Prior to this assignment Meg Young served in the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy’s office of Policy, Planning and Resources leading their Outreach and Communications unit. She has also served as Deputy Director of the China Division in the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, as an Advisor to the Office of the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and as a Member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff.  In addition, she was the deputy public affairs officer at U.S. Embassy, Lisbon, the press officer for Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Bureau of South-Central Asian Affairs, and consular officer in Shanghai, China.

Before joining the Foreign Service, Meg received her master’s in public diplomacy from the University of Southern California. She also worked as a researcher at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy where she focused on Chinese soft power.  She previously worked for Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation in the areas of youth exchange and international leadership development.  Meg received her undergraduate degree in theatre and philosophy from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

Phillip Assis is Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen and will in this position also be the Treasurer of Fulbright Denmark.  Prior postings have included the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan; the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia; a Public Diplomacy Desk Officer in the State Department’s Near Eastern Affairs bureau; posting in Karachi, Pakistan; the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (Vatican); Georgetown, Guyana (South America); and Doha, Qatar. Prior to the Foreign Service, Phillip Assis spent a decade managing U.S. Government-funded international exchanges between American and African electric power utilities.  He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin (West Africa), and worked as a paralegal at a corporate law firm in Chicago.  Phillip Assis holds an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Amanda Rasmussen currently serves as SVP Global Head of Order Management Solutions at DHL Global Forwarding, based in Copenhagen. She has held leadership positions across North America, Asia, and Europe, including key roles at Maersk, Expeditors, and DHL. Amanda holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and an MBA in International Business Systems from Loyola Marymount University. She has served as a Board Member and Chairwoman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and is currently a Board Member of the Maritime Network of Women, also previously serving as Board President. Amanda’s work is driven by a commitment to building strong, inclusive communities and expanding opportunities for growth and innovation. She believes in the transformative power of learning and strives to ensure that organizations and individuals have the tools, knowledge, and resources they need to succeed and thrive.

Katherine Richardson is Professor of Biological Oceanography and Leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen. Her research centers on how changes in climate and biodiversity in the ocean interact to influence the global carbon cycle and how humans are impacting the Earth System. Katherine Richardson is also a Principle Investigator in the development of the Planetary Boundaries framework aiming to identify a safe operating space for humanity in relation to its perturbation of the global environment. She is a member of the Danish Council on Climate Change as well as UN’s Scientific Panel to draft the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report.