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FORTIS MENTORS

Fortis Fellowship Mentors are internationally renowned professionals across all disciplines. Our Mentors include former heads of state, CEOs, research scientists, Emmy-nominated writers and producers, and many more.

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Partner, McKinsey & Co, New Jersey

AARON ABOAGYE
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Partner, 8VC

ALEX MOORE
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Former Under-Secretary-General of the UN

ANGELA KANE
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Executive Director,

Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America

BETH BREGER
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Associate VP, Energy Impact Partners

CASSIE BOWE
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Executive Consultant, Berger Partners

CHUBA UDOKWU
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Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union

DAVID COLE
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Founding Principal, DPZ Partners; Professor, University of Miami

ELIZABETH PLATER-ZYBERK
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Internationally Recognized Artist, TED Speaker & No. 1 Bestselling Author

ERIK WAHL
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Nationally touring poet, performer, educator, and writer

FATIMAH ASGHAR
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Director of Advisor Advocacy, Private Advisor Group

GUY ADAMI
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Fmr. Ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Current Director of South & Central Asia, The Hudson Institute

HUSAIN HAQQANI
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Founder, Future Leaders Foundation

JEAN KAROUBI
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General Counsel, Bronx Defenders

JOHANNA STEINBERG
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Cyber Research Fellow, International Security Dept.; Co-Editor, Journal of Cyber Policy

JOYCE HAKMEH
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Founder & CEO, Republic

KENDRICK NGUYEN
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Executive Director, Education at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

LINDSAY HOOPER
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Primary Markets Business Development Manager, London Stock Exchange Group

MANJI CHETO
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VP for Communications & Public Affairs, Vera Institute of Justice

MARY CROWLEY
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Fmr. Mayor of Philadelphia, PA, USA

MICHAEL NUTTER
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Senior Consulting Partner, Oglivy Consulting

PATRICK LOW
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Partner, Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory

RUSSELL JONES
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Regional Director, East Africa, Population Services International (PSI)

SUSAN MUKASA
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Principal, Boston Consulting Group, Paris Office

THOMAS DELANO
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Board Director, Hershey Company

WENDY SCHOPPERT
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Data Visualization Engineer and Designer

ZAN ARMSTRONG
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Chief Executive, Agrolay Ventures

ADA OSAKWE
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Founder, Imagia Cybernetics

ALEXANDRE LEBOUTHILLIER
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VP & Director, RAND Social and Economic Well-Being

ANITA CHANDRA
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VP, Policy and Legal Strategies, Demos

BRENDA WRIGHT
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Fmr. President, Planned Parenthood; Founder, Supermajority

CECILE RICHARDS
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Regional Director Europe, Hart International

CLAIRE GREEN
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Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut

DAVID MCGUIRE
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Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

ELLIOT VAUGHN
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Director & Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific & Singapore

EUGENE CHEONG
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Fmr. President, France​

FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE
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Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of Operations, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

HILARY STAUFFER
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Regional Director, Ashoka

IMAN BIBARS
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Principle Investigator, Hammer Lab; Founder, Cloudera

JEFF HAMMERBACHER
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President, CBI; Chairman, Tesco

JOHN ALLAN
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Founder, Inclusivus

JUDITHE REGISTRE
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Assoc. Chancellor and Chief of Staff to the Chancellor, UC Berkeley; Chief Ethics, Risk, & Compliance Officer, CERCO

KHIRA GRISCAVAGE
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Fmr. President, Costa Rica

LUIS GUILLERMO SOLIS
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Co-Founder, GlobalGiving

MARI KURAISHI
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Founding Partner & CEO, 270 Strategies

MEG ANSARA
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Magistrate & Fmr. VP, Sciences Po

NADIA MARIK-DESCOINGS
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Mayor of Charleroi & Fmr. Minister-President of Wallonia, Belgium

PAUL MAGNETTE
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Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.K.

SAID TAYEB JAWAD
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CEO & Co-Founder, Emotiv

TAN LE
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Partner, 500 Startups

TIM CHAE
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Director of Education Ecosystem Design, ETU

YIFEI ZHANG
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Executive Assistant to CEO, Ixperience

ADRIAN VAN DER VELDEN
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Ambassador of Ghana to France & Portugal

AMBASSADOR
ANNA BOSSMAN
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President, IGNITE

ANNE MOSES
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Fmr. Director, UNICEF

CAROL BELLAMY
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President & CEO, Scripps Health

CHRIS VAN GORDER
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Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), UC Berkeley

DANIEL KAMMEN
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Professor, NYU School of Law; Board Member, ACLU

DEBORAH ARCHER
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Chief of Education, The Inter-American Development Bank

EMILIANA VEGAS
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Program Manager, UN Sustainability Solutions Network

EVE DE LA MOTHE KAROUBI
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Member of the German Bundestag; Fmr. Member of the European Parliament

FRANZISKA BRANTNER
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CFO, Santander Investment Securities Inc.

HONGMEI ZHU
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Frente de las Prácticas Mundiales, Education, World Bank

JAIME SAAVEDRA
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VP, Commercial Legal (Americas/EMEA), LinkedIn

JEN MORRILL
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Chief National Correspondent, CNN

JOHN KING
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Founding Director, Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

KATHRYN SOPHIA BELLE
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Fmr. SVP of External Relations, General Mills

KIM NELSON
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Senior Program Manager, Amazon

MACIEJ STANSKI
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Chief Economist, Climate Change Group

MARIANNE FAY
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Fair Hiring Project Coordinator, JustLeadershipUSA

MEGAN FRENCH-MARCELLIN
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Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank

NORMAN LOAYZA
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Managing Director, GPW

PHILIP WORMAN
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Principal, Insignia Ventures Partners

SAMIR CHAIBI
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Interim CEO, Malala Fund

TAYLOR ROYLE
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CEO, MTN Liberia

UCHE OFODILE
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Head of International Development, Khan Academy

YIN LU
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Director of Advocacy/Legal Director, ACLU of Southern CA

AHILAN ARULANANTHAM
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Chief Economist, Bank of England

ANDREW G. HALDANE
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Partner, Baker Mckenzie

BEN ALLGROVE
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Director, Socrates Program, Aspen Institute

CARTER CORDELL
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Co-Founder, Innovation Unit, UNICEF

CHRISTOPHER FABIAN
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Associate Managing Director, Investigations and Disputes, Kroll

DANIEL ROSENTHAL
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President & CEO, Village Health Works

DEOGRATIAS NIYIZONKIZA
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Security & Defense Advisor, Council of the European Union

EMMANUEL SALIOT
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Business Director, Panalitix

FARRAH BRAKE
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Co-Founder & CEO, UrSure inc.

GIFFIN DAUGHTRIDGE
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Advisor, Moelis & Company; Diplomatic Advisor, President Miterrand

HUBERT VEDRINE
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Executive Director, Dalberg Group​

JAMES MWANGI
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Director and Producer, Outside the Frame

JOE TURNER LIN
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Founder & CEO, Mission Asset Fund; Fellow, MacArthur Foundation

JOSE QUINONEZ
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Head of Conferences, TED

KELLY STOETZEL
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Chief Finance & Operations Officer, African Leadership Academy

LARA RABIU
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Senior Counsel, Emerging Payments, Mastercard

MALIK DHANANI
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Policy Advisor & Political Consultant

MARTIN FUCHS
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Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

MICHAEL CONWAY
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Co-Founder, Colimo; Software Innovator, Intel

OLUWATOBI OYINLOLA
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Spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

RUPERT COLVILLE
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Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Director, Global Migration, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

SARAH STILLMAN
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Design Director, McKinsey & Company

TEY BANNERMAN
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CEO, Seed Global Health

 

VANESSA KERRY
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Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

ZACK COOPER
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