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The GLS Alumni network consists of more than 900 alumni from more than 100 countries.ย Past participant lists can be found below.

 

Class of 2017

  • Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi – Qatar
  • Muhammad (Dattijo) Sani Abdullahi – Nigeria
  • Nawfal Hashem Rashed Al-Obied – Iraq
  • Farieha Aziz – Pakistan
  • Evanthia Balla – Greece
  • Ramon Barua Costa – Peru
  • Ditte Bjerregaard – Denmark
  • Magdalena Brzozowska – Poland
  • Diego Carvajal – Colombia
  • Kaustubh Dhavse – India
  • Lourdes Germรกn – United States
  • Akua Gyekye – Ghana/Germany
  • Konstantinos Kyranakis – Greece
  • Jรฉrรฉmy Latour – France
  • Maud-Andrรฉe Lefebvre – Canada
  • Sanjay Mody – United States
  • Amer Nasereddin – Jordan
  • Christian Pfeiffer – Germany
  • Fabio Rua – Brazil
  • Vitaliy Shabunin – Ukraine
  • Ciata Armah Stevens – Liberia
  • Ulrich Stoll – Germany
  • Tomasz Szpikowski – Poland
  • Bernardo Theotรณnio-Pereira – Portugal
  • Aristotle Tziampiris – Greece
  • Paula Vilรฉn – Finland
  • Lauri Voionmaa – Finland
  • Priyo Waseso – Indonesia
  • Silverio Zebral-Filho – Brazil/Italy
  • Ruijun (Regent) Zhang – China
  • Mouataz Zreika – Australia
  • Piotr Zygadlo – Poland

 

Class of 2016

  • Damla Aktan โ€“ Turkey
  • Mohamad Al-Arief โ€“ Indonesia
  • Abdulkarim Al-Ghamdi โ€“ Saudi Arabia
  • Balaraba Aliyu โ€“ Nigeria
  • Mariam Al-Ali Al-Maadeed – Qatar
  • Amal Mohammed Al-Malki โ€“ Qatar
  • Francisco Almeida Leite โ€“ Portugal
  • Andrey Bachvarov โ€“ Bulgaria
  • Alberto Belaunde โ€“ Peru
  • Agnieszka Bieล„czyk-Missala โ€“ Poland
  • Oscar Caipo โ€“ Peru
  • Kamal Chomani โ€“ Iraq
  • Monique Christiaanse โ€“ Netherlands
  • Madhukeshwar Desai โ€“ India
  • Mauricio Doehner Cobian โ€“ Mexico
  • Daniel Marteleto Godinho – Brazil
  • Olena Halushka โ€“ Ukraine
  • Enzo Insalaco โ€“ United Kingdom and Italy
  • Gabriela Jimenez โ€“ Costa Rica
  • Helmut Kranzmaier โ€“ Germany
  • Jouni Laaksonen โ€“ Finland
  • Eric Magnuson โ€“ United States
  • Blazej Moder โ€“ Poland
  • Javid Qaem โ€“ Afghanistan
  • Elina Ravantti โ€“ Finland
  • Jon Riberas โ€“ Spain
  • Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil โ€“ Denmark
  • Mattieu Rouot โ€“ France
  • Julia Saenz โ€“ United States and Argentina
  • Rami Shtieh โ€“ Jordan
  • Suzanne Stanley โ€“ Jamaica and the United Kingdom
  • Frรฉdรฉric Tremblay – Canada
  • Lene Mandel Vensild โ€“ Denmark

 

Class of 2015

  • Achmad Adhitya, Indonesia
  • Ahmed Al-Busaidi, Oman
  • Yamama Al-Oraibi, Iraq & UK
  • Hala Mohammed Hassan Alsaraf, Iraq
  • May Isam Al-Taher, Jordan
  • Juliano Basile, Brazil
  • Casper Dall, Denmark
  • Martin Deffontaines, France
  • Tina Eboka, South Africa
  • Piia Elonen, Finland
  • Bugra Esen, Turkey
  • Brenda Estefan, Mexico
  • Andrzej Fafara, Poland
  • George Gegechkori, Georgia
  • Nicholas Humphries, Australia
  • Matthew Jamison, United Kingdom
  • Tasos Kezas, Greece
  • Issa Konfourou, Mali
  • Lynne McLean, United States
  • Poonam Mahajan, India
  • Ho Park, Korea
  • Szymon Pawlak, Poland
  • Assar Qureshi, Denmark
  • Bruno Salama, Brazil
  • Yousef Shamoun, Jordan
  • Jean-Marie Snyers, Belguim
  • Yuriy Tokarski, Ukraine
  • Ngoc Tran, Vietnam
  • Hadiza Bala Usman, Nigeria
  • Antti Tapani Vรคnskรค, Finnland
  • Felipe Vergara, Colombia
  • Anna Wieslander, Sweden
  • Hh Zaizay, Liberia
  • Mark Zellenrath, Netherlands

 

Class of 2014

  • Gonzalo Aguirre, Peru
  • Bruno Courme, France
  • Marcel de Vink, Netherlands
  • Dede Halfhill, United States
  • Reetta Hรคrรถnoja, Finland
  • Hanna Hopko, Ukraine
  • Bashar Kassab-Hasan, Syria
  • Dima Khleifat, Jordan
  • Pulane Tshabalala Kingston, South Africa
  • Svenja Karen Korth, Germany
  • Taimur Altaf Malik, Pakistan
  • Kevin Mills, Colombia
  • Andrรฉ Pardal, Portugal
  • Antonio Pugliese, Brazil
  • Margaret Rose, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Akintunde Oluwaseun Rotimi, Nigeria
  • Laura Elina Saarikoski, Finland
  • Michael Samway, United States
  • Rafal Siemianowski, Poland
  • Mordica Simpson, United States
  • Miglena Petrova Temelkova, Bulgaria
  • Anne Vang, Denmark
  • Erwin Soeprastowo Widodo, Indonesia

 

Class of 2013

  • Abdullah Ahmadzai (Afghanistan) Deputy Country Representative, Asia Foundation
  • Maha Ali (Jordan) Secretary General, Ministry of Industry and Trade
  • Ali Al-Mutairi (Saudi Arabia) Director, Public Affairs, ARAMCO
  • Isabelle Beaulieu (Canada) Director, Quebec Office in Washington DC
  • Oni Blair (United States) Georgetown ISD Rusk Fellow and U.S. Foreign Service Officer
  • Kai Bodenstedt (Germany) Attorney and Partner, DLA Piper UK
  • Katherine Branch (United States) Director of Special Projects and Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor to the President, White House
  • Ayanda Dlodlo (South Africa) Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
  • Boris Gartner (Colombia) Vice President Strategy and New Initiatives, Univision Networks
  • Sonja Gittens-Ottley (Trinidad and Tobagao), Global Manager, Business and Human Rights, Yahoo!
  • Sylvie Gleises (France) Executive Assistant to Chairman and CEO. AXA Group
  • Antonina Habova (Bulgaria), Executive Director, Leadership Academy Sofia
  • Noura Hamladji (Algeria) Deputy Country Director, UNDP (Timor Leste)
  • Mabrie Jackson (United States) President and CEO of North Texas Commission
  • Amalie Kestler (Denmark) Columnist, Politiken
  • Ibrahim Lamorde (Nigeria) Chairman, Police Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
  • Liu Jun (China) Georgetown ISD Associate and Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Nicholas Logothetis (United Kindgom) Chairman and Co-Founder, Concordia Summit
  • Richard Mabey (United Kingdom) Research Secretary and Senior Member of the Council, The Bow Group
  • Brenda Madumise (South Africa) Board Chairperson CASTHSSETA (Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority)
  • Soili Makelainen-Buhanist (Finland) Minister Counselor, Embassy of Finland to the U.S.
  • Jose de Morais (Angola) Legal Consultant of the Ombudsman of Angola
  • Nzan Ogbe (Nigeria) Special Advisor, Governor’s Office, Cross River State
  • Uma Purushothaman (India) Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
  • Khalilur Rahman (Bangladesh) Coordinator, WHO in Thailand
  • Muhammad Ridwansyah (Indonesia) Chief Economist MCA, Indonesia
  • Nicolas Terraz (France) Managing Director, Total E&P France
  • Yin Myo Su (Myanmar/Burma) Founder and Managing Director of Inle Princess Resort and Indhar Heritage house
  • Jenni Virtanen (Finland) Deputy Foreign editor, Helsingin Salomat
  • Simone Young (Trinidad and Tobago) Counselor, Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations Offices at Geneva

 

Class of 2012

  • Dima Alfaham (United Arab Emirates) Chief of Staff (to Ambassador), UAE Embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • Mina Al-Oraibi (Iraq/United Kingdom) Assistant Editor-in-Chief,
  • Asharq Alawsat (London)
  • Jarrah Alsabah (Kuwait) Diplomat, Offices of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minster of State for Cabinet Affairs
  • Paul Ammer (Germany) Consultant, Control Risks Group
  • Emiel de Bont (Netherlands) Deputy Head of Mission, Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv
  • Sansรฃo Buque (Mozambique) Press Adviser, Ministry of Women and Social Action
  • Nomhle Canca (South Africa) Chief Albert Luthuli Foundation; Group CEO, One Stone Capital; Founder/CEO, Canca Financial Service Ltd.
  • Charles Adeyemi Candide- Johnson (Nigeria) Senior Partner, Strachan Partners
  • Akunna Cook (United States) Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State; Rusk Fellow at Georgetown Universityโ€™s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
  • Dima Faisal Haddadin (Jordan) Policy Analyst, Economic Affairs Directorate in the Royal Hashemite Court
  • Nicolas Ibargรผen (Colombia) Publisher, PODER Magazine, Grupo Televisa; Director of the Planet Initiative, Americas Business Council
  • Abid Hussain Imam (Pakistan) Assistant Professor, Law and Policy Department, Lahore University of Management Sciences; Head of the LUMS Internet and Law Initiative; Legal Consultant to the LUMS Development Policy Research Center
  • Mahrukh Inayet (India) Course Director, STUDIO TALK
  • Elizabeth Linder (United States) Politics and Government Specialist, Facebook (London)
  • Farida Loudaya (Morocco) Director of American Affairs, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Eugenio Martรญnez Bravo (Spain) Managing Partner, Kreab Gavin Anderson Iberia; Founder/President, Plataforma Blanca
  • David Mendelson (United Kingdom) Deputy Director for New Ventures, Total E&P (France)
  • Sherin Farouk Mishriky (Egypt) Consultant, CID Consulting
  • Futhi Mtoba (South Africa) Chair, Africa Board of Business Unity South Africa
  • Nzan Ogbe (Nigeria) Special Adviser, Governorship of the Cross River State in Nigeria
  • Asishana B. Okauru (Nigeria) Director General, Nigeria Governorsโ€™ Forum
  • Alain Olivier (Canada), Director, Quebec Government Office in Washington, D.C.
  • Hernando Otero (Colombia) Principal, 1492 Americas
  • Jose A. Palma (Peru) Vice President and General Counsel, Hochschild Mining
  • Patrick Robinson (United Kingdom) Director of Business and Human Rights, Yahoo!
  • Louise Roug Bokkenheuser (Denmark) Foreign Editor, Newsweek and Daily Beast
  • Sami Sillanpรครค (Finland) Foreign Editor, Helsingin Sanomat
  • Elizabeth Williams (United States) Country Advisor, Bureau of Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

 

Class of 2011

  • Haif Bannayan (Jordan) CEO, Jordan Executive Initiative
  • Oscar Bocos Canora (Spain) Area Manager of Europe and Mediterranean Countries, Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain; Mediterranean Affairs Advisor, Economic and Social Committee of Spain
  • Ignacio Bustamante (Peru) CEO of Hochschild Mining
  • Meryem Chami (Morocco) Chief of Staff (for President and CEO), OCP Group
  • Silvia Constain (Colombia) Consutant, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • Charles Ding (China) President, Huawei North America; Co-President, Huawei USA
  • Zulkarnain Duki (Indonesia) Chief Secretary, Advisory Council of the President of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Ana Escrogima (United States) Foreign Service Officer; Rusk Fellow at Georgetown Universityโ€™s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
  • Martin Eurnekian (Argentina) International Development Director; Board Member, Corporacion America (Buenos Aires)
  • Patrick Higgins (United States) Brigadier General; Deputy Director for Requirements on the Joint Staff
  • Vandana Kohli (India) Independent Filmmaker
  • Peter Lochbihler (Germany) Public Affairs Specialist; Account Manager, FIPRA International
  • Roohafza Ludin (Afghanistan) Governance Specialist, Asia Foundation in Afghanistan; Technical Advisor, Office of the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Support Program
  • Moutaz Mashhour (Saudi Arabia) Manager, Industrial Relations Department, Aramco Services Company
  • Miguel Medina-Silva (Portugal) Senior Associate, LegalWorks, Gomes da Silva & Associates
  • Tomasz Misiak (Poland) Senator, Polish Parliamentโ€™s Second Chamber; Vice President, Supervisory Board of Exact Systems, Ltd.
  • Juan Mora (Colombia) Founder/President, The Americas Business Council Foundation
  • Tuomas Niskakangas (Finland) U.S. Correspondant, Helsingin Sanomat
  • Yariv Nornberg (Israel/Switzerland) Manager of Strategy and New Business Initiatives, AMDOCS
  • Chidi Anselm Odinkalu (Nigeria) leads the Africa Program of the Open Society Justice Initiative; coordinator, Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL)
  • Ebele Okobi-Harris (United States) Director, Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program
  • Ladislas Paskiewicz (France) Senior Vice President Americas, Totalโ€™s Exploration and Production Division
  • Henrik Rasmussen (United States/Denmark) Vice President, DCI Group
  • Ali Saleem (Pakistan) Country Director, Search for Common Ground; Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center
  • Minna Skau (Denmark) Freelance Media Correspondent
  • Salisu Suleiman (Nigeria) Communications Director, Good Governance Group
  • Peter Taylor (Trinidad & Tobago) Attorney, Rose & Co.
  • Maxim Tishin (Russia) Investment Professional; Fund Manager, UFG Asset Management
  • Anne Vasara (Finland) Director for Personnel Planning, Administrative Services Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
  • Omar Vidal (Colombia) Director, World Wildlife Fund, Mexico

 

Class of 2010

  • Ayman Ismail Abudawood (Saudi Arabia), Vice President/Board Member, Ismail Ali Abudawood Trading Company
  • Nasser Alkhaldi (Jordan), CEO, Jordan Dubai Properties
  • Mohammed Al Maghlouth (Saudi Arabia), Manager, Public Affairs, Aramco Services Company
  • Mohammed Bader Al Sada (Qatar), CEO, Barwa Media
  • Esther Ayuk (Cameroon), Judge, Court of First Instance
  • Zakria Barakzai (Afghanistan), Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Independent Commission of Afghanistan
  • Amir Hossein Barmaki (Iran), Board Member, Center for Development of Sustainable Peace – Iran
  • Michael Borrell (United Kingdom), Vice President, Caspian Sea & Central Asia, TOTAL
  • Sonia Boulos (Israel), Civil Rights Attorney
  • Joรฃo Castro Neves (Brazil), Founding Partner, Political Analyst, CAC Consultoria Politica
  • Guillermo Justo Chaves (Argentina), National Director, National Leadership Institute, Government of Argentina
  • Jaime da Costa (Portugal), Vice Chairman, Lisgrรกfica, Impressรฃo e Artes Grรกficas, SA
  • Ali Dimashkieh (Lebanon), CEO, Teach for Lebanon
  • Birame Diop (Senegal), Colonel, Senegalese Air Force
  • Agustin Flah (Argentina), Attorney
  • Luisa Garcia (Spain/Peru), Partner and CEO Peru and Central America, Llorente & Cuenca
  • Cipriano Heredia (Venezuela), Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
  • Andrew Huszar (USA), Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Marko Junkkari (Finland), Political Editor, Helsingin Sanomat
  • Silmy Karim (Indonesia), Vice Chairman, HIPMI โ€“ Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association
  • Gunduz Karimov (Azerbaijan), Attorney, Baker McKenzie, Baku
  • Tamim Khallaf (Egypt), Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mahnaz Malik (Pakistan/UK), Attorney, Mahnaz Malik International Law Counsel
  • Stormy-Annika Mildner (Germany), Senior Research Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
  • Rose Niu (China), Deputy Managing Director, N. Asia, The Nature Conservancy
  • Jacek Olechowski (Poland), Founding Partner, Change Integrated
  • Julie Payne (Canada), Program Manager, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
  • Julio Rodrigues (Cape Verde Islands), Journalist, Radio & Television Cabo-verdiana
  • Wayne Schatz (USA), Brigadier General US Air Force, Deputy Director Global Operations, Joint Staff
  • Jesper Steinmetz (Denmark), US Bureau Chief, TV 2 Denmark
  • Nuno Tomas (Mozambique), Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Yang Songchai (China), Deputy Director, Research Center for Human Rights, Guangzhou University

 

Class of 2009

  • Suzanne Afanah (Jordan), Zain
  • Heikki Aittokoski (Finland), Helsingin Sanomat
  • Khalid Al-Mulhim (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia Oil Company
  • Maria Arango (Colombia), Revista Don Juan
  • Jean-Stephane Bernard (Canada), Quebec Government Office in Washington, DC
  • Ta-chen Cheng (Taiwan), National Security Council, Government of Taiwan
  • Diego de la Torre de la Piedra (Peru), La Viga, S.A.
  • Luciano Inacio de Souza (Brazil), Sampaio Ferraz Advogados
  • Petia Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Eurobank EFG Bulgaria
  • Pamela Figueroa (Chile), Government of Chile
  • Mo Gannon (Canada), National Abu Dhabi Media Company
  • Franca Gargiulo (United States), Avenir Monde
  • Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (Iran), McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts
  • Chhaya Hang (Cambodia), Khmer Institute of Democracy
  • Ayman Ismail (Egypt), Enovio
  • Li Jia (China), Friends of Rural Community Development
  • Michelle Johnson (United States), United States Air Force
  • Hussein Khalifa (Egypt/United Kingdom), MVision Private Equity Advisers
  • Amadeusz Krol (Poland), Wprost
  • Ali Farid Khwaja (Pakistan), Kudu Emerging Markets
  • Donald Low (Singapore), Civil Service College
  • Josina Magalhaes (Angola), Sonangol E.P.
  • Gaurav Mishra (India), Fellow, Georgetown Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
  • Thai Nguyen (Vietnam), Institute of International Relations
  • Lubna Quasim (United Arab Emirates), Dubai Council for Economic Affairs
  • Jane Quaye (Ghana), Georgetown University Law Center Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Program (LAWA)
  • Luisa Fernanda Rodriguez (Guatemala), Humphrey Fellowship Program, University of Maryland
  • Armando Rui Teixeira Santos (Portugal), Lusophone University for Humanities and Technology
  • Franceline Toe-Bouda (Burkina Faso), Association of Women Lawyers of Burkina Faso
  • Michael Sangster (United Kingdom), Total E&P Thailand
  • Jesper Sorensen (Denmark), Royal Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC
  • Nenadi Usman (Nigeria), Empowerment and Education for Women
  • Suleiman Wali (Nigeria), Nigerian Army
  • Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard (Finland), Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Silvelyn Wrase (Germany), Ashurst, LLP
  • Ksenia Yudaeva (Russia), Sberbank
  • Lars Zimmermann (Germany), Federal Foreign Office, Policy Planning

 

Class of 2008

  • Patience Siri Akenji (Cameroon), Georgetown University Law Center’s Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Program
  • Bilal Al-Bashir (Jordan), Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
  • Hassan Al-Derham (Qatar), Qatar University
  • Tahir Andrabi (Pakistan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
  • Cheng (David) Yue (China) China’s Central Television
  • Luis Antonio Covane (Mozambique), Republic of Mozambique
  • Friderica Dewi (Indonesia), Indonesia Stock Exchange
  • Donald Duke (Nigeria), Former Governor of the Cross River State
  • Neemat Frem (Lebanon), INDEVCO
  • Diego Frossasco (Argentina), University of Cordova
  • Camilo Granada (Colombia), FD Gravitas
  • Johanna Hill (El Salvador), Ministry of Economy, Government of El Salvador
  • Khazar Ibrahim (Azerbaijan), Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
  • James M. Kowalski (United States), Pentagon’s Joint Staff
  • Marije Laffeber (Netherlands), PvdA
  • Li Weiwei (China), Faculty of Law, Shenzhen University
  • Claudio Luiz Lottenberg (Brazil), Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital
  • Qedani (Dorothy) Mahlangu (South Africa), Executive Committee for the Department of Local Government
  • Mike Manatos (United States), Manatos & Manatos
  • Syrin Paizin (Turkey), CNNTURK
  • Frank A. Pizzo (United States), Wells Fargo Bank
  • Hossam Radwan (Saudi Arabia), Goldman Sachs
  • Susana Ramos (Angola), BP Angola
  • Aliou Sall (Senegal), Embassy of Senegal in China
  • Aleksander (Alex) Schmidt Przemyslaw (Poland), TRIGON/IBANQ
  • Jose Serrador Neto (Brazil), EMBRAER (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica)
  • Azza Mohammed Shelbaya (Egypt), Shell Egypt
  • Sbongile Sigodi (South Africa), Presidency of South Africa
  • Rajeev Singh-Molares (United States/United Kingdom), Monitor Group
  • Deborah Thomas-Felix (Trinidad and Tobago), Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Martin Tiffen (United Kingdom), TOTAL
  • Fabian Toegel (Germany), Clinton Foundation’s Comprehensive Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Program

 

Class of 2007

  • Mohamed K. Alayyan (Jordan), Founder, Al Waseed Newspaper
  • Yousef Mana Al-Otaiba (United Arab Emirates), Director of International Affairs, Office of HRH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zahed Al Nahyan
  • Ragnheidur Arnadottir (Iceland), Political Adviser to the Prime Minister of Iceland
  • Dieter Ammer (Germany), CEO Tchibo Holding AG
  • Simao Jordao Anguilaze (Mozambique), President of the Board of Directors of TVM
  • Isidore Bio (Benin), Director, Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Arnaud Breuillac (France), Vice President for Exploration and Production, Total Corporation
  • Anita Bay Bundesgaard (Denmark), Editor, Politiken
  • Gregory Delavekouras (Greece), Executive Officer, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
  • Linda Dumba (Namibia), Fellow, Leadership & Advocacy for Women in Africa Program, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Juan Manuel Galan (Colombia), Senator, Republic of Colombia
  • Tamrat Gebregiorgis (Ethiopia), General Manager, Independent News & Media
  • Pablo Gutierrez (Chile), Chief of Staff for the Undersecretary of Political Affairs, Organization of American States
  • Nissreen Haram (Jordan), Managing Director, International Business Legal Associates
  • Ping Huang (China), Director General, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  • Laila Iskandar (Egypt), Managing Director, Community and Institutional Development
  • Gabor Ivan (Hungary), State Secretary & European Director, Ministry of Foreing Affairs
  • Amanda Katili-Niode (Indonesia), Special Assistant, Ministry for the Environment
  • Naz Khan (Pakistan), CEO, KASB Funds Limited
  • Anne Lammila (Finland), Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Finland in Washington, DC
  • January Makamba (Tanzania), Personal Assistant to the President of Tanzania
  • Katherine McGowan (United States), Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
  • Ifueko M. Omoigui (Nigeria), Chair, Federal Board of Inland Reserve and Joint Tax Board
  • Eberhard Peill (Germany), Managing Director & Founding Partner, MSR Consulting
  • Abiola A Phillips (Nigeria), Senior Counsel, Chief Rotini Williams’ Chambers
  • Nguyen Dai Phuong (Vietnam), Director, World News Department
  • Pavlina Popova (Bulgaria), Foreign Policy Secretary, President of Bulgaria
  • Humberto Luis Ribiero (Brazil), Vice Chair, ComTACT Comercio Electronica Ltd.
  • Mark O. Schissler (United States), Brigadier General & Deputy Director, Joint Staff, US Air Force
  • Ninghong Shu (China), Section Chief, Annui Provincial Environment Protection Bureau
  • Andrey Teterkin (Russia), Vice President for Corporate Development, EVRAZ Group
  • Nina Zambrano (Mexico), Chair, Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Class of 2006

  • Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola (Nigeria), Group CEO, Transnational Corporation
  • Mushahida Adhikari (South Africa), Lawyer
  • Wajeha H. Al-Huwaider (Saudi Arabia), Professional Development and Evaluation Analyst, Saudi Aramco
  • Alanoud Al-Sharekh (Kuwait), Assistant Professor, Arab Open University
  • Renato Amorim (Brazil), Director of International Relations, CVRD (Compani Vale do Rio Doce)
  • June Akinyi Arunga (Kenya), Writer and Producer
  • Markus Baumanns (Germany), CEO and Provost Buccerius Law School
  • Miroslav Beblavy (Slovakia), State Secretary, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family
  • Alexandra Belandia (Venezuela), Activist and Entrepeneur
  • Laurent de Boisseson (France), Senior Partner, SSG Corporations
  • A. Ferhat Boratavv (Turkey), Editor-in-Chief, CNN Turkey
  • Laura Branker (USA), National Director of Government Strategies, AmeriChoice
  • Leonard Chitongo (Zimbabwe), Chief Executive, MBCA Capital Management
  • Tiena Coulibaly (Mali), Advisor, Mission of Reorganization of the Cotton Sector
  • Carlos A. Dada (El Salvador), Journalist and Founder, El Faro
  • Danielle I. Goldfarb (Canada), Senior Policy Analyst
  • Carmen R. Graham (Peru), Manager and Director, IBM, Andean Region and Southern Cone
  • Abdul Hameed (Pakistan), Diplomat
  • Bara Hasibuan (Indonesia), Co-Founder, Puri Consulting
  • Peter Heil (Hungary), Vice-President, National Development Office in the Prime Minister
  • Khaled Anis Zand Irani (Jordan), Minister of Environment
  • Kairat Kelimbetov (Kazakhstan), Minister of Economy and Budget Planning
  • Abdelmalek Kettani (Morocco), Founder, Chairman and CEO of Galaxy Electronics Group
  • Cheryl Shou-Lu Lai (Taiwan), President, Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
  • Tina Yi-Chun Lo (Taiwan), President, IBT Management Company Corp
  • Risto E. J. Penttila (Finland), Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
  • Juan Rendon (Colombia), Writer, Film Producer and Partner in Paraiso Pictures
  • Nuhu Ribadu (Nigeria), Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFCC)
  • Renee Schoof (USA), National Security Editor, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
  • Werachon Sukondhaoatipak (Thailand), Deputy Director, Intelligence Division, Royal Thai Army
  • Philippe Talleux (France), Technical Services Director, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance-AXA Global Risks
  • Ismael Valigny (Mozambique), Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
  • Michael A. Vane (USA), Major General, U.S Army and Vice Director of Force Structure
  • Jin Yan (China), Journalist, Humphrey Fellow, University of Maryland
  • Lite Yi (China), Economist, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

 

Class of 2005

  • Belquis Ahmadi (Afghanistan), Coordinator, International Organization of Migration’s Out-of-Country Voting Program
  • Malak Ahmed Al Shaibani (Oman), Manager of Corporate Affairs, Sohar Aluminum
  • Dieter Ammer (Germany), CEO, TCHIBO Holding AG
  • Antonio Jose Ardila (Colombia), Vice-Chair, Ardila Lulle Organization
  • Piritta Asunmaa (Finland), Political Counselor, Embassy of Finland
  • Muhammad Chatib Basri (Indonesia), Associate Director for Research, Institute for Economic and Social Research
  • Ahmed Saeed Bin Hazeem (United Arab Emirates), Deputy Director, Administrative Affairs, Dubai Police General Headquarters
  • Aminou Boukary (Niger), Manager, Human Resources, Public Affairs, Government Relations, Petronas Carigali Niger Exploration and Production Limited
  • Nasir Ali Shah Bukhari (Pakistan), Chairman, KASB Group/KASB Bank Ltd.
  • Claudia Maria Costin (Brazil), State Secretary of Culture
  • Khalid Ibrahim Emara (Egypt), Counselor, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Tanya Golden (South Africa), Awardee, Hubert H. Humphrey Fulbright Fellowship
  • Adriana Gonzalez (Mexico), Member of Congress, Mexico
  • Paul Granda (Ecuador), Director, Master’s Program in Business Law, University of Azuay
  • Candis Maria Hamilton (Jamaica), Consultant, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  • Tian-Lih Hou (Taiwan), General Manager, Risk Management Division, DaimlerChrysler Services Taiwan
  • Rose Ismail (Malaysia), Freelance writer
  • Quan Jing (China), Visiting Fellow, Center of Northeast Asia Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
  • Enes Karic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dean of Faculty, Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo
  • Alexei Kondratiev (Russia), Vice-President, International and Investor Relations, Uralsib Financial Corporation
  • Sergei Litvovchenko (Russia), Executive Director, Russian Managers’ Association
  • Joana Lisboa Abrantes Mangueira (Mozambique), Chief Executive, National AIDS Council
  • Charles W. Martoglio (United States), Director, Strategy and Policy, United States Navy
  • Laurent Maurel (France), Manager, Joint Ventures, Middle East Division of Total Petroleum Exploration and Production
  • Abraham Kahlil Mitra (Philippines), Palawan Representative to Congress
  • Mazal Mualem (Israel), Political Correspondent, Haaretz newspaper
  • Susana de la Puente (Peru), Managing Director, JP Morgan
  • David Rodriguez (United States), Brigadier General, United States Army
  • Andre Sales (Brazil), Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, Patria
  • Anne Sorensen (Denmark), Journalist, Politiken
  • Wilhelmus J.G. Steemers (Netherlands), Vice President and Research Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein
  • Warren Strobel (United States), Senior Correspondent, Foreign Affairs, Knight Ridder
  • Hanna Swaid (Israel), Director-General and CEO, Arab Center for Alternative Planning
  • Maryam Uwais (Nigeria), Barrister, Wali-Uwais and Co.

 

Class of 2004

  • Ahmed bin Ali M. Al-Mukhaini (Oman), Director of Sessions, Majles a’Shura
  • Anastassia Alexandrova (Russia), Director, Social Policy Sector, Institute of Urban Economics, Moscow
  • Francois Badoual (France), Manager, New Ventures and Asset Management, Total Petroleum
  • Azizan Baharuddin (Malaysia), Director, Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya
  • Susan Baker (USA), Director, International Portfolios, Northwestern Mutual Life
  • Iman Bibars (Egypt), Co-founder and Chairwoman, Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women
  • Wayne Brown (New Zealand), Chairman, Land Transport Authority
  • Xavier Bustamante (Ecuador), National Executive Director, Fundacion Natura
  • Maria Cristina Caballero (Colombia), Journalist
  • Mamadou Mansour Cama (Senegal), Chairman and CEO, Senegal Invest Company
  • Angelien Eijsink (Netherlands), Member of Parliament
  • Hisham H. El Khazindar (Egypt), Citadel Capital, Cairo
  • Fan Yu (China), Deputy Director, Division of Rural Work, Dept. of Basic Level Governance and Community Development
  • Florian Fenner (Germany), UFG Asset Management, Moscow
  • Fernando de Magalhaes Furlan (Brazil), Chief of Staff for the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
  • Nabil Hokayem (Lebanon), Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hotel Dieu/St. Joseph University, Beirut
  • Hauwa Ibrahim (Nigeria), Law Partner, Aries Law Firm, Abuja
  • Jennifer Joni (South Africa), Lawyer, HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
  • Nasser S. Judeh (Jordan), Private Businessman
  • Lauri Kivinen (Finland), Head of Nokia’s EU Representative Office, Brussels
  • Carolina Lizarraga (Peru), Judge, First Criminal Court
  • Scott Morse (USA) WorldTariff
  • Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria), Attorney-General, Ministery of Justice, Lagos
  • Baijayant Panda (India), Member of Parliament
  • Roy Peled (Israel), Political Coordinator, Kibbutz Artzi Federation
  • Marja Rislakki (Finland), Director for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Bexci Sanchez (Venezuela), Trade Specialist, International Trade Division, Ministry of Production and Trade
  • Orapin Sopchokchai (Thailand), Commissioner, Public Sector Development, Office of the Prime Minister
  • John Stufflebeem (USA), Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations; Director of the Maritime Security Cooperation Division
  • Zlatin Trapkov (Bulgaria), Foreign Policy Secretary to the President
  • Volker Von Alvensleben (Germany), Lawyer, GORG
  • Zarni (Burma), Founder, Free Burma Coalition

 

Class of 2003

  • Matti Anttonen (Finland), Former Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Finland in Washington, DC
  • Deepak Bagla (India), Vice President, Citibank, New Delhi; Director, ADR/GDR Services
  • Alberto Beeck (Peru), Chairman, Cementos Pacasmayo; President, Rockwood Capital, Corp.
  • Oleg Buklemishev (Russia), Deputy Director, Office of the Prime Minister
  • Yiping Cai (China), Reporter and Editor, China’s Women’s News
    Joao Mauricio Teixeira da Costa (Brazil), Director, Prospectiva Consultoria
  • Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Foreign Policy Secretary
  • Lola Djusupbekova (Kyrgyzstan), Department for International Development
  • Rafael Barraza (El Salvador), Director General, School of Economics and Business of El Salvador
  • Loay El-Shawarby (Egypt), Attorney, Sharaf Law Firm
  • Claude Fassinou (Benin), First Counsellor, Embassy of Benin in South Africa
  • Ross Harrison (USA), Executive Vice President, Tapco International
  • Asue Ighodalo (Nigeria), Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo
  • Andreas Koller (Austria), Head of Domestic Affairs Department, Salzburger Nachrichten
  • Zeljko Komsic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Center for the Promotion of Civil Society
  • Kimmo Lipponen (Finland), Director, Corporate Marketing, Nokia
  • Tobias Lupke (Germany), Attorney, Ernst and Young Law Alliance
  • Milagre Macaringue (Mozambique), Chief of Staff, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Mahmoud Safwat Mohieldin (Egypt), Member of General Secretariat, National Democratic Party; Board of Directors, Central Bank of Egypt; Professor, Cairo University
  • Teresa Mugadza (Zimbabwe), Patricia King Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Khardiata Lo Ndiaye (Senegal), Director General, Senegalese Social Development Funds Agency
  • Gerry Ohrstrom (USA), President, Ohrstrom Foundation
  • Enkhtuya Oidov (Mongolia), Humphrey Fellow, American University
  • John Roach, Jr. (USA), Member, Plano, Texas City Council; Attorney
  • Zafer Sahin (Turkey), Founder and Partner, MIKES
  • Jauhar Saleem (Pakistan), Diplomat
  • Felia Salim (Indonesia), Executive Director, Partnership for Governance Reform
  • Alan Speir (USA), Cardiovascular Surgeon
  • Franz Stirnimann (Switzerland), Attorney, Winston & Strawn
  • Ines Temple (Peru), General Manager, DMB Peru
  • Karim Torbey (Lebanon), Attorney
  • Fatima Vicens (Burkino Faso), West African Economic and Monetary Union
  • David Yanovich (Colombia), Zoom Media Group; Executive Editor, Poder magazine
  • Haneen Zoabi (Israel), Lecturer, Mar Elias College
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