Concordia Annual Summit 2023 | Concordia | 18 September 2023 | Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 811 7th Avenue, W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA

This event will maintain its position as the largest and most inclusive nonpartisan forum alongside the UN General Assembly. Leveraging Concordia’s unwavering nonpartisan status and convening power, this summit will address the most pressing global issues of our time, from the role of the private sector in combating disinformation to the urgent steps needed to address today’s mental health crisis and advance environmental sustainability.

2023 Speakers

Yosef Abramowitz
Chief Executive Officer, Gigawatt Global

Dr. Tom Achoki
Senior Director of Strategy and Impact, AB InBev Foundation

Miguel Achury
Manager Empropaz, Empropaz of Banco de las Microfinanzas Bancamia SA

T.H. Eric Adams
Mayor, City of New York

Laurie Adams
Chief Executive Officer, Women for Women International

Gustau Alegret
Journalist, NTN24

Paige Alexander
CEO, The Carter Center

Maitha Al Hameli
Section Head - Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD)

H.E. Mohamed Irfaan Ali
President, Government of Guyana

Nasser Alkahtani
Executive Director, Arab Gulf Programme for Development

Nasser Al Khori
Executive Director, Generation Amazing - Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

T.H. Liz Allen
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Alex Amouyel
President and CEO, Newman's Own Foundation

Clayton Anderson
Songwriter & Songwriter, Visionary Recording Artist

Yalda Aoukar
Co-Founder / President, Bracket Capital / Bracket Foundation

Nazanin Ash
CEO, Welcome.US

William Asiko
Vice President, Africa, The Rockefeller Foundation

Christian Asinelli
Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean

Jon Banner
EVP, Global Chief Impact Officer, McDonald's Corporation

H.E. Helder Barbalho
Governor, City of Pará, Brazil

H.E. José Manuel Barroso
Former President, European Commission

Dr. Gracelin Baskaran
Research Director for Energy Security and Climate Change, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mary Baskerville
Head of Global Strategic Partnerships and Engagement, Corporate Communications, HP, Inc.

Kathy Baughman McLeod
Founding and Former Director, Arsht-Rock Resilience Center

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
Group Chairman & CEO, DP World

Simon Bishop
CEO, BBC Media Action

The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair
Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Cherie Blair
Co-Founder & Chair, Omnia Strategy LLP

Nadia Bodkin
Founder, Rare Advocacy Movement

Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Perianne Boring
Founder & CEO, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Alejandra Botero
Regional Manager for Planning and Impact Development, CAF- Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean

Melissa Bradley
Founder & General Partner, 1863 Ventures

Jeanne Branthover
Managing Partner, Global Financial Services Practice, DHR Global

Dr. Ian Bremmer
President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media

Jennifer Broxmeyer
Director of Governance, Meta

Jason Buechel
CEO, Whole Foods Market

Richard Buery
CEO, Robin Hood Foundation

Elisha Caleb
Chief Executive Officer, Agrotech Plus Ltd

Michael Casey
Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk

Hagar Chemali
Host & Creator of Oh My World!, Greenwich Media Strategies

Tim Christophersen
Vice President of Climate Action, Salesforce

Angela Churie-Kallhauge
Executive Vice President, Impact, Environmental Defense Fund

Fatoumata Cisse
Student, NYC Junior Ambassadors - Alum

The Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg
President, Global Affairs, Meta

Jay Collins
Vice Chairman of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citi

Patrick Condo
Chairman and CEO, Seekr Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Cecilia Conrad
CEO, Lever for Change

Holly Copeland
Executive Director, CSR, Sustainability & Impact, Horizon Therapeutics

Céline Cousteau
Filmmaker, Author, Speaker, Filmmaker, Author & Speaker

Dr. Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University

Nighat Dad
Board Member and Founder of Digital Rights Foundation, Oversight Board

H.E. Godfred Yeboah Dame
Republic of Ghana, Attorney-General & Minister for Justice

Jennifer Davis
COO, Executive Writer, Director of Strategy, Laura Evans Media

Thomas Debass
Managing Director of the Office of Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

T.H. Ana Irene Delgado
Deputy, National Assembly of Panama

Andrew Desiderio
Senior Congressional Reporter, Punchbowl News

Daniel Diasio
Global Consulting AI Leader, EY

Rebecca Distler
Strategist for AI, Data, and Digital Health, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Lucica Ditiu
Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership

Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky
Former Under Secretary Of State For Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Belfer Center For Science & International Affairs

Lani Dolifka
President & Founder, Clean Water Here

Rachael Drew
Portfolio Lead, MIT Solve

H.E. Abazović Dritan
Prime Minister, Montenegro

Jamie Ducharme
Health Correspondent, TIME

H.E. Iván Duque
Former President, Republic of Colombia

Elmo
The Muppet, Sesame Workshop

Laura Evans
President & CEO, Laura Evans Media

Rodney Ferguson
President & CEO, Winrock International

T.H. Jose W. Fernandez
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

Peter Fish
CEO, Mendelian

H.E. Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

T.H. Henrietta Fore
Chairman & CEO, Holsman International

Dr. Andrew Forrest AO
Executive Chairman, Fortescue

Ed Foster-Simeon
President & CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation

Mary Margaret Frank
Dean, Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Dr. Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami

Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners

John Gable
CEO, AllSides

Claudia Lorena Garcia
Senior Consultant, TriCiclos Colombia SAS

Dr. Henry Gates Jr.
University Professor, Harvard University

H.E. Monica Geingos
First Lady, Republic of Namibia

Githinji Gitahi
Global CEO, Amref Health Africa

Michael Goltzman
Vice President, Global Policy & Sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company

Raquel Gonzalez
Alum, NYC Junior Ambassadors

Mrs. Ana Rita González
CEO, Policy Wisdom

Fatima Goss Graves
President and CEO, National Women's Law Center

President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Former President, Republic of Croatia

Michelle Grogg
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Executive Director, Cargill Foundation, Cargill, Inc.

T.H. Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia

Anuradha Gupta
President, Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute

T.H. Avril Haines
Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Harold Hamm
Executive Chairman, Continental Resources

Kahenge Simson Haulofu
Managing Director, Namibia Power Corporation

Ryan Heath
Global Tech Correspondent, Axios

Paula Henderson
Executive Vice President and Chief, Sales Officer, SAS

T.H. Kathy Hochul
Governor, State of New York

T.H. Karl Hofmann
President & CEO, Population Services International

T.H. Stuart Holliday
CEO, Meridian International Center

Alex Honnold
Founder, Honnold Foundation

T.H. Bi-khim Hsiao
Representative to the United States, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO)

Barbara Humpton
President and CEO, Siemens USA

Caroline Hyde
TV anchor, Bloomberg

Igor Jablokov
CEO, Pryon

Lisa Jacobson
President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy

T.H. Chavonda Jacobs-Young
REE Under Secretary & Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ishrat Jahan
Director of International Programs, Nomi Network

Sheila Jaskot
Producer and Media Logistics Director, Laura Evans Media

Amber Johnson
Global Vice President Cocoa, Mars Wrigley

H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid
Founder, President Kaljuaid Foundation

Kola Karim
Chairman, Shoreline

Vikram Karnani
EVP & President, Global Commercial Operations and Medical Affairs, Horizon Therapeutics

Kevin Keaton
Founding Partner, Red Cell Partners

T.H. Sadiq Khan
Mayor, Greater London Authority

T.H. Young Kim
Representative (CA-40), U.S. House of Representatives

Andrew Kireta Jr.
President & CEO, Copper Development Association Inc.

Paul Knox Clarke
Principal, ADAPT Initiative

Karen Korponai
Sr. Advisor / Founder and CEO, Visionary Media Group / Konscious Konsulting

John Koudounis
CEO, Calamos Investments

T.H. Keith Krach
Founder & Chairman, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy

Jenelle Krishnamoorthy
Vice President, Head of Global Public Policy, Corporate Affairs, Merck

Charlene Lake
Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP-Corporate Social Responsibility, AT&T

René Lammers
Chief Science Officer, PepsiCo

H.E. Guillermo Lasso
President, Republic of Ecuador

T.H. Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Eric Loeb
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Salesforce

Nicholas Logothetis
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia

George Logothetis
Executive Chairman, Libra Group

Nathaniel Lubin
President, Incite Studio

Chip Lyons
President and CEO, EGPAF

Anu Madgavkar
Partner, McKinsey Global Institute

Kristie Magee Porcaro
Chief Strategy Officer, Operation Smile

Avipsa Mahapatra
Climate Campaign Lead, Environmental Investigation Agency

Dr. Vidya Mani
Associate Professor, University of Virginia

Dr. William Mapham
CEO, Vula

Johanna Maska
CEO, Global Situation Room

T.H. Dorothy McAuliffe
Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

Dagen McDowell
Anchor, Fox Businesss

Lorraine McMillan
Global Asset Management Director, Strong Women Impact Fund, VisionFund International

T.H. Bernard McNamee
Partner, McGuireWoods LLP

Desmond Meade
Executive Director, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition

Sheena Meade
CEO, The Clean Slate Initiative

H.E. Roberta Metsola
President, European Parliament

Askadeline Milanes
Alum, NYC Junior Ambassadors

David Miliband
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee

Cooper Miqueli
Manager, Partnerships, Concordia

Dr. Bernd Montag
Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Healthineers

R. Tyler Morse
Chairman & CEO, MCR & MORSE Development

Racquel Moses
CEO, Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator

Maryam Mujica
Director of Government Affairs, Americas, Booking Holdings

Noryawati Mulyono
CEO, PT Seaweedtama Biopac Indonesia

Mike Muse
Host & Co-founder, Muse Recordings

Dr. Julia Nesheiwat
Vice President, Policy & Insights, TC Energy

Amb. John Nkengasong
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

Michelle Nunn
President & CEO, CARE USA

T.H. Robert O'Brien
Chairman, American Global Strategies

Dr. Tessy Ojo CBE
Chief Executive Officer, The Diana Award

H.E. Toyin Ojora Saraki
Founder-President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Juliana Olayinka
London Bureau Chief, Channels Television

Jacek Olczak
CEO, Philip Morris International

Morgan Ortagus
Founder, Polaris National Security

Telma Ortiz
Associate Manger of External Relations & Strategy, Concordia

Andrew Drew Otoo
President, Global Vaccines, Merck

T.H. Carlos Pascual
Senior Vice President Geopolitics & International Affairs, S&P Global

H.E. Santiago Peña
President, Republic of Paraguay

Dr. Alejandro Ponce
Chief Research Officer, The World Justice Project

Amy Pope
Director General Elect, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Kimahli Powell
CEO, Rainbow Railroad

Dr. Jay Rajda
Head of International Goverment Health and Payor Engagement, Amazon Web Services

Mauricio Ramos
CEO, Millicom

Dr. Sheetal Rao
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine & Physician, Physician

Mark Reading
Head of Foundation, Atlassian

Dave Regnery
Chair and CEO, Trane Technologies

Blake Resnick
Founder & CEO, BRINC Drones

Alejandro Rincón
Journalist, NTN24

Josh Rogin
Columnist, Washington Post

T.H. Wilbur Ross
President, Chairman & CEO, Ross Acquisition Corp. II

Eric Roston
Sustainability Editor, Bloomberg News

Sasha Rubel
Head of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Public Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Amazon Web Services

Daniel Russel
Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute

T.H. Pat Ryan
Representative (NY-18), U.S. House of Representatives

Rohit Sahgal
Director, Sovereign Health Singapore

Victor Salviati
Director of Institutional Development and Innovation, Foundation for Amazon Sustainability

Sonia Scarselli
Vice President, Xplor, BHP

Juri Schnoeller
Founder & Managing Director, Digiknall

Nick Sciorra
Founding Managing Partner, Visionary Media Group

Caroline Scullin
Global Communications Strategist; Vice-Chair of the Board, Concordia

Eda Selebatso
Founder & Chairperson, Botswana Organisation for Rare Diseases

Dr. Raj Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Daniela Sicuranza
Senior Writer & Producer and Senior, Director of Outreach, Laura Evans Media

Himanshu Sikka
Chief Strateg and Diversification Officer, IPE Global Limited

Dr. Suzanne Singer
Executive Director / Co-Founder, Native Renewables Inc.

Catharine Smith
Executive Director, Termeer Foundation

Anil Soni
CEO, World Health Organization Foundation

Christian Spano
Director, Innovation and Climate, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Elisabeth Staudinger
Member of the Managing Board, Siemens Healthineers

Stephanie Steege
Director of Humanitarian Programs, Airlink

Dr. Andrew Steer
President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

Dr. Juerg Steffen
CEO, Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd.

Sam Stephens
Executive Director, AB InBev Foundation

T.H. Kevin Stitt
Governor, State of Oklahoma

Jeni Stockman
Senior Deployment Manager, Pendulum Systems

Elizabeth Sturcken
Managing Director, Net Zero Value Chains, Environmental Defense Fund

Mustafa Suleyman
Co-Founder, Inflection

Karin Svensson
Chief Sustainability Officer, Volvo

Mr. Matthew Swift
Co-Founder & CEO, Concordia

T.H. Audrey Tang
Minister of Digital Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Rob Tashima
Senior Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

T.H. Janaina Tewaney Mencomo
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Panama

Carla Thompson Payton
Vice President for Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Abha Thorat-Shah
Executive Director, Social Finance, British Asian Trust

Shannon Thyme Klinger
Chief Legal Officer and President, Moderna Charitable Foundation, Moderna

H.E. Oluremi Tinubu
First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Tatiana Torres
Associate Partner, Dentons Global Advisors

T.H. Maria Torres-Springer
Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development & Workforce, NYC Office Of the Mayor

Reggie Townsend
Vice President, Data Ethics Practice, SAS

Dr. Galen Treuer
Climate Tech and Economic Innovation Manager, Miami-Dade County

H.E. Ing-wen Tsai
President, Republic of China (Taiwan) (Digital Remarks)

Allison Tummon Kamphuis
Vice-President Communications, Global Equality & Inclusion and Community Impact, Procter & Gamble

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Advisor to Climate-focused Funds, Founders and Philanthropies, Author, Council on Foreign Relations Adjunct Senior Fellow

Ms. Nangula Uaandja
CEO & Chairperson, Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Dr. Crystal Upperman
Senior Manager, Deloitte

Juliana Uribe
CEO and Founder, Movilizatorio

Sasha Vakulina
Journalist, Euronews

Elizabeth Vargas
Anchor, NewsNation

Ashwin Vasan
Commissioner of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Darth Vaughn
Director Legal Innovation | Litigation Counsel, Ford Motor Company

Alicia Vermaele
Executive Director, The Starbucks Foundation

Carmen Villar
VP, Social Business Innovation, Merck

Keith Vincent
Chief Executive Officer, Wilderness

Mark Viso
President and CEO, Food for the Hungry

Charity Wallace
Founder & President, Wallace Global Impact

T.H. Mike Waltz
Representative (FL-06), U.S. House of Representatives

Clarissa Ward
Chief International Correspondent, CNN

William Weeks
Director, AI for Health Research, Microsoft

Dr. Bobbi Wegner
Founder/CEO, Lecturer, and Board Member, Groops, Harvard, USA for IOM

Mara Weinraub
Senior Lifestyle Editor, Groceries, The Kitchn

Sean West
Co-Founder, Hence Technologies

Sherrie Westin
President, Sesame Workshop

T.H. Anne Williams-Isom
Deputy Mayor, NYC Office Of the Mayor

Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger
President & CEO, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

T.H. Sheena Wright
First Deputy Mayor, NYC Office Of the Mayor

Misha Zelinsky
War Correspondent, Columnist, Australian Financial Review

Ms. Eglantina Zingg
Founder, Goleadoras

Samaila Zubairu
President & CEO, Africa Finance Corporation

2023 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL PROGRAMMING SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
• Calamos
• Meta
• Zayed Sustainability Prize

LEAD PROGRAMMING SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
• Merck
• Microdose
• Siemens
• AB Inbev Foundation
• Care
• Elizabeth Glaser
• Environment Defense Fund
• Copper Alliance
• Movement Health
• NIPDB
• Stop TB Partnership
• Unitech
• Treat Califonia
• World Vison

PATRON PROGRAMMING SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
• Apco
• AT&T
• BHP
• DP World
• Exxon Mobil
• Horizon
• Mcdonalds
• Salesforce
• TC Energy
• Trane
• University Virginia
• Food For The Hungry
• International Medical Corps
• USA IOM

TRAVEL PARTNER:
• United

PRODUCTION PARTNER;
• The Dufour