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Andrea Bednar Senior Advisor
Andrea Bednar is the CEO of PoP Associates, specializing in organizational integrity. Andrea works with clients to create structures and practices to help individuals, teams, and organizations operate consistently with their values. After 20 years as a performance consultant and master-certified coach, Andrea has designed and delivered leadership programs to thousands of businesses and teams. Her mission is to help leaders focus on and achieve results by operating based on their values.
Cassondra Puls Advisor, Education
Cassondra Puls is PASS Advisor for Education. She currently serves as Research Manager for the International Rescue Committee's Education in Emergencies: Evidence and Action project. Previously, she was a founding member of PASS, where she built up PASS's core identity and communications channels, established VantagePoints, and fulfilled client work in education, public health, and fundraising. In addition to serving as a teacher, curriculum developer, and trainer internationally, she has conducted education-related research in the U.S. as well as in Turkey, India, ...
Elizabeth Carlo Africa Director
Elizabeth Carlo is a founder and Managing Director of Noah Consultancy Ltd currently based in Rotterdam the Netherlands. As a development professional, she has over ten years’ experience in International Development, Governance, Democracy, Human rights development and Diplomacy in the United States, South Sudan and Europe with special focus on promoting sustainable economic and social development of vulnerable communities including institutional development.
At NOAH Consultancy Ltd, her success has been anchored on fundraising efforts for conflict prone areas, ...
Veaceslav Pituscan Senior Advisor
Veaceslav Pituscan served as a career diplomat (1994-2016) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova holding the diplomatic rank of Minister-Counselor. As a Chargé d’Affaires a.i. (Acting Ambassador) and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in the USA, he provided essential contribution to the launch and implementation of the US-Moldova Strategic Dialogue. For more than 10 years, Veaceslav was dealing with European affairs, including the negotiations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, ...
Maike Denda Director of Finance
Maike Denda is Director of Finance for PASS. She is a professional with over two decades of experience in administration, consulting and real estate, both in Europe and in the United States. She has served in various operational positions at businesses like Roland Berger Management Consultants and America Online, Inc. She is a founder of Capital Home Management, based in Great Falls, VA. Maike has a background in accounting, budgeting, cost control and treasury. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from AKAD University, Germany. She serves as treasurer ...
Gokhan N. Mamur, M.D. Vice President of Programs
Dr. Gokhan Mamur is the Vice President of Programs at PASS. A pediatrician with 21 years of experience as a clinician, administrator, consultant, instructor, author, editor and child and family health advocate, his passion lies both in general pediatrics and newborn health. He has served as Newborn Department Director and members of breastfeeding, intensive care unit, hospital infection and blood transfusion committees. He is also an NRP trainer and lactation consultant. As an administrator Dr. Mamur has been commended by the White House and Department of State for ...
Zacharie TossouSenior Advisor
Zacharie Tossou is Co-founder of Global Solidarity Initiative. He is a dedicated Development and Humanitarian worker with more than 20 years of experiences as a senior leadership in operations management, strategic planning, policy making, communications, leadership development, and financial management. Zacharie speaks several languages and he is married with three children.
Farouk Al-Wahab Senior Advisor
Farouk Al-Wahab, A Product of Afro-Asia Institute and Karl Franzens Uni. Graz –Austria is Globally Certified and Experienced Diplomatic and Investments Consultant, Expert in International Relations, Africa / World Politics and Governance.
He is well endowed and fairly balanced in African and International Security Affairs and State Protocols.
He is very knowledgeable in the Training of Non-Career Diplomats from The Political Sphere with focus on capacity building of Africa Future Diplomats, Diplomacy Risk Control and Management.
His Corporate and Diplomacy ...
Işıl Acehan Senior Advisor
Işıl Acehan is an historian and researcher from Turkey. Her scholarly interests are early Muslim immigrants in North America, Middle Eastern immigrant and diaspora communities in the United States, and inter-religious and intercultural dialogue. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. degree in history from Bilkent University, Turkey.
She has received a number of scholarships, research grants and residential fellowships including a John XXIII Foundation of Religious Sciences fellowship, Fulbright scholarship, Smithsonian Institution residential fellowship, Massachusetts Foundat...
Mojgan Rassael Senior Advisor
Mojgan Rassael is the president of Probiz Consulting LLC in the Washington DC area. She has over 30 years of experience in business development working with fortune 50 companies in the United States and small business start ups throughout her career. Mojgan is a certified Quality leadership Facilitator and has extensive training in Quality leadership, Sales leadership, change management and situational leadership process. Ms Rassael has been the recipient of multiple awards of excellence throughout her career. Mojgan holds a bachelor degree in Electrical engineering and an ...
