Global CEO Summit 2023

California State Senator

David Dominic Cortese is an elected official from San Jose, California. He is currently serving in the California State Senate, representing District 15, which encompasses a majority of Santa Clara County. 

He grew up in San Jose as part of a family that has been active in civic, cultural, and business activities for generations. Dave graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory then University of California, Davis where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science. He earned his Juris Doctorate at Lincoln University Law School in San Jose. He has four children and is married to his wife Pattie Cortese who is currently a Trustee on the Eastside Union High School Board.

During his nearly three decades in public service, Dave has brought the community together to address and reduce homelessness, combat climate change, expand public transit options, reform the Santa Clara County’s jail custody operations, and fight for the rights of immigrants.

• To increase affordable housing and find solutions to homelessness, Dave initiated the creation of a countywide housing task force with representatives from business, labor, city and county offices, the local homeless population, and many experts on housing and homelessness. That group’s recommendations led to such initiatives as the groundbreaking $950 million “Measure A” affordable housing bond that Dave co-chaired as well as the All the Way Home campaign that has housed 1,940 of the County’s veterans.
   
• As a member and former Chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Dave fought hard to bring federal stimulus funds to the South Bay to rehabilitate our aging roads and ease congestion. On the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), he pushed to secure funding for the BART expansion into San Jose and for VTA’s eventual light rail service to Eastridge. Dave secured improvements to expressways, Highway 101, Highway 85, and the Tully Road/Capitol Expressway/Yerba Buena interchanges. He spearheaded officially merging the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and MTC’s efforts to advance smarter land-use policies for the entire Bay Area and to tackle the important connection between housing, jobs, transportation and climate protection in a coordinated, regional fashion.
   
• Dave has long been a champion of protecting our environment, leading Santa Clara County to transition to 100% renewable electric power, creating the County Climate Coalition in partnership with Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, and helping to form Silicon Valley Clean Energy, the community-owned provider of carbon-free electricity for Silicon Valley
   
• Dave has prioritized women's policy issues. He initiated the County’s Gender and Ethnicity Pay Equity Ordinance, their landmark Anti-Human Trafficking Team, and their first-of-its kind review of Title IX policies for K-12 and higher education institutions.
   
• Dave pushed Santa Clara County to become the first in the nation to file a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump Administration to overturn its unlawful rescission of the DACA Program. This attempt was successful, with the Supreme Court eventually overturning the Trump Administration’s repeal of DACA. Dave again pushed the County to sue the Trump Administration for denying federal funding to “sanctuary” cities and counties that didn’t participate in the President's aggressive immigration enforcement agenda. He helped lead the establishment of the Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations, the New American Fellowship program that employs DACA youth, and the allocation of millions in funding for legal services for DACA/DAPA recipients.
   
• Dave provided oversight and direction for the County in areas of Finance, Budget, Technology and Capital Projects. He created the County’s Open Government Ordinance and Office of Labor Standard’s Enforcement to monitor the County's Wage Theft and Living Wage Ordinances, that he championed, as well as workplace sexual harassment.
   
• Dave has initiated several local community-based gun buy-back and firearm relinquishment programs including “Unity Day” that became the County’s largest gun buy-back event. After hosting the Community Summit on Firearms Safety with over 300 diverse participants, Dave spearheaded the County’s safe-storage ordinance to prevent accidental shootings and suicides in homes.
   
• With a strong track record rooted in restorative justice and fighting systematic inequities, Cortese has taken major steps to re-envision our justice system, including establishing the Santa Clara County Blue Ribbon Commission, which led to hundreds of recommendations to improve the treatment of inmates in custody, and creating the first policy in the United States to halt the incarceration of offenders under 13 years of age at Juvenile Hall.
   
• As a School Board Trustee, Dave jump-started dormant plans to build a new high school in Evergreen and co-chaired the $80 million bond campaign that led to Silicon Valley’s first new high school in 25 years. He was a major architect of School Linked Services, a program that connects students and families to County social services and counseling. School Linked Services has grown to serve about 200 schools in the County.

Dave has had the opportunity to work with his father, former Assemblyman Dominic L. Cortese over a political career that commenced in 1968. His deep, local roots and love for his community continue to fuel his passion for public service.

As a California State Senator, Dave intends to continue and expand on the successful work he has done in Santa Clara County and apply as many solutions as possible statewide. That includes addressing climate change through building decarbonization, increasing California’s housing stock, shifting the focus of our justice system from incarceration to rehabilitation, and fighting sexual assault and gender-based violence.

7th Comptroller General of The United States

Dave is a nationally and internationally recognized fiscal responsibility and government transformation/ accountability expert. He is a non-practicing CPA with over 40 years of executive level experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including heading three federal agencies, two non-profits, and leading a global service line for Arthur Andersen LLP. His most recent full-time federal position was as the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and CEO of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) for almost 10 years. This was one of his three Presidential appointments by Presidents from both political parties, with unanimous Senate confirmation each time. Dave also served as one of two Public Trustees for Social Security and Medicare from 1990-1995. Most recently, Dave served as the Distinguished Visiting Professor and Crowe Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy where he taught the Economics of National Security. He currently serves on a number of government and non-profit Boards and Advisory Committees, including the Defense Business Board, the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation, and as a National Co-Founder of No Labels. Dave is also a periodic speaker, writer and media commentator. He has authored four books, the latest is entitled “America in 2040: Still a Superpower (A Pathway to Success)” published by AuthorHouse in October of 2020 and updated in February 2022. His most recent previous book was entitled “Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility“ (2010), which achieved National Bestseller status. He has appeared in several major programs and documentaries, including being the primary subject in a 60 Minutes segment and the critically acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A. Dave has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Jacksonville University, an SMG Certificate from the JFK School at Harvard, a CAPSTONE Certificate from the National Defense University, and four Honorary Doctorate Degrees. He has received numerous professional and leadership awards and is in four Halls of Fame. Dave is married to Mary Etheredge Walker. They have two children and three grandchildren.

Mayor, Sunnyvale

Larry Klein is the Current Mayor of Dynamic Silicon valley city: Sunnyvale. He is among the most active Mayors of Silicon Valley. Before his term as Mayor, he was deputy mayor of Sunyvale in 2018 and has served as Councilmember since 2016.

Director of Program Management, Qnovo Corporation, 2013 – 2021  Director of Digital Power, Exar Incorporated, 2008 – 2012·  Firmware Manager and Program Manager, FyreStorm Incorporated, 2002 – 2008·  Systems Group Functional Manager and Release Manager, Pluris, 1999 – 2002·  Staff Software Engineer and Engineering Manager, CellNet Data Systems, 1994 – 1999·  Staff Firmware Engineer, Siemens ROLM Communication, 1989 - 1994· GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES  Sunnyvale Mayor (2019-Present)·  Sunnyvale Vice Mayor (2018)·  Sunnyvale City Councilmember, 2016–Present·  Cities Association of Santa Clara County Board of Directors, 2017 – Present·  Cities Association of Sant Clara County President (2020); 1st Vice President (2019)·  Silicon Valley Regional Recovery Mayors’ Circle Co-Chair (2020)·  Silicon Valley Clean Energy Director, 2021-Present·  Santa Clara County Recycling and Waste Reduction Commissioner, 2021 - Present·  City of Sunnyvale, Subcommittee of Board· & Commission Bylaws, 2021 - Present  City of Sunnyvale, Community Event and Neighborhood Grant Distribution· Subcommittee, 2017 - 2020  VTA State Route 85 Corridor Policy Advisory Board, 2017 – Present·  Santa Clara County Unhoused Task Force (2020)·  Santa Clara/Santa Cruz Counties Airplane Noise Roundtable Alternate, 2019 - 2020·  Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) General Assembly Member, 2017 –· Present  Santa Clara County CAL ID/RAN Policy Board Member, 2019 - Present·  County of Santa Clara Redevelopment Dissolution Countywide Oversight Board· Member, 2019 - Present  City of Sunnyvale, Planning Commissioner, 2014 – 2016·  Joint Cities Stevens Creek Trail Extension Citizens Group Member, 2013 - 2015·  City of Sunnyvale, Charter Review Committee, 2006 - 2007·  City of Sunnyvale, Planning Commissioner, 2004 – 2010·  City of Sunnyvale, Planning Commission Chair, 2007 – 2008· COMMUNITY SERVICE  Caltrain Citizens Advisory Committee, Board Member, 2017 - Present·  Livable Sunnyvale, Founding Member·  Sunnyvale Community Gardens, Board Member, 2015 - 2016·  Sunnyvale Centennial Parade and Celebration Planning Committee, 2012·  Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association, President, 2011 - 2013·  Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association, Board Member, 2010 - 2016·  Founding Member of Charles Street Community Gardens·

Mayor, Fremont, California

Democrat Lily Mei is the first elected woman and Asian American mayor in Fremont’s 65 year history. Besides being the first woman to serve as Fremont’s Mayor, Lily is also a working mom—bringing a unique perspective on the needs of women, children and families to her leadership role. She previously served two terms as a School Board Trustee before being elected to the City Council.

Lily’s style of leadership is to bring people of diverse philosophies together to solve our toughest issues – leading efforts to break affordable housing records in Fremont, facing down thousands of opponents to establish an innovative City homeless shelter with mobile hygiene, counseling, and job training services, and creating clean energy jobs. She embraces safe, welcoming communities in our diverse region as vitally important, due to her own experiences as the daughter of immigrants and someone who has experienced gender and ethnic discrimination herself.

Chairman: American International Chamber Of Commerce

Holmes Stoner is the President (The Americas)  of CEO CLUB GLOBAL. He has spent the last 36 years as Chairman of the Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce and the American International Business Council. The mission was to set up and administrate international business development, consulting services and business relations in the major emerging markets throughout the world. He personally manages the worldwide policies and agenda.
He has worked with most PacRim Governments closely setting up promotions for Trade, Tourism, Technology Transfer and Cultural Exchange Programs as well as financing programs.

Since 2001, under his leadership, recruited over 555,000 businesses from 24 countries to participate in many of our programs and reach their goals to establish and operate their business. All told, the member companies employ more than 11,350,000 workers throughout the world.

Mr. Stoner is residing in Marina Del Rey, California. In addition he have offices internationally in Vancouver, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, Singapore, Delhi and Shanghai as well as Kuala Lumpur and Sydney in the Pacific Rim. His field officer in Europe and the EC is headquartered in the UK with an outlet in London.

Writer / TV Presenter / Artist

CEO, National Pension Partners,USA

MBA, J.D, LLM, PODTV Co-founder and Executive Officer,  Host and Sr. Executive Producer of World News, Economics with David Walker, Media Talk show and Wall Street Hackers and many others. Successful Entrepreneur, starting and operating successful companies.  CEO of National Pension Partners managing millions of dollars for hundreds of clients. 
 

Founder/Chairman: Pegasus Tech Ventures/STARTUP WORLD CUP

With US$2 billion under Pegasus Tech Ventures’ management, Anis is responsible for overall global investments and operations of the firm. 

Anis also serves as the Chairman of Startup World Cup, a global platform that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship around the world.

Anis has invested in over 200 startups globally. Some of Anis’s prominent startup investments are SpaceX, Airbnb, Doordash, 23andMe, Bird, Coinbase, Robinhood, SoFi, Calm, Color, Gojek, Bukalapak, Money Forward, etc. 

Anis currently serves and previously served as the board director in multiple global public and private companies including Lark, Asteria, Zuu, Tech in Asia, Affectiva, Jetlore, Blue Frog Robotics, Afero, Kii, Sano, I&C Cruise, Abivin and so on. 

Anis holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan, a Master of Science in Engineering from Oklahoma State University in the USA, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Tokyo, Japan. 

Anis is a Forbes Finance Council member and contributor at Forbes. Anis is also a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine, and an Entrepreneur Leadership Network Contributor at the Entrepreneur Magazine. Anis is an honored guest speaker in international conferences, workshops and seminars, has published more than 30 technical papers, and is the author of several books published globally

Global CEO, CEO CLUB GLOBAL

Dr. Shambhu Pokharel is the GLOBAL CEO of CEO CLUB GLOBAL. He is known as Innovation Activist. Dr. Pokharel Holds Wide range of knowledge on International Relations, Diplomacy, Startup and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Economic Ecosystem, International Economics, Supply Chain Ecosystem and Brand Building. Recipient of More Than Dozen International Awards, Dr. Pokharel has been pivotal to drive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Developing Countries and Emerging Cities. Dr. Pokharel is also an architect of the NEW GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM. NEW GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM is the concept of transformation of developing countries into developed one with the help of Policy Reformation/deviation.

Dr. Pokharel is also the Founder and CEO of FRANCHISE GLOBAL, a Global Franchise exchange platform; Founder of Startup Hub Global (Global Startup Incubation Centre). Besides that, Dr. Pokharel is the Global Steering Committee Member of WORLD SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM, Chairman of CENTER FOR DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE and International Board of Director of IBM TV-USA.

Chairperson ,International Broadcast TV

CoFounder, President of  PODTV, Sr. Exec Producer World News - Entrepreneur started many successful companies raised over $134M in one 7 min. pitch. Keynote speaker at NCSU 2018 Commencement.  CISO, CTO, Global Keynote Speaker, Spoke on Google Tour for Minority Entrepreneurs - Chair Strategic Board at NCSU  and BoA at USM and UNC-CH, Book Author, Patent owner of AI Tracking.

Chairperson: TOMO HOLDINGS

FORMER AMBASSADOR, INFLUENCER

C.M., M.Sc., LL.D. (Hon.)

A Serial Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Order of Canada recipient Aditya Jha is a rare combination of a serial entrepreneur and a philanthropist. His entrepreneurial pursuits have included start-up technology ventures as well as turn-around businesses in Canada, USA, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Morocco, Kenya, Nepal, France and Australia. He co-founded a software company, Isopia Inc., after having a successful career at Bell Canada as General Manager, eBusiness. In July 2001, Isopia was a major acquisition by Sun Microsystems Inc.,USA. His private charitable foundation (www.poafoundation.org) has fourteen endowments (for scholarships) & five grants (for entrepreneurship) at five universities/colleges and has supported numerous charitable projects in Canada, India and Nepal. He is currently CEO of dgMarket
International Inc., USA (www.dgmarket.com), a micro-multinational company (global eProcurement Services & Software business, formerly an initiative of the World Bank), which has customer base in over 65 countries and employees based in NINE countries & Eleven cities. Accolades/Awards that reflect pursuit of excellence. Aditya is Member of the Order of Canada (Canada’s highest civilian honours) and was conferred Honorary
Doctorate (2009) by Ryerson University. He was also honoured as Business Leader of 2019 by Niagara University, New York, USA and invested into Champions of Public Education in Canada Hall of Fame
(2013) by The Learning Partnership. He has the rare distinction of having been honoured twice by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce with Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) and previously with its
Technology Achievement Award (2004). He is also recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) and the Canadian Immigrant magazine’s (Toronto Star) Top 25 Canadian Immigrants 2010, and
Top 30 Most Influential Indo-Canadians (India Abroad magazine- Power List 2009) and many more. Aditya is currently serving as Board member of a NYSE listed company PartsiD and serves as the Chair of the Governance & Nomination committee. He serves on the Advisory Board Member of the School of Business, Niagara University, New York. Previously, he has been the appointee of the Government of Canada to the Board of Governors of National Capital Commission and on First Nations Financial Management Board. Had also served on Government of Ontario’s Ontario Investment & Trade Advisory Council. His academic appointments include: “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” role at the School of Business, Centennial College and “Member of the Board of Governors” of Sheridan Institute of Technology &
Advanced Learning and “Advisory Council Member” of Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University. He has also served on the Board of Governors of Indspire (a national Aboriginal achievement
award foundation giving over 5,000 scholarships annually) and as Board of Governor of the Art Gallery of Hamilton besides having served as board member of two TSX listed public companies. He was the National Convener of Canada India Foundation (2009-11) and has also served on the Board of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce.

Nurturing entrepreneurs, supporting higher education through private foundation. Aditya sponsored & ran (five years) a unique initiative working with the office of the Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation to nurture entrepreneurship within the aboriginal communities of Canada.
His charitable foundation (www.poafoundation.org) created endowments at five institutions (Ryerson University, Trent University, York University, Centennial College and George Brown College), which grants total of fourteen scholarships ($42,000 annually) to students in perpetuity & five entrepreneurship grants ($28,000 annually). He Chaired UNICEF Canada India HIV/AIDS campaign and was one of the Cabinet Members for Ryerson University Business School's capital campaign ($72million).

Aditya’s foundation has also supported other projects: with Ryerson University- a research project on Economic contributions of Indo-Canadians; Pathways Education Program for the inner-city kids of Regent Park,
Toronto; Share the Music endowment at Roy Thomson Hall to give Canadian Aboriginals access to best musical performances; Infrastructure grant (for ballet school in Havana through Canadian Ballet Youth
Ensemble and Trillium Hospital, Mississauga); Toronto International Film Festival as Gold Patron; Canadian Museum of Human Rights; Scholarships for kids from landless families in India through AIM for SEVA;
and Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, and several other charitable projects. He has funded digital literacy project donating laptop and desktops to 11 schools in Nepal and to the Islamic Institute of Toronto as well
has supported Nepal Library Foundation for setting up libraries in the remote villages of Nepal besides financially supporting first All Women Musical Band in Nepal to create employment for women who were participants in the 10 year armed civil strife/Guerilla warfare in Nepal against the institution of Monarchy.

Professional achievements: the intellectual capital
Aditya was an Adjunct Faculty (National University of Singapore, 1989-94) and been invited speaker at the Schulich Business School, Rotman Business School, Sloan School of Management, MIT (organized by
Boston Vichar Manch and others), Ted Rogers Business School, and University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and other prestigious institutions in Canada and abroad. His approach to philanthropy is featured in the Economist Intelligence Unit (Economist magazine, UK) report entitled “The New World of Wealth-Seven key trends for investing, giving & spending among the very rich” and he also presented before the Standing Senate Committee (Senate of Canada) on Foreign Affairs & International Trade on Rise of China, India and Russia and its implication on Canadian policy. He was one of the seven Canadians who accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his State visit to India in 2009 & also subsequently with a larger delegation in 2012. He has been featured as “New Radical Pioneers” in Julia Moulden’s book “We Are the New Radicals”, McGraw Hill.
Aditya was the Keynote speaker at national events in Canada and in India. He has published/presented papers in several international conferences and has served as Editorial Review Board member of two prestigious journals as well as has moderated three business roundtables for increased trade linkages between India and Canada including at PBD2011 event in Toronto as well as speaker at “Vibrant Gujarat 2013”. He was one of the bloggers for “My City Your City” for Toronto Star and blogged in Huffington Post and has
written editorial article in National Post, The Globe & Mail daily and has been featured in major National and international dailies and magazines. Aditya started his professional career after investing 41⁄2 years as Research Scholar at School of Computer & Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and has obtained M.Sc. in Mathematical Statistics and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science.

International Experience
Aditya’s professional work experience and entrepreneurial ventures span various countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa- serving international customers, building business partner network and setting-up ventures in different international locations. He has managed and supervised hundreds of mid-level and senior management employees of varying professional background in widely spread international geographies. Aditya has extensive network of influential individuals in the corporate
world, in the circle of philanthropy and in community organizations as well as with Public Policy makers in Canada and internationally.

An Influential Activist based in Chicago USA

Dr. Kishor Mehta is based in Chicago USA  for the last 52 years. Upon establishing a successful professional career as a Chemical Engineer,he got opportunities to work with various organizations as Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, Vice President, Executive Director. 

As a Philanthropist and Community Activist Dr. Mehta has a global exposure in different areas. 
He is Currently working with the Georgia Doty Comprehensive Health Organization (GDCH).  GDCH is a non-profit organization which provides services on three different platforms for Veterans and underprivileged individuals, and raises awareness of community physical and mental health issues via TV and Publications media. And  provides various community outreach programs to bridge the health information gap. Besides that the organization hosts impactful Seminars, Health Fairs, Special Events and distribution of food and clothes. 
Dr. Mehta has also served as Emeritus Chairman of the U.S. Congressman Danny K Davis’s The 7th Congressional district’s Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force (MEATF) which plays an important role in promoting and protecting minorities. His role was to focus on elimination of discrimination pertaining to race, religion, sex, ethnic origin. 
Likewise, Dr. Mehta has recognition as Ambassador of Civility for ICN Org, USA* - ICN believes very strongly in Bringing Back the Lost Art of Honor. 
Dr. Mehta is also the former chair of  AMEC.  AMEC is a bipartisan national grassroots organization that has objectives to empower members of ethnic communities through Social, Educational, Health Care, Economic and political initiatives.
 

Partner: Terreus Capital Switzerland

Mariya Spartalis is a partner of Terreus Capital AG Zurich Switzerland and a financial Influencer Award 2022 Winner.

Mrs. Spartalis is an expert in finance for over 20 years, a successful wealth manager for millionaires and billionaires structuring their wealth and providing brilliant private banking and investment solutions

Former Economic Advisor: US President Bill Clinton

Evolutionary Biologist

David Seaborg is an evolutionary biologist with a graduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He showed that organisms evolve as feedback systems and that the genetic code is not optimal for evolution, although close to it.

He has taught biology at all levels from elementary school to college to senior citizens.

He is founder and President of the World Rainforest Fund. The Fund has saved rainforest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, saving habitat of the Bonobo chimpanzee, the closest relative of humans. It also saved rainforest that has among the highest biodiversity in the world in the Amazon Basin, and rainforest in Borneo.

He organized a press conference of Nobel Prize winners on global environmental issues held at the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm in 2001. He carried the 10 Commandments for The Earth down Mt. Sinai, the mountain Moses allegedly carried the original 10 Commandments down. David did this on the back of a camel.

He wrote a popular poetry book. He is an inspiring speaker who lectures on evolution and environmental issues.

He wrote a book on his theory that life made Earth better for life, and increases biodiversity. His theory posits that ecosystems maximize biodiversity, and that all species are ecosystem engineers with a net positive impact on other species and their ecosystems

Medical Doctor, Philanthropist, Entrepreneurial Businessman

Dr Askari, MD is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is the Founder of Global Doctors and Nurses Network.
Born in a small village in Iran with no educational resources, medical access,
electricity, nor running water, he was raised in hardship of a struggling community. Yet, he was embraced by the mission of education, promoted by his parents. The parental commitment to their children’s’ success led Dr. Askari and his other two siblings to became doctors in United States.
Dr. Askari with his family and friends have been serving more than a million patients in Arizona throughout the past three decades. The direct observations of need that community members needed was the spark he needed to think of a world-wide solution to the global healthcare access problem. Him seeing dozens of wheelchair bound patients in his clinic and patients traveling hundreds of miles to get care were major elements that influenced his vision of a better formula for healthcare access. With a start of working with physicians and nurse practitioners to see patients in their places of residence to expanding such services to a greater geographical area, the time had come to expand beyond the local community. The pandemic’s arrival further invigorated the need for better solutions for healthcare
and accessibility at a global scale. After taking care of more than 100,000 patients during the pandemic, he began traveling the globe with his wife, meeting global, local leaders and more than 120 ministries throughout North America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East for a vision exchange regarding this critical healthcare matter.

Dr. Askari was witness to the broken healthcare system in every corner of
the global and fixing it to a matter of urgency.

His global reach has transformed millions of patient lives. His collaborations with kings, queens, prime ministers, and executives of multi-national corporations have yielded and strengthened an unwavering cause of to help humanity...at the global scale. The global humanitarian aid to deliver healthcare and grant access everyone to care with no barriers has been his lifelong mission and through the network of global doctors and healthcare professionals, he aims at creating this network to help health the global population. This mission has been taken to dozens of countries, meeting community leaders, Presidents, Vice Presidents, large hospital
chains, and spiritual leaders, crossing continents to visit more than 60 countries.
Traveling to Asia, Middle East, Dubai, Italy, and other parts of Europe in search of healthcare innovation and implementation opportunities. Dr. Askari is an entrepreneurial businessman and a visionary who believes in serving humanity through a global network of physicians.
His Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine experience spans more than 13 years,
both in research and in practice. Dr. Askari’s clinical research and practice of more than two decades includes stem cell analysis and treatment, and clinical practice in treatments of osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic kidney disease, dementia, auto-immunity diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, sexual enhancement, diet and coaching, lifestyle modifications, and morbid obesity.
Dr. Askari has been providing services to various communities establishing
services that offer multiple specialties, emergency care, diagnostic imaging center, pharmacy, surgery center, and a cardiac catheterization lab, which has led to serving more than 1 million patients over the past decades. Many years of philanthropic work has followed Dr. Askari. From local community healthcare initiatives, involvement in humanitarian efforts to fundraising for city projects, Dr. Askari has been a driving force behind positive community change. His dynamic engagements are revolutionizing healthcare access and global human interaction Now, with global network of doctors and nurses in place with access to multi-specialties to address and offer medical and behavioral health needs including lifestyle modifications, regenerative medicine and new stem cell therapies, post-COVID symptoms treatment through special medication mixtures created by doctors and scientists, home infusion immune-therapy, chronic pain management, nutritional counseling, holistic medicine, and many other medical services combined with the technological innovations and a platform, his global Teleurgent Care service and business model will secure his dream of no human being barred from accessing quality care.

Sr. Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Amod Pokhrel is a lecturer at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. His research focuses on the intersection of energy, environment, climate change, environmental justice, and health, related to household energy use in developing countries.

Amod Pokhrel is an environmental health scientist. He teaches Environmental Health Sciences in the MPH curriculum at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. He is also a subject matter expert and the visiting faculty at the Nepal Open University. His research and professional interests fall at the intersection of energy, environment, climate change, environmental justice, and health related to household energy use in developing countries. His research involves the domain of exposure science (indoor and outdoor air pollution), energy use assessment, data science, and environmental epidemiology. Collaborating with researchers at UC Berkeley, he is looking at ways to improve the environment, climate, and population health by increasing access to clean, modern cooking fuel (biogas, liquified petroleum gas, electric cookstoves) in developing countries. 

Dr. Pokharel has two internally recognized academic milestones,

1. PhD – Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley and

2. MS – Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

Planning Commissioner, City of Hercules

Dilli Bhattarai is a startup expert, city planner, and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the technology and business sectors. He is a seasoned finance executive, panelist, and/or speaker who frequently shares his knowledge and insights on various startup-related topics.

With over a decade of experience in the startup ecosystem, Dilli has been involved in various ventures, including founding community banks and startups. He has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that startups face, and he has a track record of successfully navigating those challenges to build successful companies.

Dilli is a graduate of Tribhuvan University in Nepal, where he earned a master’s degree in business and Information Technology. He also holds an MBA from the University of Nevada Reno (UNR).

As a startup panelist, Dilli brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. He is known for his insightful and practical advice, as well as his ability to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. His passion for startups and innovation is contagious, and he is always eager to help others succeed

Former Ambassador

Ambassador Dr. Shambhu Ram Simkhada has been through an extraordinary Journey of Life, academic and professional pursuits, and Diplomatic Mountain Climbing. His last diplomatic posting was Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations, including the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. He also served as Nepal's Ambassador to Switzerland and Chairman of the UN Human Rights (Commission) Council.

With M. A. in Economics and Ph. D. in International Relations, he started his career as Lecturer at the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University. He later served as Visiting Professor in the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations and Visiting Fellow of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, and Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He now lectures in several places in and out of Nepal. 

Former Member Secretary of the Social Welfare Council, he was closely involved in Nepal’s Peace process as International Relations Advisor to former Prime Minister G P Koirala, member of the High-Level Peace and Conflict Management Committee and Technical Committee for the Management and Rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants. He was a member of the High-Level Foreign Policy Review Task Force of Nepal Government 2017-18 and is now member of the Infrastructure Development Committee of the National Defence University. 

A well-known scholar-diplomat, he has published widely on Politics, Economic Development, IR, Regional Security and Cooperation. After Human Rights Human Wrongs in the Scale of Human Conscience now published by Rutledge, UK, his new book Triumph and Trauma of Transition on Nepal's current political transition has been described as “powerful, provocative and captivating window into Democracy, Diplomacy and Peace Building in Nepal”. His other book Nepal India China Relations in the 21st Century has been reviewed as "Daring, Delightful and Transformative", reflecting his line of thinking, writing, and teaching.

Professor, American Premier University

Professor Ebrahimi is an author, consultant, researcher, and Senior-Level executive with various companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Global Management. Dr. Ebrahimi is the founder of the ATEK Educational and Research Institute, Managing Director of Saba Sobhan International. Co. and CEO of Faran Electronic Company. Dr. Ebrahimi has taught and offered courses and seminars in Management, Organizational Restructuring, Future of jobs, Time Management, Speed Learning, Human Resources Management, International Trading, and Unity Management.

President/CEO, NEW LIFE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Rodney Brown has over 25 years of experience in the real estate and asset management industry in which he has aided in the development of numerous multi-million dollar portfolios valuing well over 200 million. He has successfully completed more than 26 major developments and countless of key development projects nationwide. He is widely known as a relationship builder, in which he connects people to businesses. In his 25 years in business, he has successfully bridged the gap of uniting both public and private sectors, non-profit organizations, investors and local governments in achieving one common goal; that is to empower lives and communities.

Innovation and Growth strategist

Director of Miron&Co., Consulting for Small Medium Enterprises, Berkeley, Visionary leader with 15+ years of experience using quantitative and qualitative data and cutting edge technology in order to scale and maximize profits for social impact start-ups.

Founder and CEO, Ascend Technology Inc.

Kawser Jamal is the Founder and CEO of Ascend Group of companies, a serial entrepreneur, investor, social activist, community organizer, and an avid technologist. Above all, however, he is a proud Bangladeshi-American, humanitarian, father, brother, and friend to all those to whom he can offer a helping hand.

Mr. Jamal is the CEO of Ascend Technology Inc., a company that he began building as a young bright-eyed college student from Bangladesh at the University of Arkansas. He is driven by his passion for technology, his determination to give back to his community, and his vision of attaining the American Dream, which has guided Ascend's growth since its inception in 2003.

In February 2020, Ascend acquired its office building in San Jose, also known as the heart of Silicon Valley, California. Ascend delivers hardware, infrastructure, IT solutions and services to its customers in the USA and across the globe. Under Mr. Jamal's leadership, the company has expanded to Canada, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Singapore. Starting from Hardware & Infrastructure Procurement, Installation to Managed IT Solutions, Ascend’s offerings encompass a large range of services for enterprise and SMB customers. The company has successfully partnered with pioneers all over the world, offering comprehensive IT solutions to Fortune 50 clients with up to 500 clients.

Award: Humanitarian Visionary Doctor 2023, San Francisco

Dr Askari, MD is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is the Founder of Global Doctors and Nurses Network. Born in a small village in Iran with no educational resources, medical access, electricity, nor running water, he was raised in hardship of a struggling community. Yet, he was embraced by the mission of education, promoted by his parents. The parental commitment to their children’s’ success led Dr. Askari and his other two siblings to became doctors in United States. Dr. Askari with his family and friends have been serving more than a million patients in Arizona throughout the past three decades. The direct observations of need that community members needed was the spark he needed to think of a world-wide solution to the global healthcare access problem. Him seeing dozens of wheelchair bound patients in his clinic and patients traveling hundreds of miles to get care were major elements that influenced his vision of a better formula for healthcare access. With a start of working with physicians and nurse practitioners to see patients in their places of residence to expanding such services to a greater geographical area, the time had come to expand beyond the local community. The pandemic’s arrival further invigorated the need for better solutions for healthcare and accessibility at a global scale. After taking care of more than 100,000 patients during the pandemic, he began traveling the globe with his wife, meeting global, local leaders and more than 120 ministries throughout North America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East for a vision exchange regarding this critical healthcare matter.
Dr. Askari was witness to the broken healthcare system in every corner of the global and fixing it to a matter of urgency. His global reach has transformed millions of patient lives. His collaborations with kings, queens, prime ministers, and executives of multi-national corporations have yielded and strengthened an unwavering cause of to help humanity...at the global scale. The global humanitarian aid to deliver healthcare and grant access everyone to care with no barriers has been his lifelong mission and through the network of global doctors and healthcare professionals, he aims at creating this network to help health the global population. This mission has been taken to dozens of countries, meeting community leaders, Presidents, Vice Presidents, large hospital chains, and spiritual leaders, crossing continents to visit more than 60 countries. Traveling to Asia, Middle East, Dubai, Italy, and other parts of Europe in search of healthcare innovation and implementation opportunities. Dr. Askari is an entrepreneurial businessman and a visionary who believes in serving humanity through a global network of physicians. His Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine experience spans more than 13 years,
both in research and in practice. Dr. Askari’s clinical research and practice of more than two decades includes stem cell analysis and treatment, and clinical practice in treatments of osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic kidney disease, dementia, auto-immunity diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, sexual enhancement, diet and coaching, lifestyle modifications, and morbid obesity. Dr. Askari has been providing services to various communities establishing services that offer multiple specialties, emergency care, diagnostic imaging center, pharmacy, surgery center, and a cardiac catheterization lab, which has led to serving more than 1 million patients over the past decades. Many years of philanthropic work has followed Dr. Askari. From local community healthcare initiatives, involvement in humanitarian efforts to fundraising for city projects, Dr. Askari has been a driving force behind positive community change. His dynamic engagements are revolutionizing healthcare access and global human interaction Now, with global network of doctors and nurses in place with access to multi-specialties to address and offer medical and behavioral health needs including lifestyle modifications, regenerative medicine and new stem cell therapies, post-COVID symptoms treatment through special medication mixtures created by doctors and scientists, home infusion immune-therapy, chronic pain management, nutritional counseling, holistic medicine, and many other medical services combined with the technological innovations and a platform, his global Teleurgent Care service and business model will secure his dream of no human being barred from accessing quality care.

Award: Philanthropic CEO 2023, San Francisco

Awardee of PHILANTHROPIC CEO 2023, SAN FRANCISCO, Mr. Sunil Pathak, is the agency owner of Allstate Insurance-Sunil Pathak Agency. He has been involved in The UPS Store since 14 years and has 10 stores of own till date that operates in 3 different states including Colorado. He complete his Masters from Amberton University and is persuading his PHD from Northcentral University. Loves to be surrounded by his wife and children, he believes in giving and has been dedicated to uplift the society through nobles causes.