Noof Al-Jefairi
Speaking at WORKSHOP EAA-PEIC – Taking it beyond words: Youth advocacy around the world
Meia Chita-Tegmark
Meia Chita-Tegmark is a postdoctoral scholar at the Tufts University Human-Robot Interaction Lab, where she studies how social robots can be used to enhance human-human interactions. She is also a co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, a non-profit organization focused on positive uses of technology. She has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Boston […]
Sarah Grant
Sarah is Director of Programmes at LRTT: Limited Resource Teacher Training (www.LRTT.org), an organization building a teacher-led movement to empower educators to get every child learning through quality education. LRTT provides in-service teacher training on evidenced-based approaches for 3000 teachers each year across 11 countries. Prior to this, Sarah coordinated a UK Government plan to […]
Maria Agnese Giordano
Maria Agnese Giordano is the Global Education Cluster Coordinator, based in UNICEF, Geneva. She has over 15 years of experience in education in emergencies, planning, management and evaluations. Before joining the Global Education Cluster, Maria Agnese served in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs focusing on planning and evaluations of system-wide humanitarian responses. […]
Maya Ghazal
UNHCR High Profile Supporter Maya Ghazal is a 20 year old Syrian refugee who fled Damascus in 2015 with her mother and 2 younger brothers to join her father in the UK on a Family Reunification visa. With determination, hope and resilience she has started a new life in Britain and is currently studying Aviation […]
Wing Chan
Wing Yi Chan is a behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation. She studies individual and systemic processes that support resilient individuals and communities. Specifically, she leads studies on prevention of problem behaviors and promotion of positive developmental trajectories in adolescents and young people who have experienced marginalization. She also conducts research to evaluate […]
Zoë Gare
Zoë Gare has worked in education and counseling for 26 years. Her Undergraduate degree is from Scotland and she holds Masters degrees from the USA and Scotland. Zoë has worked internationally in 9 different countries and has an avid interest in promoting diversity in education and well being.
Sherrie Westin
Sherrie Westin is President of Social Impact and Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the Workshop’s efforts to serve vulnerable children through mass media and targeted initiatives in the United States and around the world. Westin serves as Sesame Workshop’s chief mission ambassador, raising awareness, developing strategic partnerships, and […]
Avnish Gungadurdoss
Avnish is the Co-Founder and CEO of Instiglio, which partners with government leaders to transform institutions into high-performing, results-driven organizations and to elevate the impact of public policy. As of 2024, Instiglio has empowered 450 government leaders to transform 25 government and aid entities and has influenced more than $800 million in development spending. Instiglio’s […]
Dr. Ibrahim Alhouti
Dr. Ibrahim Alhouti is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics of Education at Kuwait University and a non-resident fellow at the Gulf International Forum in Washington, DC. He obtained his PhD from University College London’s Institute of Education, where his thesis explored the politics of reforming the education system in the Arab Gulf region, and […]