For the first time in its history, the European Young Leaders’ programme will welcome Young Leaders from North America and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to meet and discuss with their European counterparts at our upcoming seminar in Tallinn, Estonia from 14-16 September. To learn more about the seminar, please refer to the programme.
We are delighted to reveal the Young Leaders from North America and MENA:
Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar, Israel
Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Polyphony Foundation
Seif Abou Zaid, Egypt
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mavericks International School
Abdallah Absi, Lebanon
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zoomaal
Wajahat Ali, USA
Journalist, Author and Playwright
Ines Amri, Tunisia
Deputy Secretary-General, Maghreb Economic Forum
Tammam Azzam, Syria
Artist
Terry Beech, Canada
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Ahmed Ben Mussa, Libya
Chief Commercial Officer, Tatweer Research
Chaima Bouhlel, Tunisia
President, Al Bawsala
Yostina Boules, Egypt
Founder & Managing Director, Taqa Solutions
Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Canada
Member of Parliament & Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard
Alex Budak, USA
Executive Director, University of California Berkeley Center for Leadership
Hala Bugaighis, Libya
Co-Founder, Jusoor
Lina Ejeilat, Jordan
Co-Founder & Executive Editor, 7iber
Othman El Ferdaous, Morocco
Secretary of State for Investment
Mamoun Ghallab, Morocco
Founder, MakeSense
Sabrina Hersi Issa, USA
Chief Executive Officer, Be Bold Media
Victoria Herrmann, Canada
President & Managing Director, The Arctic Institute
Sami Hourani, Jordan
Executive Director, Leaders of Tomorrow
Derek Johnson, USA
Executive Director, Global Zero
Sarah Jones, USA
Award-winning Journalist
Adele Luta, USA
Research Affiliate, Brain & Cognitive Sciences Dept., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meghan Milloy, USA
Co-Founder, Republican Women for Progress
Ayman Mhanna, Lebanon
Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation
Imen Ben Mohamed, Tunisia
Member of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly
Negar Mortazavi, Iran
Journalist and Media Analyst
Ilhan Omar, USA
Representative for District 60B, Minnesota House of Representatives
Fadi Quran, Palestine
Senior Campaigner, Avaaz
Kira Radinsky, Israel
Chief Scientist & Director of Data Science, eBay
Sam Rasoul, USA
Delegate for the 11th District, Virginia House of Delegates
Anita Sarkeesian, Canada
Founder, Feminist Frequency
Robert Shirkey, Canada
Executive Director, Our Horizon
EYL40 alumni and members of the current class who will also be in Tallinn include: Kaja Kallas, Member of the European Parliament, Estonia; Aaron Farrugia, Secretary of State for European Funds & Social Dialogue, Malta; Javier Gonzalez Alvarez, International Director of Digimarc, Spain; Ewa Szmidt-Belcarz, President of the Management Board of Empik Group, Poland; and Eleni Antoniadou, Co-founder of Transplants Without Donors, Greece.
Led by Friends of Europe, each year the European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme brings together talented, established leaders, aged 40 and under, who have made their mark in a wide range of fields such as politics, science, business, media, NGOs, the arts and civil society. You can find more information about the programme in the EYL40 overview.
