Our Global Network: 500+ Fellows, 80+ Countries
The Millennium Leadership Program is home to a several next-generation and leadership development initiatives ranging from student programs to executive education for senior leaders. Through our flagship effort, the Millennium Fellowship, we select approximately twenty future leaders (ages 25-35) annually from around the world and across a range of sectors. Overall, MLP maintains a community with 500+ fellow and alumni across 80+ countries. Learn more about our current and past classes of Millennium Fellows below.
2020
Jessie Ilkson
Director, Government Affairs, General Atomics
Kara Mangone
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of the Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs
Sean Macrae
Investment Associate, Bridgewater Associates
Jaclyn Levy
Director, Science and Research Policy, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Arthur Simondet
Senior Analyst, LNG Origination & Deal Structuring, Cheniere
Ilan Cooper
Director, DT Global
Iuliia Mendel
Press-Secretary to the President of Ukraine
David Dorosz
Deputy Mayor of Budapest for Climate and Development, City of Budapest
Kadi Silde
Undersecretary for Defense Policy, Estonian Ministry of Defense
Ivy Lau
Global Public Policy and Research Manager, PayPal
Junaid Shah
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Hanar Marouf
Political and Human Rights Officer, British Consulate General Erbil
Emmanuel Matambo
Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg
Jose Ziebarth
Director of Special Projects, Brazilian Ministry of Economy
Roberto Patino
Founder and CEO, Mi Convive / Alimenta La Solidaridad
Sohara Mehroze Shachi
Team Lead – Research Facility, UNDP
Merry Lin
Senior Advisor, National Economic Council, The White House
2019
Katrin Eggenberger, PhD
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein
Félix Alberto Quintero
Counsel, World Bank
Rodrigo Garcia
Deputy Treasurer, Chief Investment Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Illinois State Treasury
Manica Lynn Noziglia
Director of Legislative Affairs and Policy, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
Rumaitha Al Busaidi
Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Catherine Kolimas
VP, Investment Banking, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Sweta Chakraborty
U.S. Representative, We Don’t Have Time
Nataliya Volodymyrivna Katser-Buchkovska
Member of Parliament, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Timur Topalgoekceli
Founder & Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey
Livio Valenti
Co-Founder, Vaxess Technologies, Inc.
Netra Gowda
Chief of Staff to the CDO, Airbus
Hristijan Gjorgievski
Adviser, Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
Sikina Hasham
Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Steven Kryger
Investment Associate, Bridgewater Associates
Ludovic Subran
Chief Economist, Allianz
Ulrik Trolle Smed
Member of Cabinet, Commissioner, Security Union, European Commission
Saji Khoury
Estimation Engineer, Consolidated Contractors Company
Mohamed El Dahshan
Managing Director, OXCON Frontier Markets and Fragile States Consulting
2018
Nicola Johnson
Senior Director, Government Affairs, General Atomics
Pete Seat
Vice President, Bose Public Affairs Group
Sayed Zafar Hashemi
Political Counselor, Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States of America
Iskander Akylbayev
Executive Director, Kazakhstan Council on International Relations
Rebecca Jones
Head of Strategy Implementation, Airbus Defence and Space
David Martinez
Public Policy Manager and Latin America Lead, Strategic Response Policy, Facebook
Laura Klick
Associate, Squire Patton Boggs
Alvand Salehi
Senior Technology Advisor, The White House
Sarah Henneberry
Senior Director of Strategy, Intelligence and Information Services, Raytheon
Sinziana-Elena Poiana
Team Leader, Centre of Thematic Expertise on Civil Society Support, European Commission – DG NEAR
Anna Therese Day
Executive Producer, Fovrth Studios
Brice Cahuzac
Business Development Advisor, SICPA
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Head of Investment Research, Bridgewater Associates
Sebastian Burduja
President, PACT for Romania
Ann Clark
Vice President, Public Relations, Edelman
Welton Chang
Senior Professional Staff, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
María Lourdes Landivar-Tufiño
Senator, Senate of Bolivia
Rihards Kols
Member of Parliament, Saeima of Latvia
Adeola Olagunju
Global Public Policy Manager, Facebook
Aiko Shimizu
General Manager of New York, SHARE NOW/car2go
Marta Poslad
Head of Public Policy, Central and Eastern Europe, Google
2017
Priyali Sur
Economist, World Bank
Jeff Le
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Governor of California, Edmund Brown, Jr.
Qing Cao
Research Scientist, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
James Kirchick
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institute, Author, the End of Europe
I-Ju Chen (Max)
Chief of International Affairs Division, New Taipei City
Mark Boris Andrijanič
Public Policy Associate, Centeral and Eastern Europe, Uber
Ricardo Baptista-Leite
Member of Parliament, Portuguese National Parliament
Monique Dorsainvil
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Valerie Jarrett, the White House
Diane Simiu
Programs Director, WWF France; Environmental Advisor, President of France
Usman Ahmed
Global Head of Public Policy, PayPal
Ali Ahmad
Energy policy and economics scholar, Harvard Kennedy School
Benjamin Flatgard
Former Director fo Cybersecurity Policy, NSC
Jiajia Liu
Strategy Director, SYPartners
Nisha Desai
CEO and Managing Director, Andav Capital LLC
Olena Tregub
Director for Internatoinal Assistance Coordination, Ukraine Ministry of Economic
Mehmet Koruturk
Country Head, Genii Capital
Erin Clancy
Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State
Artemis Seaford
Radcliffe Foundation, Founder, Ascend Partnership
2016
Matt McDonald
Head of Strategy and Operations, YouTube Marketing
James-Christian Blockwood
Managing Director, GAO
Samantha Vinograd
Global Public Policy Lead, Stripe
Mayecor Sar
Policy Advisor, President’s Delivery Unit, Office of the President of Senegal
Liis Lipre-Jarme
Advisor, Office of the President of Estonia
Albert Cho
VP, Strategy and Business Development, Xylem
Florence Akinyemi
Foreign Affairs Officer, US Department of State
Maxim Eristavi
Co-Founder, Hromadkse International
Manuel Muñiz
Dean, Center for Global Governance, IE
Mohammed Ghanem
Director of Government Relations and Senior Political Adviser, Syrian American Council
Maciej Kuziemski
Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Julien Touati
Corporate Development Director, Meridiam
Bianca-Martina Rohner
Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Andrew Buher
Executive Director, Dialog
Ana Dukić
Attache, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Croatia
2015
Ashlee Godwin
Committee Specialist, UK House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee
Brittany Heyd
Co-Founder and Managing Director, 1776
Simone Pflaum
Director of Sustainability, City of Freiburg
Blazej Moder
Chief Executive, Lodz Authority
Jonathan Kirschner
Portfolio Manager, DIV, Principal, Omidyar Ventures
Kwame Leslie Dougan
Managing Attorney, Scotch & Palm Law and Strategy Group
Peter Kalotai
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Hungary in Washington, DC
Amir Nayeri
Director, Business Development, Meridiam
Kamila Lepkowska
Team Leader, European Court of Auditors
Lauren Culver
Energy Specialist, World Bank
Sean A. Misko
Director for Gulf States, National Security Council, the White House
Jeffrey McLean
Test Pilot, US Navy
Steven Glickman
Cofounder and Executive Director, Economic Innovation Group
Peter Ajak
Founder and Director, Center for Strategic Analysis and Research
Lucy Luo
Program Director, Joint US-China Collaboratoin on Clean Energy


Millennium Fellowship Program
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