September 2016

Friedrich W. Affolter

Friedrich Affolter, EdD, is an Education Expert for Risk-Informed Programming at the Education-in-Emergency and Early Childhood Development Units in UNICEF NY Program Division. Until June 2016, he served as the manager of UNICEFs Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Program (PBEA), which designed education programs that contribute to the mitigation of drivers of conflict in 14 fragile and post-conflict countries. Earlier UN assignments include Sudan, South Africa, Angola and Afghanistan.

Yasemin Sirali

Yasemin Sirali, MBA, is the Director of Ozyegin Social Investments, a network of institutions including the Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Husnu Ozyegin Foundation (HMOV), Iz Child Centers, and Ozyegin University based in Turkey. Ozyegin Social Investments have focused on education, girls’ empowerment, rural development, health, and culture with a significant concentration on education, from early childhood through to higher education.

Joanna Rubinstein

Board Membership:

  • The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children: 2017 - present
  • The Early Childhood & Peace Consortium: 2015 - present
  • WEF (World Economic Forum) Global Coalition for Digital Safety: 2021 - present
  • International E-Sports Committee: 2021 - present
  • UNICRI (UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute) Advisory Board: 2021 – present
  • Yalla Rinkeby: December 2021 – present
  • Sweden for UNHCR (a UN Refugee Agency): March 2022 – present 

James F. Leckman

James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D., James F. Leckman, M.D. is the Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics at Yale. He serves as the Director of Research for the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Leckman is a well-known child psychiatrist and patient-oriented clinical investigator. His peers have regularly selected him as one of the Best Doctors in America. Dr.

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