Research Scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Social entrepreneur, engineer, eco-activist, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of TAZAR, a green tech startup at the forefront of innovative solutions to waste management challenges in Kyrgyzstan.

Economic/Commercial Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan, where he is responsible for promoting U.S. commercial interests in the region.

Director of Khan Investment Management Ltd., an investment boutique focused on Mongolia and the Khan Mongolia Equity Fund, the first Mongolian investment fund of its type.

Currently pursuing PhD in Water Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.

Commissioner at Afghanistan’s Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC).

Head of State Control Service of Armenia.

PhD candidate in American Studies and a Lecturer at Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences.

Director of the Forum for the 21st Century Leaders, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization.

An international security expert with more than 15 years of experience in project management in Armenia and the South Caucasus.

Senior Investment Officer for the Central and West Asian Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Azerbaijan Resident Mission.

Logistics Manager and the Turkmenistan Logistics and Customs Coordinator for construction and industrial projects at Renaissance Construction.