Santa Clara University

Organization: KARUNA Management Consultancy (Turkey)
Role: Owner and Management Consultant
Vision: Help Turkey grow through Turkish entrepereneurial women; Member of Kagider Women Center
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)

Organization: Mercedes-Benz A.S. (Turkey)
Role: Marketing Communications, Team Leader
Vision: A world where everybody is socially responsible
Inspiring Challenge: Mercedes-Benz Turkey Foundation
Millennium Development Goal: Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Accomplishment: I learned how to be calm and relaxed under very bad and stressed conditions. I have the energy to present my idea, support it very hard, and work on the idea until the end. I have the energy to make people aware and move for social responsibility and make change in life.

Organization: Golcuk Municipality (Turkey)
Role: Art Gallery Director
Vision: Help citizens through Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)

Organization: American Bar Association (Armenia)
Role: Legal Education Reform Senior Staff Attorney
Vision: Delivering legal services directly to rural Armenians
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)

Organization: Garanti Bank (Turkey)
Role: Manager, Women Entrepreneurs Program
Vision: Empower woman entrepreneurs in Turkey
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)

Organization: Bedaya (Jordan)
Role: General Manager
Vision: Empowering and engaging women in disadvantaged communities.
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (1); Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)
Accomplishment: Mentoring a number of female entrepreneurs.

Organization: Karumdanismanlik Ve Dis Tic LTD (Turkey)
Role: Owner and Manager
Vision: Increase the prosperity level in country through the development of women entrepreneurs by "Women-Up" web portal
Inspiring Challenge: 500 paid members to Women-Up portal by the end of December 31, 2010.
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)

Organization: Center for the Development of Civil Society (Armenia)
Role: Founding President
Vision: Provide political academies for women, Young Women Leadership Institute
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)

Organization: Global Niche and Linqto Turkiye (Turkey)
Role: COO and Vice President of Business Development
Vision: Supporting creative self-enterprise
Inspiring Challenge: Enabling creative entrepreneurships of people in the global community through web-based programs that use a combination of technology and personal development.
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Accomplishment: Establishing a connected and growing community of global citizens through Global Niche and empowering their businesses through digital commerce and virtual gatherings

Organization: USAID, Economic Growth (Iraq)
Role: Deputy Director
Vision: Build a sustainable Iraqi economy
Inspiring Challenge: Building an umbrella organization for Iraqi Business Associations connected to resources inside and outside Iraq. By mid-2010, the national network of 40 business associations will be launched.
Millennium Development Goal: Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)