Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted. She writes about global entrepreneurs, is a visiting fellow at the New America Foundation, and a lecturer at New York University. Her book, From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places was released on September 8, 2015(published by Public Affairs). It is a…
Merve Gürsel is an internationally recognized designer, neuroscience advocate, and philanthropist whose work bridges spatial design, cognitive science, and cultural innovation. She is the founder of D by Design and co‐founder of Humanoid‐AI and Humanoid‐AI Academy, where she develops projects at the intersection of environment, arts, and emerging technologies. A Brain Trust Board Member at…
G. Lincoln McCurdy is the president of the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), an independent not-for-profit organization based in Washington, DC (www.tc-america.org). Mr. McCurdy has over 40 years of leadership and management experience in the U.S. government, private sector, NGOs and community service. Prior to joining TCA, Mr. McCurdy was the president and chief executive…
Gülden has built and led diverse, high-performing corporate communications, marketing, and public affairs organizations at global Fortune 100 companies, including Pfizer, Abbott, AbbVie, and Walgreens Boots Alliance. She is currently CCMO at the City of Hope. Gülden is a change agent and excels at reinventing how companies share their stories with the world through influencer-led…
Bilgé Ögün Bassani is the Vice chair of Advisory committee of FXB Health of Human rights Center at Harvard School of Public Health. Previously, she was Senior Advisor to the President of New York Academy of Medicine for Global Partnerships and its International society for Urban Health, as well as a Fellow. She was also a Visiting Scientist and Senior…
Ayse Ildeniz is a global technology leader, award-winning executive, and a pioneer leading at the intersection of innovation, technology, and the future of business. Ayse was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Creative People by Fast Company Magazine in 2015 and is a 2010 Eisenhower Fellow. She has pioneered in development of “smart…
Assia Eyuboglu is an Architect and Urban Planner. She worked as a consultant and as a full-time employee for the World Bank, USAID, the Research Triangle Institute, Planning and Development Collaborative International and Boston University. As a researcher on local government finance and management in North and West Africa, she led seminars on the management of local…
Alp Önalan is a software engineering manager at Microsoft. He has worked for various startup groups developing high profile software products during his 16-year career at the company and now works in the Windows Azure cloud computing group. He has also worked for Tubitak in his native Turkey where he was part of the TR-NET…
Ahmet served as an Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company until his retirement in March 2016, serving as the President of Coca-Cola International since January 1, 2013. In that position, he was responsible for all units outside North America. Ahmet began his career in 1983 as an Assistant Professor at the DeVry Institute of…
Civan Gokay is an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank where he leads global and US based regulatory compliance reviews and projects. He has joined the firm in April 2018. Prior to joining UBS he spent three years at Goldman Sachs where he provided a full range of operational, financial, regulatory and compliance reviews to…