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Osman Bengur is CEO of PJPA, LLC, a company that he started. PJPA is one of the largest Papa John’s Pizza franchisees in the U.S. He was previously a public and corporate finance investment banker with a national securities firm and subsequently with Bengur Bryan & Co., Inc. an advisory firm he co-founded and where he now serves as senior advisor. In addition to being chairman of PJPA, Mr. Bengur is a director of the Securities Finance Trust Company. He was a candidate for the U.S. Congress and Maryland House of Delegates and has served as a special assistant to the Governor of Maine. Mr. Bengur has additionally been a board member of several non-profit arts and education organizations. He currently writes an editorial column on business and politics for an online business publication – citybizlist.com – and has published articles and columns in both Turkish and U.S. journals and newspapers. Mr. Bengur is a graduate of Princeton University and received a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge.
Mehmet Betil is a respected and innovative businessman in Turkey as well as a strong voice for disadvantaged people. He worked as an economist at the Turkish Industrial Development Bank from 1967 to 1987. He is a long time supporter of Anatolian Artisans in the U.S. and Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) in Turkey. His research on investment projects were published in a newspaper from 1975 thru 1987. Mehmet retired in 1987 and founded Karma A.S., a computer and construction company, the same year. He is also a partner of the Taraf newspaper in Turkey. He is a graduate of Robert College in Turkey.
Louis W. Goodman became dean emeritus and professor of International Relations at American University’s School of International Service in August 2011, having served as the School's dean since July, 1986. Under his leadership the School of International Service became the largest school of international relations in the world. Previously Dr. Goodman served on the faculty of Yale University’s Department of Sociology and as director of the Latin American and Caribbean Programs of the Social Science Research Council and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The author of numerous books and articles, Dr. Goodman’s current research focuses in democracy building and civilian control of the armed forces in Latin America and on the rise of Asia and 21st century international relations.
Ozgur Karaosmanoglu is senior vice president, investments and international sales, at Raymond James and Associates, a financial services firm in Washington, DC. He has been in the investment field for over 25 years and at Raymond James for more than a decade. He manages approximately $200 million for individuals, associations, and small businesses. Mr. Karaosmanoglu is the past chair of the Tulane University Associates Board (alumni fundraising board). He is a Trustee of the McLean School of Maryland and a board member of Results for Development. He has a B.A. in economics and an M.B.A. from Tulane University. Mr. Karaosmanoglu was born in Ankara.
Marianne Kayan is an attorney with the law
firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. She is a member
of the taxation practice group. Marianne combines her
tax, business and estate planning skills to advise clients on entity
structure, creditor protection, business succession, wealth transfer,
and charitable giving. She received her Masters of Laws in Taxation
degree and Estate Planning Certificate at Georgetown University
Law Center, J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's
William H. Bowen School of Law and B.A. from Hendrix College with
a degree in Business and Economics, Accounting emphasis. While completing
her undergraduate education, she spent a year studying international
relations, the European Union and economics at the University of
Malta; this time in Malta created the foundation for her interest
in supporting HasNa.
Dr. Warren Muir is executive director of Division
on Earth and Life Sciences at the National Academies in Washington,
DC. He has served as president and chair of the Children's Friendship
Project for Northern Ireland, Inc, and has hosted fourteen pairs
of Protestant and Catholic teens in his home. He was founder and
president of the Hampshire Research Institute, director of the Office
of Toxic Substances at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
and senior staff member at the Council on Environmental Quality,
Executive Office of the President. He has received O.St.J. and C.St.J.
honors from HRH Elizabeth II. Dr. Muir holds master’s and
doctoral degrees in chemistry from Northwestern University, with
post-doctoral study in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University.
Nevzer G. Stacey founded HasNa, Inc. in 1998.
Her background comprises five years as a study director for international
labor standards at the National Research Council of the National
Academies of Science, where she was also the resident expert on
transitions from education to the workplace; twenty years of service
as a volunteer mediator in the Washington, DC court system; and
thirty years at the U.S. Department of Education, where she worked
on school-to-work issues and represented the U.S. in international
projects sponsored by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the World Bank.
She has a master’s degree in international organizations and
Middle East area studies from American University’s School
of International Service. Ms. Stacey was born in Istanbul.
Nevzer G. Stacey: President and Founder
Marianne Kayan: Chair
Mert Kayan : Treasurer
Kalliopi Rapti: Secretary
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