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SPEAKERS

Ambassador Andrew J. Young
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Former Atlanta Mayor

Ambassador Louise Blais
Former Canadian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Dennis P. Lockhart
Ret. President & CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

John K. Tien
Former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Rohit Malhotra
Founder & Executive Director
Center for Civic Innovation

Ambassador (ret.)
Carolyn Patricia Alsup
Former U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia

Traci Messier
Vice President, Communications & External Affairs
Atlanta Dream

Amy Phoung
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena

Samuel S. Olens
Former Attorney General of Georgia, Partner
Dentons

Jori Palmer
Director, Marketing & Advertising
Atlanta Braves

Marc Balizer
Managing Director
BlackRock

Dr. Nancy Knight
Chief Science & Programs Officer
The Task Force for Global Health

Christian Höferle
Cultural Consultant
The Cultural Mastery, LLC
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Ambassador (ret.)
Charles Shapiro
Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela

Hala Moddlemog
President & CEO
Woodruff Arts Center

Barbara J. Smith
Vice President - Peace Programs
The Carter Center

Danita V. Knight
YWCA Greater Atlanta

Ambassador (ret.)
Lawrence Silverman
Former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait

Veronica Maldonado - Torres
President & CEO
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

General Phillip M. Breedlove
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)
U.S. Air Force (ret.)

John Sebastian Augusto, Ph.D
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Georgia State University

Clyde Higgs
President & CEO
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Felicia Kelly
VP of Operations
Relay Payments

Christopher Moses
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
Alliance Theatre

Chris Crist
Airport Deputy General Manager, Sr. Chief Information Officer
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

Doug McVadon
President
Dorrier Underwood

John Hope Bryant
Founder, Chairman, CEO
Operation HOPE

Hua Li
Senior Vice President - Global Brand & Product Development
The Home Depot

Richard D. Phillips, Ph.D
Dean, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University

Leigh Anne Liu, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Institute for International Business
Georgia State University

Coryn Marsik
Director of International Investment
Georgia Department of Economic Development

Madhu Deshmukh
Vice President, Program Strategy & Innovation
CARE

Tricia Naik
Former COO
Startup Genome

Jennifer Barlament
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Rand Suffolk
Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director
High Museum of Art

Gary Davis
Consultant & Key Note Speaker
Dorrier Underwood

Kyle Waide
President & CEO
Atlanta Community Food Bank

Jason Esteves
Senator for Georgia Senate District 35, Candidate for Governor (2026)
State of Georgia

Scott Holcomb
Representative, Georgia House District 101
State of Georgia
SPONSORS
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