursaris Musunka

Founder & CEO, Malaika

Sarah Crawford

Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Trammell Crow

Chairman & Founder, EarthX

Kim Culmone

Senior Vice President of Barbie and Fashion Doll Design, Mattel, Inc.

Alexander B. Cummings Jr.

Founder & Chairman, Cummings Investment Holdings, Ltd.

Hon. Carlos Curbelo

Principal, Vocero

Payal Dalal

Vice President of Global Programs, Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard Inc....

Hanne Dalmut

Senior Director, Partnerships

Christine Daugherty

VP Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing, PepsiCo

Benjamin Davies

Global Community Impact Lead, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Johnson & Johnson

Andrea Davis

Director of Global Crisis Management and Business Continuity, The Walt Disney Co...

Thomas Debass

Managing Director, Office of Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

Porter DeLaney

Founding Partner, Kyle House Group

Rob DeLeon

Associate Vice President of Programs, The Fortune Society

John Denton AO

Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

Administrator Uttam Dhillon

Acting Administrator, DEA

Keita Alaida Dicmane

Student Ambassador, NYU Abu Dhabi

Beth Doane

CEO, Main & Rose

Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D.

Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Harvard Unive...

Thomas Donohue

President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Lynne Doughtie

U.S. Chairman & CEO, KPMG

Marisa Drew

Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisor and ...

Rachel Duan

Senior Vice President, GE President & CEO, GE Global Growth Organization, Genera...

Patrick Ducasse

Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Andrew Dunnett

Director, Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone

H.E. Iván Duque Márquez

Former President, Republic of Colombia

Dr. Ashutosh Dutta

Senior Scientist & Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; Co-Chai...

David Eaves

Lecturer of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Paul Ellingstad

Social Innovation Director, Pearson

Elizabeth Ellis

CEO, iDE

Jane Ewing

SVP International People Group, Walmart Stores, Inc.

Dr. Jessica Fanzo

Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Jeanette Fielding

Chief Corporate Affairs & Communications Officer, Upfield

Dr. Nicole Fisher

President, Health & Human Rights Strategies; Contributor, Forbes

Elizabeth Fitzsimmons

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Africa and Public Diplomacy, U.S. Departm...

John Forté

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Rose Capital / BR Brands

Padu Franco

Director Andes, Amazonia, Orinoquia, Wildlife Conservation Society

Mary Margaret Frank

Senior Associate Dean, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

Laura Frigenti

Global Head, International Development Assistant Services Institute, KPMG

Michael Froman

Vice Chairman & President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard

Jacquelline Fuller

President, Google.org

Scott Gegenheimer

CEO, Zain Group

Reji George

Vice President, Olam International

Deborah Gibbins

Chief Operating Officer, Mary Kay Inc.

Michelle Giuda

CEO, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Bonnie Glick

Director, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Dan Glickman

Executive Director, Aspen Institute

Joshua Goodman

News Director, Andean Region, The Associated Press

H.E. Filippo Grandi

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations

Mats Granryd

Director General, GSMA

Hon. Mark Green

President and CEO, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Linda Greene

Strategic Advisor, Cannabis Trade Federation

Hon. Juan Guaidó*

President of the National Assembly, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Ghislane Guedira

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, OCP Group

Diane Guerrero

Actress & Author

Bernardo Guillamon

Manager, Inter-American Development Bank

Dr. Lawrence Haddad

Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Dr. Jorge Haddock

President, University of Puerto Rico

Hon. Jane Harman

Distinguished Fellow & President Emerita, The Wilson Center

Grant T. Harris

CEO, Connect Frontier LLC

Dr. Ron Hartman

Director of Global Engagement, Partnership, and Resource Mobilization Division, ...

Dr. Rody Hawkins

President & CEO, Improved Nature

Steven Hawkins

Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project

Ryan Heath

Senior Editor, POLITICO

John Hecklinger

CEO, Global Fund for Children

Pia Heidenmark Cook

Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA

Angela Heise

President, Civil Group, Leidos

Peder Holk Nielsen

President & CEO, NOVOZYMES

David Holmes

Director of Engineering, United States Digital Service

Brian Hook

Vice Chairman for Global Investments, Cerberus Capital Management

Jake Horowitz

Co-Founder & Editor-at-Large, PolicyMic

Barbara Humpton

President & CEO, Siemens USA

Julie Hyman

Anchor, Yahoo Finance

Ramy Inocencio

Asia Correspondent, CBS News

Mary Ellen Iskenderian

President & CEO, Women's World Banking

Tein T.S. Jack-Rich

Founder & President, BelemaOil

Scott Jackson

President & CEO, Global Impact

Jameela Jamil

Activist & Founder, I Weigh

Amb. James Jeffrey

Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Special Envoy to the Global Coal...

Hon. Jeh Johnson

Partner, Paul Weiss | Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ryan Johnson

Senior Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships, Millennium Challenge Corporat...

Alan Jope

CEO, Unilever

Dr. Lucas Joppa

Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft

John Jovanovic

Founder and CEO, Nova Fleet

Dr. Donald Kaberuka

Chair of the Board, The Global Fund to Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Mal...

Judith Karl

Executive Secretary, UNCDF

Megan Kashner

Professor & Director of Social Impact, Kellogg School of Management at Northwest...

Kathryn Kaufman

Managing Director of Global Women's Issues, Overseas Private Investment Corporat...

Zia Khan

Vice President, Innovation, The Rockefeller Foundation

Dara Khosrowshahi

CEO, Uber

Ruth Kimmelshue

Senior Vice President of Business Operations and Supply Chain & Chief Sustainabi...

Silvana Koch-Mehrin

President, Women Political Leaders

Jochen David König

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cosmonauts & Kings Gmbh

John Koudounis

President & Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments

Raj Kumar

President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex

Holly Kuzmich

Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle

Former President, Republic of Uruguay

Lauren Landis

Director of Nutrition, World Food Programme

Marc Lasry

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder, Avenue Capital

Sylvie Légère

Co-founder and Board Chair, The Policy Circle

Neal Levine

Chief Executive Officer, Cannabis Trade Federation

K. Riva Levinson

President & CEO, KRL International

Lawrence Levy

Co-Founder, Juniper Foundation

Zyad Limam

Publisher, AM International

Daniel Lippman

Reporter, POLITICO

Andrew N. Liveris AO

Former Chairman and CEO, Dow Chemical Company

Ian Lobo

Strategy & Innovation Managing Director, Accenture Development Partnerships

Nicholas Logothetis

Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

Dr. Kristin Lord

President & CEO, IREX

Joseph Lubin

Co-Founder, Ethereum; Founder, ConsenSys

Rachel Macauley

Senior Program Officer, OCP North America

Kirsten Madison

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, U.S....

Jesus Madrazo

Head of Agricultural Affairs and Sustainability, Crop Science, Bayer

Eddie Mandhry

Director for Africa, Yale University

Lisa Manley

Vice President, Global Sustainability, Thriving People, Mars

Eduardo Martinez

President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, The UPS Foundation

Juan Pablo Mata

General Manager - Guatemala & Jamaica, CBC

Flaviana Matata

CEO, Flaviana Matata Foundation

Heather Matranga

Senior Director, Village Capital

Richard Mayfield

Executive vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Walmart Mexico, Central Amer...

Anita B. McBride

Executive in Residence, American University

DeAnn McGrew

Director, Agriculture and Volunteer Programs, Winrock International

Kathleen McLaughlin

Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, and President of the WM ...

Kerry McNamara

CEO, OCP North America

Dr. Claire Melamed

Executive Director, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

Minister Domna Maria Michailidou Ph.D.

Deputy Minister for Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Carolyn Miles

Interim President of the Darden School Foundation

Guillermo Miranda

Vice President and Global Head, IBM Corporate Citizenship, IBM

H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

President, Federal Republic of Somalia

Ayman Mohyeldin

Journalist, NBC News

William Moore

Chief Executive Officer, Eleanor Crook Foundation

Luis Alberto Moreno

President, Inter-American Development Bank

Amb. Cameron Munter

Senior Advisor, Agora Strategies

Lydia Musonda

Cervical Cancer Survivor

Paul Musser

Senior Vice President, Government & Development, Public Private Partnerships, Ma...

Dr. James Mwangi

Managing Director and CEO, Equity Group Holdings

H.E. Gitanas Nausėda

President, Republic of Lithuania

Amb. John D. Negroponte

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

Petra Nemcova

Supermodel, Conscious & Sustainable Life Advocate & Philanthropist, Co-founder o...

Jacqueline Novogratz

Chief Executive Officer, Acumen Fund

Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya

Founder & President, Kakenya's Dream

Michelle Nunn

President & CEO, CARE USA

2019 Concordia Annual Summit Speakers

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo

Chairman, The Brenthurst Foundation | Former President, Federal Republic of Nige...

Jake Obeng-Bediako

Youth Ambassador for Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Ghana

Dr. Kennedy Odede

Co-Founder & CEO, Shining Hope for Communities

Dr. Ben Odoemena

Country Programme Officer, IFAD

Vivian Onano

Youth Representative, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

H.E. Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba

Vice-Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Equatorial Guinea

Dr. Ameh Onoja

National Programme Coordinator, FGN/IFAD Value Chain Development Programme

Jeff Oppenheim

Board Member, Foreign Press Association

H.E. Professor Benedict Oramah

President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, African Export-Import Bank

Dr. Hila Oren

CEO, The Tel Aviv Foundation

Morgan Ortagus

General Partner, Mare Liberum

Enrique Ostalé

Executive Vice President, President, and CEO, Walmart Latin America, India and A...

Eric Ostern

Global Sustainability Director, Unilever

Hon. Dan Pabon

General Counsel & Chief Government Affairs Officer, Medicine Man

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, Ph.D.

President Emeritus, Miami Dade College

Elsa Palanza

Global Head of Sustainability & Citizenship, Barclays

Dr. Ben Park

Chief of International Infection Control Program, Centers for Disease Control an...

Pranaav Parrth

Student Ambassador, NYU Abu Dhabi

Philana Patterson

Managing Editor, Money & Consumer Tech, USA Today

Margaret Peterlin

Senior Vice President of Global, External, and Public Affairs, AT&T Inc.

Beyan Flomo Pewee

Founder & Executive Director, YOCEL

Andy Pharoah

vice President of Corporate Affairs, Strategic Initiatives, & Sustainability, Ma...

Eyitemi Popo

Founder, Girls Trip Tours

Enrica Porcari

Chief Information Officer and Chair of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster,...

Jessica Posner-Odede

CEO, Girl Effect

Dina Powell McCormick

Partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Kavita Prakash-Mani

Global Conservation Director, World Wildlife Fund

Emily Courey Pryor

Executive Director, Data2X

H.E. Jorge-Tuto Fernando Quiroga

Former President, Plurinational State of Bolivia

Mónica Ramírez

Founder, Justice for Migrant Women

Paola Ramos

Contributor & Host, Latinx Advocate, VICE

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

Executive Director, Social Venture Circle

Jordan Reeves

Co-Founder, Born Just Right

Dave Regnery

Executive Vice President, Ingersoll Rand/Trane

Joakim Reiter

Group External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group

Stéphane Richard

Chairman & CEO, Orange

Matthew Ridenour

Designer, IDEO

Diane Rinaldo

Acting Administrator, NTIA, Department of Commerce

Sen. James Risch

Senator, State of Idaho, U.S. Senate

Hon. Michael Rogers

National Security Commentator, CNN

Josh Rogin

Columnist, Washington Post; CNN

Cristina Romanelli

Biodiversity, Human Health & Sustainable Development Goals at UN Convention on B...

Elizabeth Roscoe

Executive Director, Western Union Foundation

Laura Rosenberger

Director, German Marshall Fund

Hon. Wilbur Ross Jr.

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Eric Roston

Sustainability Editor, Bloomberg.com

Marie Royce

Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. D...

David Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group

Stephanie Ruhle

Senior Business Correspondent, MSNBC

H.E. María Juliana Ruiz Sandoval

First Lady, Republic of Colombia

Matthew Rycroft CBE

Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development, United Kingdom

Guy Ryder

Director-General, International Labour Organization

Codie Sanchez

Managing Director & Partner, Cresco Capital Partners

Carlos Sanvee

Secretary General, World YMCA

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Executive Governor of Lagos State, Lagos State Government

H.E. Toyin Ojora Saraki

Founder-President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa

George Sarpong

Director of Corporate Affairs, Kosmos Energy

Juri Schnöller

Co-Founder, Cosmonauts & Kings

Liz Schrayer

President & CEO, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Scott Schroeder

Executive Director, Care2Communities

Dr. Christopher Schwabe

President & CEO, Medical Care Development Inc

Senator Rick Scott

State of Florida, United States Senate

Tim Searchinger

Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute

Olga Segura

Producer, Actress, Activist, The Latinx House

Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma

Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Sheehan

Founder & President, Care2Communities

Bruce Sherman

Senior Strategic Advisor, RNW Media

Kyle Sherman

Founder & CEO, Flowhub

Mark Shmulevich

Director of Zimin Institutes, Zimin Foundation & COO, Taiger

Martin Short

Chief Executive, The Power of Nutrition

Robert Shuter

Group President & CEO, MTN Group

Robert Skinner

Executive Director, Office for Partnerships, United Nations Office for Partnersh...

Brad Smith

President, Microsoft

Megan Smith

CEO, shift7; Former United States Chief Technology Officer

David Smolansky

Secretary General Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organizatio...

Janti Soeripto

President and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children

Brad Staples

Chief Executive Officer, APCO Worldwide

Dr. Juerg Steffen

CEO, Henley & Partners

Robert Strayer

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Inform...

Matthew Swift

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Concordia

Robert Tashima

Senior Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Anastasia Thatcher Marceau

Principal Director, Accenture Development Partnerships

H.E. Haris Theocharis

Minister of Tourism, Hellenic Republic

Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Representative of the United States to the United Nations, United States Mission...

Lilian Tintori

Venezuelan Human Rights Activist

Dr. Máximo Torero

Assistant Director-General for Economics and Social Development, FAO

Zahid Torres-Rahman

Founder & CEO, Business Fights Poverty

Satya Tripathi

UN Assistant Secretary-General & Head of UN Environment New York Office, UNEP

Symeon Tsomokos

Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum

Chika Umeadi

Co-Founder, Tiphub

Yagmur Unal

Student Ambassador, NYU Abu Dhabi

Shalini Unnikrishnan

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Minister Juan Pablo Uribe Restrepo

Minister of Health and Social Protection, Republic of Colombia

Marianna Vardinoyannis

Former Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO

Amb. Carlos Vecchio

Ambassador to the United States, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

H.E. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

Former President, Republic of Latvia

Carmen Villar

Vice President, Social Business Innovation, Merck & Co. Inc.

Maria Villegas

Director of Environmental Conservation, Grupo Argos Foundation

Samantha Vinograd

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Global Opportunity Advisors

Jeremy Waiser

International Business Development Manager, HEXO

Kent Walker

President, Global Affairs, Google LLC

Dr. Mark Ware

Chief Medical Officer, Canopy Growth Corporation

Jess Weiner

CEO + Cultural Expert, Talk to Jess LLC

Kimberly Weisul

Editor-at-Large, Inc. Media

Hon. William Weld

Former Governor, Massachusetts

Sherrie Rollins Westin

President & Interim CEO, Sesame Workshop

Administrator Andrew Wheeler

Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Danielle Wiener-Bronner

Business Writer, CNN

Damon Wilson

Executive Vice President, Programs & Strategy, Atlantic Council

Kate Wilson

CEO, Digital Impact Alliance at United Nations Foundation

Ko Ko Win

Senior Program Officer, Winrock International

Brian Winter

Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Teryn Wolfe

Founder & CEO, Measurement Matters; Director of Corporate Development, Matrix Fo...

Hon. Park Won-soon

Mayor, City of Seoul

Nate Wong

Executive Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation

Wendy Woods

Vice Chair and Managing Director & Senior Partner, The Boston Consulting Group

Ana Yang

Senior Consulting Fellow, Hoffmann Centre on Sustainable Resource Economy, Chath...

Elizabeth Yee

Managing Director, Climate and Resilience Operations, The Rockefeller Foundation...

Stavros Yiannouka

CEO, World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)

Gwen Young

Chief Executive Officer, Women Business Collaborative; Visiting Scholar, Elliott...

Cori Zarek

Director of the Digital Service Collaborative, Beeck Center for Social Impact & ...

Joyce Zawadi

Manager of Branding, Communications, & Impact, Akili Dada

Mark Zekulin

Chief Executive Officer, Canopy Growth Corporation

Alix Peterson Zwane

Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Fund