Global Youth Action Network

The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) "is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization, launched in 1996 and registered in the state of New York, USA. National Chapters are registered in Mexico and Ghana. GYAN is affiliated to the United Nations Department of Public Information and holds Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC)."

"GYAN is one of the largest networks of youth organizations ever created. GYAN acts as an incubator of global partnerships and a global information provider."


 * Franziska Seel, Executive Director
 * Benjamin Quinto, Ex-Officio Executive Director

Directors
Accessed January 2009:


 * Carole V. Aciman - Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 * Michael Butler - Original Producer, HAIR The Musical
 * Susan Koehler - Koehler Consulting
 * Vivianna Guzman - CFO, American Management Association
 * Michael Furdyk - Director of Technology & Finance, TakingITGlobal
 * Benjamin Quinto - Founder, Global Youth Action Network
 * Ellen Ratchye-Foster - Principal, Burning Glass Consulting

Global Youth Action Awards Honorary Advisory Committee
Accessed January 2009:


 * Deepak Chopra - Celebrated author and physician; co-Founder, Alliance for a New Humanity
 * Jane Goodall - World-renowned primatologist; founder, Jane Goodall Institue and Roots & Shoots
 * Stan Lee - Chairman Emeritus, Marvel Comics; known as the creator of Spiderman
 * Ben Vereen - Tony- Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning entertainer, Minister
 * Lindsay Wagner - Emmy-winning actress, healer, and author; known for portraying the Bionic Woman

Advisory Board
Accessed January 2009:


 * Hafsat Abiola - Kudirat Institute for Democracy
 * Dacil Acevedo Riquelme - Argentinean Center for International Cooperation and Development (CACID)
 * Virginia Benderly - Philanthropist
 * Esmeralda Brown - UN Southern Caucus on Sustainable Dev.
 * Michael Butler - HAIR, The Musical
 * Peter Copen - Internat'l Education & Resource Network
 * Jennifer Corriero - TakingITGlobal
 * Jason Dorsey - Golden Ladder Productions
 * Joseph Eger - Symphony for United Nations
 * David Field - Writer and Film Producer
 * Mirsad (Miki) Jacevic - LEAD/ Women Waging Peace
 * Guy Grand - New Family Foundation
 * Jane Goodall - Roots & Shoots / J.G. Institute
 * Jonathan Granoff - Global Security Institute
 * Hazel Henderson - Independent Futurist
 * Kerry Kennedy - Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
 * Fabian Koss - Inter-American Dev. Bank
 * Karolína Kurkova - The Beautiful Life Fund
 * Leonard Kurz - Forest Creatures Entertainment
 * Ray Mason - High Speed Video
 * Avon Mattison - Pathways to Peace
 * Laurie Meadoff - NextNext Entertainment
 * Nina Lynn Meyerhof - Children of the Earth
 * James Moody - IEEE
 * Frank T. Mukama - Rwanda Youth Parliament
 * Robert Muller - University for Peace
 * Dumisani Nyoni - Youth Employment Summit
 * Barbara Oates - Community Foundations of Canada
 * Zeynep Ozbil - World Bank
 * Nadia Roumani - Initiative for Policy Dialogue
 * Levana Saxon - Indigenous & Non-Ind. Youth Alliance
 * Gregory Smith - International Youth Advocates
 * Gerald Tan Chuang Win - TeenWorld On-line, Malaysia
 * Joop Theunissen - United Nations Focal Point on Youth
 * Roben Torosyan - The New School
 * Lynne Twist - The Pachamama Alliance
 * Barbara Valocore - Lifebridge Foundation
 * Ben Vereen - Entertainer
 * William Upski Wimsatt - League of Young Voters

Contact

 * Web: http://www.youthlink.org

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