Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead, Anthropologist
The Global Summit II Organizing Team
- Melanie St.James, MPA - Co-Founder & Producer / Executive Director, Empowerment WORKS
- Scholastica Sylvan Kimaryo - Programme Chair / Former UNDP Deputy Regional Director for Africa
- Tal Finney - Global Policy Chair / Former Director of Policy to the Governor of California
- Tonya Ridgely - Program Team / Cultural Events Director /Communication Lead
- Elizabeth Yochum - Program Team / Process Design & Youth Co-Chair
- Ryan Pulliam - Sponsorship Director / Speaker Relations & Outreach
- Kate Foley - Volunteer Coordinator / Bay Area Social Worker
- Stephan McGuire - NetworkinBoard Member / Co-Producer of 11th Hour /President, CSAfrica.org
- Alana Shaw - Youth Co-Chair / Founder, Turning the Wheel (towards youth!)
- Priya Mohan - Operations Director (Co-Director, Sangha Wellness Foundation)
- Shauna Kane - Beyond Fair Trade™ Programming & Fashion Show Coordinator
- Holly Mosher - Chair of Media Programs & "Guarding our Freedoms" Solution Council
- Medhaine Habte - Director of Marketing and Social Networking
- Ben DeVries - Partnership Development & Community Outreach
- Dana Arak - Concert & Culture Team - Art Exhibition Curator
- Wendy Cross - Media Production Coordinator & Program Support
- Douglas Kolberg - Event Production / Founder/ Producer, Green Zone Productions
Architects / Contributors
- Jenny Huang - Co-Founder / Tech Adviser (Founder, International Free & Open Source Software Foundation)
- Stephan Cibian, PhD - Global Policy & Development Strategy (Central European University, Hungary)
- Marie Stojimirovic, PhD. - Evaluation Director (Sustainable Development Professor, France)
- Lainie Liberti – Creative Director (Principal, Jungle8)
- Jennifer Gooding – Brand Director (Project Manager, Jungle8)
- Ben Clayton - Founding Program Coordinator / Development Associate
- Mike Chamess - Founding Development Associate & Partnerships
- Jeff Buderer - Co-Founder, Programming & Digital Village Case Studies Director
- Irving Sarnoff - Co-Founder, Liaison to the United Nations (Founder, Friends of the UN)
- Lainie Liberti – Creative Director (Principal, Jungle8)
- Joseph Malki – Co-Founder, The Global Summit, Seven Star Events
- Georgia Malki – President, Seven Star Events
- Brian Wee - Non-profit specialist at Merrill Lynch
- Rick Pinckert – Network Administrator, Annenberg School of Communications
- Alissa Sears – Director of Global Betterment, Christie Communications
- Jessica De Jaifre, M.A., MFT - Youth Programs & Outreach Coordinator
- Autumn Radtke – Development & Information Technology Partnerships
- Ed Cherlin – Technology Research Associate (Director, Earth Treasury Institute)
- Elinor Averyt - Sustainable Standards Coordinator (Founder, LEAF Certifications)
- Scott W. Badenoch Jr., Atty - Director of Mediation Services (CEO, Creative Citizen, LLC)
- Hillary Waadt – Communications & Partnerships
- Federico Haro - Multimedia Producer (Creative Director, Xlantic Media)
- Lorenzo Falzarano - Appropriate Technology (Co-founder, Solio)
- Alex Theory, Ph.D. - Sound Director, Global Sound Conference & Elevate Film Festival
- Jennifer Partridge - Media Broadcasting (Producer, Our New Earth)
- Susan Daya Hamwi – Co-Director of Mediation (Settlement Works)
- Gurminder Singh - Co-Chair Sustainable Technology (Founder, Green Technology Institute)
Special Advisors
- Pamela Millar - 1PIE Collaboration Portal /Bridgemakers Consulting
- Sophie Lapaire - Fulbright Scholar, Consultant to NASA
- Tony Greenberg – Strategy (Chairman, RampRate™ Sourcing Advisors)
- Jay Levin – Responsible Media & Journalistic Ethics (Founder, LA Weekly & RealTalk LA)
- Suad Sulaiman, PhD - Environmental Health (Co-founder of Sudanese Environmental Conservation Society)
- Bob Ayres - Production (E.D. of The Next 20 Years Series, Former Executive Director of the TED Prize)
- Sean Ahearn - TGS Concert & Production (Music Director, Harmony Music Festival)
SEE ALSO: 2008 Founding Community & Delegates List and Empowerment WORKS About Us Page