Class: 2006
Massimo Lapucci
Massimo Lapucci is Secretary General of Fondazione CRT, a philanthropic foundation based in Italy with an endowment of about 3 billion euros. He is also the Secretary General of the Development and Growth Foundation, a foundation primarily focused on impact investing. Massimo is also Chair of the European Foundation Centre, the international network of institutional philanthropy based in Brussels. Massimo has an extensive international experience as a board member for public and private companies in various industries (including finance, banking, media and infrastructures) and nonprofit organizations in the EU and the Americas, including the Rockefeller Philanthropy Europe, the advisory board of the London School of Economics-Marshall Institute, and the ISI…
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Balázs László Karafiáth
Balázs "László" Karafiáth, an economist by trade and one of Hungary’s best-known Internet entrepreneurs, is Strategic Director of in-Depth SOULutions, a professional training and coaching company based in Budapest. He previously ran Culture Culture Inc., a unique communications research and consulting enterprise. László has been fascinated with culture since his teenage years and helped start one of Europe’s most popular week-long music and arts festivals, Sziget, when he was 20 years old. He was a radio host and DJ for 7 years at the opinion-leading Tilos community radio of Budapest. A serial entrepreneur, László co-founded Darwin’s Marketing Evolution in 2003 in Budapest. Using meme science, the company works with Fortune…
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David Fuentes-Montero
David Fuentes-Montero is General Manager of BD Consultores, a technology consulting company based in San José, Costa Rica. He was formerly Deputy CEO of Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, a state-owned commercial bank, where he was responsible for developing the strategy for Financing Trade Commerce to support development of the Central American region. He served as Costa Rica’s Minister of Finance until May 2006, having previously served as Vice Minister. While serving in the top two positions in the Ministry of Finance, he negotiated significant fiscal reforms and maintained economic stability during a period of rising oil prices, achieving the lowest budget deficit level in the country’s recent history. Prior…
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Garentina "Tina" Kraja
Garentina "Tina" Kraja is an independent researcher and consultant on issues ranging from transitional justice to violent extremism and malign influence. She advised Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga (2011-2016) on foreign policy and security issues and lectured at R.I.T. Kosovo on religion and globalization, international relations, and politics. She started her career as a journalist covering the war in Kosovo, initially for Koha Ditore, Kosovo’s first independent newspaper, and later as a correspondent for The Associated Press for nearly a decade. Tina was one of the first journalists to report on the emergence of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army and extensively documented war crimes during the war. As the war intensified,…
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Jason Pielemeier
Jason Pielemeier is Policy Director for Global Network Initiative (CNI), a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations, investors, and academics who are helping to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy on the internet. Prior to joining GNI, Jason was a Special Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, where he led the Internet Freedom, Business and Human Rights section in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. In that role, he worked with colleagues across the U.S. government, counterparts in other governments, and global stakeholders to promote and protect human rights online. Jason is a graduate of Northwestern University and Yale Law School. Between degrees, he…
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Tarek Masoud
Tarek Masoud is a Professor of Public Policy and the Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His research focuses on the Muslim world's political development. Tarek is the author of Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2014), the co-author of The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform (Oxford University Press, 2015), as well as of several articles and book chapters. He is a 2009 Carnegie Scholar, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy, and the recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation and the Paul and Daisy Soros foundation,…
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Tung Ngo
Tung Ngo is a founding partner of Vietnam International Law Firm (VILAF), the first and largest business law firm in Vietnam. It was established in 1993 in association with UK-based law firm, Clifford Chance. Tung has assisted many giant foreign investors, such as Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz, Shell, and Exxon Mobil in establishing their businesses in Vietnam since the country opened its doors to foreign investment in the 1990s. Tung has advised several international companies in M&A, corporate, and commercial matters related to Vietnamese laws, as well as P&I Clubs on maritime cases. Tung is highly respected and has been identified by various well-known international legal magazines, such as Legal…
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Getachew Mengisitie Alemu
Getachew Mengisitie Alemu is an intellectual property (IP) consultant and lends his expertise to a wide range of countries and organizations. He has worked in over 20 countries implementing IP projects supported by the European Commission, the World Bank, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), UNDP, and UNECA working with professionals in multicultural and multiethnic environments. He drafted the national IP policies, development plans and laws of a number of African countries, and he has implemented projects aimed at demonstrating the use of IP as a tool for development. These include branding of Ethiopian Fine Coffees and Ugandan Vanilla with the aim of changing marketing position of growers and small traders…
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Allegra da Silva
Allegra da Silva is Brown & Caldwell’s PFAS National Municipal Coordinator and Regional One Water Leader, working to improve water and wastewater treatment, expand the field of water recycling and reuse, and evaluate alternative sources of water. She works with clients to address the removal of pathogens and emerging contaminants in order to expand alternative water supplies safely for the protection of public health and benefit of the environment. Allegra has nearly two decades' experience in engineering and public health. She is working on a number of innovative research and development projects to improve water treatment and reduce energy consumption. She is serving on an industry panel to provide guidance…
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Ezzat Ibrahim Youssef
Ezzat Ibrahim Youssef is Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly and the English portal, Ahram Online. Al-Ahram Weekly is the largest Weekly English newspaper in Egypt and one of the most influential papers in the Middle East. Ezzat is also a member of the board of directors at Al-Ahram Establishment. Previously, he was the Managing Editor of Al-Ahram 2014-2017 and served as the bureau chief in Washington D.C. and New York from 2009-2013, during which he focused on American and Egyptian relations. After advising a U.S. Congressman for six months on Middle East issues as a Congressional Fellow in 2004 and as a Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Ezzat returned to Egypt…
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