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2013 ANNUAL

REPORT

www.global-potential.org

Daniel Creese, GP Boston2013 Graduate

Karima Toiybou, GP France2013 Graduate

Jennifer AnGrand, GP Boston2013 Graduate

Saul Cervantes, GP New York2013 Graduate

Jamilex Peña, GP Boston2013 Graduate

Table of Contents

3 Vision and Method4 Impact5 Message from the Directors 6 Regional Updates from our Presidents7 Measuring Success 9 Phase 1: Preparation 11 Phase 2: Immersion 13 Phase 3: Integration 15 Financials17 Leadership 19 Donors and Partners 20 Volunteers and Supporters

Graciela Rodriguez, GP New York 2013 Graduate

Global Potential empowers youth across borders to turn challenges into opportunities. We inspire action. We build change.

Our mission is to engage youth and communities around the world to energize each other through education, international service learning, social entrepreneurship and cultural exchange.

GP and Community youth building Erosion Containment walls on the mountainside in Terre Froide, Haiti

Paris Offi ce

Chez PlaNet Finance44 Rue de Prony

75017, Paris, France+33-6-03-50-87-94

Boston Offi ce

c/o Space with a Soul281 Summer streetBoston, MA, 02210+1-617-544-7523

New York Offi ce

39 Eldridge St.4th Floor

New York, NY 10002+1-646-318-4698

2Project manager: Ariana Collas

Designer: Samuel Trott

GP

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Each year, GP trains 500 youth aged 15 to 23. These youth have high potential and self-vision to become leaders, chagemakers and social entrepreneurs in their urban and rural low-income communities around the world. Most GP participants are fi rst generation immigrant youth and originate from dozens of countries.

Who? High Potential Talented Youth.

Global Potential’s holistic model positively transforms the lives of urban and rural youth.

500 youth every year.

15 youth per Fellowship Class per city, with two fellowship classes a year per city.

200+ community members impacted per youth fellow throughout 18 months.

1000 participants at 4 annual youth conferences.

Faoulat Abal, GP France ‘13

GP Fellows fi rst participate fi rst participate in six months of two-hour weekly training workshops in an inclusive space with other youth, volunteers, and staff . These workshops are based on a 4 module curriculum: global awareness, social entrepreneurship, community service, and advocacy and explore a range of critical social issues, including human rights and international development.

GP Fellows next experience 1.5 months of immersive living in a rural village of a developing country. Since 2008, GP has focused this cultural exchange in diff erent partner villages in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Youth live with host families, carry out internships, produce media projects, and implement development projects in mutual collaboration with community members.

GP Leaders then participate in 10.5 months of individualized and group support and coaching putting into practice what they’ve learned in phases 1 and 2, developing their local projects aligned with Social Entrepreneurship, Media Advocacy, Health Awareness, Community Service, and Activism.

. = Preparation Immersion Integration

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

From diverse cultural and national backgrounds, GP youth leaders partner with existing organizations and institutions, to create healthy, safe and collaborative places to live. With increased access to opportunities, resources, and mentoring, these youth become changemakers, leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Vision Annual report2012-2013

Arnold Vasquez, GP New York ‘13

Global Potential’s vision is one where youth lead each other in a movement taking responsibility for the development of their own communities.

Method

How? Three steps.

Impact

Annual report2012-2013

Dear friends, supporters, family, colleagues, volunteers, youth,

We created Global Potential (GP) when we were both still under 30 years old, proof that as youth we can make big change! We have held fast to our dream and seven years later we have witnessed so many beautiful changes. So many beautiful changes in ourselves as leaders, as human beings and as managers, and changes in the incredible community of people that we collaborate with. We have worked closely with hundreds of youth in New York, Boston, Paris and the villages in the regions of Barahona in the Dominican Republic, Matagalpa in Nicaragua, and Fonds Verrettes and Cite Soleil in

Haiti. In December 2013, we will open up in Senegal. It has been transformational for us to witness the growth among GP youth fellows: from shy, uncertain, sometimes even traumatized human beings, to fulfi lled, fl ourished, complete and adventurous souls. Daniel Alfaro and Christelle Abraham, two GP alumni, were our organization’s fi rst paid staff as of January 2013, after almost 7 years of working uniquely with hundreds of volunteers! This has been a huge step forward. We are proud that we have enhanced our research and data collection in order to better understand the diversity of youth needs, and our impacts.

GP Youth Fellows, Leaders and Alumni have so much potential and allow us to tap into our potential as well as leaders. We are so grateful to have an amazing Executive team, made up of co-founder and Director of Operations Peter Maugeri, and International Program Director Adela George. Although we are each in diff erent countries, we still are eff ective in engaging one another’s areas of expertise, and are mesmerized by what we have achieved! This would have been impossible without the leadership of so many volunteers and our amazing Board.

In 2012-2013 we refi ned the solid foundations of a sustainable and replicable global model for youth and community development. We know how to open up operations in new cities and villages around the world. We know what systems and procedures need to be put in place to ensure a successful engagement with hard to reach communities. We recruit amazing volunteers and partner with universities, allowing us to do all this in extremely cost-eff ective ways.

At Global Potential, our approach is to give power to the youth and communities and for them to not be spoken at but rather included as equals in dialogue. We work with and for the young people. GP fi ts within the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s focus to address the needs of the largest generation of young people the world has ever known. We also fi t within the UN System-wide Action Plan on Youth. We ensure greater opportunities for youth to secure decent work and income over the life-cycle, to reduce the cycle of poverty and sustain development and social inclusion. At GP we fi ght for the inherent rights of youth to be recognized and upheld, to enable youth to engage in all aspects of their development and that of their communities. GP includes youth in decision-making processes locally, nationally, regionally and internationally. GP values active learning in formal and non-formal education settings for youth to receive quality education. At GP, we work to ensure that youth have access to the best possible opportunities to advance themselves and their communities.

After this year of foundation, we look forward to 2013-2014 as a year of building our wings further to fl y higher.

Thank you for all your support and belief in the youth of the 21st century.

Adam MichaelsPresident, Chairman, Board of Directors

Congratulations to our friends and family on another incredibly successful year. In 2013, nearly 50 youth leaders participated in life-changing experiences, impacting close to 2,500 members of our global community through their service work. As a Board, we have worked hand in hand with GP’s Executive Team to provide the strategy, commitment and funds to make our Youth’s visions reality. We continue to cement our unique approach to empower each other through education, international service work, and cultural exchange.

This year was also special as we completed our fi rst full year in Paris. While our most important constituents are our Youth, it was nice to be recognized by our partners, including both the French Embassy in Washington DC and the French Government in Paris.

National and international awards are continually bestowed upon our youth leaders, in such diverse areas of social entrepreneurship and documentary fi lm. In April 2013, we had our fi rst US-based youth leadership conference in Buschwick,

Brooklyn, which was a fantastic acheivement. We are so proud of what our youth can accomplish when given the right tools and support.

I have never been more excited to be part of Global Potential. Thank you for letting me be a part of this success!

There is no doubt that youth from the suburbs are chock full of enormous potential. I’m not merely talking about the sports and artistic talents these youth possess - which they undoubtedly do - but rather I am speaking of a youth that is rich in imagination, courage, tenacity...

The suburbs are easily characterized by the violence reported by the media or higher authorities. Sports as much as artistic disciplines (dance, hip hop ...) save for the curious few the negative view that people make of the suburbs. The most important message is disregarded here. We must focus on courage and tenacity, and make use of more appropriate terms to describe young people from “sensitive” areas.

With GP, we support young people to become aware of their resources and their strengths. They are no longer youth who come from X neighborhood, they simply become young people and citizens of the world. All other initial diff erences, be it culture, religion, or social status, become enriching parts of their identity.

With GP, we want to demystify success. Yes, it is possible! There are not more limits to dreaming, daring, and to being ambitious! The 18-month Global Potential program is above all an incredible human adventure fi lled with exchanges, debates, workshops, meetings, and 45 days that transform and enrich all of us!

Fatima TabibouPresident GP France 6

With Global Potential, we support young people to become aware of their resources and their strengths. They are no longer youth who come from neighborhood X, they become simply young people, citizens of the world.

Sarah GogelManaging Director

Frank CohnExecutive Director

2012 - 2013 has been a year of stabilizing foundations.

Message from the Directors and Founders Regional Updates from our Presidents

Measuring Success

Our evaluation process entails questions, both quantitative and qualitative, that measure the success of the program, as well as each individual’s performance, growth, and satisfaction with the experience.

Measuring Success Annual report2012-2013

127 out of 148 GP High School graduates entered college, with a 86% college entry rate.Compared with 22% of students in New York City.

14 prestigious scholarships awarded to GP students.

Educational

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In 6 years of operation, we have worked with almost 2,200 youth leaders (780+ in 2013), primarily of minority backgrounds coming from 330 low-income communities across 5 countries.

PartnersUnited States 16 Title I High Schools

Haiti 3 rural communities2 urban communities

Dominican Republic

8 rural communities3 urban communities

Nicaragua 5 rural communities

France 10 nonprofi ts

Bulgaria 1 urban community

Senegal* 1 rural community partner*First trip December 2013 Overall Perceptions of Change

When asked about how their life was changed by the internation-al volunteer experience, GP Youth said that most importantly they learned to value what they have. They appreciate their own life a lot more now: the privilege of going to school and living where they live. Many cite an interest in global aff airs and say they have confi dence to be change agents in their own communities.

The GP Experience made me more confi dent and like myself better - 80%I am motivated to fi nish high school and go to college - 80%I now think it’s important to complete my assignments and projects on time - 87%I frequently hang out with people from diff erent cultural or ethnic backgrounds - 97%I felt comfortable working with people speaking diff erent languages - 94%

GP pilot high school,

Prospect Heights,

Brooklyn.

First 10 youth travel

to the Dominican

Republic.

35 New York City youth

travel to Dominican

Republic.

Expansion: Boston andNicaragua

52 youth and staff

travel to the Dominican

Republic and Haiti.

7 new partner

schools in New York

and Boston.

65 youth and staff

travel to the Dominican

Republic, Haiti and

Nicaragua.

Expansion: Paris, France

The fi rst10 GP France

youth travel this summer.

53 youth and staff

travel to the Dominican

Republic and Nicaragua.

First trip to Senegal

for 10 days with 12

GP France youth and

staff.

46 youth and staff travel to

Haiti, the Dominican

Republic and Nicaragua.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Program Growth and Expansion

Of those GP participants who should have fi nished High School, 100% graduated.

Compared with an average 65% in New York, Boston, and Paris.

GP participants partnered with the Hyde Square Task Force, a youth-led development organization in Boston, to share prevention techniques for addressing critical health concerns. GP often partners with organizations and invites special guests who are experts in their fi eld to share during workshops.

Workshops continue throughout the three phases of GP. In September 2013 third phasers began meeting after a summer abroad with a common goal in mind: to apply newly acquired knowledge and skills toward positively impacting their local communities.

GP youth also participate in monthly outings including museum exhibits, fi lm screenings, cultural and sporting events and meetings with professionals from diff erent walks of life.

GP youth, Executive Director Frank Cohn and GP France Secretary Naina Bajekal meet with President of France, François Hollande, to contribute to an innovative report on the “Positive Economy”, published in September 2013 by microfi nancier and GP France Strategic Council President, Jacques Attali.

Currently a student at the Political Science Institute of Paris (Sciences Po), I have had the opportunity to work with Global Potential in Boston, Paris as well as Haiti in summer 2013. I joined GP because I adhere to its philosophy, that of giving a voice to youth, supporting a new generation by off ering tools that allow them to become leaders of tomorrow. The goal is for these youth to have a positive infl uence on those surrounding them, on their com-munity, and fi nally, on the world of tomorrow.

After one year and a half of working with GP as a volunteer, I would say the time I have passed with these youth, who possess an infi nite potential, is of immeasurable value. Seeing them grow in maturity thorughout their involvement in the program and to watch them discover little by little the richness that they can bring to the world, is in my opinion one of the great-est compensations imaginable.

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GPer Profi leArnold de Souza

In April 2013, GP hosted its 12th Youth-Led Conference, the fi rst-ever in the US! In partnership with NYC Councilmember Diana Reyna’s offi ce and the JUMP Foundation, over 65 youth spent the weekend discussing the well-being and safety of their urban environments.

Restorative Justice Event at Northeastern University School of Law with Pulitzer Prize winner and inspirational author Toni Morrison. GP Boston youth attend a workshop with renowned law school professor at Northeastern University and learn about social justice issues.

Weekly Motivational Training Workshops

2012-2013 Highlights:

Phase 1: Preparation

Workshop with GP Youth in Boston Health and Sexual Education

Workshop with GP Youth in New YorkDebriefi ng after a summer abroad

The fi rst 6 months of the program consist of weekly 2-hour after-school training workshops which focus on a wide range of critical social concerns, including human rights and national and global issues of race, religion, gender culture, and poverty and increase skills in social entrepreneurship, team building, eff ective communication, confl ict resolution, and sustainable change making.

Youth facilitator, 23 years old, GP Boston and

GP Paris (2012-2013)Field staff in Haiti (Summer 2013)

Annual report2012-2013

One of the fi rst workshops in GP France consists of setting rules and expectations, and sharing individual and group values. Each youth defi nes their values and dicusses what their place will be within a group of individuals as they continue to interact for 18 months to come.

Workshop with GP France in La CourneuveIntroductions and Sharing Values

Enriching Excursions

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GP participants experience 1.5 months of immersion in a rural village of a developing country. Often this is the youth’s fi rst international travel experience. Having built increasingly close relations with our international villages since 2008, GP has focused this cultural exchange on villages in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. This experience in shared living is fully immersive – our youth are there, with their host families, 24/7, sharing work, meals, laughter and ideas.

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Summer 2012, I traveled with GP to the Dominican Republic (Batey 7) and Haiti. This trip has torn down all the cultural barriers and the biases that I had. The community I lived in gave me much more than I could. I felt like I was a full-fl edged part of a new community. I want to continue building ties with others. For 6.5 weeks, I shared the life of wonderful caring people and met individuals I would probably have never met without GP. Global Potential like it says in its name, is based on the “Potential” of young hard-driving people. During my trip, I realized how much youth are the source of inspiration of an entire community. We worked all day long with the youth community in workshops, to build a corral for animals, to organize events such as a multicultural food festival and a workshop on HIV prevention. It inspired me to do the same in my own community of Paris, to infl uence youth to become more involved in our community. My 3rd phase project is on the situation of young women who become pregnant earlier than they should and thus take away their educational opportunities in so doing.

GP France Promotion 1; traveled in Summer 2012 to the DR and Haiti, and was given the opportunity thanks to

GP to travel to Brazil.GPer Profi leIngrid Kamdem

“We had so much happening this week: internships, hikes,

music, cemetery cleanup, and a bonfi re. I absolutely love my internship. Wednesdays I go to Don Pablo’s coff ee plantation. I

just got a tour of the coff ee farm it was so interesting to see the parts of plant; the fact that it’s

an organic farm makes me love it even more.”

NicaraguaBlog from Week 4

Mayerlin Valdez, GP Boston

“The whole Nicaragua experience has changed my

whole view on life. I live in low middle class New York, but here in Nicaragua I got to know that people work hard on farms and manage only enough to get by.

The fi rst day I was here I had my realization that after this

experience, after I’m back in my comfy bed, this is still here.”

NicaraguaBlog from Week 5

Kenneth, GP New York

“During our stay in the Dominican Republic, I interned in the barber shop in Batey 1, the village where I lived with GP. This new experience is an

asset for me since I gained new knowledge and also shared with the community we are

here for.”

Dominican RepublicBlog from Week 4

Jacques Emmanuel, GP Haiti

Phase 2: Immersion

6 weeks in a rural village

From the Field

Annual report2012-2013

Agriculture: Increased aff orestation. 139 trees planted and 20 sq feet area of land tilled.

Education and Awareness: 19 Adult Literacy, Spanish and English classes conducted, attended by 41 community members.

Social and Cultural Exchange: 2 Inter-village sports events organized where 120 community members participated.

Infrastructure: Improved infrastructure to contain fl oods; building better learning environment through remodelling of schools and parks.

Media, Conferences, and Internships: Increased leadership and career building skills for local and international youth. 20 community members participated in documentary fi lmmaking.

Health: Increased Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Cholera, AIDS, and Hurricane prevention through multiple GP community workshops.

International Service Output for 2013

Over 7600 benefi ciaries impacted by GP International Community Service in 2012-13.

In 2013, Global Potential brought 46 youth leaders to 10 communities in four countries.

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1. Social Entrepreneurship (social business ventures) 2. Media Advocacy (photography, mural-painting, theatre, documentary)3. Community Service & Activism (service-learning, social justice campaigns)4. School Leadership (school clubs, GP recruitment)5. Internship (in GP partner sites, or directly with GP for professional development)6. Health and Fitness (sports for healthier living)

Sofi ane Bouarif, Célia BouarifGP France

This project is a social venture aiming to fi nd a sustainable way to mix a

revenue-generating enterprise with high social impact. This group will sell

fair trade coff ee from GP’s partner village called Las Minas in France and

elsewhere in the world. They benefi ted from the support of PlaNet Finance.

Testimony from GP Youth Facilitator in NYC and Boston

Summary:

As we traveled to the Dominican Republic, we noticed that there was a collision of Hatian and Dominican cultures. As we interviewed the members of Batey Uno, we found out that there were more similarities than diff erences between the two cultures. Batey Uno is a representation of both cultures demonstrating that it is possible for Dominicans and Haitians to get along and be united. The purpose of this documentary is to show the people in the Dominican Republic and those living in Haiti that it is possible to set aside their diff erences and put an end to the confl icts and tensions to create brighter futures for the benefi t of both populations.

Media Advocacy (documentary fi lm)

GP Boston youth Aleah Bobb and Jennifer Angrand made a

documentary fi lm based on their experience in the Dominican

Republic in Summer 2012.

GPer Profi lesAleah BobbJennifer Angrand

Selling fair trade Nicaraguan coff ee

Cristal Moreta, Jamilex Pena, Deborah Mendez

GP Boston

This project raises awareness about the hygienic needs of the health clinic in

Batey 8. The group received a grant of $1,000 from Ashoka’s Youth Venture in

December 2012!

Contributing to the Health Clinic in Batey 8

Youth consulted with advisors from PlaNet ADAM to develop their business model

Youth received a grant of $1,000 from Ashoka’s Youth Venturein support of their project.

Phase 3: Integration

Youth-led projects back home

Social Entrepreneurship

Health and Fitness

The six Major and Minor tracks

Annual report2012-2013

Mick Louis and Shannon RiveraGP New York

Two GPers created a video memoir of their summer in the Dominican Republic, 2012. This fi lm was featured in the 2013 Global Potential

Media Festival.

Documentary FilmSummer in Dominican Republic

Media Advocacy

10.5 months of individualized and group support and coaching based on the passions and abilities of each youth. GP youth carry out their projects in their high schools and surrounding community. Each participant selects a Major and a Minor on which to focus her or his energy.

15 independent Social Enterprise Ventures created by GP youth, funded at $1000 each.

15 documentary fi lms created by GP youth (3 award-winning).

Dozens of internships, and activism and service projects.

2012 / 2013 Financial Results Annual report2012-2013

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Sarah GogelManaging Director, Founder

Fatima TabibouPresidentComing to us from the Mayor’s offi ce of La Courneuve, Fatima is a driven woman committed to fi ghting injustice in her professional life, in her volunteer commitments and her role as a mother.

Niki BorofskyVice PresidentA licensed lawyer, Niki is a defender of universal human rights within France. She works at the fi rm Proskauer Rose in Paris where she is part of the social rights and mediation team.

Laïla NassimVice President 2After several years working in national education, Laila is currently creating her own youth organization to prevent disengagement from school and to build professional channels.

Patricia CespedesVice President 3A licensed lawyer in Bolivia with a specialty in Human Rights, Patricia is currently working on a Doctoral thesis in the domain of interna-tional and European law with an an analysis between Europe and Latin America at the Sorbonne.

Joseph MachiahTreasurerGeneral Entrepreneur, management trainer, and consultant in human capital development, organization, and fi nance, Joseph holds 25 years of operational experience in addition to an MBA from INSEAD obtained in 1990.

Samuel ReslingerAssociate TreasurerGeneral engineer and MBA graduate, Samuel has assisted major companies in the restructuring their procedures and their information systems, as well as in the resolution of internal confl icts.

Naina BajekalSecretaryCurrently a student in English and French Literature at Oxford University, Naina spent one year in Paris as Program Coordinator of GP.

Hakima Moufl ihAdministratorA trained legal professional, Hakima has been involved in the world of non-profi ts since a young age. Hakima assists with all things judicial as well as special projects.

Cécile DambricourtAdministratorEconomist by training, head of business for the investment fund FinanCité, Cécile supports companies in their developmwent through fi nancial and technical assistance.

Margot ClavierAdministratorBased in Nepal working at Solidarity International since December 2012, with a diploma from Sciences-Po, Margot has traveled with various organizations across Africa, Oceania, and South America.

Frank CohnExecutive Director, Founder

Sarah GogelManaging Director, Founder

Amy LeeTreasurerGoldman Sachs, Vice President9 years in fi nance with experience in New York, Houston and Hong Kong.2 years with Global Potential.

Anastasia ThatcherAccenture Development Partnerships, Senior Management12 years in nonprofi t and for-profi t growth strategy in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. 1 year with Global Potential.

Adam MichaelsBoard PresidentSr. Director, Mondelez International 15 years in international business, living in Europe and the Americas.6 years with Global Potential.

David MarsVice PresidentWhite Owl Capital, Partner15 years entrepreneurial and investing experience.3 years with Global Potential.

Arash YomtobianDeeply connected in his Iranian roots with degrees in Middle East Studies and Comparative Literature in Persian, Hebrew, and Arabic, Arash is currently working in Global Trading at Barclays Capital.

John MoloneySenior Vice President at Moodys Investors Service, development of analytic tools and surveillance platforms to assess risk within the capital markets.

Marquis BrownChief of Staff to the Chief Administrative Offi cer at Teach For America, Marquis began his career as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and later served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Baltimore.

Siddhartha JhaDirector, Trading at Castleton Commodities International4 years trading commodities and 5 years in interest rates/macro trading.2 years with Global Potential.

Ken RussellBoston Advisory BoardBoston entrepreneur and technologist, Ken has broad experience in program management, marketing and process design.

Vadim KoganBoston Advisory BoardWith GP since September 2010 in many diff erent capacities, Vadim is the founder and CEO of a company he started in 2002, that provides a multitude of digital photographic services.

Board of Directors: USA

Annual report2012-2013

Board of Directors: France

Frank CohnExecutive Director, Founder

Frank holds his MSW from Columbia University, and has done leadership work with youth and community groups in over 100 rural villages and urban neighborhoods in 20 countries in Latin America and Asia. His previous work includes Field Director for an NGO in Central America and with the UN in Social Policy and Development. He is a graduate lecturer at Fordham, Rutgers, and Columbia Universities, and an undergrad-uate lecturer at City College of NY. Frank has 14 years of experience in management and program development/evaluation, and serves as a con-sultant for several non-profi t organizations. He conducts trainings in French, Spanish, English, Chinese, and Haitian Creole.

Sarah GogelManaging Director, FounderGP France Executive Director

Sarah, international human rights lawyer and social worker, is founding Managing Director of Global Potential. Originally from Paris, France, Sarah has spent 13 years working in the fi elds of international development, human rights advocacy and cultural exchange, mainly in France, the U.S.A., Nicaragua, Israel and India. Sarah earned her J.D. from Northeastern University in Boston, and a Masters of Social Work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Sarah has worked for human rights organizations such as the UNHCR and the International Federation for Human Rights.

Peter MaugeriDirector of Operations, Co-Founder

Peter holds his Master of Science in Social Work from Fordham University, and is an Adjunct Lecturer of Social Work at Rutgers and Fordham University. He joined GP in 2008 as a program coordinator for the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick.

Adela GeorgeInternational Program Director

Adela George holds a BA in Italian language and Civilization from Hunter College. She is currently working as a Computer Language Technician at Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Global Potential LeadershipManagement Team

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Upon returning to school, I noticed that my students had a less provincial perspective during class discussions in comparison to their contributions before the trip and they really showed a respect for and an understanding of global issues and cultural differences. Jordan Capik, New York City Teacher, 2013

Adam MichaelsAdam Blair LammersAdela GeorgeAiya PortAlain PancraziAlexander ClarkAlexandre Sinanian Alice RichéAly DiouaraAmelia Da Gama Amy LeeAmy WeberAnastasia ThatcherAndres MarzanAnna di Mattia Anne Koskey-wagonerAnthony OndomatAqsa HusseinArash YomtobianAriana CollasArnaud Gennevois Arnold de SouzaAslihan KesginAxel Attoumbré Banan Housni Benjamin Katz Breana PortelliBrigitte BaudinetBruno ChicheCaitlin MooreCarole da Silva Cathleen Huachi-RamirezCécile DambricourtCeline HeinChristelle AbrahamChristelle EnohChristian Clavier Christina PaganChristine McReynoldsChristine Mendy Christine Salaün Cindy SakalaClaudia BowmanClemence AllardClio Maridakis Colette AngladeColin HeilbutColine Dermersedian Cyril TchanonDama Doucouré Danaé Boulila

Daniel AlfaroDavid GajerDavid MarsDavid ZeboulonDemi LorantDiandra CanoDianna PerezDina TarjanDjemoui Bennaceur Elizabeth Craig Emilie Chapuron Ennelle LawsonErica RacineErika MontoyaEvré IsikliFatima Tabibou Feliberto BeltreFrank CohnFrank De Leon Frank OleaGad Azuelos Garrick HoustonGilles Poux Hakima Moufl ih Hanane Harrathe Heloise BertheHenley Johnson Hogla Betiza EneciaHoret Bouarif Hubert JohnsonHui LiImane Ayach Ines Soto-PalmarinIssa Nyaphaga Jackson TuckerJacques Attali Jean Reno Jean UlysseJean-Luc Héraud Jérôme Bouillaut Jerry QuartleyJessica SalazarJessica TanJiae KimJoël PainJohn MoloneyJordan CapikJoseph MashiahJulia WongJulie BonamyJulien Daillère

Junior BatistaJustine Kamdem Kahina Ait Ouamara Katarina ErbackeKatie BeckKedelyn UrbaniakKen RussellKevin DwyerKristine Dianne Kristine Lim AngKristofer HartLaila NassimLajlim YangLara DimidjianLaura MerckxLesley Montemayor Lesly Vinicio ManzanarezLisa LaneyLudma DelvaLydia Hodgins Mabrouck Rachedi Mackendy BlancMamadou Magassouba Marcos Palmarin Margot Clavier Mariatou Tirera Marie AbrahamMarie-Anne Chazel Marie-Noëlle Tudiesche Marine Le Noan Marine MorivalMarquis BrownMarty JoncaMegan Parker-JohnsonMélanie de la Brosse Mia Nieves Mindy BassinMohamed Jebbour Mondoha RiamaMounia Benadda Nabil Ezzarhouni Naina Bajekal Nayum Mohd ParvezNaziha Bennaceur Negar ArvanaghiNguyen TranNick HamiltonNiki BorofskyNouné Der ArsenianOlia/Suyang WuOlivier Cahané

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Volunteers and Supporters

Our 200+ volunteers have contributed over 350,000 hours (53,305 hours in 2013) to Global Potential,

worth over $5,000,000 in labor ($1,083,810 in 2013).

Annual report2012-2013

Global Potential Partners

Donors and Partners

Global Potential Top Individual Donors

Papa DiopPatiwat Bo ChangpriroaPatricia CespedesPatson (Patrice Mian Kouassi) Paula CouryPaulina BriccaPeng ZhouPeter MaugeriPravin KundalRachel GrossRachel IsnadyRachelle GaspardRafi k MansourRajat SilRama GassamaRandianina PeccoudRebecca FinneyRémi TricartRodolphe CournarieRomano CollardSam ReslingerSamia HathroubiSamuel ReslingerSamy Beneco EneciaSara SautinSarah GogelSarah SaydunSarah VasquezSarah VendittiSarah-Jane LaverySaul MillerShirley BarkaiShridevi MishraSiddharta JhaSimona StoevaSonia HardipSophie HatcherStéphane TrousselStéphanie Martinier Stéphanie MestralletTabit LailaTamara ChantTanya MorongeTitine ThioyeTom CohenVadim KoganVanessa JeromeXintong ChenXuan VuYangchen GurungYassine Moufl ih

Hitomi KimuraMindy BassinPapa Diop

$500-$999Daniela PimentelNicole DavidSandra GomezBen GeboeEileen MarsKedelyn and Matthew Urbaniak

Gustavo AlbaTheodore and Shirley Cohn

$1000-$4999Donald and Georgia GogelJon KatzenbachRussell MannisAmy LeeFrank CohnJoelle Osias and

Manar ZarrougSylvie Hulot and Ashraf MakkarSiddharta JhaAnastasia ThatcherChristopher SheafferDonald Gogel and Georgia WallJohn and Mary MoloneyCurt Lee Riess David Mars

Marquis BrownRajat SilAdam and Natalya Michaels

$5000+David GogelNanske and Bill Wood

GP provides youth and communities opportunities to renew their life perspectives and develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills for affecting positive change locally and globally.

Using an holistic year and a half methodology, GP trains youth to become leaders through international exchange, social entrepreneurship, global awareness, community development, and service-learning.