The Concordia Summit Announces Select Participants in Third Annual Forum

NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leadership Council and Co-founders of The Concordia Summit today announced select participants in its third annual Summit to be held on September 26th and 27th in New York. The Summit will convene the world's most prominent business, government and nonprofit leaders to discuss the instrumental role of public-private partnerships in tackling the global crisis of youth unemployment.

As a young non-partisan organization, Concordia promotes effective and sustainable public-private partnerships (P3s) by convening global leaders and developing new methods of research and intelligence. Concordia identifies new avenues of collaboration for governments, businesses, and nonprofits while also facilitating investment and fostering public-private partnerships, to create a more prosperous and secure future.

"This is an esteemed group of leaders that will help shape this year's summit," said Concordia Co-founder and Chairman Nicholas M. Logothetis. "We look forward to bringing together the world's leading companies, policymakers and youth-focused nonprofits to discuss the best strategies to advance opportunities for our global youth population, building a sustainable economy for generations to come."

"Concordia is tailor made to develop workable strategies to drive capital to small to medium businesses, and help young entrepreneurs receive the capital and support they need beginning from early childhood," said Concordia Co-founder and Chairman Matthew A. Swift.  "We will bring current and former heads of state, business leaders from Fortune 500 companies and the best minds from non-profits to the table."

The participants of this year's Summit include President of Peru, Ollanta Humala; former President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe; Chairman and CEO of the Libra Group, George Logothetis; United States Senator from Arizona, John McCain; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte; and former Under Secretary of the State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Dr. Paula Dobriansky.

Panel discussions will include: Creating Jobs for Our 21st Century Workforce, Scaling Partnerships for Future Generations and the 2013 State of Public-Private Partnerships. Breakout sessions cover topics ranging from Entrepreneurship to Human Security. The full program can be found here.

The third annual Concordia Summit will be held on September 26th at the New York Stock Exchange and September 27th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

Additional speakers include:

Abigail Huntsman, Anchor, MSNBC
Afshan Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Women for Women International
Alan H. Fleischmann, Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group & Co-Founder, ImagineNations Group
Andrew O'Brien, Special Representative-Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State
Anita McBride, Executive-in-Residence, The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University School of Public Affairs
Brett Kimmel, Principal, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President-Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Cindy McCain, Chair, Hensley & Co
Ed Scott, Chairman, Center for Global Development
Gabriele Zedlmayer, Vice President Sustainability & Social Innovation, Hewlett-Packard
Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege Jr., Chairman, Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation, Deloitte
HRH Prince Abdul-Aziz Bin Talal, Chairman of the Arab Open University Forum
Jacob Lief, Co-Founder and CEO, Ubuntu Education Fund
Jacquelline Fuller, Director-Google Giving and Advocacy, Google
Jason Payne, Philanthropy Engineering Team Lead, Palantir Technologies
Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice President-Education Policy and Strategic Alliances, McGraw-Hill Education
J.P. Bilbrey, President and CEO, The Hershey Company
Dr. John E. Murray Jr., Chancellor of the University and Professor of Law, Duquesne University
Jose Maria Aznar, Former President, Government of Spain
Dr. Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Ian Bremmer, Founder and President, Eurasia Group
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women's World Banking
Mary Margaret Frank, Institute for Business in Society, Darden School of Business at The University of Virginia
Matthew Swift, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Concordia
Mike Slocum, Northeast Regional President and Commercial Banking President, Capital One
Nafez Husseini, Chief Technology & Communications Officer, Consolidated Contractors Company
Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Concordia
Nicole Goldin, Director of Youth, Prosperity, and Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Paola Vita, Chief Advancement Officer, NYC Outward Bound Schools
Premal Shah, Co-Founder and President, Kiva
Reeta Roy, President and CEO, The MasterCard Foundation
Robert A. Annibale, Global Head- Citi Microfinance & Community Development, Citi
Ron Bruder, Founder and Chair of the Board, Education for Employment
Walt M. Macnee, Vice Chairman, MasterCard Worldwide
Zeenat Rahman, Secretary Kerry's Special Adviser on Global Youth Issues, U.S. Department of State

SOURCE The Concordia Summit