Meet the Changemakers
Explore the cohorts from across the world and sector.
GCW 2026 Cohort
Kanksshi Agarwal
German Chancellor Fellow, University of Oxford
Edoardo Degli Innocenti
Co-Founder & CEO, Humaine
Lucía Gandarillas
Public Sector Consultant, Accenture
Miroslav Kubu
Data Scientist, Louis Dreyfus Company
Camilo Marín Escobar
Fellow, Aspen Institute Colombia
Ihor Polych
CEO, Devlight
Clara Soffe
Warfare Officer, UK Royal Navy
Paulina Bouchot
Lead Security Analyst, International SOS
Flynn Devine
Lead Researcher, Digital Policy, Demos
David Gómez-Gil
Co-Founder, NOUS
Arne Larsen
Senior Research Analyst, McGuinness Institute
Celiwe Nxumalo
Chief of E-Learning, University of the Witwatersrand
Taku Seimiya
Manager, Global Marketing, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ana Stamatescu
Executive Director, Krontechies
Tom Breuntrup
Member of Parliament, State Parliament of North Rhine Westfalia
Hubert Etienne
CEO, Quintessence AI
Andrea Gonzaga
Public Affairs Consultant, Congress of Mexico
Brenna Leasor
Tech Policy Advisor, Common Sense Media
Alexander Plimmer
Master’s Student, Columbia University School of Public and International Affairs
Khushbo Singh
Founder & CEO, AdiRa Biocycle
GCW 2025 Cohort
Shubhrastha
Founder, The Churn, Arthashastra Group
Iulian Coman
Senior Training Officer, National College of Home Affairs
Gádor Enciso Henares
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Interior of Spain
Giulia Iacovelli
Managing Director, Giulio Deangeli Foundation
Oleksandr Osipov
Representative (Deputy), Secretariat Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
Victoria Skřivánková
Senior Project Associate, International Organization for
Migration
Prerna Agarwal
Founder CEO, Samakhya Sustainable Alternatives
James Eggers
McCain Global Leader, McCain Institute
Pilar Gómez Quiñones
Associate Director, One Earth Future Foundation
Anna Makarenko
Lawyer, Regional Administrative Court
Alicia Rios Obregón
PhD in Migration Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Hatice Soyal
Senior International Assignment Manager, NBC News
Daniel Agudelo Navarro
Education Project Manager, UNICEF Colombia
Frida Olvera Cervantes
Circular Economy and Climate Change Manager, POLEA
Mehdi El Kesri
Chargé de Mission, OCP Group
Nengneithem Henga
Director, Runway Nagaland
Archie Ritchie
Law Clerk, Russell McVeagh
Miriam Wanjiru Mogotu
Responsible Business Consultant, Partner Africa
GCW 2024 Cohort
Ingrid Anahí Álvarez Rivadeneyra
Partner and Director, Metrics
Alicja Gajewska
Sustainability Manager, Ryanair
Ano Kuhanathan
Head of Corporate Research, Allianz Trade
Mohammed Musaad Ahmed
Tender Coordinator, Xeless
Avi Shapiro
Junior Program Officer, Aspen Institute Germany
Adrian Bazavan
Foreign Affairs Adviser, Minister of Energy
Cruz Glynka
Senior Fellow, Humanity in Action
Eneida Lila
Co-Founder, Lizard Furniture-as-a-Service
Matthew Peppers
Security Intelligence Analyst, Google
Abubakar Shuaibu
Founder and CEO, Green Energy Mission Africa
Michał Sobczyk
Senior Technology Developer, European Energy
Marcela Fernandez Barreneche
Founder, Cumbres Blancas
Mao Kawamukai
Project Manager, Corporate Suatainability, Mitsui & Co.
Pilar Martínez
Trainee Professor, UPM
Vyshali Sagar
Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Micron India
Shreya Singaraju
Software Engineer, EROAD
GCW 2023 Cohort
Ashweetha
Co-founder, Penn Collective
Jakub Bodziony
Journalist, Kultura Liberalna.
Maria Jose Castro Montaño
Operations and Programs, Aspen Institute Mexico
Jose Cordoba Chaverra
Manager, Banco de la republica de Colombia CHOCO
Amy Gander
Head of Operations & Evaluation
Coalition for Global Prosperity
Beatrice Giribaldi Groak
Independent Advisor
Lukács Hayes
Co-Founder, Cooperative City
Parminder Kaur
Communications Advisor Parliamentary Engagement, New Zealand Parliament
Benefique Magadju
Project Accountant, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Andrei-Dumitru Olteanu
Teaching Assistant, Babes-Bolyai University
Laura Sile
Clinical Pharmacist
Denys Starostin
Communications Manager, Aspen Institute Kyiv
Alfonso Alcazar Alcala
Associate, Mijares
Alexandra Bogatu-Pavel
Founder, Rezident
Margherita Carusi
HR Integration Associate Manager, Jakala
Esther Enríquez Díaz
Spanish Socialist Youth Secretary for Science, Innovation and STEM
Luisa Gómez
Program Coordinator, Aspen Institute Colombia
Irina Hohlov
Third Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Hungary
Katarína Jakubčeková
EU Affairs, Prime Minister Office of Slovak Republic
Lena Kiesewetter
Managing Director, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt
Eva Mattes
Policy Advisor, Digital Affairs German Parliament
Fosco Riani
Elections Program Lead, Global Response
Meta
Swati Sinha
Program Executive, Ananta Aspen Centre
Shayan Talabany
Analyst of Geopolitics, Tony Blair Institute
Rostyslav Tistyk
Member of Parliament, Ukraine
Samir Beharic
Research Officer, The Balkan Forum
Sami Biasoni
General Secretary, Innovation, Tech, Digital &
Resources Department, Societe Generale
Nyssa Chopra
Tech and Privacy Lawyer, Perkins Coie
Catherine Eng
Public Policy Manager, Meta
Roman Grygoryshyn
CEO, ITOXY Ukraine
Mark Hoover
United States Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Fiona Kamikazi Rutagengwa
Head of Marketing and Communications, I&M Bank
Andrea Lloreda
Staff Attorney, Colombian Special Court for Peace
Blas Moreno
Co Director and Editor-in-Chief, El Orden Mundial
Reirui Ri
Head of Content and Monetization Policy, Google
Peter Southey-Jensen
Policy Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment New Zealand
Matti Tetrev
Political Diplomat, Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO
