- Kristin HaydenKristin Hayden is an acclaimed social entrepreneur and executive leader with 25 years of global experience. She has spent her career developing, empowering, and investing in youth and female leaders. Ms. Hayden was recognized as an Ashoka Fellow after founding OneWorld Now!, a global leadership program for youth. In addition to serving as Chief Partnership Officer at IGNITE, Ms. Hayden recently served as the Interim CEO of ReflectUS, a coalition of leading nonpartisan women’s… Read More
- M. Hill Hammock M. Hill Hammock has had a 36-year career in commercial banking in Chicago, joining LaSalle National Bank in 1975 and progressing through the ranks to reach the position of Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. During his career, he served in many different roles including Head of Commercial Banking, Chief Credit Officer, Head of Human Resources, and Head of Operations. For LaSalle’s parent company, ABN AMRO, Mr. Hammock was the second ranking officer in the United States… Read More
- Gazmend Gjonbalaj Gazmend Gjonbalaj is a Partner and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Spaxel. Prior to Spaxel, he was Vice President of Development Systems for WeWork and managed Research and Development for Bloomberg L.P., where he served as Director of Product Applications at Bloomberg Law. His successful career in the corporate world and financial success have enabled him to give back to the Albanian American community. Mr. Gjonbalaj graduated summa cum laude from the New York… Read More
- Dr. Thomas Jesús GarzaDr. Thomas Jesús Garza is a University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Director of the Texas Language Center, and was Director of the Arabic Flagship Program (2015-2018) at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as an Affiliated Faculty in the Program in Comparative Literature, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Garza teaches Russian language and literature at all… Read More
- Mycal FordMycal Ford is Senior Compliance Manager for Sanctions at a premier global consulting firm where he advises on sanctions compliance. Previously, Ford worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), where he led and supported various jurisdiction-specific sanctions investigations. Ford also worked at the Department of Defense, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Sayari Labs, and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Ford was… Read More
- Betty Sue Flowers, PhDBetty Sue Flowers, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and the former Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Prior to becoming Director in 2002, she was the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor in the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Piper Professor and a member of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. During her years at the University of Texas, she also… Read More
- Ambassador Karl Eikenberry Karl Eikenberry is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center, a faculty member of Schwarzman College in Beijing, China, and a Senior Advisor to the United States Institute for Peace. He is a former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (retired). From 2021 – 2023 he lived in Riyadh focusing on Saudi Arabia's defense transformation. Previously, he was the Director of the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative at the Walter H.… Read More
- Violetka DirleaVioletka Dirlea is an EY-Parthenon Principal on the Strategy and Transactions team of Ernst & Young LLP. An experienced leader in global management consulting, Ms. Dirlea works with utilities, automotive, and industrial companies and collaborates with them to identify growth opportunities to optimize performance. She is an expert in building win-win solutions for all companies in the emerging (cross-industry) ecosystems, with focus in the areas of electrification, energy… Read More
- The Rev. Anne Derse, Amb. (Ret.) Ambassador Anne Elizabeth Derse, a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister Counselor, served for over 30 years with the U.S. Department of State in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She was U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania from 2009-2012 and to Azerbaijan from 2006-2009. Earlier in her career, she held senior positions managing economic relations at the U.S. Mission to the European Union and at the U.S. Embassies in Korea, the Philippines, and… Read More
- Shannon Baldwin DavisShannon Baldwin Davis is a visionary energy executive who drives transformational change and market share growth at established B2B multinational corporations.Mrs. Davis has a track record of strategic business development with over 15 years of experience in engineering, marketing, sales, strategy, and management. She has worked across the energy sector in electrical distribution, mission-critical, manufacturing, technology, construction, and aftermarket services, which… Read More
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