Advisory Board

The members of the advisory board of the Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training are as follows:

Mr. Mario Baez (Chair)
Career United Nations official (Ret.)
Ambassador (Ret.) Michael Klecheski
U.S. Ambassador (retired) and President, The Mongolia Society
Mr. James Castle
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Cyber Security Global Alliance
The Honorable Elias M. Levy
Former Consul General
Consulate General of Panama in New York
Mr. Fred Curry
Managing Principal, Deloitte (Ret.)
Mr. Shirreef Loza
Senior International Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce
Ms. Marie D’Costa
Executive Vice President
Philanthropic Partnerships
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Commissioner Edward Mermelstein
Commissioner for International Affairs
New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs
Mr. Chris Deri
President, Corporate Advisory Businesses
Weber Shandwick
Mr. Amr Nour
Principal Advisor/Development Policy
United Nations and former diplomat
Dr. John K. Galiotos
Dean, Workforce Development and Associate Professor of Chemistry Southern University at Shreveport
Mr. Rakesh Naithani
Director
Parliament of India
Mr. Philipp Ivanov
Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute and Visiting Scholar, Center for Australian, New Zealand & Pacific Studies
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Ambassador Jarmo Sareva
Consul General, Ambassador
Consulate General of Finland in New York
Mr. Malcolm Jeter
Strategy Analyst
Accenture
The Honorable Alsion Roach Wilson, O.D
Consul General
of Jamaica in New York
Mr. Gonzalo Del Fa,
President, GroupM
Multicultural
Mr. José Bayona, Founder and CEO, Grassroots Strategies
Ms. Niovi Christopolou
AI.Fund Partner and BMCC Adjunct Professor