2019 Aurora Forum Goodwill Ambassadors

157Goodwill Ambassadors

39Countries

17Fields

157 global leaders from the political, academic, entertainment, and business sectors have joined the 2019 Aurora Forum Goodwill Ambassadors. It is a diverse network of leaders who have a shared commitment to tackling some of the most pressing global challenges facing current and future generations. Spanning 39 countries, the Goodwill Ambassadors have come together at the Forum to find solutions to issues in sectors ranging between humanitarianism, health, technology, education, arts, and ecology.

Fartuun Adan

Somalia

Founder, Elman Peace and Human Rights Center; 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

Anna Afeyan

United States

Co-Founder, Noubar & Anna Afeyan Foundation

Jamila Afghani

Afghanistan

Founder and Chairperson, Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO); 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

María Elena Agüero

Spain

Secretary General, Club de Madrid

Ido Aharoni

United States

Global Distinguished Professor, New York University; Member, International Advisory Council, APCO

Marine Ales

Armenia

Composer; Author; Theater Critic; Member, Aurora Prize Creative Council

Seda Ambartsumian

United Kingdom

Partner, Strategic Communications & External Affairs, Kamet Ventures

Mohamed Amersi

United Kingdom

Founder and Chairman, Inclusive Ventures Group; Founder, Amersi Foundation

Garabed Antranikian

Germany

Head, Institute of Technical Microbiology, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH); Chairman, Advisory Board, FAST

Simon Appleby

Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the PRC)

Chairman, Yu Feng Nong Holdings Limited

Fr. Mesrop Aramian

Armenia

Co-Founder, Ayb Educational Foundation; Co-Founder, FAST

Judit Arenas

United States

Senior Director & Senior Adviser (International Relations), Office of the Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide

Levon Aronian

Armenia

Chess Grandmaster

Deana Arsenian

United States

Vice President, International Program and Program Director, Russia and Eurasia, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Henri Arslanian

Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the PRC)

FinTech & Crypto Leader for Asia, PwC; Chairman, FinTech Association of Hong Kong; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong

Lilit Asiryan

Sweden

Founder, Studio Lilit Asiryan

Luna Atamian Hahn-Petersen

United States

Head of Business Development North America, Salterbaxter

Kyaw Hla Aung

Myanmar (Burma)

Lawyer and Rohingya Leader; 2018 Aurora Prize Laureate

Vladimir Avetissyan

Russia

Deputy Chairman, Executive Board, RUSNANO Management Company LLC

Richard Azarnia

France

Founder, Good Investors

Nicolas Aznavour

France

Co-Founder, Aznavour Foundation

Ido Baba Sheikh

Germany

Civil Activist; Parliamentarian; Former Presidential Adviser

Laura E. Bailey

United States

Lead Social Development Specialist of Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (SURR) Global Practice, World Bank

Peter Balakian

United States

Poet; Writer; Academic; Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in Humanities, Colgate University; The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry

Julia Balandina Jaquier

Switzerland

Founder, JBJ Consult – Impact Investment Solutions; Co-Founder, NextGen Impact Leadership Accelerator

John Balian

United States

CEO and board member, FMD K&L; Board of Director, DataFoundry Labs

Marguerite Barankitse

Rwanda

Founder, Maison Shalom; 2016 Aurora Prize Laureate

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian

Vatican

Pontifical Legate of Armenian Church in Western Europe, Representative of Armenian Church to the Holy See, Vatican; President, Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR)

Eben Bayer

United States

CEO and Co-Founder, Ecovative Design

Timur Bekmambetov

Russia

Director; Producer; Screenwriter

Gladys Berejiklian

Australia

MP, Premier of New South Wales, Australia

Stephen Berenson

United States

Managing Partner, Flagship Pioneering

Kenneth Blackwell

United States

Author; Chairman, International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Ruma Bose

United States

CEO and Managing Partner, Humanitarian Ventures

Piers Bradford

United Kingdom

Managing Director, Project Everyone

Paata Burchuladze

Georgia

Operatic Bass; Civil Activist

Kenneth A. Carlson

United States

Film Producer

Jared Carney

United States

Founder and CEO, Lightdale LLC

Tom Catena

Sudan

Medical Director of Mother of Mercy Hospital, Nuba Mountains; Chair, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Sasha Chanoff

United States

Founder and Executive Director, RefugePoint

Harout Chitilian

Canada

Executive Director, CDPQ Infra

Caroline Cox, of Queensbury

United Kingdom

Member, House of Lords; Founder and CEO, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust

Nicola Crosta

Thailand

Founder and CEO, Impact46

Ahmed Anwar Dezaye

Iraq

President, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Aliona Doletskaya

Russia

Journalist; Writer; Head, AsD Consultancy; Adviser to Director, Tretyakov Gallery; Creative Consultant, Flacon Magazine

Richard Edelman

United States

President and CEO, Edelman

Ilwad Elman

Somalia

Director of Programs and Development, Elman Peace and Human Rights Center; 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

Elisabet Engellau

France

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Management, INSEAD; Program Director, INSEAD Global Leadership Center

Comfort Ero

Kenya

Program Director, Crisis Group Africa

Helen Evans

United States

Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jonathan Fanton

United States

President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Syeda Ghulam Fatima Gilani

Pakistan

General Secretary, Bonded Labor Liberation Front; 2016 Aurora Humanitarian

Abigail Flynn

United Kingdom

Head of Marketing, Flint Global

Mark Fuller

United States

Chairman and CEO, Rosc Global LLC

Vahé Gabrache

Switzerland

CEO, Cofinor SA; Co-Owner, Société Gabrache SA

Fr. Bagrat Galstanyan

Armenia

Bishop; Primate, Diocese of Tavush; Director, Conceptual Affairs Office, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

Rebecca Garcia

United States

Co-Founder, CoderDojo in New York City

Salpi Ghazarian

United States

Director, Institute of Armenian Studies, University of Southern California (USC)

David Giampaolo

United Kingdom

Founder and CEO, Pi Capital

Héctor Tomás González Castillo

Mexico

Founding Director, La 72; 2018 Aurora Humanitarian

Pierre Gurdjian

Belgium

Founder, IDeA Europe Foundation

Lamya Haji Bashar

Germany

Yazidi Human Rights Activist

Narek Hakhnazaryan

Russia

World-Known Cellist

Anna Hakobyan

Armenia

Wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Chairman of Board of Trustees, My Step Foundation; Chairman of Board of Trustees, City of Smile Foundation

Ingrid Hamm

Germany

Co-Founder and CEO, Global Perspectives Initiative

Andreas Heinecke

Germany

Founder and CEO, Dialog in the Dark

Wolfgang Huber

Germany

Bishop Em.; Former Chair, Council, Evangelische Kirche Deutschland (EKD)

Garik Israelian

Spain

Astrophysicist; Founding Director, Starmus Festival

Karl Johansson

United States

Adviser

Gregory Jones

United States

Dean, Duke Divinity School; Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Distinguished Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry

Musimbi Kanyoro

Kenya

Former President and CEO, Global Fund for Women

Cornelius Kerwin

United States

President Emeritus and Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University

Manfred Kets de Vries

France

Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, INSEAD

Karen Khachanov

Russia

Professional Tennis Player

Sergey Khachatryan

Germany

World-Known Violinist

Chulpan Khamatova

Russia

Actress; Co-Founder, Gift of Life Foundation

Arsinée Khanjian

Canada

Actress; Producer; Public Figure

Deepali Khanna

Thailand

Managing Director, Asia Regional Office, Global Policy and Advocacy, The Rockefeller Foundation

Fr. Bernard Kinvi

Central African Republic

Director, John Paul II Hospital of Bossemptele; 2016 Aurora Humanitarian

Wendy Kopp

United States

Co-Founder and CEO, Teach for All

Sunitha Krishnan

India

Social Activist; Co-Founder, Prajwala; 2018 Aurora Humanitarian

Meelis Kubits

Estonia

Managing Partner, Corpore

Siva Kumari

Netherlands

Director General, International Baccalaureate (IB)

Stephen Kurkjian

United States

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner; founding member, The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team; investigative veteran reporter, Boston Globe

Mikhail Kusnirovich

Russia

Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors, Bosco Di Ciliеgi

Michael Madnick

United States

Senior Adviser, Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG)

Christian Madsbjerg

United States

Co-Founder and Partner, ReD Associates

Marjorie Margolies

United States

President, Women's Campaign International

David McKenzie

United States

President, Associated Television International

Mhitar Mhitaryan

Latvia

Chairman of the Shareholders Councils, JSC Siltumelektroprojekts

Julia Middleton

United Kingdom

Founder and Innovation Officer, Common Purpose

Svetlana Mironyuk

Russia

Professor, Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Mark Momjian

United States

Attorney, Momjian Anderer LLC

Andrew Moore

United States

Director, Private Fundraising and Communications, Halo Trust

Pedro Mouratian

Argentina

Member, Presidency Council, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH); Diversity Director, Center for Studies on Governance of the Argentine Republic

Gor Nakhapetian

Russia

Professor, People Management, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Aryeh Neier

United States

President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations

Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan

Russia

Patriarchal Exarch; Head, Russian and Nor Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Simon O'Connell

United Kingdom

Executive Director, Mercy Corps

Umra Omar

Kenya

Founder and Executive Director, Safari Doctors; 2016 CNN Hero

Hasso Osman

Netherlands

President, Yazidi Foundation in the Netherlands

Sara Pantuliano

United Kingdom

Acting Executive Director, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Russia

Director, Hermitage Museum

Dimitri Pirbari

Georgia

Orientalist; Head, Spiritual Council of Yazidis in Georgia; Researcher, Giorgi Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies, Ilia State University

Mikhail Pogosyan

Russia

Rector, Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI)

Sam Potolicchio

United States

Founder and President, Preparing Global Leaders Forum; Director, Global and Custom Education, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Kamal Rahman

United Kingdom

Partner and Head of Immigration, Mishcon de Reya

Ken Robinson

United States

Author; Speaker; Education and Creativity Expert

Jörg Rocholl

Germany

President, ESMT Berlin

Peter Sands

United Kingdom

Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Kanako Sekine

Japan

CFA; Former Managing Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Lara Setrakian

United States

Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Editor, News Deeply

Andrei Sharonov

Russia

President, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Bhav Singh

United Kingdom

Co-Founder and Partner, Sandbox & Co (SBX)

Hratch Tchilingirian

United Kingdom

Associate, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford

Serge Tchuruk

United States

Adviser

Mégo Terzian

France

President, MSF France

Dickran Tevrizian

United States

Former United States Federal Judge

Cynthia Tusan

United States

CEO, Chairman of the Board and Senior Portfolio Manager, Strategic Global Advisors (SGA)

Vahe Vartanian

United Kingdom

Founder and CEO, Global Family Office Community (GFOC)

Robert von Rekowsky

United States

Private Investor; Independent Strategist

Arman Voskerchyan

United States

Global Healthcare Industry Expert

Sherrie Westin

United States

President, Social Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop

Sarah Leah Whitson

United States

Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch

Ed Williams

United Kingdom

CEO, Edelman UK and Ireland

Derek Yach

United States

Global Health Expert; President, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World; Member, International Advisory Council, APCO

Yan Yanovskiy

Russia

Co-Founder, Druzya (Friends) Foundation; Founder and Managing Partner, First Nation Société Bancaire; Co-Founder, BioEnCo Bioenergy Corporation

Ralph Yirikian

Armenia

General Manager, Viva-MTS

Veronika Zonabend

Russia

Co-Founder, RVVZ Foundation; Co-Founder, IDeA Foundation; Founding Partner and Chair of the Board of Governors, UWC Dilijan

Jussi Bioern

Norway

Independent Adviser

Antonio Batista

Brazil

FDC Business School, Executive President

Pekka Viljakainen

Finland

Senior Adviser to the President, Skolkovo Foundation

Richard Ogdon

United Arab Emirates

Senior Executive Officer, RS Capital Limited

Vasken Yacoubian

Armenia

President, AGBU Armenia

Armine Barkhudaryan

Armenia

Doctor, Humanitarian Worker

Georgie Benardete

United States

Align17, CEO and Co-Founder

Carma Elliot

Singapore

President, UWCSEA

Grigoriy Gabrielyants

Artsakh

Geologist; Honorary Doctor, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia; Academician; Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Soulaima Gourani

United States

Author; Motivational Speaker; Philanthropist

Wali M. Hamad

Iraq

President, Koya University

Hayk Hovhannisyan

Armenia

Doctor; Deputy Chief of General Surgery Unit, Central Clinical Military Hospital, Ministry of Defense of the RA

Drue Kataoka

United States

Founder and CEO, Drue Kataoka Studios

Dana Leong

United States

Grammy award-winning musician, composer, producer

Anna Lord

Singapore

Council Member – Chair, UWC South East Asia (UWCSEA)

Jane L. Mahakian

United States

Alzheimer's Care Armenia, Founder and President

Karin Markides

Armenia

AUA, President

Andrea Montalbano

United States

Author, Soccer Sisters series; Co-Founder and Board Chair, GOALS Armenia

Peter Musurlian

United States

Journalist; Videographer, Globalist Films

Ambassador Karl-Erik Norrman

Sweden

Founder, European Cultural Parliament

Olivier Oullier

United States

President, EMOTIV

Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño

Spain

Founder and CEO, Impact Science

Wei Shyy

Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the PRC)

President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Pär Stenbäck

Finland

Honorary Minister

Asadur Tchekmedyian

Uruguay

President, Interamerican Society for Digestive Endoscopy (SIED)

Evgenii Vodolazkin

Russia

Writer, Literary scholar

Gevorg Voskanyan

Armenia

Doctor; Head, Thoracic Surgery Department, Astghik Medical Center

Alan Whitehorn

Canada

Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada

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2019 Aurora Forum Goodwill Ambassadors

Fartuun Adan

Anna Afeyan

Jamila Afghani

María Elena Agüero

Ido Aharoni

Marine Ales

Seda Ambartsumian

Mohamed Amersi

Garabed Antranikian

Simon Appleby

Fr. Mesrop Aramian

Judit Arenas

Levon Aronian

Deana Arsenian

Henri Arslanian

Lilit Asiryan

Luna Atamian Hahn-Petersen

Kyaw Hla Aung

Vladimir Avetissyan

Richard Azarnia

Nicolas Aznavour

Ido Baba Sheikh

Laura E. Bailey

Peter Balakian

Julia Balandina Jaquier

John Balian

Marguerite Barankitse

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian

Eben Bayer

Timur Bekmambetov

Gladys Berejiklian

Stephen Berenson

Kenneth Blackwell

Ruma Bose

Piers Bradford

Paata Burchuladze

Kenneth A. Carlson

Jared Carney

Tom Catena

Sasha Chanoff

Harout Chitilian

Caroline Cox, of Queensbury

Nicola Crosta

Ahmed Anwar Dezaye

Aliona Doletskaya

Richard Edelman

Ilwad Elman

Elisabet Engellau

Comfort Ero

Helen Evans

Jonathan Fanton

Syeda Ghulam Fatima Gilani

Abigail Flynn

Mark Fuller

Vahé Gabrache

Fr. Bagrat Galstanyan

Rebecca Garcia

Salpi Ghazarian

David Giampaolo

Héctor Tomás González Castillo

Pierre Gurdjian

Lamya Haji Bashar

Narek Hakhnazaryan

Anna Hakobyan

Ingrid Hamm

Andreas Heinecke

Wolfgang Huber

Garik Israelian

Karl Johansson

Gregory Jones

Musimbi Kanyoro

Cornelius Kerwin

Manfred Kets de Vries

Karen Khachanov

Sergey Khachatryan

Chulpan Khamatova

Arsinée Khanjian

Deepali Khanna