Our Leadership Team

  • Chiara Valenti

    Project Manager

    She/they

    Chiara is originally Italian but did her growing up abroad. She is a second year MDEV student specializing in migration and security and a Research Associate at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Outside of her studies and work she loves to cook, dance, and (although she's not great at it) climbing.

  • Elodie Pearson

    Project Manager

    She/her

    Elodie is a second year master student in International Affairs (MIA) specialised in Global Security, Human Rights and Humanitarianism at the Geneva Graduate Institute. After the first TEDx edition last year, she took on the co-project manager role of TEDxGVAGrad with the strong belief that the conference will be as successful as last year. In parallel to her studies, she swims in the lake, loves skiing and enjoys spending time with her friends.

  • Jessica Peery

    Project Manager

    She/her

    I am a first year student studying in the Masters of International and Development studies programme specialising on conflict, peace, and security. I grew up near Minneapolis, Minnesota and have spent the past few years working in Tianjin, China.