“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Core Team 2016 (scroll names for bio links) – The Global Summit role / Other titles
Melanie St.James – Convener & Lead Link, Partnerships Circle / Founder, Empowerment WORKS
Theresa Williamson – Rio Host Committee / Founder & Executive Director, Catalytic Communities (CatComm.org)
Rodrigo Arantes – Steering Committee / Playmaster & Founder at project #AJOGADA (ajogada.com.br)
Stephan McGuire – Steering Committee / Board Member, Empowerment WORKS / Founder, Cernunnos Media
Tawanda Mutukwa – Citizen Engagement, Zimbabwe & 1PIE Hackathon / Co-Founder & CTO, Hurukuro
Diego De Souza Nunes – Rio Host Committee / Courier & Logistics, EcoBike Courier Rio de Janeiro
Jay Markert – Lead Link, Global Outreach Circle / Director of Education, Empowerment WORKS / Founder, Living Mandala
Madelynn Perry – Lead Link, Social Media Circle / Community Engagement Intern, Empowerment WORKS
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Global Advisors & Strategic Support
Jan Black, PhD, Human Rights Advisor & Honorary Co-Chair / Board Member, Amnesty International (USA)
Anu Keshavan – Program Adviser/ Board Member, Empowerment WORKS / Global Social Innovation Mentor & Advocate
Bandita Thapa – Global Program Co-Chair, East Asia Region / Founder, Women Foundation Nepal
Samantha Sweetwater – Transformation & Community Engagement / Founder, Dancing Freedom
Tonya Ridgely – Master of Inspiration / Director of Community Relations, Center for Integral Wisdom
Lorenzo Falzarano – Appropriate Technology & SEED Change Programme / Founder & CEO, Stealth Startup
Holly Mosher – Transparency Programming / Filmmaker for Change (Pay2Play; Bonsai, the vision of Muhammad Yunus)
Bill Shireman – Multi-stakeholder Engagement and Strategy / President & CEO, Future500
Debra Giusti – Outreach and Production Advisor / Founder of Harmony Festival
Fedor Ovchinnikov – Participatory Process Advisor / Managing Partner of the Institute for Evolutionary Leadership
Lindsay Gatz – Branding Adviser, Creative Genius / Co-Owner & Creative Director, Artsy Geek
Alex Theory – Adviser, Cultural Events / Governor on the board of the Recording Academy (Grammys®)
Gibson Momo Tulay Jr. Community Engagement / Founder, Humanity & Knowledge Conveyance Association, Liberia
Scholastica Sylvan Kimaryo – Programme Chair / Former UNDP Deputy Regional Director for Africa
Pamela Millar – Green Business Writer at Examiner, Owner & CEO – Bridgemakers Consulting
Sophie Lapaire – Fulbright Scholar, Consultant to NASA
Sean Ahearn – Concert & Production (Music Director, Harmony Music Festival)
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Legacy Circle Contributors
Jenny Huang – Co-Founder, The Global Summit / The President’s Volunteer Service Award, TM Forum Fellow
Jeff Weigel – Global Business Management Consultant, Co-Founder, Road Warrior Group
Holly Mosher – Filmmaker for Change (Pay2Play; Bonsai, the vision of Muhammad Yunus -USA)
Lainie Liberti – Creative Director (Principal, Jungle8)
Jose Luis Nazar – Philanthropist / Entrepreneur, English Without Borders (USA/Chile)
Co-Architects / Contributors
Stefan Cibian, PhD – Global Policy & Development Strategy (
Marie Stojimirovic, PhD. – Evaluation Director (Sustainable Development Professor, France)
Jennifer Gooding – Brand Director (Project Manager, Jungle8)
Ben Clayton – Founding Program Coordinator / Development Associate
Mike Chamness – Founding Development Associate & Partnerships
Jeff Buderer – Co-Founder, Programming & Digital Village Case Studies Director
Irving Sarnoff – Co-Founder, Liaison to the United Nations (Founder, Friends of the UN)
Joseph Malki – Co-Founder, The Global Summit, CBDO at www.SevenStarEvents.com
Georgia Malki – President, Seven Star Events
Rick Pinckert – Network Administrator, Annenberg School of Communications
Alissa Sears – Director of Global Betterment, Christie Communications
Jessica Plancich, MA, MFT – FoundingFacilitator Team, Education Co-Chair
Autumn Radtke – Development & Information Technology Partnerships
Ed Cherlin – Technology Research Associate (Director, Earth Treasury Institute)
Elinor Averyt – Sustainable Standards Coordinator (Founder, LEAF Certifications)
Scott W. Badenoch Jr., Atty – Director of Mediation Services (CEO, Creative Citizen, LLC)
Hillary Waadt – Communications & Partnerships
Federico Haro – Multimedia Producer (Creative Director, Xlantic Media)
Alex Theory, Ph.D. – Sound Director, Global Sound Conference & Elevate Film Festival
Jennifer Partridge – Media Broadcasting (Producer, Our New Earth)
Susan Daya Hamwi – Co-Director of Mediation (Settlement Works)
Gurminder Singh – Co-Chair Sustainable Technology (Founder, Green Technology Institute)
Tony Greenberg – Strategy (Chairman, RampRate™ Sourcing Advisors)
Jay Levin – Responsible Media & Journalistic Ethics (Founder, LA Weekly & RealTalk LA)
Suad Sulaiman, PhD – Environmental Health (Co-founder of Sudanese Environmental Conservation Society)
Bob Ayres – Production (Executive Director of The Next 20 Years Series, Former Executive Director of the TED Prize)
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The Global Summit Founding Delegates NOV. 16-18, 2008
Presidio – Golden Gate Club – San Francisco, CA, USA
First name | Last name |
Aaron Ezra | Ableman |
Sean | Ahearn |
Mary | Allen |
Dana | Arak |
Elinor | Averyt |
Katherina | Bach de Pauli |
Scott | Badenoch |
Jahn | Ballard |
Marc | Barasch |
Carla | Banson |
John Perry | Barlow |
Michelle | Barton |
Janice | Belson |
Scott | Berry |
Bonnie | Bibas |
Giselle | Bisson |
Kristie | Bryan |
Jeff | Buderer |
Chris | Bui |
Stephen | Bullard |
Ann | Carr |
Asha | Castleberry |
Mike | Chamess |
David | Chang |
Suzi | Chang |
Mark | Chasan |
Ben | Clayton |
Christiane Lemieux | Clayton |
douglas | cohen |
Geofrey | Collins |
Shawn | Collins |
Lawrence Axil | Comras |
Louis | D’Amore |
Karil | Daniels |
Wendy | Daugherty |
Bill | Daul |
Howard | Dean |
Bruce | Dear |
Jessica | DeJaifre |
Francis | DellaVecchia |
Abe | Dertner |
Ben | Devries |
William | Edmonson |
Michael | Elam |
Elizabeth | Estrada |
Baba Oosa Gbemi | Israel |
Sheilah | Evans |
Lorenzo | Falzarano |
Janet | Feldman |
Andrew | Ferrera |
David | Ferrera |
Colin | Finlay |
Thomas | Flach |
Andrea | Franchini |
Nicole | Franco |
Evan | Fraser |
Missy | Galore |
Esperanza | Garcia |
Robert | Gillespie |
Julian | Gonzales |
Michael | Gosney |
Sian | Gowan |
Amie | Grenier |
Chloe | Hall |
Susan Daya | Hamwi |
Brandon | Hance |
James | Hanusa |
Byron | Head |
Becca | Herrman |
Claudia Maria (Diamar) | Herrmann |
Mike | Hobbes |
Nicklas | Hoeg |
CHRISTOPHER | HORNOR |
Philip | Horvath |
Michael | Howard |
Libby | Hubbard |
Johnathan | Human |
Judith | Iam |
Mariko | Ihara |
Pilar Stella | Ingargiola |
Casey | James |
Cyd | Jenefsky |
Reese | Jones |
Michael | Kaliski |
Gurutej | Kaur |
Alhaji Jeffery | kamara |
Paul | Katzeff |
Human | Kindness |
Adam | Krim |
Chandra | Krown |
Sophie | Lapaire |
Judith | Iam |
Kim | Langbecker |
Elizabeth | Lapan |
Michael | Leifer |
Christiane | Lemieux |
Wendy | Levicoff |
Nancy Asrid | Lindo |
Alpha | Lo |
Sharon | London |
Hunter | Lovins |
Sonia | Lub |
Joanne | Lyon |
Christopher | Macrae |
Mark | Mahon |
Zoael | Markrysta |
Andy | Mannle |
Cecilia | Mansilla |
Magalie | Bonneau-Maral |
Bryan | Marks |
Gregg | Marks Choat |
KRISTEN | MARTIN |
Peter | Matthies |
Ray | Mawhinney |
Diana | Maxwell |
Jessica | Mayoraz |
Pamela | Millar |
Camilla | Misser |
Michelle | Moore |
Alan | Moore |
Kianti | Murphy |
Erik | Negash |
Susan | Nesbitt |
Heather | Newbold |
Matthew | Newnham |
Marie aka: onamare | Newsom |
Anne “Starr” | Njoroge |
Dr. Antonia | Neubauer |
Doctress | Neutopia |
Anank Nunink | Nunkai |
Happy | Oasis |
Anders | Olsen |
Dominique | Pacheco |
Kacy | Palmieri |
Jeannine | Parker |
Jennifer | Partridge |
Gunter | Pauli |
Joshua | Penman |
Robert | Perala |
Evan | Phillips |
Brock | Pierce |
Rick | Pinckert |
Phillip | Poteat |
Kathy | Poteat |
John | Raatz |
Tal | Rachleff |
Amayea | Rae |
Autumn | Radtke |
Jorge | Rebagliati |
Cory | Reddish |
Tonya Tbird | Ridgely |
Neal | Roberts |
David | Rose |
Missy | Rosie |
ERIK | ROTHENBERG |
Ricardo | Rothhirsoh |
Andrew | Rufe |
Steven | Sadleir |
Marta | Salas-Porras |
Isabella | Schilpp |
Shera Angelina | Sever |
Patricia | Sill |
Richard | Silver |
Gurminder | Singh |
David | Sinclair |
Emily | Smith |
Mary | Saint-Marie |
Melanie | St James |
Rana | Stewart |
Jiwei | Sun |
Richard | Taubinger |
Peter | Temple |
Bradford | Tilden |
Barry Circle | Tillman |
Alex | Theory |
Raam | Toerper |
Gary | Tomchuk |
Miguel | Toro |
Patrick | Troup |
Rosie | Turner Masters |
Haig | Varjabedian |
Amalie | Villesen |
John | Vitale |
Matt | Voloshin |
Hillary | Waadt |
Ruel | Walker |
Kimberly | Weichel |
Dana | Wellborn |
Claudia | Welss |
Gregory | Wendt |
Courtney | White |
Brent Thomas | Willett |
Sin | Wong |
Sheri | WoodsGreen |
Jennifer | Woodward |
Merlin | Yockstick |