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LEADERSHIP

Global Leadership Advisory Board (G-LAB)

G-LAB UK/Europe

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  • Ms. Erika Bannerman (Managing Director, NHS Shared Business Services)

  • Ms. Krista Sensurucu (Consultant)

  • Dr. Kenneth Peach (Professor Emeritus, the Particle Therapy Cancer Research Institute, Oxford)

  • Ms. Nishtha Soli (Founder and CEO, Cirkle)

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G-LAB Africa
 

  • Ms. Uzo Agyare-Kumi (Dean Emeritus, African Leadership Academy)

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G-LAB Japan

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  • Ms. Mitsuru Claire Chino (Attorney-at-Law)

  • Mr. Kenji Govaers (Senior Partner, Bain & Company)

  • Mr. Seiji Inagaki (Director, Chair of the Board, Dai-ichi Life Holdings)

  • Ms. Kaori Kono

  • Mr. Hideki Matsui

  • Ms. Kathy Matsui (General Partner, MPower Partners)

  • Mr. Allen Miner (Founder, Chairman, and CEO, SunBridge Group, Japan)

  • Ms. Akiko Nakajo (Managing Director, YouTube Japan)

  • Mr. Masashi Namatame (Group Chief Digital Officer, Managing Executive Officer at Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. & Non-executive Director at Mercari, Inc.)

  • Ms. Wakana Tanaka (Country Manager, LinkedIn Japan)

  • Mr. Kazumi Yanai (Global Chairman, Theory)

  • Ms. Naoko Yanai (Japanese Tea Master)

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G-LAB USA

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  • Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita (Founder and CEO, Quality Electrodynamics; Chief Technology Officer, CT-MR Division, Canon Medical Systems Corporation; Chair of the Board, Ohio State University)

  • Mr. Ian Houston (Managing Director, Clydebuilt International)

  • Dr. Brigitte Lank (Psychologist and Consultant)

  • Ms. Cara McCaffrey

  • Mr. Jack Meyer (Chairman, Board of Directors of AUW Support Foundation; Former President of Harvard Management Company; Former Senior Partner of Convexity Capital)

  • Ms. Janet Montag (Founding Member, Advisory Board of the Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University)

  • Mr. Jake Shimabukuro (Legendary Global Musician, Ukulele Virtuoso & Composer)

  • Mr. Takeshi Ueshima (Principal, Heritage Fund Management, LLC)

  • Ms. Suzy Varus-Lum (President, East-West Center)

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G-LAB Turkey

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  • Ms. Tuba Cosar (Asia Pacific Audit Group Director, The Coca-Cola Company)

  • Ms. Rukiye Devres Unver

  • Mr. Tankut Sensurucu (Senior Partner, Egon Zehnder)

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G-LAB Asia (excluding Japan)

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  • Ms. Esther Ma (Founder & CEO, Prestique Limited)

  • Mr. Prajna Murdaya (Founder & CEO, The Constellation)

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G-LAB South America

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  • Mr. Andrew Sherman (Vice President - Latin America, Cognia)

  • Ms. Nina Maldonado (Founder & CEO, Impact Communication)

GCI also seeks advice from a core group of experts on best practices in admission and selection for competitive Fellowship programs.

Admissions Advisors

  • Mary Catherine Conroy (Principal, Education Resources Development Group)

  • Thomas Hayden (Former VP for Enrollment, Oberlin College)

  • Amy Tsui Luke (​Chief Executive Officer, Healthspan​​)

Alumni Advisory Council (AAC)

  • Ala Talebian – Iran/Germany, GCI Class of 2014

  • Mako Matsuzaki – Tokyo, Japan, GCI Class of 2015

  • Whitney Elmlinger – New York, USA, GCI Class of 2015

  • Jessica Bannerman Arnold – London, UK, GCI Class of 2015

  • Erik Novak – Brazil, GCI Class of 2016

  • Giuliana Bertoia-Agredo – Chile/Canada, GCI Class of 2017

  • Dan Sequeira – Canada, GCI Class of 2017

  • Abdallah Al Khawaldh – Jordon, GCI Class of 2017

  • Eita Nakagawa – Japan/USA, GCI Class of 2018

  • Adya Khandelwal – India, GCI Class of 2018

  • Alqaim Lalani – Kenya/Tanzania, GCI Class of 2018

  • Birk McCaffrey – New York, USA, GCI Class of 2018

  • Alicia Corradini – Argentina/USA, GCI Class of 2019

  • Chaitanya Venkateswaran – India, USA, GCI Class of 2019

  • Eman Mohammed – Ethiopia, GCI Class of 2020 and 2021

In Memoriam

  • Harvard Knowles (Global Leadership Council) (Chair of the Department of English, Thomas S. and Elinor B. Lamont Professor of English, Emeritus, Phillips Exeter Academy (1935-2022))

  • Dr. Henry Rosovsky (Global Leadership Council) (Professor Emeritus, Harvard University (1927-2022))

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We envision a global community where individuals embrace their unique colorful stories and cultures as they design and implement solutions to global issues that transcend social, economic and political boundaries.
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