Zelmira Polk
Zelmira Koch Polk is the managing director of the Hearth Advisors, a global Education and Healthcare advisory firm specialized in setting up institutions and businesses internationally. Zelmira is a Chartered Director from the IOD, serves on the board of EdTech X Holdings the world’s first publicly listed special purpose acquisition company focused on education, training […]
Nadia Nadim
Nadia Nadim left Afghanistan as a refugee when she was 12. Since then she has played professionally in four different countries, for the likes of Paris Saint Germain and Manchester City, as well as winning league titles in both USA and France. She speaks nine languages and is attending medical school at Aarhus University, specializing […]
Filippo Grandi
Filippo Grandi was born in Milan, Italy in 1957. He has been engaged in international cooperation for 33 years, primarily with the United Nations. He has served in field operations in many of the major refugee and humanitarian crises of the last three decades. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, he heads the UN […]
Brandon Busteed
Brandon Busteed leads Kaplan’s work serving U.S. colleges and universities, leveraging the organization’s highly diversified, global educational offerings and insights. His mission is to help U.S. higher education adapt, grow and thrive. Prior to Kaplan, Busteed was Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup – serving higher education, government and foundations. In that role, Busteed led […]
Siroun Shamigian
A seasoned educator with 30+ years of experience in K-12 Education, Siroun brings deep experience in technology integration, training and talent development. Previously, she has led school wide reform and organizational strategy and advised government ministries and non-governmental organizations on education technology. Siroun is the cofounder and CEO of Kamkalima, a digital educational platform that […]
Richard Hoffman
Richard Hoffman has been the South Sudan Country Manager for the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) since January 2021. A citizen of the United States, Mr. Hoffman has been working on development and humanitarian programming for three decades, primarily overseas in senior-level management positions, including as Country Director for several organizations. Mr. Hoffman has […]
Lamis Hasan
As an Education Specialist in the Norwegian Refugee Council – Iran, Lamis provides technical support, oversee educational projects and advocate for children and youth rights to access education. Over the past years, NRC has been working hard to increase access to formal education for out of school children through rehabilitating a significant number of classrooms […]
Shennon Sequeira
Shennon Sequeira is a second year LLB Law and Criminology Student who has found her passion for world affairs and youth empowerment through Model UN nearly 7 years ago. At MUN Impact, she serves as the Youth Representation on the Board of Directors as well as the Head of the Program Coordinator Team. She truly believes in the power of […]
Yahya Bouhlel
Yahya started developing technology products by himself at the age of 13 and was recruited by a Silicon Valley startup Make School at the age of 16 for summer internships (Summer 2014 and Summer 2015). He interned after at UPGRADED as a product manager. Back in Tunisia, he decided to create a school (GOMYCODE) that […]
Jeffery Lv
Jeffery Lv, graduated from the Communication University of China with a degree in broadcast journalism. After graduating, he chose to be an automotive practitioner according to his interest. At the end of 2020, to share more opinions and professional knowledge with the public, Jeffery made a combination of his major and career experience. He began to […]