Our Team
AFSEE Staff
Professor Armine Ishkanian
Executive Director, AFSEE
Asmaa Akhtar
Programme Manager (Global Engagement and Impact), AFSEE
Grace Farrell-Twiney
Partnerships Lead, AFSEE
Dr George Kunnath
Associate Professor (Education), AFSEE
Dr Aygen Kurt-Dickson
Policy Fellow, AFSEE
Dr Maël Lavenaire
Research Fellow (Racial Inequality), AFSEE
Saaga Leppänen
Communications and Marketing Officer, AFSEE
Dr Fabricio Mendes Fialho
Research Fellow, AFSEE
Ethan Moss
Programme Administrator, AFSEE
Anastasia Nazaryan
Projects Manager, AFSEE
Dr Annalena Oppel
Research Fellow, AFSEE
Julia Ryng
Programme Officer (Fellowship Experience), AFSEE
AFSEE Governing Board
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Governing Board provides operational and programmatic oversight and ensures fidelity to the programme’s mission, vision and principles. Its role is to nurture and support our programme’s growth and development and to serve as a champion for the programme, both internally and externally.
Dr Claire Gordon(Opens in a new window)
Board chair
Professor Ernestina Coast(Opens in a new window)
Board member
Professor Naila Kabeer(Opens in a new window)
Board member
Dr María-Luisa Mendez(Opens in a new window)
Board member
Professor Susana Mourato(Opens in a new window)
Board member
Dr Phuong Nhan Le(Opens in a new window)
Board member
Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam
Board member (Senior Fellow Representative)
Dr Hakan Seckinelgin(Opens in a new window)
Board member
AFSEE Programme Committee
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Programme Committee, which is chaired by the Executive Director, is a consultative body that provides knowledge and expertise to the programme around key areas including curriculum, programming and outreach.
Professor Armine Ishkanian
Committee chair
Fola Adeleke
Committee member
Selam Bedada(Opens in a new window)
Committee member
Grace Farrell-Twiney
Committee member
Raquel Jesse(Opens in a new window)
Committee member
Dr George Kunnath
Committee member
Julia Ryng
Committee member
Salman Usmani
Committee member
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