Onur Erzan is Head of Global Client Group and Head of Private Wealth at Alliance Bernstein (AB). He oversees AB’s entire private wealth management business and third-party institutional and retail franchise, where he is responsible for all client services, sales, and marketing, as well as product strategy, management, and development worldwide. Erzan is also a…
Nur Hamzaoğulları is a member of the Board of Overseers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Previously, she worked at Discovery Communications and National Geographic Society as a product manager. She analyzed and forecasted the markets and worked on promotion, packaging, and distribution efforts to ensure the brand was presented in the best manner. Nur…
Ms. Boyacigiller is a Professor of International Management and a former Dean of the Sabanci School of Management at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, she served on the faculty of San Jose State University for 17 years, and has taught at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Bilkent University, and Bogaziçi University. During Boyacigiller’s tenure as…
Selen Ucak is a social impact professional focused on global development, social innovation, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy, particularly in Turkey, Middle East, and Africa. Selen most recently worked with Building Markets, an international development organization, as Lead Researcher/Author of “Another Side to the Story: A Market Assessment of Syrian SMEs in Turkey” and an advisor on…
John N. Tognino is the Chairman & CEO of Pepper Financial Group. Formerly Executive Vice President and Head of Global Sales and Member Relations for the NASDAQ Stock Market. Previously, President and CEO of the Security Traders Association and the STA Foundation. Prior to joining STA, he was the EVP of Capital Markets and Trading…
Francis J. Ricciardone is an Atlantic Council Vice President and the Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Before joining the Council, he was a career Foreign Service Officer in Washington, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, including assignments as Ambassador to Turkey (2011-14), Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan (2009-10),…
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…