Cohort 2020-2021
Claudia Valenzuela
Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Brazil
Programming & Communications
Marika Olsen
Director of Communications
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Elaine J. Abrams
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics CAH
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Yanis Ben Amor
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Microbiological Sciences (in Pediatrics and in the Earth Institute) at CUIMC; Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development in the Earth Institute, Department of Pediatrics CAH
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
James L. Davis
Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Lamont-DohertyEarthObservatory
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Tufa Dinku
Senior Research Scientist in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Intl Res Inst Climate/Society
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Virginia Page Fortna
Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy, Dept of Political Science
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Vasilis M. Fthenakis
Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Dept Earth & Environmental Eng
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Joaquim I. Goes
Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-DohertyEarthObservatory
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Upmanu Lall
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Director, Columbia Water Center in the Earth Institute, Dept Earth & Environmental Eng
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Yoanna S Pumpalova
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center, Dept of Med Hematology & Onc
Urban Works Advisors
Pirojsha Godrej
Executive Chairman, Godrej Properties
Urban Works Advisors
Shom Hinduja
President, Alternative Energy and Sustainability, Hinduja Group
Urban Works Advisors
Swati Salgaocar
Director at Vimson Group
Urban Works Advisors
Sharad Sanghi
Managing Director and CEO, Netmagic
Urban Works Advisors
Vaishali Sinha
Chair for ReNew Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer for ReNew Power
Urban Works Mentors
V Faye McNeill
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Urban Works Mentors
Vijay Modi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Paris Team
Brunhilde Biebuyck
CGC | Paris Director
Paris Team
Anne Aliche
Reid Hall Receptionist
Paris Team
Naomi Berhane
CGC | Paris Programming Assistant
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Paris Team
Mélody Braun
Strategic Lead for Climate Response
Paris Team
Marie Doezema
CGC | Paris Special Projects Manager
Paris Team
Krista Faurie
Reid Hall and CGC Operations Manager
Paris Team
Charlotte Force
CGC | Paris Communications Coordinator
Paris Team
Cyril Kaminski
Reid Hall IT Manager
Paris Team
Karniella Kemperdick
Reid Hall Administrative Assistant
Paris Team
Séverine Martin
CGC | Paris Public Programs Manager
Paris Team
Ebru Sakal
CGC | Paris Senior HR & Finance Officer
Paris Team
Adriana Samaniego
Reid Hall Senior HR & Finance Manager
Paris Team
Sam Selvakumar
Reid Hall IT Coordinator
Paris Team
Andrew Wells
CGC | Paris Public Programs Coordinator
Paris Partner
Barnard Comparative Literature Department
Research Interest
Paris Partner
Musée d'Orsay
Research Interest
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Paris Partner
Ville de Provins
Villa Garnier
Paris Partner
Columbia University Department of Music
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Paris Partner
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Barry Bergdoll
Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Brunhilde Biebuyck (ex officio)
Administrative Director, Columbia Global Centers | Paris
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Akeel Bilgrami
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Charly Coleman
Associate Professor, Department of History
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Giorgio DiMauro
Dean for International and Global Strategy, Office of the Provost, Barnard
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Thomas Dodman
Assistant Professor of French
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Carol Gluck
George Sansom Professor of History, Department of History and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Chair, The Committee on Global Thought, Faculty Steering Committee of Columbia Global Centers | Paris
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Bernard Harcourt
Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, and director of the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Emlyn Hughes
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Holger Klein
Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Bruce M. Krogut
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Business School
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Gregory Mann
Professor, Department of History
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Shannon Marquez
Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Mark Mazower
Ira D. Wallach Professor of History, Department of History
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Kristina Orfali
Professor of Bioethics in Pediatrics, Columbia Medical Center
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Katharina Pistor (Chair)
Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Anna Puigjaner
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, GSAPP
Paris FSC
Joseph Slaughter
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
University Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
Director, Music Performance Program
Research Interest
Paris FSC
Philip Michael Tuts
Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics
Research Interest
Nairobi Team
Dr. Murugi Ndirangu
Director, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Jane Wambugu
Finance and Administration Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Pauline Muthoni
Programs Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Barbara Muliro
Clinical Research Nutritionist, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Joel T. Mwangi
Finance Assistant, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Sandra Mikal Masira
Communications Assistant, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Nairobi Team
Dennis Kyalo Mwanthi
Finance and Project Coordinator, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
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Other Mentors
Jianping Ma
Managing Partner of Beijing Zhongguancun Development Qihang Industrial Investment Fund, General Manager of Beijing Zhongguancun IC Industry Fund
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Other Mentors
Jianfei Meng
Investment Director of ANOVA Capital
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Other Mentors
Tao Qi
CFP®, Member of IFPHK, ChFP Examiner, Finance Teacher and Mentor of Dual Degree Program, Central University of Finance and Economics
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Other Mentors
Kai Wang
Assistant General Manager of Zhongguancun Overseas Science and Technology Park
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Other Mentors
Xiaoyu (Sue) Xu
Partner at Amino Capital
Nairobi FSC
Wafaa El-Sadr
Co-Chair, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi Faculty Steering Committee; University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine; Matilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health; Director, ICAP at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Kavita P. Ahluwalia
Associate Professor of Dental Medicine (Community Health) at the Columbia University Medical Center, College of Dental Medicine
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Marina Cords
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
Research Interest
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Nairobi FSC
Richard Deckelbaum
Robert R. William Professor of Nutrition (in Pediatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology, Director-Institute of Human Nutrition
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Matthew Engelke
Professor and Director, Institute For Religion, Culture, & Public Life
Nairobi FSC
Mario Gooden
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Nairobi FSC
Macartan N. Humphreys
Professor of Political Sciences
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Nairobi FSC
Patrick Kachur
Professor Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Julie Kornfeld
Associate Professor Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, Vice Dean, for Education
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Shannon Marquez
Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Vijay Modi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
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Nairobi FSC
Dustin Rubenstein
Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Research Interest
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Nairobi FSC
Portia Williams
Executive Director of the Office of International Affairs (OIA) and Assistant Professor (Coterminous) in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Research Interest
Nairobi FSC
Jason Wingard
Dean of the School of Professional Studies; Professor of Professional Studies
Research Interest
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Nairobi FSC
Samantha Winter
Assistant Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work
Research Interest
Mumbai Team
Manoj Sutihar
Finance Manager
Mumbai Team
Emelia Dubhashi
Senior Administration Manager
Mumbai Team
Avani Darne
Program Officer
Mumbai Team
Shama Kamat
Senior Program Assistant
Mumbai Team
Nigel Paul
Finance and Administrative Assistant
Mumbai Team
Puja Pednekar
Senior Communications Officer
Mumbai Team
Rajesh Mandle
Junior Office Assistant
Mumbai Team
Prajakta Dhapte
Communications Fellow
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Mumbai FSC
Akeel Bilgrami
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Ruth S DeFries
University Professor; Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Vishakha N Desai
Senior Advisor for Global Affairs; Senior Research Scholar in Global Studies; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School Intl & Public Affairs
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Jennifer E. Dohrn
Associate Professor of Nursing at CUMC, and Assistant Dean, Global Initiatives
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Katherine Ewing
Professor of Religion; Director, South Asian Institute, Department of Religion
Research Interest
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Mumbai FSC
Lynn P Freedman
Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center, Dept Population&Family Health
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Nikhar Gaikwad
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Research Interest
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Mumbai FSC
Rishi Goyal
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Amit K Khandelwal
Director, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business, Graduate School of Business
Research Interest
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Mumbai FSC
Ateya A Khorakiwala
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Architecture Planning Preserv
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Upmanu Lall
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Director, Columbia Water Center in the Earth Institute, Dept Earth & Environmental Eng
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Sharon Marcus
Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Department of English and Comparative Literature; Dean of Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
V Faye McNeill
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Anupama Rao
Associate Professor of History, Barnard College
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Adam Sobel
Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interest
Mumbai FSC
Gauri Viswanathan
Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the South Asia Institute, English & Comp Literature
Research Interest
1820
Patricia J. Culligan
Robert, A. W. and Christine S. Carlton Professor of Civil Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University
Tunis Team
Mariem Boubaker
Program Associate
Tunis Team
Sahar Sahli
Financial and Administrative Officer
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Tunis FSC
Kamel Jedidi
John A. Howard Professor of Business, Graduate School of Business
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Lisa Anderson
James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; Dean Emerita of SIPA; Special Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Professor of French and Romance Philology; Chair Department of French and Romance Philology
Research Interest
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Tunis FSC
Taoufik Ben Amor
Gordon Gray Jr., Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Omar Besbes
Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor of Business; Graduate School of Business; Decision & Risk Operations
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Mamadou Diouf
Chair, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies; Director of Institute of African Studies
Research Interest
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Tunis FSC
Marwa Elshakry
Associate Professor of History, Department of History
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Mohamad Ziad Jamaleddine
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Tunis FSC
Soulaymane Kachani
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Gregory Mann
Professor, Department of History
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
University Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Joseph Terrwiliger
Professor of Neurobiology at the Department of Genetics and Development
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Ann Thornton
Vice Provost, University Librarian
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Eric Verhoogen
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Research Interest
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Tunis FSC
Portia G. Williams
Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, Teachers College
Research Interest
Tunis AB
Amel Bouchamaoui
Chairperson | HBG
Tunis AB
Elyes Ben Rayana
Co-Founder and CEO | Value
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Tunis AB
Radouan Cherif
CEO | Galion
Tunis AB
Ziad Oueslati
MD and co-founding Partner | AfricInvest
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Tunis AB
Mehdi Tamarziste
CEO | Meninx Holding
Rio Team
Teresa Borges
Senior Program Manager
Rio Team
Maria Luiza Paranhos
Senior Project Coordinator
Rio Team
Isabella Pereira
Program Officer
Rio Team
Leticia Katz
Communications Officer
Rio Team
Laryssa Nunes
Program Assistant
Rio Team
Camila Pontual
Climate Program Manager
Rio Team
Maria Eduarda Vaz
Communications Consultant
Senior Advisor
Kian Tajbakhsh
Lecturer and Presidential Fellow, Committee on Global Thought | Adjunct Professor of Urban Policy, SIPA
Santiago Team
Thomas Trebat
Interim Director
Santiago Team
Vivian Fosk
Finance and Operations Manager
Santiago Team
Christian Molinari
Programming Officer
Santiago Team
Carla Magri
Development & Communications Officer
Santiago AB
Josefa Aguirre
Josefa Aguirre (TC’19): Assistant Professor of Education, Universidad Católica
Santiago AB
Rodrigo A. Carrasco
Rodrigo Carrasco (GSAS’13): Associate Professor at the Institute of Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Universidad Católica
Santiago AB
Francisco Guzmán
Francisco Guzmán (LLM’10): Partner at Carey and member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Groups
Santiago AB
Katherine Lama
Katherine Lama (SIPA’16): Counselor, Permanent Mission of Chile to the OECD
Santiago AB
Pamela Lopez
Pamela López (TC’11): Cultural Management Consultant and Academic
Santiago AB
Gabriel Prudencio
Gabriel Prudencio (SIPA’13): Senior Development Manager LATAM, Mainstream Renewable Power
Santiago AB
Joseph Ramos
Joseph Ramos (PhD, Graduate Faculties 1968): Professor and Former Dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad de Chile
Santiago AB
Marcos Singer
Marcos Singer (SEAS’96): Professor of Operations Management, Dean of the MBA, Universidad Católica de Chile and Director of the Master's Degree in Innovation
Santiago AB
Diego Yarur
Diego Yarur (BUS’06): Head of Corporate Development, International Business, Communications and Sustainability, Bci Financial Group
Santiago AB
Georges De Bourguignon
Georges De Bourguignon (BUS/SIPA '17): Chief Investment Officer, ASSET AGF
Santiago AB
Claudia Heiss
Claudia Heiss (GSAS '03): Head of Political Science, School of Government, Universidad de Chile.
Santiago AB
Andrea Insunza
Andrea Insunza (JN '13): Founder and Editor, Un Día en la Vida
Santiago AB
Daniel Matamala
Daniel Matamala (JN '12): Senior News Anchor, CNN Chile and CHV (Turner Chile).
Santiago AB
Peter Morse
Peter Morse: Chief of Staff to the Vice Chairman, Banco de Chile.
Santiago AB
Juan Somavía
Juan Somavía (IA '98): Manager of External Affairs and Government Relations, Copper, Anglo American.
Rio-Santiago FSC
Nara Milanich
Professor of History, Barnard College; Chair, Santiago and Rio de Janeiro Faculty Advisory Committee
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Gustavo Azenha
Executive Director; Lecturer in Anthropology, Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Walter Baethgen
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Kartik Chandran
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia Engineering
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Amy E. Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Department of History
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Cristiane Duarte
Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent mental Health (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Business School; Director, W. Edwards Deming Center
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Daniel Friedrich
Associate Professor of Curriculum, Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Pablo Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
José A Luchsinger
Robert F. Loeb Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
Yamile M. Martí
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia School of Social Work
Research Interest
Rio-Santiago FSC
María Victoria Murillo
Director, Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS); Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Research Interest
Beijing AB
Anla Cheng
P: CC '09, CC '16, Founder and CEO of The China Project (formerly SupChina)
Beijing AB
Jon Christianson
LAW '89, CBS '89, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Beijing AB
Wei Sun Christianson
LAW ’89, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Beijing AB
Ann Kaplan
SSW '72 , CBS '77, Partner of Circle Wealth Management
Beijing AB
Anna Fang-Hamm
CC '04, Partner and CEO of ZhenFund
Beijing AB
Coco Han
SIPA ’02, Peking University '11 EMBA, Board Member of the Nassau County Museum of Art, and Founder of the Goldstone Wealth Management Consultants, Inc.
Beijing AB
Jack Hsu
CBS '98, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ivy Group
Beijing AB
Junbao Shan
CC '30, President of CICC Capital
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Beijing AB
David Jin
CBS '98, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group’s Shanghai office
Beijing AB
Korhan Kurdoglu
SIPA '90, P: CC '20, Co-Founder & CEO of Tab Food Investments
Beijing AB
Kai-Fu Lee
CC '83, P: CC '12, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures
Beijing AB
Charles Li
LAW '91, P: CC ’16, CC ’18, Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect; Former CEO of HKEX; Columbia University Trustee Emeritus
Beijing AB
He Lin
LAW '20, P: CC '17, Beijing Xuansheng Venture Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.
Beijing AB
Roberta Lipson
CBS '77, CEO and President, Chindex International, Inc.
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Beijing AB
Cherie Nursalim
CBS '90, Chair, Three on the Bund; Vice Chairman, GITI Group
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Beijing AB
Nina Sun
SIPA '01, P: CC '14, President, Sunnybund Co., Ltd.
Beijing AB
Zhe Sun
GSAS '99, GSAS '00, P: CC '14, Visiting Senior Scholar at Columbia SIPA
Beijing AB
Allen Wang
GSAS '89, Founder and CEO of Babytree
Beijing AB
Boming Wang
SIPA '88, President of Stock Exchange Executive Council; Editor in Chief, Caijing magazine; Chairman of SEEC Media Group Limited
Beijing AB
Bruno Wu
P: CC '18, Chairman of Sun Redrock Group
Beijing AB
Lan Xue
Cheung Kong Chair Professor of Public Policy and Management; Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
Beijing AB
Lan Yang
SIPA '96, P: CC '18, Founder and Chairperson of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation
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Beijing AB
Alex Zhang
CC '03, Executive Director of Eco-Forum Global
Beijing AB
Hejuan Zhao
Founder and CEO of TMTPOST Tech Group and ChainDD
Amman Team
Zakhariya Awwad
Finance Manager
Amman Team
Dana Bibi
Senior Program Officer
Amman Team
Talal Junblatt
Assistant Manager – Operations and Projects
Amman Team
Ahmad Al-Mousa
Senior Program Manager
Amman Team
Rita Salameh
Executive Manager
Amman Team
Diala Sweiss
Senior Operations Officer
Amman FSC
Thea Abu El-Haj
Professor, Education Program Director/Chair, Barnard College
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Lila Abu-Lughod
Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Department of Anthropology
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Lisa Anderson
James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; Dean Emerita of School of International and Public Affairs; Special Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Carol Becker
Dean of The School of Arts and Professor of the Arts
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Melissa Begg
Dean of the Columbia School of Social Work; Professor of Social Work and Biostatistics
Amman FSC
Jason Bordoff
Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Brian Boyd
Senior Lecturer & Director of Museum Anthropology; Co-Director, Columbia Center for Palestine Studies
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Daniel Corstange
Assistant Professor of Political Science and of International and Public Affairs
Amman FSC
Wafaa Mahmoud El-Sadr
University Professor; Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health (in Epidemiology) Director, ICAP, Department of Epidemiology
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Amman FSC
Marwa Elshakry
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Gil Hochberg
Ransford Professor of Hebrew and Visual Studies, Comparative Literature, and Middle East Studies, Chair MESAAS
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Matthew L. Keegan
Moinian Assistant Professor, Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College
Amman FSC
Sarah Knuckey
Faculty co-director, Human Rights Institute; Lieff Cabraser Associate Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Human Rights Clinic
Amman FSC
Laura Kurgan
Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Director, Visual Studies Sequence and Director, MS in Design, Computation, and Built Environments Program, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Amman FSC
Bruce Shapiro
Senior Executive Director of the Darts Center and Senior Advisor of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Journalism
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Kathryn B. Yatrakis
Faculty Advisor for Manhattanville, Office of the President
Research Interest
Amman FSC
Monette Zard
Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
Research Interest
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Alumni Mentors
Yanhua (Cindy) Liu
SEAS '97, Co-Chairman of Columbia University Shenzhen Alumni Association, Senior Global Asset Allocation Advisor of Haitou Global
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Alumni Mentors
Zhou Lv
GSAS '08, Co-Founder of Fanzhou Investment
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Alumni Mentors
Yao Zhang
GSAS '13, Founder and CEO of RoboTerra Inc
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Alumni Mentors
Yong Zhao
CBS '05, Founding Partner of 01VC
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Alumni Mentors
Zichun (Leon) Zhao
SEAS '15, CEO of Koala Reading
Beijing FSC
Benjamin L. Liebman
Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law; Director of the Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Eugenia Y. Lean
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Soulaymane Kachani
Senior Vice Provost, Columbia University; Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Engineering
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Samuel K. Sia
Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Shih-Fu Chang
Dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Tian Zheng
Professor of Statistics and Department Chair
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Lydia H. Liu
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities; former Director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Weiping Wu
Vice Provost for Academic Programs; Professor and Director of the M.S. in Urban Planning Program at Columbia GSAPP
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
X. Edward Guo
Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Yiping Han
Professor of Microbial Sciences in Dental Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and President of Columbia University Asian Faculty Association
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Thomas J. Christensen
James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations and Director of the China and the World Program
Research Interest
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Beijing FSC
Merit E. Janow
Dean Emerita of the School of International and Public Affairs; Professor of Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs
Research Interest
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Beijing FSC
Qin Gao
Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Founding Director of the China Center for Social Policy
Research Interest
Beijing FSC
Mingfang Ting
Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; and Co-Director of the Masters in Climate and Society Program
Research Interest
Mumbai AB
Hari Aiyar
Managing Partner, Build India Capital Advisors
Mumbai AB
Anjali Bansal
Partner and India Managing Director, Spencer Stuart
Mumbai AB
Rajashree Birla
Chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation; Director, Aditya Birla Group of Companies
Mumbai AB
Barkha Dutt
Journalist
Mumbai AB
Rubal Jain
Director, Safexpress
Mumbai AB
Uday Kotak
Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mumbai AB
Rajiv Lall
Executive Chairman, Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation
Mumbai AB
Vikram Pandit
Chairman, TGG Group; Trustee, Columbia University
Mumbai AB
Sharad Sanghi
Founder, CEO and Managing Director, Netmagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai AB
Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons
Mumbai AB
Sudhanshu Vats
Group CEO, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd.
Istanbul Team
Merve T. Ispahani
Academic Programs Manager
Istanbul Team
Ceyda Göçmen Özaznavuryan
Administrative Coordinator
Istanbul Team
Gülden Çolakel
Administrative Officer
Istanbul Team
N. Can Kantarcı
Communications Manager
Istanbul Team
Ata Türkoğlu
Program Officer
Istanbul FSC
Zainab Bahrani
Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art History and Archaeology, Department of Art History and Archeology; Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee of Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Emily Bell
Founding Director and Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism
Istanbul FSC
Yanis Ben Amor
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Microbiological Sciences
Istanbul FSC
Jason Bordoff
Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Zeynep Celik
Adjunct Professor of History, Department of History
Istanbul FSC
Hamid Dabashi
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, MESAAS
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Carol Gluck
George Sansom Professor of History, Department of History and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Chair, The Committee on Global Thought
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Ayten Gündoğdu
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Sarah H. Cleveland
Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, and Faculty Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia University Law School
Istanbul FSC
Marianne Hirsch
William Peterfield Trent Professor of English, English & Comp Literature
Istanbul FSC
Nihal T. Isiksel
Associate Professor of Political Science, Dept of Political Science
Istanbul FSC
Valentina Izmirlieva
Professor of Slavic Languages; Chair, Department of Slavic Languages
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Rashid Khalidi
Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Department of History and Department of Middle Eastern, Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Caghan Kizil
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain), Taub Institute
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Holger A. Klein
Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Interest
photo of Vishakha N. Desai
Istanbul FSC
Vishakha N. Desai
Vice Chair, Committee on Global Thought; Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President; Senior Research Scholar, SIPA
Istanbul FSC
Tunc Sen
Assistant Professor of History, Department of History
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Neslihan Şenocak
Associate Professor, Department of History
Beijing Team
Helena Na Xiao
Deputy Director, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Beijing Team
Xuan Liang
Office Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Beijing Team
Chenchen Duan
Senior Program and Communications Officer, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Beijing Team
Miaomiao Bai
Senior Operations Officer, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Beijing Team
Xinyu Kang
Communications Coordinator, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing
Finance & Administration
JoAnn Garcia
Director of Finance, Columbia Global
Finance & Administration
Helma Laino
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Finance & Administration
Suesan Law-Faison
Manager, Procurement
Finance & Administration
Lindsay Lutchmidat
Human Resources Coordinator
Cohort 2018
Ana Carla Abrão
Market Leader, Oliver Wyman
Cohort 2018
Cleuza Repulho
Business and Educational Consultant
Cohort 2019
Camila Pereira
Education Director, Fundação Lemann
Cohort 2022
Ariadne Ribeiro
Master Researcher and Doctoral Student in Psychiatry and Medical Psychology; UNIFESP; UNAIDS Community Support Advisor in Brazil
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Michael Massimino
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Ioannis Kymissis
Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Ivy Schultz
Director, Entrepreneurship, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University