9 results for group: volunteers


Armando Marques Guedes

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 Instituto de Defesa Nacional (IDN), Ministério da Defesa, and at the Instituto ...

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Antonio Granados

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 sustainable development, through the integration of nature and technology, in communi...

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Veaceslav Pituscan

Veaceslav Pituscan is an Executive Director for PASS and a career diplomat with 22 years of experience in diplomatic service in Washington, D.C., Brussels, and Bucharest. He launched and provided essential contribution to the US-Moldova Strategic Dialogue, has been closely involved in the negotiations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement and other regional frameworks of cooperation, and has participated widely in international negotiations, bilateral meetings, and discussions. Veaceslav has his MA degree from the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest and postgraduate degree from Oxford University.

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Temuri Yakobashvili

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 US, 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 University's Center of Political and Diplomatic Studies, Yale University, and Harvard ...

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Sandor Koles

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 cooperation in a wider Europe, with special focus on frozen conflict regions, ...

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Joel Cowan

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 leadership positions with the Atlanta and Georgia Chambers of Commerce.

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Gloria Dittus

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 programs for high-profile corporate clients such as Shell Exploration & ...

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Banning Garrett

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 worked on Sino-American relations since the 1970s, authoring dozens of ...

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Andrea Bednar

Andrea Bednar is the CEO of PoP Associates, specializing in organizational ...

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