2011 YOUNG SOCIETY LEADERS LIST

The American Turkish Society is proud to present the inaugural class of YOUNG SOCIETY LEADERS.

The Young Society leaders is a group of accomplished professionals from the fields of business, law, medicine, journalism, academia and the arts, with a demonstrated record of leadership ability and commitment to serve the U.S.-Turkish society at large. This new initiative aims to nurture the next generation leaders and to positively impact issues that matter to American-Turkish Community.

About the Young Society Leaders

Press Release (English/Turkish)

List of 2011 Young Society Leaders

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2011 YOUNG SOCIETY LEADERS

Pınar Abay, Incoming CEO, ING Bank Türkiye (Turkey)

Daron Acemoğlu, Professor of Economics, MIT (USA)

Haluk Akakçe, Artist (USA/Turkey)

Ersin Akarlılar, CEO, Mavi Jeans (Turkey)

Murat Aktıhanoğlu, Founder and Managing Director, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (USA)

Cenk Angın, CEO, GittiGidiyor (Turkey)

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Columnist, Milliyet (Turkey)

Elif Bilgi Zapparoli, CEO, Bank of America Merrill Lynch -Turkey (Turkey)

Yıldız Blackstone, President, LUCA LUCA (USA)

Ian Bremmer, Founder, Eurasia Group (USA)

Eric Clurfain, CEO, MetLife Alico (Turkey)

Ramazan Demir, VP of Strategy and Business Development, Turk Telekom (Turkey)

Emre Demirel, Associate, Turkven Private Equity (Turkey)

Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt, Director of Development Policy, Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank (USA)

Özlem Denizmen, Executive Vice President of Strategy, Dogus Holding (Turkey)

Serkan Elden, Managing Director, PineBridge Investments (Turkey)

Lexy Funk, CEO, Brooklyn Industries (USA)

Ayla Göksel, CEO, ACEV/Husnu Ozyegin Foundation (Turkey)

Lane Greene, Business Correspondent, The Economist (USA)

Mehmet Güvendi, Partner, McKinsey and Company (Turkey)

Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, James S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism and Chair, Department of Genetics and Complex Disorders, Harvard University School of Public Health (USA)

Lyndsay Howard, President, PANGAEIA Group, LLC and Senior Advisor to the Chairman, International Bank of Azerbaijan (USA)

Ayşegül İldeniz, Regional Director - Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Intel (Turkey)

Güneş İlkgelen, Global Head, Insurance Group, Global Financial Markets, International Finance Corporation (USA)

Jay Karahan, Presiding Judge, Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law Number 8 (USA)

Aslı Karahan-Ay, Executive Director, UBS Investment Bank (USA)

Mehmet Kırdar, Vice President, Investment Professional, JP Morgan Securities LLC (USA)

Sedef Köktentürk, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International (Turkey/UK)

Ferda Kolatan, Co-Founder, su11 architecture+design (USA)

Evren Kopelman, CPA, Director, Senior Research Analyst, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (USA)

Carl B. Kress, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USA)

Ümit Kumcuoğlu, Member, Executive Board & CEO, Kare Yatirim (Turkey)

Daniel Lubetzky, CEO / Founder, KIND Healthy Snacks, KIND Movement, PeaceWorks, Inc. (USA)

Demet Mutlu, Founder & CEO, Trendyol.com (Turkey)

Kaan Nazlı, Director, Emerging Markets, Medley Global Advisors (USA)

Kıvanç Onan, Country Director, Turkey, Paypal (Turkey)

Seval Öz Özveren, Vice President of Business Development and Finance, Cuil (USA)

Murat Özyeğin, Member, Board of Directors, Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development, Fiba Group (Turkey)

Ahu Özyurt, Editor/Anchor, CNN Turk (Turkey)

Melek Pulatkonak, Developer Platform Evangelism Lead, Microsoft Turkey (Turkey)

Anthony Richter, Associate Director, Open Society Institute (USA)

Sefa Sağlam, Director of Exhibitions/Registrar, Neue Galerie New York (USA)

Ege Tanor, Entrepreneur/Financier (USA)

Sıtkı Timuçin, Partner, End-to-End Analytics (USA)

Heidi Ueberroth, President, NBA International, National Basketball Association (USA)

Hamdi Ulukaya, President & Founder, Agro Farma Inc./ Chobani Yogurt (USA)

Cenk Uygur, Host, The Young Turks (USA)

Joshua Walker, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States (USA)

Ayşe Yüksel, Esq., Managing Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP (USA)

Leila Zubi, Esq., Partner, Zubi & Rosner LLP (USA)