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Her Majesty
Queen Noor:
"A Celebration of Fullbright" |
Her Majesty
Queen Noor Addresses
Distinguished Global Leaders at
IIE New Leaders
Benefit
"A Celebration of
Fullbright"
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Alberto and Gioietta Vitale, Ann and Tom
Johnson, Nathan Collett, HM Queen Noor and
Tom Russo. Photo by: Lyn
Hughes of Lyn Hughes Photography
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"International
exchange and educational programs like
Fulbright, EMDAP, and others implemented
by IIE play a critical role in bridging
cultural divides and helping to restore
the mutually respectful and constructive
partnerships we need to address the ever
broadening range of critical global
challenges facing us all," said Her
Majesty Queen Noor.
Her Majesty, Chair of the King Hussein
Foundation, made these remarks while
addressing an audience of 220 leading
executives, diplomats, and
philanthropists at the Institute of International
Education (IIE)
New Leaders Benefit “A Celebration of
Fulbright,” was held at Jumeirah Essex
House in New York City. Honorees
were
Nathan Collett, Filmmaker and
U.S. Fulbright to Kenya, and Alberto
Vitale, Former Chairman & CEO
of Random House and Italian Fulbright
Alumnus.
Sponsored by Sandell
Asset Management, the dinner brought
together an impressive group of leaders
– including
Maryam
Ansary, Marianne Boesky, Nicole Deaner,
Swedish Ambassador Ulf Hjertonsson,
Gloria and
Henry Jarecki,
Ann and Tom Johnson, Robin and Anton
Katz, Dolores Lampert, Amalia Dayan and Adam
Lindemann, Kristin and Doug Londal, Lisa
and Matt Lori, Susie and Patrick
McCloskey, Nicolo Nourafchan, Camilla
Ohlsson, Ximena and Tom Sandell and Tara
and Michael Rockefeller, Tom Russo and
Goldman Sachs philanthropy executive
Dina
Habib Powell –
to
raise awareness of the critical
importance today of fostering mutual
understanding between the United States
and other countries around the world.
The event also included 24 grantees of
the Fulbright Program, the U.S.
Department of State’s flagship
international educational exchange
program administered by IIE since 1946,
who are working on projects to advance
international cooperation and address
some of the more intractable problems of
our time, such as poverty, disease,
conflict, and violence.
For over 90 years, IIE's mission has
been to promote international
cooperation and to develop leaders who
are able to tackle the urgent problems
of our world, such as poverty, disease,
and terrorism, which can only be
resolved on a global basis. Founded
in 2002, the IIE New Leaders Group is
helping to bring new energy and vision
to this mission, which is more important
today than ever before.
IIE NEW LEADERS GROUP – UNITED
STATES
CHAIRMAN: Scott Freidheim |
Executive Vice President,
Sears Holding
PRESIDENT: Tom Sandell | CEO,
Sandell Asset Management
Marianne Boesky | Owner, Marianne
Boesky Gallery
Scott Freidheim | Executive Vice
President, Sears Holding
Olivia Tournay Flatto | President,
Emerald Foundation
Marc Gabelli | Managing Director,
Gemini Capital Management
Jonathan Jackson | Public Policy
Attaché
Anton Katz | CEO, Katz Capital
Serra Kirdar-Meliti
| Director, Muthabara Foundation
Kinga Lampert
Doug Londal | Partner, New Mountain
Capital
M. Patrick McClosky | Partner,
Evolution Markets
Michael Rockefeller | CEO, Active
Media
Tom Sandell | CEO, Sandell Asset
Management
IIE NEW LEADERS GROUP – UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
CHAIRMAN:
Serra
Kirdar-Meliti |
Director, Muthabara Foundation
Samar Al-Shorafa
| Manager-Project Development,
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Foundation
Dania Bazzy | Associate Director of
Global Marketing, Barclays Wealth
Claudia Cellini
| Co-Founder, The Third Line
Maher Ghanma
| Public Affairs Director, DLA Piper
Caspar Herzberg | Director of
Strategy, Cisco Systems
International
Majid Jafar
| Executive Director, Crescent
Petroleum
Suleiman Shahbal
| CEO, GulfCap Group
Tarik Yousef
| Dean, Dubai School of
Government
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