Meet Our Team

Where the Passion Begins

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Christine Warnke, PHD

Dr. Christine Warnke is an international business executive and an enthusiastic supporter of global social impact initiatives, a champion of the arts, a media personality, and a facilitator of cross-cultural exchanges for worldwide trade and investment.

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Richard Brady

Richard Brady, P.E., BCEE founded, successfully built, and sold a civil engineering and construction firm where he remains a member of the Board of Directors. Rick is a licensed civil engineer internationally recognized for his engineering contributions to large municipal water projects that serve safe drinking water to millions worldwide.

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Ayal Frank

Ayal Frank is a seasoned professional with significant experience in public affairs including representation of governments, international institutions, corporations and organizations. Based in Washington, DC, he has served as a trusted advisor to CEOs, presidents of NGOs and heads of state, and has a proven track record in strategic communications and government relations. 

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Spiros Mantzavinos

Spiros Mantzavinos - has more than three decades of experience in offering clients strategic communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, economic development, reputation management, and issue & crisis management counsel.

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Olga Willard

Olga Willard - a UCF doctoral fellow, has 25+ years in PR and Advertising. She leads Willard Global Strategies, has worked with USAID, has an Executive MBA from UCF, and an MS from Ukraine's Institute for Entrepreneurship.

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William Fay

William Fay - Over four decades in Washington DC, William Fay has led seven broad-based national issue campaigns that coordinate lobbying, media, communications, and grassroots advocacy independently and as Sr. Vice President for America’s largest public relations firm.

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Michael Willard

Michael Willard - Award-Winning Journalist turned Public Relations Expert, served as a Senator's Trusted Advisor, fostering global understanding (Middle East, Soviet Union, China, Europe, and Central America).

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Hamilton Costa

Hamilton Costa - a former Resident Representative and Executive Director of Angola's investment promotion authority in North America, was instrumental in fostering trade and investment relations between Angola and the US and Canada.

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Charles Schilke

Charles "Chuck" Schilke, originally from metro New York City, is a versatile professional who works on the borders of the international and the domestic, of business and public policy, and of theory and practice.

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Terry Michael Rauch II

Terry Michael Rauch II, a distinguished professional with nearly 30 years’ experience, epitomizes excellence in government relations, international affairs, and global health. 

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William H. Dent

William H. Dent, a native of Washington DC, began his international career in the Peace Corps in Chile working in rural development and land reform. 

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Nii Simmonds

Nii Simmonds was a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center and an expert in emerging and frontier markets having held top leadership positions in corporate finance, entrepreneurial ecosystems, supply chains, and research commercialization.

 

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Michael John Pantelides 

Former Mayor and Governmental affairs  Specialists 

 

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