2019 Marshall Memorial Fellows Announced

May 2, 2019

The German Marshall Fund is pleased to announce that 75 Marshall Memorial Fellows have been selected for the 2019-20 application cycle—40 from Europe and 35 from the United States.

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) is GMF’s flagship leadership development program. Created in 1982 to introduce a new generation of Europen leaders to the United State, MMF grew in 1999 with a companion program that began sending emerging leaders from the United States to Europe. GMF makes MMF awards to the best and brightest from all sectors, including business, government, and civil society. Selected fellows engage in 6 months of preparation designed to enhance their understanding of transatlantic relations before embarking on 24 days of policy immersion across the Atlantic. Today, the MMF alumni network numbers nearly 2,500 leaders.

GMF selects fellows from all 50 U.S. States and across 39 European countries. These fellows join a network that includes notable alumni such as Stacey Abrams (MMF 2004, Unites States), House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 89th House District; Emmanuel Macron, (MMF’06) President of France, Federica Mogherini (MMF 2007, Italy), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Sheila Marcelo (MMF 2011, United States), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Care.com; Nina Vaca (MMF 2004, United States), Chairman and Chief of Executive Officer of Pinnacle Technical Resources; and.

The Marshall Memorial Fellowship is underwritten in select regions by generous contriburtions from funders. These include the Cleveland Foundation in Cleveland, OH; the Compagnia di San Paolo for support of leadership development in Southern Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW, and the Romanian-American Foundation for support of leadership development in Romania.

Raumesh Akbari Tennessee State Senator Tennessee, USA	Ryan Combs Research Triangle Regional Partnership North Carolina, USA
Orlando Bailey Eastside Community Network Michigan, USA	Angela Cox Rasmuson Foundation Alaska, USA
Celine Bardet We Are NOT Weapons Of War France	Ryan Croke Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living Illinois, USA
Silje Bareksten Nor-Shipping Norway	Ghida Dagher Executive Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer Michigan, USA
Ryan Biava Seattle City Light Washington, USA	Albert Dalmau Barcelona City Council Spain
Iñigo Blanco DOT Coop. Spain	Jamar Doyle Greater Collinwood Development Corp. Ohio, USA
Sebastian Burduja PACT for Romania Romania	Karine Ghazaryan Open Society Foundations-Armenia Armenia
Michael Carroll Teladoc Health New York, USA	Kalli Giannelos Institute of Higher Education for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IHEIE) France
Simona Chaminska Global Services Organization at T-Mobile Polska S.A. / FIVOSZ Macedonia	Sarah Gieszl Arizona Department of Health Services Arizona, USA
Alexandra-Niki Chatzistavrou ZN Production Greece	Hristijan Gjorgievski Government of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
Thomas Goiser Thomas Goiser Projektkommunikation Austria	Ivan Khilobok Reforms Delivery Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Ukraine
Burcu Gündüz Masalaci Mother Child Education Foundation (ACEV) Turkey	Lucia Klestincova European Commission Slovakia
Dana Harmon Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute Texas, USA	Murali Krishnan Exxon Mobil Corporation Texas, USA
Fanni Hidvegi Access Now Hungary	Iva Lazarova Institute for Public Environment Development Bulgaria
Katrin Hirseland Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Germany	Antonio Leitao Amaro Assembleia da Republica (Portuguese Parliament) Portugal
Tanja Holthaus Festival Committee Kölner Karneval Germany	Leonid Litra New Europe Center Ukraine
Jason Hughes African Diaspora Consortium Louisiana, USA	Farooq Malik North American Development Bank Texas, USA
Anna Ingrisch Radio24syv Denmark	Jesse Medlong DLA Piper LLP California, USA
Steven Jakstadt Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH Germany	Yodit Mesfin NEW: Solutions for Nonprofits Michigan, USA
Nikolaos Kakavoulis Antenna Group Greece	Tarik Mete Social Insurance Institution of Salzburg Austria
Niyazi Mete Saracoglu Meridiam France	Stacy Richardson City of Chattanooga Tenneseee, USA
Giorgi Narmania BP Georgia	Anthony Robinson Truman Center for Policy and Truman National Security Project Washington, DC, USA
Vy Nguyen Weingart Foundation California, USA	Vasile Rotaru Ministry of Foreign Affairs Moldova
Stephanie Nichols General Communications Inc. Alaska, USA	Mihnea Samoila PetroMed Solutions Romania
Efren Olivares Texas Civil Rights Project Texas, USA	Nora Sarasola Bilbao Ekintza Spain
Darrell Owens Office of Senator Toomey (R-PA) Virginia, USA	Liesje Schreinemacher Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn Netherlands
Javier Perea City of Sunland Park New Mexico, USA	Michael Shafarenko ideastream Ohio, USA
Marc Philpart PolicyLink California, USA	Oonagh Smyth Mencap United Kingdom
Sara Pietryszyk Accenture Poland	Iryna Solomko Reanimation Package of Reform Ukraine
Shoba Pillay U.S. Attorney's Office, NDIL Illinois, USA	Renata Soto Conexión Américas Tennessee, USA
Christoffer Ramm Subtonomy Sweden	Faith Winter State of CO / VoteRunLead\| Colorado, USA
Dylan Tete Bastion Community of Resilience Louisiana, USA	Bartosz Wisniewski Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland
Claudio Tocchi City of Torino Italy	Rashad Young Executive Office of the Mayor, Washington, DC Washington, DC, USA
Miko Underwood BLDG 357, INC New York, USA	Zuraya Tapia-Hadley The Raben Group Arlington, VA (USA)
Alfiaz Vaiya European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup United Kingdom	Giulia Ziggiotti Accredited Italian Embassy School in Beijing Italy
Christina Vassallo SPACES Ohio, USA
Lesia Vasylenko Legal Hundred NGO Ukraine
Dobrica Veselinovic Institute for Urban Policy Serbia
Lea Webb Binghamton University New York, USA
Evan Westrup Office of former California Governor Jerry Brown California, USA
Luci Willits Curriculum Associates Idaho, USA