2019 Marshall Memorial Fellows Announced

May 02, 2019
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The German Marshall Fund is pleased to announce that 75 Marshall Memorial Fellows have been selected for the 2019-20 application cycle—40 from Europe and 35 from the United States. 

The German Marshall Fund is pleased to announce that 75 Marshall Memorial Fellows have been selected for the 2019-20 application cycle—40 from Europe and 35 from the United States. 

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) is GMF’s flagship leadership development program.  Created in 1982 to introduce a new generation of Europen leaders to the United State, MMF grew in 1999 with a companion program that began sending emerging leaders from the United States to Europe.  GMF makes MMF awards to the best and brightest from all sectors, including business, government, and civil society.  Selected fellows engage in 6 months of preparation designed to enhance their understanding of transatlantic relations before embarking on 24 days of policy immersion across the Atlantic.  Today, the MMF alumni network numbers nearly 2,500 leaders. 

GMF selects fellows from all 50 U.S. States and across 39 European countries. These fellows join a network that includes notable alumni such as Stacey Abrams (MMF 2004, Unites States), House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 89th House District; Emmanuel Macron, (MMF’06) President of France, Federica Mogherini (MMF 2007, Italy), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Sheila Marcelo (MMF 2011, United States), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Care.com; Nina Vaca (MMF 2004, United States), Chairman and Chief of Executive Officer of Pinnacle Technical Resources; and.

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship is underwritten in select regions by generous contriburtions from funders.  These include the Cleveland Foundation in Cleveland, OH; the Compagnia di San Paolo for support of leadership development in Southern Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW, and the Romanian-American Foundation for support of leadership development in Romania.

 

Raumesh Akbari

Tennessee State Senator

Tennessee, USA
Ryan Combs

Research Triangle Regional Partnership

North Carolina, USA

 
Orlando Bailey

Eastside Community Network

Michigan, USA

Angela Cox

Rasmuson Foundation

Alaska, USA

Celine Bardet

We Are NOT Weapons Of War

France

Ryan Croke

Illinois Network of Centers for Independent

Living

Illinois, USA

Silje Bareksten

Nor-Shipping

Norway

Ghida Dagher

Executive Office of Governor Gretchen

Whitmer

Michigan, USA

Ryan Biava

Seattle City Light

Washington, USA

Albert Dalmau

Barcelona City Council

Spain

Iñigo Blanco

DOT Coop.

Spain

Jamar Doyle

Greater Collinwood Development Corp.

Ohio, USA

Sebastian Burduja

PACT for Romania

Romania

Karine Ghazaryan

Open Society Foundations-Armenia

Armenia

Michael Carroll

Teladoc Health

New York, USA

Kalli Giannelos

Institute of Higher Education for Innovation

and Entrepreneurship (IHEIE)

France

Simona Chaminska

Global Services Organization at T-Mobile

Polska S.A. / FIVOSZ

Macedonia

Sarah Gieszl

Arizona Department of Health Services

Arizona, USA

Alexandra-Niki Chatzistavrou

ZN Production

Greece

Hristijan Gjorgievski

Government of the Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia

Thomas Goiser

Thomas Goiser Projektkommunikation

Austria

Ivan Khilobok

Reforms Delivery Office of the Cabinet of

Ministers of Ukraine

Ukraine

Burcu Gündüz Masalaci

Mother Child Education Foundation

(ACEV)

Turkey

Lucia Klestincova

European Commission

Slovakia

Dana Harmon

Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute

Texas, USA

Murali Krishnan

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Texas, USA

Fanni Hidvegi

Access Now

Hungary

Iva Lazarova

Institute for Public Environment

Development

Bulgaria

Katrin Hirseland

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

Germany

Antonio Leitao Amaro

Assembleia da Republica (Portuguese

Parliament)

Portugal

Tanja Holthaus

Festival Committee Kölner Karneval

Germany

Leonid Litra

New Europe Center

Ukraine

Jason Hughes

African Diaspora Consortium

Louisiana, USA

Farooq Malik

North American Development Bank

Texas, USA

Anna Ingrisch

Radio24syv

Denmark

Jesse Medlong

DLA Piper LLP

California, USA

Steven Jakstadt

Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH

Germany

Yodit Mesfin

NEW: Solutions for Nonprofits

Michigan, USA

Nikolaos Kakavoulis

Antenna Group

Greece

Tarik Mete

Social Insurance Institution of Salzburg

Austria

Niyazi Mete Saracoglu

Meridiam

France

Stacy Richardson

City of Chattanooga

Tenneseee, USA

Giorgi Narmania

BP

Georgia

Anthony Robinson

Truman Center for Policy and

Truman National Security Project

Washington, DC, USA

Vy Nguyen

Weingart Foundation

California, USA

Vasile Rotaru

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Moldova

Stephanie Nichols

General Communications Inc.

Alaska, USA

Mihnea Samoila

PetroMed Solutions

Romania

Efren Olivares

Texas Civil Rights Project

Texas, USA

Nora Sarasola

Bilbao Ekintza

Spain

Darrell Owens

Office of Senator Toomey (R-PA)

Virginia, USA

Liesje Schreinemacher

Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn

Netherlands

Javier Perea

City of Sunland Park

New Mexico, USA

Michael Shafarenko

ideastream

Ohio, USA

Marc Philpart

PolicyLink

California, USA

Oonagh Smyth

Mencap

United Kingdom

Sara Pietryszyk

Accenture

Poland

Iryna Solomko

Reanimation Package of Reform 

Ukraine

Shoba Pillay

U.S. Attorney's Office, NDIL

Illinois, USA

Renata Soto

Conexión Américas

Tennessee, USA

Christoffer Ramm

Subtonomy

Sweden

Faith Winter

State of CO / VoteRunLead|

Colorado, USA

Dylan Tete

Bastion Community of Resilience

Louisiana, USA

Bartosz Wisniewski

Polish Institute of International Affairs

Poland

Claudio Tocchi

City of Torino

Italy

Rashad Young

Executive Office of the Mayor,

Washington, DC

Washington, DC, USA

Miko Underwood

BLDG 357, INC

New York, USA

Zuraya Tapia-Hadley

The Raben Group

Arlington, VA (USA)

Alfiaz Vaiya

European Parliament Anti-Racism

and Diversity Intergroup

United Kingdom

Giulia Ziggiotti

Accredited Italian Embassy

School in Beijing

Italy

Christina Vassallo

SPACES

Ohio, USA

 

 

Lesia Vasylenko

Legal Hundred NGO

Ukraine

 

Dobrica Veselinovic

Institute for Urban Policy

Serbia

 

Lea Webb

Binghamton University

New York, USA

 

Evan Westrup

Office of former California

Governor Jerry Brown

California, USA

 

Luci Willits

Curriculum Associates

Idaho, USA