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Jim Crupi Senior Advisor
James (Jim) A. Crupi is President and founder of Strategic Leadership Solutions, Inc. Jim is a recognized authority in international business, future trends, and leadership development, and is an internationally popular speaker. His leadership workshops are world renowned. Jim works with executives for the purpose of aligning strategy, enhancing productivity and competitiveness, and training of the management team. Jim has been featured on CNN, Fox Business Network with Neil Cavuto, National Public Radio, served as a TED speaker, and is quoted in many publications throug...
Mark GoffIn Memoriam
Mark Goff is president of Goff and Associates, a consultancy in business development and public affairs based in Washington, D.C. Prior to establishing his own company, he served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep Jim Moody (D-Wis), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, then became vice-president for investor relations and market development for a medical office building developer. After 4 years at a marketing and public relations firm, he founded his consultancy in 1992, moving it to Washington in 2007 as he expanded his work
Dr. Marcia de Souza Lima Senior Advisor
Dr. Marcia de Souza Lima is a physician with extensive experience in global health and pharmaceutical development. She has worked at Ancile Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Pfizer, Baush+Lomb and Regenxbio in roles ranging from medical and clinical research expert to senior executive leader. She also served as the Chief Medical Officer of The ReLeef Initiative. She previously served as Deputy Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Washington, D.C. Marcia received her medical degree from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and furthered her ...
Ambassador Temuri Yakobashvili Senior Advisor
Ambassador Temuri Yakobashvili is co-Founder and President of the New International Leadership Institute. He is a career diplomat who has held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, including that of a Director of the Department for U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Previously, he was a Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Reintegration in the Government of Georgia, and served as an Ambassador of Georgia to the United States. Amb. Yakobashvili is a graduate of Tbilisi State University and has fulfilled training and fellowships at Oxford ...
Sandor Koles Senior Advisor
Sandor Koles is currently Richard von Weizsaecker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the Budapest-based International Center for Democratic Transition (ICDT) and the Prague based Institute for Stability and Development (ISD). Previously, Sandor was the Senior Vice-President for Programs and Development with the International Centre for Democratic Transition based in Hungary, aimed at promoting security, rule of law, and civil society development. Sandor’s current fellowship program focuses on cross-border and inter-regional ...
Joel Cowan Senior Advisor
Joel Cowan is co-founder of Georgia Tech’s Cowan-Turner Center for Servant Leadership and served as the Turner Chair in Servant Leadership. He is a Professor of the Practice for the Scheller College of Business and the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is Owner of the investment company Habersham & Cowan, Inc. He founded Georgia’s Peachtree City, serving as the town’s first mayor from 1959 to 1963. He is currently a director of the EastWest Institute in New York. He was formerly on the board of Continental Airlines and World Airways and has held ...
Gloria Dittus Senior Advisor
Gloria Dittus has spent 30 years defining leading-edge corporate communications, public affairs, and grassroots and crisis communications strategy in industries ranging from consumer products to technology infrastructure. Wired Magazine called her the nation’s first “public affairs PR maven.” Dittus Communications under her leadership provided public relations, issue advocacy, and marketing communications services for national and international clients and was recognized as “Public Affairs Agency of the Year in 2007.” Gloria has directed strategic communications ...
Banning Garrett Senior Advisor
Dr. Banning Garrett is a Washington-based strategic thinker, writer, consultant, and entrepreneur. He works at the intersection of policy, technology, long-term global trends, urbanization, and geopolitics, and has sought to bridge the gap between the S&T and Washington policy communities to address global grand challenges. Garrett is currently adjunct faculty at Singularity University and previously was Strategic Foresight Senior Fellow for Innovation and Global Trends and founder of the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council. In addition, Garrett has ...
Armando Marques Guedes Senior Advisor
Armando Marques Guedes studied at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), in Paris. He obtained his Doctorate at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and his Agrégation in Law at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA Law School). He is a fully tenured Professor of this latter one, of the Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares (IESM) and at the ...
Antonio Granados Senior Advisor
Antonio Granados is the president of Reserva del Mar Development and Foundation. He has pursued a career involving a range of professional, civic, and nonprofit activities. Professionally, he is a pioneer in the development of real estate in the South Pacific coast of Nicaragua, where he contributed to the creation of projects such as the Rancho Santana and Los Perros beachfront gated communities. In addition to his business ventures, Mr. Granados serves in the Board of the Roberto Clement Clinic. His vision is to create a profitable business oriented towards human ...
