Meet the Mentees & Mentors 2024
The Tällberg Foundation has a deep commitment to encouraging global, values-based leadership wherever we can find it.
Presenting the Mentees, Class of 2024
Gerald Abila
Uganda; attorney who has created a scalable human-centric justice solution
Mercedes Bidart
Argentina/Colombia; city planner and co-founder of a supply chain financing platform for informal businesses in Latin America
Mario Jimenez
Switzerland; health economist working to strengthen health systems and outcomes in Africa
Sara Rajabli
Azerbaijan; consulting psychologist and social entrepreneur empowering women and young people
Elijah Amoo Addo
Ghana; a chef working to bridge the food and poverty gap across Africa
Mostafa Elnaby
Egypt; agri-tech entrepreneur stimulating innovation in the Middle East
Mohsin Mohi Ud Din
U.S.; artist empowering marginalized groups to reclaim healing and agency through creative practices
Linda Vakunta
U.S.; environmentalist addressing health inequities, housing needs, and crisis intervention as a senior city official
Jennifer Ávila
Honduras; documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist
Maria Jammal
Israel/Palestine; creates solutions for the trauma experienced by refugees
Abimbola Ojenike
Nigeria; lawyer and social innovator
Nancy Yammout
Lebanon; social worker focusing on violence prevention and extensive extremism research to help traumatized refugees
Presenting the 2024 Mentors
Isabel Aninat
Chile; legal scholar and law dean at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist
Sweden; physics engineer and board professiona
Gary Knight
US; photojournalist and editor
Daniel Martinez Valle
Mexico; CEO of Grupo Proeza, investor, and sustainability advocate
Rana Dajani
Jordan; molecular biologist and human rights advocate
Helena Nilsson Friberg
Sweden; business leader and organizational development expert
Kurt Lauk
Germany; business executive and investor
Diane Osgood
US; Sustainability strategist
Vishakha Desai
US/India; Asia scholar with a focus on art, culture, policy, and women’s rights; Columbia University
Jocelyn Goh
Singapore; entrepreneur and executive coach
Mads Schack Lindegaard
Denmark/Zimbabwe; humanitarian NGO executive
Stelios Vassilakis
Greece; classics scholar and strategic consultant