Beijing AB
Anla Cheng
P: CC '09, CC '16, Founder and CEO of The China Project (formerly SupChina)
Rio Team
Ana Paula Vitelli
Director
Mumbai Team
Rachna Tahilyani
Director
Beijing AB
Jon Christianson
LAW '89, CBS '89, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Beijing FSC
Benjamin L. Liebman (Chair)
Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law; Director of the Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies
Nairobi Team
Dr. Murugi Ndirangu
Director, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Amman Team
Hanya Salah
Director
Beijing Team
Helena Na Xiao
Deputy Director, Columbia Global Center Beijing
Amman Team
Zakhariya Awwad
Finance Manager
Beijing AB
Wei Sun Christianson
LAW ’89, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Mumbai Team
Emelia Dubhashi
Senior Finance & Administration Manager
Beijing AB
Ann Kaplan (2009-2024)
SSW '72 , CBS '77, Partner of Circle Wealth Management
Beijing FSC
Eugenia Y. Lean
Vice-Provost for Faculty Affairs and a Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University
Beijing AB
Anna Fang-Hamm
CC '04, Partner and CEO of ZhenFund
Beijing FSC
Soulaymane Kachani
Senior Vice Provost and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Amman Team
Dana Bibi
Communications and Program Manager
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
Mumbai Team
Shama Kamat
Senior Program Assistant
Beijing FSC
Samuel K. Sia
Vice Provost for the Fourth Purpose and Strategic Impact; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Beijing FSC
Shih-Fu Chang
Dean, Columbia Engineering Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor
Beijing AB
David Jin
CBS '98, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group’s Shanghai office
Rio Team
Maria Luiza Paranhos
Senior Project Coordinator
Rio-Santiago FSC
Alex Halliday
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and of Climate at Columbia University, Founding Dean Emeritus of the Columbia Climate School
Mumbai Team
Puja Pednekar
Senior Communications and Programs Officer
Rio Team
Rodrigo Siqueira dos Santos
Finance Officer
Amman Team
Saddam Al-Khamaiseh
IT Manager
Beijing Team
Chenchen Duan
Senior Communications Officer, Columbia Global Center Beijing
Beijing AB
Korhan Kurdoglu
SIPA '90, P: CC '20, Co-Founder & CEO of Tab Food Investments
Beijing FSC
Tian Zheng
Professor of Statistics and Department Chair
Amman Team
Ahmad Al-Mousa
Senior Program Manager
Beijing Team
Miaomiao Bai
Senior Operations Officer, Columbia Global Center Beijing
Beijing AB
Kai-Fu Lee
CC '83, P: CC '12, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures
Beijing FSC
Lydia H. Liu
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University
Mumbai Team
Rajesh Mandle
Junior Office Assistant
Nairobi FSC
Kamel Jedidi
Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business
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
Amman Team
Rita Salameh
Executive Manager
Beijing FSC
Weiping Wu
Vice Provost for Academic Programs; Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Director of MS Urban Planning Program at GSAPP
Istanbul FSC
Zainab Bahrani (Chair)
Edith Porada Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University Chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee, Istanbul Global Center
Paris Team
Brunhilde Biebuyck
Reid Hall and Paris Global Center Center Director
Beijing FSC
X. Edward Guo
Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
Beijing FSC
Yiping W. Han
Professor of Microbial Sciences in Dental Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and President of Columbia University Asian Faculty Association
Beijing AB
He Lin
LAW '20, P: CC '17, Beijing Xuansheng Venture Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.
Rio Team
Deborah Lourenço
Senior Program Officer
Santiago Faculty
Nara Milanich
Professor and Chair of History, Barnard College; Co-Chair, Santiago Center Faculty Advisory Committee
Amman Team
Diala Sweiss
Senior Operations and Projects Officer
Rio-Santiago FSC
Angela Olinto
Provost; Professor of Astronomy and of Physics, GSAS – Astronomy; Physics
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
Cohort 2018
Ana Carla Abrão
Market Leader, Oliver Wyman
Research Scholar
Susana B. Adamo
Research Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Climate, Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, Columbia University
Mumbai AB
Hari Aiyar
Managing Partner, Build India Capital Advisors
Paris Team
Anne Aliche
Reid Hall Receptionist
Tunis AB
Amel Bouchamaoui
Chairperson | HBG
Tunis FSC
Lisa Anderson
James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; Dean Emerita of SIPA; Special Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Athens FSC
Dimitris Antoniou
Lecturer in Hellenic Studies and Associate Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative (SNFPHI), Department of Classics, Columbia University
Rio-Santiago FSC
Gustavo Azenha
Executive Director; Lecturer in Anthropology, Institute of Latin American Studies
Tunis FSC
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Professor of French and Romance Philology; Chair Department of French and Romance Philology
Santiago Faculty
Walter Baethgen
Acting Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia Climate School
Mumbai AB
Anjali Bansal
Partner and India Managing Director, Spencer Stuart
Paris FSC
Linda A. Bell
Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Barnard College
Tunis FSC
Taoufik Ben Amor
Gordon Gray Jr., Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
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
Tunis AB
Elyes Ben Rayana
Co-Founder and CEO | Value
Nairobi FSC
Kiros Berhane
Cynthia and Robert Citrone-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor; Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Tunis FSC
Omar Besbes
Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor of Business; Graduate School of Business; Decision & Risk Operations
Mumbai FSC
Akeel Bilgrami
Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
Mumbai AB
Rajashree Birla
Chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation; Director, Aditya Birla Group of Companies
Rio-Santiago FSC
Paulo Blikstein
Director, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies; Associate Professor of Communications, Media and Learning Technologies Design at Teachers College; Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University
Assistant Professor
Juliana A Bol
Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Santiago Faculty
Elena Cabral
Assistant Dean, Student and International Programs, Columbia Journalism School
Rio-Santiago FSC
Suzana Camargo
Marie Tharp Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Santiago Team
Antonio Campaña
Director, Columbia Global Center Santiago
Istanbul FSC
Zeynep Celik
Sakip Sabanci Visiting Professor
Istanbul Team
Ipek Cem Taha
Director
Rio-Santiago FSC
Kartik Chandran
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia Engineering
Rio-Santiago FSC
Amy E. Chazkel
Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Department of History
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Mei'an Chen
Senior Program Director and Senior Analyst, Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress
Tunis AB
Radouan Cherif
CEO | Galion
Tunis Team
Youssef Cherif
Director
Paris Partner
Barnard Comparative Literature Department
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
Paris Partner
Musée d'Orsay
Research Interest
Istanbul FSC
Hamid Dabashi
Hagoo Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
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
Paris Partner
Ville de Provins
Villa Garnier
Nairobi FSC
Richard Deckelbaum (Chair)
Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Epidemiology Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mumbai FSC
Ruth S DeFries
University Professor; Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University
Professor
George Deodatis
Vice Dean for Research, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science; Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Mumbai FSC
Vishakha N Desai
Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs; Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Xiaoli Ding
Brand Director, RESOON
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
Tunis FSC
Mamadou Diouf
Chair, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies; Director of Institute of African Studies
Paris Team
Marie Volkea Doezema
Paris Global Center Senior Special Projects Manager
Nairobi FSC
Jennifer E. Dohrn
Professor of Nursing Assistant Dean, Office of Global Initiatives Director, WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing Columbia University School of Nursing
Research Scholar
Cristiane Duarte
Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent mental Health (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mumbai AB
Barkha Dutt
Journalist
Paris Partner
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Research Interest
Paris Partner
Nouvelles Écoutes
Research Interest
Tunis FSC
Marwa Elshakry
Associate Professor of History, Department of History
Paris Team
Krista D. Faurie
Reid Hall and Paris Global Center Senior Operations Manager
Recipient of 2022 President's Global Innovation Fund
Virginia Page Fortna
Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy, Dept of Political Science
Santiago Faculty
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice, Decision, Risk, and Operations Division, Columbia Business School
Mumbai FSC
Lynn P Freedman
Professor, Department of Population and Family Health; Director, Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program; Director, Law and Policy Project, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Research Scholar
Daniel Friedrich
Associate Professor of Curriculum, Teachers College, Columbia University
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
Mumbai FSC
Nikhar Gaikwad
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science; Member, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Athens Team
Stefanos Gandolfo
Director, Athens Columbia Global Center
Finance & Administration
JoAnn Garcia
Director of Finance, Columbia Global
Istanbul FSC
Ebru A. Gencer
Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ebru A. Gencer Aspegren
Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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
Istanbul FSC
Carol Gluck
George Sansom Professor of History Emerita
Urban Works Advisors
Pirojsha Godrej
Executive Chairman, Godrej Properties
Nairobi FSC
Joaquim I. Goes
Lamont Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Santiago Faculty
Pablo Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
Athens Senior Council
Mareva Grabowski–Mitsotakis
SIPA' 92, Entrepreneur and Founder of Mare-Studio
Assistant Professor
M. Claire Greene
Assistant Professor in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health
Istanbul FSC
Ayten Gündoğdu
Associate Professor of Political Science (Barnard College-Columbia University)
Paris FSC
Frank Guridy
Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
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
Mumbai FSC
Thomas Hatch
Professor of Education and Director, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST), Teachers College, Columbia University
Urban Works Advisors
Shom Hinduja
President, Alternative Energy and Sustainability, Hinduja Group
Paris FSC
Emlyn Hughes
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics
Mumbai FSC
Garud N. Iyengar
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; Avanessians Director, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
Istanbul FSC
Valentina Izmirlieva
Director, Harriman Institute and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University
Mumbai AB
Rubal Jain
Director, Safexpress
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
Paris Team
Cyril Kaminski
Reid Hall IT Manager
Paris FSC
Ira Katznelson
Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University; Deputy Director, Columbia World Projects
Paris Team
Karniella Kemperdick
Reid Hall Administrative Assistant
Associate Professor
Çağhan Kızıl
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain), Taub Institute
Istanbul FSC
Caghan Kizil
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences
Istanbul FSC
Holger A. Klein
Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History and Archaeology
Research Scholar
Jacqueline Klopp
Research Scholar in the the Center for Sustainable Urban Development in the Climate School; Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development in the Climate School, Earth Institute
Research Interest
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Lingyu Kong
Program Director, Foodthink
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bilge Kose
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kivanc Kose
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mumbai AB
Uday Kotak
Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Lecturer
Andrew J Kruczkiewicz
Senior Staff Associate II in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School
Finance & Administration
Helma Laino
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Mumbai AB
Rajiv Lall
Executive Chairman, Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation
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
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Ada Lam
Climate and Nature Philanthropy Specialist
Associate Research Scientist
Ling San Lau
Associate Research Scientist, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health
Finance & Administration
Suesan Law-Faison
Manager, Procurement
Tunis AB
Kamel Lazaar
Swicorp
Rio Team
Francisco León
UX Designer, Rockefeller Foundation Grant
Beijing AB
Roberta Lipson
CBS '77, CEO and President, Chindex International, Inc.
Alumni Mentors
Yanhua (Cindy) Liu
SEAS '97, Co-Chairman of Columbia University Shenzhen Alumni Association, Senior Global Asset Allocation Advisor of Haitou Global
Rio Team
Vinícius Lopes
Project Manager, Rockefeller Foundation Grant
Research Scholar
José A Luchsinger
Robert F. Loeb Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center
Finance & Administration
Lindsay Lutchmidat
Human Resources Coordinator
Beijing Team
Tiffany Pu Lyu
Program Officer, Columbia Global Center Beijing
Tunis FSC
Gregory Mann
Professor, Department of History
Nairobi FSC
Shannon Marquez
Dean of Global Engagement Columbia University
Research Scholar
Yamile M. Martí
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia School of Social Work
Paris Team
Séverine Martin
Paris Global Center Public Programs Manager
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Michael Massimino
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor
Richard Paul Mayeux
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology (in the Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute); Chair, Dept of Neurology; Director, Sergievsky Center; Co-Director, Taub Institute, Department of Neurology
Paris FSC
Mark Mazower
Ira D. Wallach Professor of History and Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF); Director, Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Urban Works Mentors
V Faye McNeill
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Nairobi FSC
Vijay Modi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Faculty, Earth Institute and Data Science Institute
Urban Works Mentors
Vijay Modi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at Columbia Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Istanbul FSC
Vishakha N. Desai
Past Chair and Member, Committee on Global Thought, Senior Advisor to EVP for Columbia Global, President Emerita Asia Society
Rio Team
João Pedro Oliveira
Software Engineer, Rockefeller Foundation Grant
Programming & Communications
Marika Olsen
Director of Communications, Columbia Global
Santiago Faculty
Cristóbal Otero
Assistant Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Santiago Faculty
Sebastián Otero
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
Professor
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation Program and Director of the Columbia Preservation Technology Lab, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Tunis AB
Ziad Oueslati
MD and co-founding Partner | AfricInvest
Paris Team
Tessa Overvoorde
Paris Global Special Projects Coordinator
Santiago Faculty
Luisa Palacios
Deputy Director of Research & Managing Director of Energy Transition Finance, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
Mumbai AB
Vikram Pandit
Chairman, TGG Group; Trustee, Columbia University
Professor
William Pasmore, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice of Social Organizational Psychology, Teachers College
Cohort 2019
Camila Pereira
Education Director, Fundação Lemann
Rio-Santiago FSC
Brian Perkins
Associate Professor of Practice in Education Leadership; Director, Summer Principals Academy – New York City and New Orleans, Teachers College
Paris FSC
Katharina Pistor (Chair)
Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
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
Mumbai FSC
Shivaram Rajgopal
Kester and Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing, Columbia Business School
Mumbai FSC
Anupama Rao
Professor, Department of History and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS), Columbia University; Professor, Barnard College
Cohort 2018
Cleuza Repulho
Business and Educational Consultant
Cohort 2022
Ariadne Ribeiro
Master Researcher and Doctoral Student in Psychiatry and Medical Psychology; UNIFESP; UNAIDS Community Support Advisor in Brazil
Rio-Santiago FSC
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, Climate School
Nairobi FSC
Dustin Rubenstein
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Mumbai FSC
Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Herbert and Florence Irving Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Paris FSC
Emmanuelle Saada
Professor of French and of History, Department of French and Romance Philology
Tunis Team
Sahar Sahli
Financial and Administrative Officer
Paris Team
Ebru Sakal
Paris Global Center Senior HR and Finance Officer
Rio-Santiago FSC
Bernard Salanié
Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics
Urban Works Advisors
Swati Salgaocar
Director at Vimson Group
Paris Team
Adriana Samaniego
Reid Hall Senior HR and Finance Manager
Urban Works Advisors
Sharad Sanghi
Managing Director and CEO, Netmagic
Mumbai AB
Sharad Sanghi
Founder, CEO and Managing Director, Netmagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Santiago Faculty
Joerg M. Schaefer
Lamont Research Professor in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Co-Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Columbia Climate School, Lamont-DohertyEarthObservatory
2025 Scholar-in-Residence
Mumbai FSC
Kathrin Schilling, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Santiago Faculty
Jeff Schlegelmilch
Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School
Paris Team
Sam Selvakumar
Reid Hall IT Coordinator
Istanbul FSC
A. Tunc Sen
Assistant Professor of History, Department of History
Urban Works Advisors
Vaishali Sinha
Chair for ReNew Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer for ReNew Power
Paris FSC
Joseph Slaughter
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Mumbai FSC
Adam Sobel
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics; Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Tunis FSC
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
University Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Paris FSC
Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
Director, Music Performance Program; Senior Lecturer in Music, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; 2023-24 Faculty Visitor, Reid Hall | Columbia Global Centers | Paris; Columbia University
Associate Professor
Dr. Steve WaiChing Sun
Associate professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University
Senior Advisor
Kian Tajbakhsh
Lecturer and Presidential Fellow, Committee on Global Thought | Adjunct Professor of Urban Policy, SIPA
Tunis AB
Mehdi Tamarziste
CEO | Meninx Holding
Rio-Santiago FSC
Marcela Tamoyo Ortiz
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Mumbai AB
Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons
Tunis FSC
Joseph Terrwiliger
Professor of Neurobiology at the Department of Genetics and Development
Istanbul Team
Merve T. Ispahani
Academic Programs Manager
Tunis FSC
Ann Thornton
Vice Provost, University Librarian
Santiago Faculty
Duy Linh Tu
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Journalism; Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Journalism
Rio-Santiago FSC
Maria Uriarte
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, A&S –Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Cohort 2020-2021
Claudia Valenzuela
Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Brazil
Paris Team
Anthony Valette
Paris Global Center Communications Assistant
Mumbai AB
Sudhanshu Vats
Group CEO, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd.
Tunis FSC
Eric Verhoogen
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Paris Team
Andrew Wells
Paris Global Center Public Programs Coordinator
Mumbai FSC
Olajide A. Williams, MD, MS
Professor of Neurology; Vice Dean of Community Health; Vice Chair of Neurology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
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.
Tunis FSC
Portia G. Williams
Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, Teachers College
Nairobi FSC
Samantha Winter
Associate Professor, Columbia School of Social Work
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Wenhong Xie
Head of China Programme, Climate Bonds Initiative
Assistant Professor
Lily Xu
Sun-Wu Assistant Professor at Columbia University in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Nan Xu
Founder, One-Way Street Foundation
Professor
Monette Zard
Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Rio-Santiago FSC
Daniel A. Zarrilli
Chief Climate & Sustainability Officer, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Richard Rockefeller Fellow
Kai Zhang
Assistant Secretary-General, Shanghai Zijiang Foundation; Managing Director, Sustainability and Social Impact Partners at Shanghai Zizhu National Hi-tech Park
Santiago AB
Ricardo Alvial
Executive Director, INVESTRISKS
Amman FSC
Lisa Anderson
Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita; Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Athens FSC
Carol Becker
Professor of the Arts, Dean Emerita Columbia University School of the Arts
Santiago Partner
Centro de Investigación en Sustentabilidad y Gestión Estratégica de Recursos CISGER
Beijing FSC
Merit E. Janow
Dean Emerita, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA); Professor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law & International Affairs
Alumni Mentors
Zhou Lv
GSAS '08, Co-Founder of Fanzhou Investment
Beijing AB
Cherie Nursalim
CBS '90, Chair, Three on the Bund; Vice Chairman, GITI Group
Athens Senior Council
Lena Papalexopoulou
SIPA' 89, Vice President, Desmos.org
Amman FSC
Melissa Begg
Dean, School of Social Work; Professor of Social Work and Biostatistics
Santiago AB
Manuel Blanco Claro
Partner and Founder, Blanco Abogados
Athens FSC
Charles Branas
Gelman Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Santiago Team
Vivian Fosk
Finance and Operations Manager
Beijing FSC
Qin Gao
Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Associate Dean for Doctoral Education; Director, China Center for Social Policy, Columbia University School of Social Work
Other Mentors
Jianping Ma
Managing Partner of Beijing Zhongguancun Development Qihang Industrial Investment Fund, General Manager of Beijing Zhongguancun IC Industry Fund
Athens Team
Maryli Poulis
Program Officer, Athens Columbia Global Center
Beijing AB
Zhe Sun
GSAS '99, GSAS '00, P: CC '14, Visiting Senior Scholar at Columbia SIPA
Beijing AB
Nina Sun
SIPA '01, P: CC '14, President, Sunnybund Co., Ltd.
Nairobi Team
Jane Wambugu
Finance and Administration Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Amman FSC
Brian Boyd
Director, Museum Anthropology M.A. Program Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology Co-Director, Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University Co-Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Human-Animal Studies
Santiago AB
Jaime Carey
Senior Partner, Carey
Athens Team
Anastasia Chatzieleftheriadi
Finance Manager, Athens Columbia Global Center
Amman FSC
Sarah Cole
Dean of the School of the Arts; Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Athens FSC
Alexander Cooley (Chair)
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science and Vice Provost for Research and Academic Centers, Barnard College
Athens Team
Indre Dauciunaite
Administrative Coordinator, Athens Columbia Global Center
Istanbul Team
Ceyda Göçmen Özaznavuryan
Administrative Coordinator
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Mumbai FSC
Ioannis Kymissis
Chair and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Engineering
Other Mentors
Jianfei Meng
Investment Director of ANOVA Capital
Nairobi Team
Sandra Mikal Masira
Program Assistant, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Santiago Team
Christian Molinari
Programming Officer
Athens Senior Council
Nikolaos P. Tsakos
CC'85, Founder and CEO, TEN LTD
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
Owen Xu
CC ’21, Board Director and Vice President of Sunrise Manufacture Group
Beijing AB
Lan Xue
Cheung Kong Chair Professor of Public Policy and Management; Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
Istanbul Team
Gülden Çolakel
Administrative Officer
Santiago AB
Beatriz Corbo
Advisor, Chilean National Institute of Human Rights
Athens FSC
George Deodatis
Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Athens Team
Christina Katsagoni
Scientific Associate for IIPAN, Athens Columbia Global Center
Other Mentors
Tao Qi
CFP®, Member of IFPHK, ChFP Examiner, Finance Teacher and Mentor of Dual Degree Program, Central University of Finance and Economics
Urban Works 2020-2021 Mentors
Ivy Schultz
Director, Entrepreneurship, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University
Istanbul Team
Ata Türkoğlu
Program Officer
Beijing AB
Lan Yang
SIPA '96, P: CC '18, Founder and Chairperson of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation
Beijing AB
Alex Zhang
CC '03, Executive Director of Eco-Forum Global
Santiago AB
Teresa Edenholm
Vice President, Colegio Nido de Águilas Alumni Association
Athens FSC
Stathis Gourgouris
Professor of Classics, English, and Comparative literature & Society
Nairobi Team
Barbara Muliro
Clinical Research Nutritionist, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Other Mentors
Kai Wang
Assistant General Manager of Zhongguancun Overseas Science and Technology Park
Beijing AB
Hejuan Zhao
Founder and CEO of TMTPOST Tech Group and ChainDD
Santiago AB
Michael Grasty
Partner, Clyde & Co Chile
Istanbul Team
Murat Güney
Expert-in-Residence
Athens FSC
Elena Ladas
Sid and Helaine Lerner Professor for Global Integrative Medicine; Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Wellness; Director, International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition; Associate Research Director
Beijing FSC
Mingfang Ting
Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School
Other Mentors
Xiaoyu (Sue) Xu
Partner at Amino Capital
Nairobi Team
Dennis Kyalo Mwanthi
Finance and Project Coordinator, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Santiago AB
Isabella Luksic
Vice President, Fundación Luksic
Athens FSC
John Ma
Professor of Classics
Istanbul Team
Ayşenur Ölmezses
Program Manager
Nairobi Team
Laura Were
Project Officer, Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi
Alumni Mentors
Yao Zhang
GSAS '13, Founder and CEO of RoboTerra Inc
Athens FSC
Costis Maglaras
Dean and David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Santiago AB
Gina Ocqueteau
President, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM)
Alumni Mentors
Yong Zhao
CBS '05, Founding Partner of 01VC
Athens FSC
Ioannis Mylonopoulos
Associate Professor for Art History and Archaeology
Santiago AB
Manuel Olivares
President, Sura Seguros
Alumni Mentors
Zichun (Leon) Zhao
SEAS '15, CEO of Koala Reading
Santiago AB
Gabriela Salvador
Executive Director, Vantrust Capital
Athens FSC
Christos Papadimitriou
Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University Principal Scientist, Archimedes AI, Athens Greece
Santiago AB
Juan Somavía
Manager of External Affairs and Government Relations, Copper, Anglo American.
Athens FSC
Karen Van Dyck
Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Modern Greek Literature, Department of Classics, Columbia University
Santiago AB
Cecilia Valdés
Director, Connect Comunicaciones
Athens FSC
Kathryn B. Yatrakis
Faculty Advisor Dean of Academic Affairs in Columbia College and the Senior Associate Vice President in the Arts and Sciences (retired)
Amman FSC
Gil Hochberg
Ransford Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, and Middle East Studies at Columbia University and Chair of the department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS)
Amman FSC
Matthew L. Keegan
Moinian Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
Amman FSC
Sarah Knuckey (Chair)
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein Clinical Professor of Human Rights
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
Daniel Naujoks
Lecturer of International and Public Affairs, Director of International Organization and UN Studies Specialization