Contributors to Kozmetsky Center Programs 2019-2020 and 2020-2021

May 25, 2022
  • Despina Afentouli, Program Manager , NATO Public Diplomacy Brussels, Belgium & Athens, Greece
  • Dr. Lucia Athens, Cheif Sustainability officer, City of Austin
  • Rodger Baker, Senior VP for Strategic Analysis at Stratfor
  • Carlos Balderas, Global; Supply Manager, Tesla; Former HUB Program Manager, Texas Department of Transportation;2002 St. Edward’s University Alum, School of Arts and Humanities
  • Kyle Ballarta, CEO Falcon Ventures
  • Valerie Belon, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Brazil
  • Donovan Blaylock, Director of Solutions Engineering, Austin
  • Dr. Paul Bolt, Chair, Political Science Dept. , United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs
  • Ian Brown, Political Officer, U.S. Embassy, Brazil Dr. Lourdes Casanova, Director, Emerging Markets Institute Cornell University New York City
  • Dr. Alberto Cervone, Rear Admiral (Ret.), Italian Navy, Rome
  • Dr. Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School, Tufts University and Executive Director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context
  • Dr. Su Changhe, Vice Dean, School of International and Diplomatic Affairs at Fudan University Shanghai, China
  • Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, PhD, Associate Professor at The Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University in Washington DC
  • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mari K. Eder, PhD, Major General (Retired), United States Army
  • Dr. Marios P. Efthymiopoulos, Dean, College of Security and Global Studies, Associate Professor, American University, UAE
  • Professor Matthew Feldman, Director Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right, The American University, London
  • David J. Firestein, President and CEO, George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S China Relations; Former Executive Director, China Public Policy Center at UT-Austin; Former Clinical Professor, Lyndon B, Johnson School of Public Affairs
  • Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of Practice of International Relations, Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, former Ambassador of Montenegro in Brussels (NATO) and Vienna (OSCE)
  • Ambassador Roger Harrison, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) to Jordan 1990-1993
  • Dr. Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development in Serbia, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and President of the United Nations General Assembly 67th Session
  • Tyler Johnson, CSO of iQuate, Inc & Author of “ The Way of the Laowai”
  • Dr. Theodore “Ted” Karasik, Senior Advisor, Gulf Analytics and former US Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center Washington DC
  • Dr. Savo Kentera, President, Atlantic Council, Montenegro
  • Dr. Phoebe Koundouri, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
  • Dr. Imran Khan, SEU Professor, History
  • Marko Kovacevic, CEO, Signet
  • Dr. John Jay LeBeau, Twenty-five year veteran U.S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) career professional, Chairman Emeritus, Combatting Terrorism Workshop, Partnership for Peace Consortium, former Professor of International Security, University Massachusetts, Amherst and former professor of U.S National Security Studies Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, George C.Marshall Center
  • Dr. Mirjana Matešić , Director, Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Greg Meier, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy, Brazil
  • Scott Miller, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy, Brazil
  • Dr. Anastasia Mitrofanova, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of the Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Acadamy of Sciences
  • Mortada Mohamed, President, World Affairs Council, Austin
  • Andrew S. Natsios, Executive Professor and Director of the International Affairs at The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
  • Martiza Navarrete, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy, Brazil
  • Imam Yahya Pallavicini, President of Comunita Religiosa Islamica Italiana (COREIS)
  • Ambassador Mary Ann Peters, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) to Bangladesh 2000-2003
  • Dr. DJ Peterson, President of Longview Global Advisors
  • Dr. Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, Ambassador of Montenegro to the United Nations and former Minister of Defense of Montenegro
  • Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou, The Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
  • Dr. Kumar Ramakrishna, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Head of International Centre for Violence and Terrorism Research, Research Advisor to the National Security Studies Program, S. Rajaratham School of International Studies, Nayang Technological University (Singapore)
  • Joel Reynoso, Deputy Senior Commerial Officer, U.S. Embassy, Brazil
  • Dr. Andrzej Raskowski, Professor of Economics and Management, Wroclaw University, Poland
  • Melissa Sanderson, Former U.S Foreign Service, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Vice President of Global Operations Freeport Mc Moran , Inc; Arizona District Export Council and President, Mel Sanderson Consulting
  • Dr. Deepika Saraswat, Research fellow, India Council of World Affairs New Dehli, India
  • Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director Emeritus, Posdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
  • Dr. Tatiana Shakleina, Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
  • Ambassador Pjer Šimunović, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the United States
  • David Smick, Writer, Producer and Director
  • Mike Stinson, Consultant, Hewlett Packard Inc.
  • Dr. Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director, World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia
  • Michael Treyger, Deputy Director of Economics Development, Office of Governor State of Texas
  • Dr. Marybeth Ulrich, Distinguished Visting Professor of Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, USA
  • Dr. Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, Senior Fellow, Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right and Assistant Professor History, Texas State University
  • Ambassador Ken Yalowitz, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) to Belarus 1994-1997 and Georgia 1998-2001
  • Dr. Valbona Zeneli, Professor, George C.Marshall Center Garmisch
  • Daniel Zoltani, Global Programs Director, Whole Foods Austin