Course Instructors
Dr. Arnault Barichella – Researcher, Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Paris-Saclay; Lecturer, Sciences-Po Paris; author, Can Cities, States and Regions Save our Planet? (Module 3.1.)
Dr. Eugenie Birch – Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research & Education, Weitzmann School of Design, University of Pennsylvania (Module 1.4.)
Max Bouchet – Deputy Director for City and State Diplomacy, Truman Center for National Policy (Module 1.1.)
William Burke-White – Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania (Module 1.4.)
Ebone Clifton – Member Engagement Manager, South Region, National League of Cities (Module 5.3.)
Karim Farishta – Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense (Module 2.4.)
Bojan Francuz – Deputy Director, Our Future Agenda, United Nations Foundation (Module 2.2.)
Dr. Alison Holmes – Professor, Department of Politics, Cal Poly Humboldt, and author, Multi-Layered Diplomacy in a Global State: The International Relations of California (Module 1.3.)
Dr. Angel Hsu – Director, Data-Driven EnviroLab; Associate Professor of Public Policy and Environment, Ecology and Energy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Module 5.2.)
Lolita Jackson – Executive Director, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development Capital LLP (Module 1.2.)
Dr. Tomasz Kaminski – Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz, Poland; editor, The Role of Regions in Eu-China Relations (Module 4.1.)
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman – Deputy Commissioner, New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs (Module 2.1.)
Dr. Ayse Kaya – Senior Advisor to the Special Representative, Subnational Diplomacy Unit, U.S. Department of State (Module 1.1.)
Ian Klaus – Founding Director, Carnegie California, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Module 1.3.)
Dr. Benjamin Leffel – Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada at Las Vegas (Module 3.4.)
Júlia López Ventura – Regional Director for Europe (Regions & Mayoral Engagement), C40 Cities (Module 3.3.)
Thibaut L’Ortye, Director of Public Affairs, American Chamber of Commerce in the EU (Module 4.1.)
Juan Luis Manfredi – Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, and International Studies Professor, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Module 1.2.)
Cecily McLeod, Esq. – Visiting Senior Fellow for Cities and Democracy, Truman Center for National Policy (Module 4.4.)
Dale Medearis, Senior Environmental Planner, Environmental & Planning Services, Northern Virginia Regional Commission (Module 5.1.)
Julia Munroe – Policy Officer, Metropolis (Module 4.3.)
Arnaud Ngatcha, Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of Europe, International Relations & Francophonie (Module 4.2)
Saskia Pardaans, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure & Water Management, Embassy of the Netherlands in the U.S. (Module 2.3.)
Rosine Pema Sanga – Director of International Relations, Office of New Orleans Mayor La Toya Cantrell (Module 2.3.)
Daniela Reina – Commissioner for Cooperation & Diplomacy, City of Palmira, Colombia (Module 2.2.)
Kale Roberts – Deputy Director, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (Module 3.3.)
Prof. Jorge Schiavon – Professor, International Studies Department, Universitad Iberoamericana, Mexico City; author, Comparative Paradiplomacy (Module 5.4.)
Gianluca Spinaci – Green Deal Advisor, European Committee of the Region (Module 3.2.)
Juan Carlos Uribe, Learning Officer, World Secretariat, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) (Module 5.3)