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Netherlands, Eylem Nazli Tasdemir (GENS '17)

November 23, 2020
Chapter Leader
Europe and the Caucasus
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Eylem Nazlı Tasdemir (GENS ’17) has over six years of professional experience across the private sector, civil society, and higher education, where she initiated and organized large-scale, cause-oriented projects, and collaborated with a wide array of internal and external stakeholders. Prior to moving to the Netherlands in October 2020, Eylem worked for four years as the Senior Program Officer at Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, one of nine global centers of Columbia University established to address global challenges, and advance knowledge and its exchange.

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Romania, Stefan Cibian (IRES '12)

March 9, 2020
Chapter Leader
Europe and the Caucasus
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Stefan is a CEU alumnus graduating from IRES (2012, Ph.D.) and SPP/CPS (2006, M.A.). He is the executive director and co-founder of the Făgăraș Research Institute.

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Azerbaijan, Anar Mehdiyev (ENVS '02 and '21)

February 25, 2019
Chapter Leader
Europe and the Caucasus
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After studying at CEU’s Environmental Sciences and Policy Master programme in 2001-02, Anar Mehdiyev returned to Azerbaijan and co-founded one of the most active alumni chapters. Being a long-standing CEU Chapter Leader in Baku, Azerbaijan, Anar actively promotes connectivity between alumni and alumni chapters, and is a frequent CEU Alumni Reunion visitor. CEU has also shaped Anar’s career. He is managing environmental management systems in BP-Azerbaijan, a key element of Azerbaijan’s oil industry. 

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Bosnia & Herzegovina, Amila Kurtovic (LEGS '16)

March 10, 2017
Chapter Leader
Europe and the Caucasus
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Amila graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo and earned an LL. M degree in Comparative Constitutional Law at Central European University in 2016. Currently, she works as a Junior Researcher in Public Law and Human Rights Program at the Center for Social Research - Analitika in Sarajevo. Prior to that, she was engaged in AIESEC, the largest student run organization in the world, where she worked as a president of a local branch of AIESEC in Sarajevo in 2013/2014.

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Switzerland, Ana Gurau (DPP ’11)

April 4, 2016
Chapter Leader
Europe and the Caucasus
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Since graduation, Ana has been busy strengthening her international development profile, with a focus on global health, public finance, and social justice. In 2015 she relocated to Switzerland, where she worked for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She recently joined a Swiss national research project on dementia policy and pursues a PhD in Biomedical sciences (spec. Bioethics) at the University of Geneva.

Why does she volunteer as an Alumni Chapter Leader?

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