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Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo

Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine

International Director, Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine Khewang (Tibetan for Honored Scholar) Phuntsog Wangmo (Ping Cuowangmu) received her advanced degree from the Lhasa University School of Traditional Medicine in 1988 after completing her five-year training program and two-year residency. During that time, she studied with the Khenpos Troru Tsenam and Gyaltsen, two of Tibet’s foremost Tibetan Medicine doctors. Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo had the exceptional opportunity of extensive clinical training under Khenpo Troru Tsenam for four years. Thereafter, she dedicated many years of work as a doctor of Tibetan Medicine in Eastern Tibet, where she collaborated with and directed the implementation of A.S.I.A., the non-profit organization founded by Professor Namkhai Norbu. After that, she worked on behalf of A.S.I.A., setting up hospitals and training centers in the remote regions of Sichuan Province and Chamdo Prefecture. From 1997 to 2000, she was the A.S.I.A. project coordinator in Tibet for the development of Gamthog Hospital in collaboration with expatriate personnel as well as the overall health coordinator and practitioner of traditional Tibetan medicine, supervising health activities throughout the surrounding region of Chamdo Prefecture. In 2007, she co-founded the American Tibetan Medical Association (ATMA), a national organization representing the Tibetan medical profession within the United States. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the philosophy, knowledge, science, and practice of Tibetan medicine for the benefit of humanity. In 2012, Dr. Phuntsog Wagmo was appointed the International Director of the School of Tibetan Medicine She is currently in residence at the Shang Shung Institute of America, the international seat of the School of Tibetan Medicine, where she continues in her leadership as Director and International Director of the Institute’s national and international programs in the U.S.A., Russia, and Tenerife, Spain.

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Carina Ndiaye

Chief Partnerships Officer, Tostan

Carina Ndiaye is a passionate advocate and change-maker driven by a strong belief in the endogenous potential of Africans to shape their own future. She has dedicated the last fifteen years of her life to her passion for understanding community challenges, developing innovative  and sustainable solutions, and scaling and effective partnerships for community wellbeing. Building on years of experience with various organizations in Africa, Carina joined Tostan in 2022 as Chief of Partnerships Officer to contribute to Tostan’s mission of catalyzing community wellbeing in Africa. She is an expert in organizational development and project management with a proven track record in donor regulation, compliance and risk management for development programs. Prior to joining Tostan, Carina worked for several organizations, including Speak Up Africa and Family Health International (FHI360), where she managed and improved programs on issues close to her heart, including women’s empowerment and gender equality, public health, and education. Carina holds a B.A. in International Relations and Women’s Studies from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from Howard University in the United States.

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Selva Gürdoğan Thomsen

Founding partner and architect, Superpool

Selva Gürdoğan graduated with honors from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 2003. After graduation, she worked for Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam and in New York. In 2006 together with Gregers Tang Thomsen, she founded Superpool. During 2013-2019, Selva co-directed Studio-X Istanbul, an urban laboratory of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Between 2019-2022, she taught at the Architecture Association School of Architecture in London. Since 2017, she has led and advised on many public initiatives for children and caregivers within the Urban95 framework of the Van Leer Foundation in collaboration with city administrations in Türkiye, Jordan and Ethiopia. Currently Selva lives between Copenhagen and Istanbul and aside from her work with Superpool, she supports the development of Open Urban Practice, a platform for collaboration for better public programs, spaces and buildings.

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Catalina Cock Duque

Co-founder and Chief, Fundación Mi Sangre

Catalina is a social entrepreneur driving systemic change through innovation. As co-founder and President of Fundación Mi Sangre, she leads initiatives to unlock young people’s potential and activate ecosystems for more peaceful, democratic, and regenerative societies. Under her leadership, the organization has impacted over 2 million lives in Colombia, addressing issues like violence prevention, reconciliation, gender equity, and migrant inclusion. Recognized as Social Innovator of the Year by the Schwab Foundation in 2024, she is also an Ashoka Fellow, Synergos Fellow, and Aspen Fellow. Catalina co-created the world’s first social and environmental certification for artisanal gold mining, scaling it across 10+ countries as co-founder of Green Gold and the Alliance for Responsible Mining. Certified as an Integral Coach, she consults globally on leadership, social innovation, and systems change, fostering collaboration across Latin America, North America, Europe, and Africa.

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Elaine Forde

Creative Learning & Engagement Manager, The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre)

Elaine has focused in career working with artists and communities to drive personal and social change. As Creative Learning & Engagement Manager she has over ten years’ experience of senior leadership experience in two of Northern Ireland’s leading arts organisations – the MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) in Belfast and The Playhouse in Derry. Over the past 20 years her work has been rooted in social practice – working alongside community members, partner organisations and artists to drive positive social change. Her work has resulted in ex-combatants from Northern Ireland’s conflict becoming peacebuilders; hostile policing protocols changing to better support young people; and the testimonies of people in the asylum system contributing to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s action to prevent the UK Government’s illegal Migration Act from being implemented in Northern Ireland. She holds a Masters in Fine Art in Chelsea Art College (London University of the Arts), a Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management from Ulster University and a BA Degree in Fine Arts from Ulster University.

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Anne Walker

Facilitator and Director, Theatre of Witness Network

Born in 1968, the normalisation of violence and conflict including the Murder of her uncle on “Bloody Sunday” had a profound impact on how Anne lived in the world and identified as a young woman of Derry. At age 18 she became a Republican Activist. In 2010, in search for a deeper personal understanding, Anne engaged with Theatre of Witness in their Production of ‘I Once Knew a Girl’. She shared her story for the first time. This process was revelatory for Anne who felt a profound change had occurred. Since then, Anne has worked tirelessly to effect change through Live Performances, Storytelling & Art Workshop Facilitation, Media Recording or Personal Connection. Anne has used her story to help others on their journey toward reconciliation working with groups of ex-opposing combatants, victims and survivors, police, army, and people from conflict backgrounds locally, nationally and globally. Anne’s work includes regular collaborations with; Theatre of Witness, Schools and community groups, Shared Education, European and American colleges , Warrington Peace Centre, Ex-prisoners and combatants, Member of the Irish Consortium of Women’s mediators, Glencree All Island Women’s Peacebuilding Network. Centreity, Training for Women’s Network and Women in Community, Playhouse Derry (Peace Academy) Research Advisory Committee – NI Arts. OSCE – Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe.

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Paula Moreno

President, Manos Visibles

I am Paula Moreno, a legacy builder, architect of collective dreams, and engineer of social transformation. I have dedicated my life to challenging inequality and building structures of equity. As the first Afro-Colombian woman and youngest minister in Colombia’s history, I learned that profound transformations are born from imagining new futures and charting pathways to make them a reality. For over twenty years, through academia, government, philanthropy, and Manos Visibles, I have worked to impact lives, strengthen leadership, and weave networks of transformation across Colombia and more than fifteen countries.

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Mohsin Mohi Ud Din

Artist, Storytelling Activist, and Founder of MeWe International

Mohsin Mohi Ud Din is an artist, community activist, and founder of the global non profit, #MeWe International Inc. (#MeWeIntl). #MeWeIntl is a global network of artists, scientists, and community-builders who design methodologies and tools for creative expression and communication skills-building to advance the healing, equity, and social cohesion in a fragmented and polarized world. For over 15 years, Mohsin has scaled his storytelling methodology across more than 15 countries, from the valley of Kashmir, to the Syrian refugee camps in the Middle East, to the mountains of Morocco, Honduras, and Mexico. His movement has supported more than 20,000 vulnerable youth and caregivers and dozens of community building organizations fighting violence, forced displacement, incarceration, and poverty. Mohsin previously worked for human rights organizations such as Human Rights First, and worked in the Strategic Communications Division for the MDGs and SDGs for the United Nations in New York. His work has received honors from SOLVE MIT at the UN, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Open Ideo and others. As an expert in strategic communication and community storytelling, Mohsin’s documentary films are featured in TIME Magazine, and have premiered at more than 7 international film festivals. He is a 2025 Creativity Pioneer Award recipient by the Moleskine Foundation, and was named a 2024 Tallberg Leadership. Network. In 2009, Mohsin received a Fulbright Scholarship to pilot his methodologies in Morocco. Over the years his words and visual pieces are featured in VICE News, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, and The Nation.

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Cynthia Botello

Experimentation Coordination, Institute for The Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Ph.D. in Philosophy with a specialization in Administration and a Master’s in Public Health Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. She is a professor at the Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey, where she teaches courses on human capital, project management, and multigenerational leadership, integrating wellbeing-centered approaches into educational and organizational practices. Her professional experience focuses on the strategic management of projects that foster educational innovation with positive impact. She has led initiatives that merge experimental design, impact measurement, and emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence—to build healthier, more empathetic, and sustainable learning and working environments. As a mentor in experimentation and impact measurement, she supports educators and, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and evolving human needs in rapidly changing contexts. She applies data-driven, mixed-method approaches to guide decision-making processes that enhance organizational resilience and individual engagement. She is a member of the Psychopedagogical Research Group at the School of Humanities and Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her research explores organizational factors, engagement, and burnout among students and professionals. During her research stay at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, she investigated the perception of quality of life among university students, reinforcing her commitment to designing more human-centered educational experiences. Her work combines self-directed learning, empathy in education, and the strategic application of technology to explore innovative ways of enhancing wellbeing through advanced analytics and experimental frameworks. With an interdisciplinary vision, she seeks to transform educational environments into spaces of personal and professional flourishing.

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Lou Deringer

Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Student, University of California Berkeley

Lindsey (Lou) Deringer is a rising third-year PhD student studying social-personality psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she works under the mentorship of Dacher Keltner and Serena Chen. Before coming to Berkeley, Lou earned her B.A. in English literature from Colorado College and an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. Lou’s doctoral research broadly focuses on the impact of awe and aesthetic experiences on close relationships. Lou is particularly excited about a current project that explores shared experiences of visual art – in this study, she evaluates how looking at art with others can deepen our meaning-making processes, as well as bring us closer together. Overall, Lou hopes that her research may help individuals flourish while leading more meaningful, connected, and awe-filled lives.

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