Results of the 2009 Young Leaders Selection Process

2009 Young Leaders Selection | Selection Committees

2009 Young Leaders Selection

The French-American Foundation is proud to announce the participants selected for the 2009 Young Leaders program.
Please click on the following links to learn more about the Young Leaders.

American Young Leaders

• Reuben Brigety, Director of the Sustainable Security Program, Center for American Progress
• Sewell Chan, Reporter and Bureau Chief of City Room, The New York Times
• Dalton Conley, Dean for the Social Sciences and University Professor, New York University
• Xenia Dormandy, Executive Director, PeaceNexus
• John Gallagher, Major, U.S. Army
• Roy Katzovicz, Chief Legal Officer, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
• Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, Associate Producer, 60 Minutes – CBS News
• Adeel Qalbani, Senior Managing Director, Reservoir Capital Group
• Jamal Simmons, Principal, The Raben Group
• Cynthia Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy, Payer Strategy and Operations, Affymax, Inc.
• Matthew Turner, Executive, GE Energy

French Young Leaders

• Antoine Bello, Writer/Entrepreneur
• Alexandre Bompard, CEO, Europe 1
• Magda Danysz, Présidente, Galerie Magda Danysz
• Rémi El-Ouazzane, Vice President and Worldwide General Manager, Texas Instruments
• Claude Grunitzky Founder and Chairman of TRUE Agency/ Founder, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of TRACE Magazine
• Jérôme Leprince-Ringuet, Manager, Refining and Marketing Research Department, Total
• Vincent Mahé, Director, Corporate Finance Department, BNP Paribas
• Audrey Pulvar, Chief Editor, France Télévisions
• Catherine Sueur, Deputy Executive Director, Musée du Louvre
• Sébastien Veil, Director, PAI Partners

Selection Committees

The Young Leaders were selected with the substantial help of two selection committees, one based in France, the other in the United States:

French Selection Committee

• Jean-Luc Allavena, Associé, Apollo Management (YL 2001)
• Maryse Aulagnon, Présidente-Directrice Général, AFFINE (YL 1994)
• Patricia Barbizet , Directeur Général, Artémis (YL 1994)
• Nicolas Bazire, Directeur Général, Groupe Arnault (YL 1998)
• Jacques Bouhet, Membre du Conseil de Surveillance, FAF-France
• Frederick T. Davis, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
• Michel Garcin, Président du Directoire, FAF-France (YL 1982)
• Philippe Le Corre, Associé, Publicis Consultants (YL 2004)
• Gael Messiqua, Administrateur, The American University of Paris
• Camille Morineau, Conservatrice, Collections contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, (YL 2006)
• Bernard Régnauld-Fabre, Sous Directeur d’Amérique du Nord, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
• Hamid Senni, Directeur, Vision Enabler, (YL 2007)
• Floriane De St Pierre, Présidente, Floriane de Saint Pierre et Associés (YL 2003)
• Pierre Tattevin, Associé-Gérant, Rothschild & Cie Banque

American Selection Committee

• Pierre Albouy, Managing Director, Rothschild, Inc. (YL2003, 2004)
• Robert L. Gordon III, Senior Vice President for Civic Leadership, City Year, Inc. (YL1994, 1995)
• Kenneth I. Juster, Esq., Executive Vice President, SalesForce.com (YL1994, 1996, 1998)
• Serena Koenig, Physician, Harvard Medical School – Brigham Women’s Hospital (YL2006, 2007)
• Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre, Principal, L’Helias LLC (YL1999, 2001)
• Christopher M. Schroeder, CEO and President, The Health Central Network (YL1998, 2000)
• Calvin Sims, Program Officer for News Media, The Ford Foundation (YL2004, 2005)
• Anthony A. Smith, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation (YL1981, 1982, 1984, 1994)
• Jonathan H. Spalter, CEO and Chairman, Public Insight, LP (YL1994, 1995, 1998, 2002)