People

Behind the inspiring organizations, dynamic businesses, compelling events, intriguing communities, and notable news items that help make Philadelphia global, are individuals who bring a wealth of expertise and commitment. Meet the scholars, researchers, students, diplomats, curators, artists, linguists, educators, attorneys, financiers, transportation experts, scientists, administrators and others who contribute so much to the globalism of the region. (GPA members appear at the beginning of the list, followed by non-members in alphabetical order.)

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Gabriela Guaracao

Director of Strategy and Operations, Al Día

Hernán Guaracao

Founder and chief executive officer of AL DÍA, a Latino news media organization headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Mauro Guillén

Mauro F. Guillén is the Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute at Penn, a research-and-teaching program on management and international relations. He holds the Dr. Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School and a secondary appointment as Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology of the University of Pennsylvania. He previously taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He received a PhD in sociology from Yale University and a Doctorate in political economy from the University of Oviedo in his native Spain. He holds dual U.S./Spain citizenship.

Cynthia Haines

Senior Vice President for International Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Craig Hamilton

Vice President for Global Initiatives and Government Relations, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Jennifer Hensell

Regional Partner and Tour Guide, Free Tours by Foot

Doug Herman

Sheila Hess

In 2016, Mayor Jim Kenney appointed Sheila Hess to the position of City Representative. Her office serves as the premier PR, marketing and promotional department of the City of Philadelphia, producing ceremonial and special events while celebrating Philadelphia’s diversity through citywide event creation, community engagement and innovative experiences.

Jessica R. Hilburn-Holmes, Esq.

Jessica joined the Bar Foundation in 2013 as Executive Director. A former diplomat and international lawyer Jessica has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar since 1985. During her U.S. State Department career, Jessica was the Legal Adviser to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in Germany.

Matthew Hirsch

Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker

E. Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker, Esquire is the managing attorney and principal owner of E. Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker, LLC, a WBE certified boutique law firm servicing the needs of start-up and medium sized businesses, including their founders, owners, “c-suite” and employees. The firm helps clients in the areas of entrepreneurship and day-to-day growth, risk management and contracts, employee relations and human resources, creditor rights and collections, debt restructuring and unwinding, as well as bankruptcy.

Laurel Hoffmann

Kathleen Holtzer

Present Employment/Part Time: Contractor - Medical Actor for Clinical Simulation Drexel Nursing School - Philadelphia, PA Jefferson Medical School - Philadelphia, PA Present Volunteer: Ambassador - Union League of Philadelphia Past Volunteer: LaSalle University Nonprofit Center - Consultant St. Christopher Hospital - IRB Board Member ALS Foundation Reader for the Blind

Kathleen Holzer

Thomas Humphries, MD, FACP

Mark Ibart

Dr. Richard Immerman

Distinguished Professor of History at Temple University; Marvin Wachman Director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy

Christine Jacobs

Her corporate career involved efficiently aligning people and processes in supply chain and operational leadership in industries as varied as pharmaceuticals, energy and electronics/computers, I now translate those skills to providing risk assessment and leadership on non-profit and corporate boards and occasional consulting.

Wayne Jacoby

President, Global Education Motivators

Thierry Jambage

Chief Executive Officer, ABBYY Language Services USA

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Marine Havel

In 2022, the French government appointed Marine Havel to the role of Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia.

As an official representative of the French government, and thanks to a intensive program at the Collège des Hautes Études de l’Institut Diplomatique (French Diplomatic Institute), her missions are to assist and protect the citizens of the country which she represents, to establish and grow trade and Cultural Relations between our two people.

Mikael DeThyse

Born in Quebec (Canada), Mikhael De Thyse studied the history of architecture and urban planning at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and specialized at the Raymond Lemaire International Center for Conservation (RLICC – KUL, Leuven).

Sheila Hess

In 2016, Mayor Jim Kenney appointed Sheila Hess to the position of City Representative.

Her office serves as the premier PR, marketing and promotional department of the City of Philadelphia, producing ceremonial and special events while celebrating Philadelphia’s diversity through citywide event creation, community engagement and innovative experiences.