Former President of Federation of Turkish American Associations (New Jersey)
Former Bonnie Joy Kaslan
Honorary Consul General of Republic of Türkiye, San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, CA)
Prof. Burak Kuntay
Rector, Beykoz University (İstanbul, Turkey)
Prof. Cengiz Sisman
Professor of History in the College of Human Sciences and Humanities at the University of Houston-Clear Lake
Ebru Cimen Tarhan
Non-Profit Strategist | Connecting Data, Community, and Customer Experience | Founder, Viva Terra Selection (Houston, Texas)
Ergun Kirlikovali
Former President of Assembly of Turkish American Associations / President, Integrated Polymer Industries, Inc. (Irvine, California)
G. Lincoln McCurdy
International Affairs Professional, Former President of Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) (Washington, DC)
Dr. Hakan Karalok
Researcher Associate at Yale University School of Medicine (New York, NY)
Dr. Halil Mutlu
Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine, MD Hospital Medicine (Springfield, MA)
John Driscoll
Counsel, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP (New York, NY)
Kursad Dogru
President at Next International, Inc., Board Member of TURANT - Former President of Turkish American Association of North Texas (Dallas, Texas)
Lydia Borland
President, LB International Solutions LLC (public & private sector international business & government relations) (Washington, DC)
Mazlum Kosma
Former President of Turkish-American Association of Georgia, former President of Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) / Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia)
Mehmet Ali Ozkan
CEO of Ajans Press Technology
Melih Bektas
Chairman & Treasurer - Turkish American Coalition Political Action Committee (North Providence, Rhode Island)
Mona Diamond Sunshine
Former Honorary Consul General of Türkiye for Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
Said Nurhan
Former President of the Society of Turkish American Architects, Engineers & Scientists, Inc. (New York, NY)
Sevil Ozısık
Executive Board Member of American Regional Committee of the World Turkish Business Council (DTIK), former President of Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Immigration Attorney, Ozisik PLLC (New York, NY)
Suleyman Ecevit Sanlı
Chair of Turkish American Business Associations-Chairman Türkiye Chairman (Istanbul, Turkiye)
Dr. Sukru Elekdag
Former Ambassador of Türkiye to United States (Istanbul, Turkiye)
Tomris Azeri
President, Azerbaijan Society of America (New Jersey)
Dr. Ulku Ulgur
Founder and First President of Assemble of Turkish American Associations; Faculty Member at University of Maryland School of Medicine Doximity (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Umran Beba
Partner at August Leadership
Vahap Munyar
Newspaper columnist, Ekonomim (Istanbul, Turkiye)
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Chair, Cemil Ozyurt
Founder of Turk of America Awards
Anıl Sural
White House Correspondent, Washington Bureau, Once Vatan Gazetesi
Aysu Unal
Former President of The Society of Turkish American Architects, Engineers and Scientists Association (MIM), Architect
