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Federica Du Pasquier
Federica Du Pasquier is a delegate at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), most recently coordinating its humanitarian diplomacy globally around the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Federica previously advised the ICRC President on digitalization, the institutional strategy, and roll-out of key diplomatic initiatives, with a focus on advancing the ICRC’s role as a neutral intermediary. In parallel, she spearheaded a partnership with the Swiss Polytechnic Schools to develop innovative solutions for more impactful humanitarian action. Prior to this, Federica contributed to ICRC’s protection activities and dialog with authorities in Ethiopia, Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and to its legal and diplomatic outreach at the UN in New York. A former…
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Tianyi Xin
Tianyi "Tian Tian" Xin is a litigation associate at the Washington DC based law firm of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. She graduated from Yale Law School in 2019. Before law school, she served for five years as an active duty Military Intelligence Officer in the US Army. Most recently in uniform, she worked as a speechwriter to the Commanding General of Fort Hood and III Corps, where she deployed in 2016 to Baghdad as part of the counter-ISIL coalition. Prior to working as a speechwriter, she was stationed in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea and deployed in 2014 as individual augmentee to the 2nd Ranger Battalion in eastern Afghanistan….
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Olena Sotnyk
Olena Sotnyk is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, and human rights defender and currently serves at Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. As a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament, she is a well-known legislator and public policy maker in areas such as rule of law, judicial system reform, anticorruption, and youth policy. Olena also represents Ukraine in the international arena and is one of the leading the voices of Ukrainians against Russian aggression. She holds prominent positions in the working bodies of several international organizations, including the Council of Europe, and focuses on issues including Euro-integration of Ukraine and female empowerment. Prior to her political career, Olena was…
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Frank N. Rusa
Frank N. Rusa is the Country Representative of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD), a Hague-based international NGO that works to promote dialogue among and between political actors for consensus building on matters of national development and peaceful co-existence. NIMD also works to strengthen the capacities of political parties to deliver on their respective legal and political mandates. Frank serves as the Executive Secretary of the inter-party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD), a forum that brings together political party leaders of all the parties represented in the Parliament of Uganda. As Executive Secretary of IPOD, Frank facilitates important discussions among presidents and secretaries general of political parties to build consensus…
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Geng Ngarmboonanant
Geng Ngarmboonanant is a J.D. Candidate at Yale Law School, where he is Co-President of the Yale Law Democrats, Vice President of the National Security Group, and Executive Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. He is also a member of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, which is engaged in federal litigation on the 2020 Census, and he was co-lead of the technology policy team for Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign. Before law school, Geng served as a legal fellow at the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he drafted bills, memos, and speeches on issues ranging from social media regulation to the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian electoral…
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Lidia Kolucka-Zuk
Lidia Kolucka-Zuk serves as Vice President of Forum Energii, a European think thank supporting a fair, secure and effective energy transition towards climate neutrality.  She plays a leading role for the legal and financial affairs of Forum as well as a development strategy of programs and internal governance. She previously served as Director of PELION SA, leading in policy, regulatory strategy, public affairs, sustainable development and corporate responsibility and as Executive Director for the Warsaw-based Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe. Lidia is a lawyer by training and has worked as a strategic advisor to the Polish Prime Minister on issues of state efficiency, reforms in the judicial and legal sectors,…
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Robert Klee
Robert Klee is a lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment and previously served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Prior to joining state service, Robert was an appellate litigator at Wiggin and Dana LLP, in New Haven where he also was a member of their Energy and Climate Change and Sustainable Development practice groups. Earlier in his career he clerked for Judge Mark R. Kravitz of the US District Court for the District of Connecticut and Judge Barrington D. Parker of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Robert has published a number of articles on environmental law and policy, sustainability,…
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Vinicius Marques de Carvalho
Vinicius Marques de Carvalho is a lawyer with deep experience in competition law, public policy, and economic regulation. He is currently in charge of the anti-corruption agenda as the Minister of the Office of the Comptroller General for the government of Brazil. Vinicius previously served as president of CADE, the Brazilian antitrust authority. Vinicius successfully led the transition from the previous to the current Brazilian system for competition defense, which raised the bar for competition enforcement in Brazil, resulting in CADE's recognition by the Global Competition Review as the Agency of the Year in 2014. Vinicius was also the vice-chair of implementation at the International Competition Network and a professor of…
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