Meet Leaders on Purpose
Founded as a research collaboration between leaders, practitioners and experts from Harvard University, Unilever, The World Bank and The London School of Economics, the Leaders on Purpose team connects the CEO agenda with the Global agenda through corporate purpose and corporate strategy.
Our team has over 20 years of expertise in the fields of purpose-driven leadership, corporate strategy and cross-sectorial partnerships. We provide leaders with insights, solutions and a global community to support their ambition to anchor corporate purpose into corporate strategy. Our team specializes in three areas: Capacity Building, Community Building and Coalitions.

The Team
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Christa Gyori
Co-Founder &
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Tatiana (Kazakova) TarNOWSKI
Co-Founder &
Chief Strategy Officer

nicole bellisle
Director Leadership Development & Capacity Building

Kimberly Washington
Director Space on Purpose

BELLA BLAKE
Marketing & Communications

Chris Traub
Strategic Advisor Talent

liLA BEHR
Strategic Partnerships Associate
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Brian kurtz
Advisor Stakeholder Activation

MICAEL JOHNSTON
Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement

natalia zolkowska
Social Media

JAMES CANNON
Event Partnerships

The Advisory Council
The Leaders on Purpose Advisory Council is comprised of a diverse group of senior leaders and experts from around the world who help guide the strategic direction for the Leaders on Purpose platform and provide leadership to advance the purpose-first economy globally.

Ann Rosenberg
Senior Vice President for Sustainability Solutions at Wood plc. WEF Climate Advisor and Co-Founder of UNGC SDG Ambition

William Kennedy
Senior Program Officer, UN Office for Partnerships

Ellen Windemuth
Chief Executive Officer, WaterBear Network; Chief Executive Officer, Off The Fence

Rory Channer
Commercial Advisor; Chief Commercial Officer, BehaVR LLC; Former Chief Marketing Officer, CEB

Jeff Twentyman
Partner and Head of Sustainability
Slaughter and May

Simon Anholt
Advisor for Policy;
Founder Good Country Index

Puru Trivedi
Advisor for Government Relations & Economic Diplomacy; Vice President of External and Corporate Affairs, Meridian International Center

Dianne Dain
Chief Innovation & Initiatives Officer, World Humanitarian Forum; Lead, UN Reboot Accelerator; President, The Singer Foundation

J. Carl Ganter
Managing Director
Circle of Blue - Vector Center

Harald Neidhardt
CEO & Curator
futur/io Institute - Moonshot for Europe

Justin Blake
Strategic Advisor
Club de Madrid Network; Future Capital Group; HundrED Global Ambassador

Dr. Christian Busch
Award Winning Author
Assistant Professor NYU Global Economy Program (CGA) & Visiting Faculty London School of Economics