Board of Advisors

Mark Strama

Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life

Mark Strama is Director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Communication and Media Studies in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas.

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Matthew Swift

CEO, Concordia

Matthew Swift is the Co-Founder & CEO of Concordia. Since its inceptionin 2011, Matthew has grown Concordia into the leading nonpartisan globalaffairs forum dedicated to forming cross-sector partnerships that address thegreatest challenges and opportunities of our time.

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Adam Blackman

Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners

Adam is one of the senior partners in the Technology Group at Guggenheim Securities, where he focuses on ecommerce, vertical software, and financial technology. Prior to that, Adam was in the TMT Groups of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

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Mandy Lau

Senior Director, Adobe

Mandy has over 20 years of global rewards experience in both consulting and high-tech industries. She currently leads the Global benefit team for Adobe in San Jose CA. Prior to this, she lived in Asia for over 10 years managing International benefits and compensation programs for Adobe.

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Ahad Khan

Frmr. SVP, Policy

Ahad is a student at Stevenson University studying Criminal Justice and Legal Studies. He serves as the Senior Vice President of Policy at YIP. In school, Ahad competes on Stevenson’s mock trial team, where he was recognized as an All-Regional witness.

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