Christina Sciabarra is a Political Science PhD candidate in the School of Government and Public Policy. Her research interests include post-conflict reconstruction, conflict resolution, and peace-building strategies. Her case study work includes assessments of post-conflict peace-building strategies in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, and Lebanon. She has a B.S. in History from the United States Naval Academy, B.A. in Russian from the University of Arizona, and an M.A. in Diplomacy from Norwich University. Christina is a program director with Civil Vision International, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting, informing, and inspiring individuals to achieve peace and cultural understanding through collaboration and dialogue. She has facilitated a number of video dialogues between students in the U.S. and Afghanistan as well as hosted a number of educational and artistic events.

Nora Rahimian is creative consultant and founder of #CultureFix, a global collaborative network of creatives & cultural producers who use arts & culture for social impact. She has helped artists tour internationally, earn placements in national and international outlets, secure dream collaborations, and develop effective arts-for-change campaigns. With a unique perspective on conscious business-building for creatives, Nora has been invited to speak at places like SXSW, A3C, and several universities; partnered with organizations like ONE, BBC, #HipHopEd, and AJ Stream; and consults for several popular hip hop and afrobeats artists around the world. Most recently, she has been working with MI Abaga to establish TASCK, a creative agency based in Lagos. She is a UNAOC Fellow, was recognized as a Trailblazer by VoyageLA, and was named one of iStandard’s Women Who Run The Music Industry. Connect with Nora on Twitter and Instagram at @norarahimian.

Liana Kartsivadze specialized in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. With more than 10 years’ experience, she is now managing a joint project for the development of mediation and arbitration in Georgia, funded by the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).Her experience ranges from practice to academia, both in Europe and in Georgia. She is accredited mediator and is included in the Unified Roster of Mediators of Georgia. She has taught ADR in Georgian universities for past several years. Liana considers that a perk of being a mediator is seeing people’s transformation though mediation on their own path of looking for solutions.

Taras Dzyubanskyy holds a B.A. in Philosophy and studied at various papal institutes in the Vatican. In 2010, he received a prestigious Russell Berrie Fellowship in Interreligious Studies, which enabled him to pursue his doctoral degree and to obtain his PhD in Theology and Interreligious Dialogue in 2012. Since October 2012, Taras has been working as an adviser for religious and ecumenical issues to the Mayor of Lviv. In May 2013, he inaugurated an interfaith centre, “Libertas,” the first of its kind in Ukraine. Since its creation, the centre has held over 50 ecumenical and interreligious events to promote dialogue and understanding among different religious groups. Taras has been awarded with several distinctions related to his innovative approach on interfaith dialogue and social issues. For the past four years, he served as an adviser to the President of the Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry on social issues. He now oversees the Institute of Religion and Society of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine and he coordinates an international group of alumni of the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue. Author of four books, Taras is strongly committed to promoting interfaith and intercultural dialogue as he believes that people of different faiths have a lot to offer to humanity through their religious experiences and traditions which are an invaluable source of wisdom, prudence, love and respect. A motto that Taras identifies with is “Seek the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Ivana Savić internationally recognized sustainability and environmental rights expert with over 13 years of experience in international development, environmental sustainability, energy, and human rights. In addition, Ivana has extensive experience in youth activism, youth policy, and youth rights, especially in sustainable development, environmental protection, and peacebuilding. Ivana currently runs a global boutique consultancy LuminoMetis focusing on Business Intelligence, Governance, and Sustainability Services, and she is also an external Ph.D. candidate at Leiden Law School with the research topic Environmental Rights of the Child.

David Bidler is President of the nonprofit organization, Physiology First.
Physiology First seeks to redefine how we approach youth mental health by providing proactive, skills based, cutting edge education aimed at improving the health of the brain, body, and mind.

Michelle is the founder of RubixPotential, a social business based in Luxembourg that empowers individuals and startups to solve their human potential riddle for positive impact.
She is a certified trainer, developing and facilitating various workshops and trainings to foster growth – both in areas of Personal development as well as strategic workshops for companies.

Michelle believes that every individual is unique and that with the right circumstances and support everyone can be a changemaker. She is convinced that a state of inner peace generates energy that translates itself through words and actions into outer peace.