Meet the team

Meet our team

Letitia Zwickert

Founder & CEO

Roberto Murer

IT Director

Mona Tagelsir

Manager of Program Oversight

Adela Mehic-Dzanic

Chief Corporate Partnerships Officer

Farkhunda Muhtaj

Chief Communications Officer

Erika Femne

Development and Programmatic Operations Intern

Maiwand Qayomi

Innovation Intern

Board of Directors

Beatriz Guillen

Executive Director The Resource Foundation

Nadine Richani

Regional Director for MENA and Transformation Lead at Porticus

Mohammad Salem

Founder of Salem Group

Sumi Somaskanda

Chief Presenter BBC News

Board of Advisors

Thibault Chareton

Director of CommunicationNYU Center on International Cooperation

Claire Contri

Sustainable Finance and Corporate Sustainability - Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality

Amarjit Dass

Founder and Consultant at Moonlight Hubb Consulting, LLC

Oghosa Erhahon

Lawyer, Energy, Sustainability, & Development Sector

Alex Fernandez Garita

Latin America Leader of Employee Engagement-CSR-Strategic Partnerships J & J Global Community Impact

Samira Hosseini, PhD

CEO & Co-founder, Horizone, Director of Writing Lab, Institute for the Future of Education Research & Professor

Jumana Kamal

Program Officer, US Dept of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Irene Lucini Serrano de Haro

Content Creator and Translator, International Olive Council

Bolaji Ogalu

Head of Public Policy Uber, West Africa and Government Business Associate, Olaniwun Ajayi LP

Sadaf Taimur

Senior ESG Specialist

Emily Zhen

Principal, Health Equity Zeal Capital Partners

MENTEE Ambassador
As a MENTEE Ambassador and mentee, Vida Opoku represents all we as a community hope to achieve – giving a better, healthier life for everyone through the kind and generous giving of the gifts we already have and can so easily share with those who need our support.

“Growing up as a kid, I was betrayed and given to a man to marry at a very young age. A few years ago, I was still in this abusive relationship and all that I was praying for was to survive the day. I was miserable, hopeless, and disappointed until I began my journey to find a better life. I believe in kindness, love, respect and helping one another. If we can be kind to one another, we can make a difference in the world today. Along my journey, I was helped by people who cared about me and it changed my life. I hope you will join me in supporting MENTEE – work that helps spread support for those who need it so together we can make a difference in the world.”  

Vida Opoku

Loyola University student, Community Health Advocate at Apna Ghar, Volunteer with UNICEF Unchained Coalition, Mentor at Bethany House - Chicago