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Hanna Kovhan is a senior program coordinator based in Berlin. She supports GMF work on fellowship and alumni programs for leaders from the United States and Europe. The programs include the Marshall Memorial Fellowship, the Manfred Wörner Seminar, the Policy Designers Network, the Leadership Lab, the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network, and alumni programs for participants in these groups.

Hanna earned her bachelor’s degree in translation studies from the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, and holds a master’s degree in intercultural communication studies from the European University Viadrina as well as an executive diploma in the art of diplomacy from the European Academy of Diplomacy. In addition to her studies in Germany and Poland, Hanna spent a year studying international relations at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia and a semester at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Hanna is also a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumna.

Ceylan Canbilek joined The German Marshall Fund of the United States in 2005 and is currently senior program officer in the organization’s Ankara office. Prior to joining GMF, she worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Bank in Turkey. Canbilek received her bachelor’s in political science and international relations from İstanbul Boğaziçi University and holds a master’s from Essex University in political economy.