2017
Will Wright
Company Commander
U.S. Army
Will Wright is a graduate of Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he was a General Wayne A. Downing Scholar and founder of the Yale Special Operations/Interagency Symposium. He is an active duty Major in the US Army Special Forces.
Awarded the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations, he most recently worked in the Deputy Directorate for Special Operations/Counterterrorism on the US Department of Defense’s Joint Staff. An Honor Graduate of the US military’s Command & General Staff College, he commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Duke University where he received his BA in English in 2006.
The 2017 World Fellows
A Liberian doctor, a Mongolian human rights lawyer, an Argentinean social entrepreneur and 13 other innovative and courageous leaders have been named 2017 World Fellows. This cohort brings the total number of World Fellows since the program’s start in 2002 to 309 Fellows, representing 87 countries. This year marks the 16th cohort of World Fellows. “The 2017 World Fellows are extraordinary individuals who share a commitment to open society and a belief that what unites us is far greater than what divides us,” said Emma Sky, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. “They join our network of over 300 World Fellows, working to make our world a...Read More
