Khaled Abdulwahed, Molham Volunteering Team
Khaled is a passionate community leader dedicated to empowering refugees and advancing the UN’s Social Development Goals. Forced to leave his home country, Syria, as a teenager, Khaled experienced…
Speakers
The Youth Assembly speakers have always included young changemakers, UN leaders and senior staff, celebrities, and other luminaries from civil society and the private sector. At the 2023 Youth Assembly these notable speakers will address the theme “Breakthrough to a Better Future.”
Nikita Jain, Calvert, Morgan Stanley
Nikita Jain is a Senior Associate and Engagement Strategist for Calvert, a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, which specializes in responsible investing. She is also a member of the…
Purnaka Lohendra de Silva, Seton Hall University
Purnaka L. (“PL”) de Silva, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, New Jersey; and Director, Institute for Strategic Studies and Democracy (ISSD)…
Aleksandra Plesko, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Aleksandra Plesko has been working in human rights advocacy with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) since 2010. Before moving to UNHQ in New York…
Manuela Ramírez Barrionuevo, AFS Intercultural Programs
As the lead of volunteer development in AFS Intercultural Programs, Manuela plays a pivotal role in enhancing the experience of over 50,000 volunteers worldwide. Passionate about human development and cross-cultural…
Amira Nassim, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Amira Nassim, a native of Palestine and Finland, is a Migration Policy Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office to the United Nations. Within the Sustainable Development Unit,…
Maureen Manning, The PIE
Dr. Maureen Manning is an international consultant, presenter, and keynote speaker on global education and culturally responsive leadership, and the VP of Strategy and Insight for The PIE. She has…
Magdalena Fulton, IREX
“Young people are not our future, they are our NOW and in today’s complex society it is time we put young people in the driver seat of their own development.”…
Frederico Menino, Open Society Foundations
“I’ve attended the Youth Assembly since 2018. I have no reservations to affirm that this is one of the most important, engaging and consequential convenings of young leaders in the…