After an intense and complex selection process, the Aspen Institute Romania Interviewing Committee Members have decided on the following list of 23 participants, from over 150 nominations from around the region. You can find their biographies here
Cristina Alexandru, Co-founder/Project Manager, Startups.ro (Romania)
Alexandru Balaci, Financial Coordinator and Program Manager for Sports, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities (Romania)
Andrei Benghea-Mălăieş, Partner, Renaissance Advisors (Romania)
Maria Besnea, Social Affairs Expert, OMV Petrom SA (Romania)
Gabriel Boc, Consultant - Private Sector Development, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris (Romania)
Deborah Chen, Vice-President, Commerzbank AG, London (Romania)
Ana Drăghici, President, Graphis 122 (Romania)
Petrică Dulgheru, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Romania)
Lucian Dumbrăvieanu, Head of International Corporate Customers, Raiffeisen Bank (Romania)
Simona Iftimescu, Educational Consultant, Freelancer (Romania)
Alexandru Isbăşoiu, Managing Director, Sky Web Romania (Romania)
Emiljano Kaziaj, Advocacy Liason, World Vision Albania&Kosovo (Albania)
Snezhina Kovacheva, Advisor, European Investement Bank, Luxembourg (Bulgaria)
Mihai Nadăş, Chief Technology Officer, Yonder (Romania)
Anca Nuţă, Head of Identity & Communication, UniCredit Ţiriac Bank (Romania)
Mirela Oprea, Senior Liason Manager, World Vision International, Forli (Romania)
Oana Păun, Co-Founder / Managing Partner, ROPOT (Romania)
Kristaq Profkola, Director for Legal Affairs, Albanian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Production (Albania)
Andrei Roth, Founder and President, Gecko Strategic Services (Romania)
Oana Ţoiu, Executive Director, K Consulting Management and Coordination (Romania)
Robert Uzună, Public Affairs Manager, Ursus Breweries (Romania)
Vlad Voiculescu, Vice-President of Group Infrastructure Finance, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna (Romania)