Jon Clifton

Gallup, Inc. provides management consulting services for clients in the automotive, education, financial, government, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. It offers services in the fields of market research, customer engagement, employment branding, and behavioral economics. The firm develops the Microeconomic Path as a framework by which leaders and companies could maximize human nature to accelerate organizational performance. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Streetwise Partners, Inc. connects talent with opportunity through mentorship and career development services in Washington D.C. and New York, NY. The organization has served as one of the only workforce development mentoring programs in the country for over 20 years. Streetwise Partners pairs volunteers with mentees who are unemployed or underemployed to provide them with the skills, resources, and networks they need to secure and maintain employment. The organization's one-year mentoring program provides customized, individualized attention to college students and internship/job seekers while helping them establish an expansive professional network made up of hundreds of advocates who open doors and support long-term career success. Since its inception, Streetwise Partners has served 7,000 mentees through the support of 12,000 mentors. Founded by Matthew Gorin, the mission of Streetwise Partners is to leverage mentorship to increase employment opportunities for adults from overlooked and under-resourced communities within Washington D.C., and New York, NY.

Meridian International Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit diplomacy center that was founded in 1960. The non-profit company is based in Washington on a four-acre campus with two historic properties. Meridian International Center's mission is to strengthen engagement between the US and the world to find solutions on shared challenges. The American company partner with the government, the private sector, and the diplomatic community on three core pillars of programs: Leadership, Culture, and Collaboration. The company administers professional and educational exchange programs, fellowship programs, and uses the visual and performing arts to achieve foreign policy objectives in 59 countries since 1978. Meridian formally created the Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD) in 2014 to better address this mission. MCCD’s exhibitions have traveled to over 380 host venues in 44 states. Stuart W. Holliday has been the CEO of the company since 2006.

Young Professionals in Foreign Policy is an organization that aims to build the next generation of diverse foreign policy leaders. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company provides their members with capacity building programs, engaging events, a community of peers, and opportunities to elevate their voices through writing and publication.

Frontier Data Corp. develops application software for data collectors to perform market research, conduct due diligence and collect economic data. It empowers people in emerging markets who have intimate local knowledge and access to information. The company was founded by Anthony Vinci and is headquartered in New York, NY.