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Since its inception, the Global Citizenship Foundation and its initiatives have received generous support from some of the leading educational leaders, policymakers, thought leaders, practitioners, innovative thinkers, and changemakers from around the world.
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Erica Frydenberg PhD is an educational, clinical and organizational psychologist in Australia.
Dr. Nandini Chatterjee Singh is a Programme Specialist – Science of Learning at UNESCO MGIEP.
Neelima Chopra, PhD is UNESCO MGIEP’s SEL Skills Coordinator.
Rilli was elected as CONCORD President in November 2020 and is currently the Director of Sustainable development at Fingo, Finnish Development NGOs (CONCORD’s national platform in Finland). Before Fingo´s establishment on 2018, Rilli worked over 15 years as Secretary General of Kehys, national EU platform. During that time Rilli took on several roles in CONCORD, e.g. as a Board Member for 6 yeas and the chair of the DEAR working group.
Dr. Aaliyah A. Samuel takes the helm at CASEL during a time of unprecedented growth for the field of social-emotional learning (SEL), spearheading initiatives alongside other educators, researchers, and policy leaders to expand SEL nationwide and serving as a leading voice for children’s education.
Aaryan Salman is the President at the Global Citizenship Foundation and Chief Listener at the Global Debates.
Alesse is a UN SDGs Content Creator, Journalist, Educator, M.A. in Peace Studies, and a Ph.D. student in peace and happiness at Faculty of Education, Soka University, Japan.
Alexandra Kodjabachi is the Founder & CEO of PersEd, Lebanon. In addition, Alexandra is a UNESCO APCEIU Youth Leader, UNLEASH evaluator, G20 Young Global Changer & "Rethinking Education" taskforce member at the Union for the Mediterranean. She is the recipient of the Alain Decaux Literary Prizes for the Francophone world. As an international public speaker, coach, author, and a connection-creator, Alexandra's work explores the breadth and depth of multidisciplinarity, putting connections at the service of creativity, innovation & foresight.
Alvin Dakis is currently an independent & certified Gender & Development Specialist who serves as a GAD consultant to various government agencies. He is also a Science Research Specialist at the University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine. His current research interests include Gender Studies, Human Sexuality, SOGI & LGBT Health, SRHR, HIV & AIDS Care, PWD Health, and Public Health and Policy.
Andreas Schleicher currently holds the position of Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General at the OECD in Paris.
Andrew Miller is currently the Director of Personalized Learning Singap American School where he leads the work of curriculum. instruction. He has served as both a classroom teacher and an instructional coach, and has taught both traditional and blended models of leaming Hea frequent contributor to Edutopia and is a consultant with ASCD.
Ann Burgess is a consultant & master trainer at the British Council, UK along with being the chief executive of Ann Burgess Consultancy. Ann has been a head teacher for almost two decades & has also served as a local authority advisor; an Ofsted inspector; a specialist international advisor & a senior policy advisor with the British Council, UK. As a former head teacher working at schools in challenging circumstances, she has now initiated an international doctoral research on school leadership in challenging circumstances.
Arijit Ghosh is the Vice-President at Education Quality Foundation of India. Having started as teacher, Arijit has held senior positions at Macmillan Publishers, Pearson Education & British Council India. With experience in large-scal assessments, teacher audits, curriculum design on 21st century skills & digital innovation in work space, he has managed several capacity-building programmes involving organisations like DfID, MacArthur Foundation, UNICEF & multiple state governments. Arijit is a recepient of the 2014 Global Teacher Accreditation Award by Cambridge Foundation for his work on critical thinking skills.
Dr. Bobbi Macdonald is one of the 28 original signatories on Education Reimagined's founding document, “A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S.” Her previous work as Executive Director of City Neighbors Foundation sought to provide an answer to the question, “What would it take for every student to be Known, Loved, and Inspired?” That question remains at the heart of her work today. Bobbi most recently completed her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University.
Cody Freeman is a lecturer & foreign expert at the Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education, Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Craig Fullerton is considered an inspirational thought leader in Integral Education. Integral Education is a learning model where Craig incorporates aspects of Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Associative Learning, and NLP. The media refers to Craig as “THE” expert keynote speaker in education. With over two decades of experience across the world as an Educational Leader, Teacher, Consultant, Bestselling Author, and TED Speaker, he consults, coaches, and mentors educators and leaders.
David is the Chief Executive Officer at the Urban Assembly and Board Member at CASEL, USA.
Deepti Singh is a recent master’s graduate of International Peace Studies from Soka University Japan. She has worked with the leading healthcare company – The United Health Group (UHG) for five years as a Software Tester and parallelly played a pivotal role in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) sector of UHG. She has worked alongside several NGO’s which focuses on imparting education and character building for the less privileged kids in Gurugram, Haryana. As a master’s student at Soka University, Deepti’s research was focused on “Global Citizenship Education as an educational priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Dina is a social entrepreneur that has introduced an innovative, action-oriented international education model called Education for Sharing (E4S) to systems that have long struggled with passivity and rigidity.
Dominic is the founder of the super learning app, Traverse.link.
Dr. Alida Anderson (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the American University.
Dr. Alok Bajpai is a Psychiatrist trained at NIMHANS, Bangalore, presently working at Kanpur after few stints abroad. Apart from practicing Psychiatry, a consistent focus of his work is with children, adolescent and youth, being associated with various Institutes and schools. His work extends beyond the confines of clinic into freelance teaching of mental health issues and life skills. Psychiatry, Physics, Film, Music, Literature and Teaching are only some of the things that occupy Dr. Alok Bajpai's wide world. He has been instrumental in putting together many awareness campaigns and workshops - especially with schools and has trained teachers - aiming at increasing sensitivity towards childhood problems, in many Indian cities.
A Jordanian researcher specialized in Foundations of Political Education & Development for Peace and Democracy, Philosophical studies, Associate Professor in Philadelphia University, Faculty of Arts, and member of scientific research board in Philadelphia university, worked as a director of Public and Cultural Relations.
Ms. Ameeta Mulla Wattal is the Former Chairperson of the National Progressive Schools’ Conference, and Principal, Springdales School, Pusa Road, New Delhi. She has worked in the sphere of Education for over three decades. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Teachers Award 2005 from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the Endeavour Award 2009 – 10, from the Australian government for her work in the area of Asia Literacy etc.
Dr. Amrita Vohra is the Director (Education) at GEMS Education, India.
Anatoly Oleksiyenko is a world-leading scholar in the field of post-Soviet studies in higher education policies and administration. His research focuses on dilemmas of governance and leadership in the systems affected by organisational rigidity.
Angela Low is a specialist in emotional intelligence and child development, committed to bringing social and emotional development to the forefront of communities that support children, youth and their families. Angela has been developing curriculum and facilitating workshops on emotional intelligence for 16 years in Canada and China.
Awarded PhD in Education from Hiroshima University, He experienced as UNESCO Fellow at Illinois State University (2013), Visiting Scholar at Naruto University of Education(2011), Expert of SEAMEO QITEP in Science (2019); visiting Professor at Tashkent University of Economics-Uzbekistan (2022). He is also serving as Indonesia Coordinator of STEM Leadership Education Program (2021-2023), a Collaborative of Indonesia MoE and meriSTEM@NIE; Coordinator of Indonesia Consortium for Learning Improvement; and currently as Director of Nur Al Rahman School, Cimahi-Indonesia.
Dr. Arunabh Singh is the Director of Nehru World School, India. He is the Chairperson of FICCI ARISE (UP West) and a British Council School Ambassador.
Dr. Ashok K Pandey is the Chairperson for the Council for Global Citizenship Education and Director of Ahlcon Group of Schools in India.
Dr. Chandrika Devarakonda is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services at the University of Chester, UK.
Dr David Parsons is National Postgraduate Director at The Mind Lab, New Zealand, where he leads a set of qualifications for in-service teachers that integrate digital and collaborative approaches to learning.
Dr. Douglas Bourn is a Professor of Development Education and the Director of Development Education Research Centre (DERC) at University College London Institute of Education., United Kingdom
Dr. Emiliano Bosio, Ph.D. is a Professor (Ass.) of Education at the Toyo University in Japan.
Dr. Erik Jon Byker is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Dr Fei Victor Lim is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Hermann J. Abs is a full professor for Educational Research and Schooling at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, since 2013.
Dr. Iva Katzarska-Miller is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jad Jaber, Ph.D., is the founder of Marginalized Majority, a Non-Profit organization based in Toronto Canada focused on the emotional and social health of marginalized LGBTQ+ folks and highlighting the cultural experiences of Queer Immigrants and POCs. The Marginalized Majority now has more than 5,500 participants and has led more than 75 workshops and 80 drop-in spaces consistently since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Dr. Javier Collado Ruano is Titular Professor in the National University of Education (UNAE) in Ecuador.
Dr. Judy Willis, a board-certified neurologist, practiced neurology for 15 years, and received credential and master’s degree in education from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Kavita Rao's work focuses on instructional & assistive technology, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), inclusive instructional design, and online learning. She conducts workshops on UDL implementation for schools & districts in the USA, the Pacific Islands, & Asia. She has also provided professional development and technical assistance to state educational agencies & schools in developing curriculum resources, multimedia materials, & online programs.
Kevin Leichtman received his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Florida Atlantic University, where he also completed a Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction. His dissertation study was on new teacher burnout.
Dr. Lane Perry currently serves as Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning at Western Carolina University, a Carnegie-Community Engaged campus where he advises the nationally recognized Student Democracy Coalition.
Dr. Guo-Brennan is an Associate Professor of International and Global Education at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Dr. Manjula Raman, is the CEO Academics & Innovation at Rovale Conce International Schools in Bengaluru, India. Dr. Manjula was a 2018 nominee the Padmashree award & is a two-time President Awardee for her contribu in the field of Education. She is resource person for leadership programme CBSE, TERI, OUP & British Council ELT programme. She is founder-Chairman of Anubhuti Foundation & Anubhuti Bal Bhavan w leads the social entrepreneurship program for the underprivileged.
Mark Greenberg, Ph.D. is the Emeritus Bennett Chair of Prevention Science at Penn State University.
Dr. N. Mythili is currently working as Associate Professor in the Indira-Mahindra School of Education, and also the Head of the Department, at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, Telangana. She joined Mahindra University in September 2021. She has started the Ph D. programme in Education and is involved in establishing the newly founded department. She is also engaged recently in matters related to academic administration.
Dr. Namrata Sharma is on the faculty at the State University of New York, USA, and an expert with the United Nations Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network. She is an international education consultant and has served on the Boards of several professional organizations in India, USA, and Europe.
Norris Haynes, Ph.D. is Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at Southern Connecticut State University.
Professor Paul Downes is Professor of Psychology of Education, Director of the Educational Disadvantage Centre, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland and Affiliate Professor, University of Malta, Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health.
Dr. Paul Sherman is currently Program Head of Community Social Services at the University of Guelph-Humber (UofGH) and has previously served as Program Head of Early Childhood Studies at the university. Dr. Sherman is also Director of the Soka Education Research Centre on Global Citizenship at UofGH and Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph.
Dr. Rebecca Winthrop is a senior fellow & co-director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Rebecca's research focuses on education globally, with special attention to the skills young people need to thrive in work, life, & as constructive citizens. She advises governments, international institutions, foundations, civil society organizations, & corporations on education issues. Also, she has served as the chair of the UN Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative's Technical Advisory Group.
An accomplished academic leader with extensive experience in guiding large-scale initiatives and programs aimed at promoting learning. An effective leader skilled in developing programs and resources for educational institutions that address faculty and student needs across a variety of contexts.
Dr Snezhana Djambazova-Popordanoska MD, PhD is a Founder of the organisation Another Way, sought after Motivational Speaker, Mindfulness Coach, Counsellor, and a Published Book Author.
Dr. Stephanie M. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Child Development and Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
Dr. Stephen Reysen is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA.
Dr. Sue Roffey is a psychologist, academic, speaker, and author on school and student wellbeing.
Dr. Tony Devine is the International Vice-President (Education) at the Global Peace Foundation along with being the President at Global Peace Foundation Ireland where he oversees international peace programs. With over three decades of leadership experience in the NGO sector, he oversees the development of moral & innovative leadership; character & creativity; & entrepreneurship programs in Kenya, Philippines, Paraguay, & Uganda. Álso, he is a contributor to the Advisory Group of OECD's Future of Education & Skills 2030 Project.
Dr.D Usha Reddy is a recipient of the Teacher Award from the President of India; State Governors' Outstanding Educationist Awards and the Honorary Professorship from Academic Union of Oxford 2019. She is currently the Chairperson of 200 CBSE schools in Hyderabad.
Dr. Vlad Petre Glăveanu is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Counselling at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, founder, and director of the Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation (WCCI), and Associate Professor II at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE) at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Yukiko’s research focuses on the international mobility of students, including the motivation and the impact of study abroad experiences on students. Recently, her academic interest lies in the enhancement of the connectivity of international education practices between secondary schools and universities.
TeachThought's Director of Professional Development, formerly with the Buck Institute for Education and the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning after 15 years of classroom teaching. Passionate about the leading of learning through inquiry, he has been called a professional thought stretcher due to my love for questioning.
Teacher Secretary of Education of Bogotá. PhD Candidate in Education. Master of Technology Education. Educational project management specialist. Degree in education.
Esther Brito is a Spanish researcher and activist working at the intersection of gender, governance, and peacebuilding to promote more inclusive protection responses in modern conflict and humanitarian crises. She has a Master’s in Women, Peace and Security from LSE and was a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum.
Evan Whitehead is currently the director of special services at Lindop School District 92, a PK-8 school district in Illinois. In his current role, Evan oversees all federal programs (special education, McKinney-Vento, English learners, and Title 1); early childhood education; multi-tiered system of support (MTSS); social-emotional learning, family and community engagement; health services; continuous improvement; and equity, diversity, and cultural competency.
Hannah Jepson: Business Psychologist, Co-founder, and Director LGBTed, Director Engaging for Success, Hannah is committed to driving social change by helping organizations become more inclusive. Her passion is in supporting individuals, businesses, and organizations to embrace diversity and inclusion, with a key focus on intersectionality. She believes meaningful change in this space only happens by enabling and enhancing understanding within organizations, applying passion, and providing people with safe spaces to have uncomfortable conversations which can affect real behavior change.
Heather Singmaster is the Director of CTE and GCEN in the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, USA.
Janice Richardson is the founding member/coordinator of the European Commission's 30-country Safer Internet network (Insate) & ENABLI network. Janice has co-authored over half-a-dozen Council of Europe (CoE) publications on topics including digital citizenship, & child protection since 2002. Janice sits on Facebook's Safety Advisory Board & Youth Advisory Board. Twitter's Trust & Security Council, & the Power of Zero steering committee on early childhood education. Also, she is the Founder of Insight S.Å and, the Safer Internet Day - celebrated in over 140 countries.
Janice Richardson is the founding member/coordinator of the European Commission's 30-country Safer Internet network (Insate) & ENABLI network. Janice has co-authored over half-a-dozen Council of Europe (CoE) publications on topics including digital citizenship, & child protection since 2002. Janice sits on Facebook's Safety Advisory Board & Youth Advisory Board. Twitter's Trust & Security Council, & the Power of Zero steering committee on early childhood education. Also, she is the Founder of Insight S.Å and, the Safer Internet Day - celebrated in over 140 countries.
Jeffrey Pflaum is a “teacher-researcher-developer-experimentalist” who has taught elementary/middle school students about their creativity and real-life experiences.
A product of experiential project-based education herself, Jennifer D. Klein taught college and high school English and Spanish for nineteen years, including five years in Central America and eleven years in all-girls education. In 2010, Jennifer left teaching to begin Principled Learning Strategies, which provides professional development to support authentic student-driven global learning experiences in schools.
Jennifer Manise leads the Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs & International understanding which strives to enable all students to graduate high school prepared for work in the global economy and for active civic life in the 21st century.
Jo Salazar is a licensed clinical social worker and organizational development professional based in Chicago. She began her career teaching social skills classes to young people in schools and quickly became interested in learning what it would take to change the culture and climate of an entire organization through adult social and emotional development.
Kaitlyn O. Holshouser is a doctoral candidate in the Elementary Education strand of the Curriculum and Instruction Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Kofi has over 17 years of experience in the Education Sector of Ghana, working with schools, communities, international organizations and government agencies. He has expertise in Designing, Managing and Reviewing Projects, Undertaking Policy Research, and Advocacy Engagement at the Community, National and International levels in Ghana and Africa.
Kristen Wendt (she/her) is a student at American University’s MA program in Special Education: Learning Disabilities.
Lakshmi Annapurna Chintaluri, is an educational consultant certified in Advanced Educational Leadership from Harvard University.
Leslee was voted by the New York Times the No.2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albright). She has also been named Safe’s Global Hero of 2015, Global Thinker by Foreign Policy, and the GlobalmindED award for Arts and Education. In 2019 Leslee was awarded the UN Women for Peace Activist Award at the United Nations, UN Association USA’s Global Citizen of 2019, and the Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award.
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