WORLD CHANGERS

Teekah’s degree in applied mathematics from Emory enables him to solve large, ambiguous problems for top companies around the globe. He started his career in investment banking at Rothschild & Co, helping to found its North

America strategy group. He later went on to join a start-up investment bank, where he served as an investor, board member, and head of strategy. This past summer—inspired by US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s 2017 Emory commencement speech—he took a sabbatical to focus on volunteering.

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Kim is a global citizen who strives to make peace wherever he is—whether in Atlanta, Clarkston, or Seoul. Through service opportunities at Emory, he discovered the diverse community of Clarkston, where many rese led refugees and immigrants from all over the world have found a new home. Inspired by them, he and his wife founded Re’Generation Movement to empower young people from global diasporas to be peace builders. He also wages peace in South Korea as CEO of start-up Mirrorball Media.

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After graduating from Emory with a bachelor’s degree in international studies, LaCroix entered the Department of State’s Foreign Service as a US diplomat. She cut her teeth during the Arab Spring pro-democracy protests as a diplomatic courier, trans-

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Maje e is a mission-driven, lifelong learner who strives to help underserved populations live longer and healthier lives. After earning a degree in international studies at Emory, she got an MD/MPH degree from the University of North Carolina. She trained

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Milner is a policy expert in racial, ethnic, sexual, and other types of inequity. As director of research and impact at Utopia, Milner uses empirical evidence and quantitative methodology to drive and measure positive cultural and organizational change. She’s helped clients

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Padilla a ended schools in the US, Mexico, England, France, and Brazil, and his international background pushed him out of his comfort zone and encouraged him to explore. He graduated Emory with a double major in international studies and porting classified material around the world. In 2018, LaCroix transitioned to being a political officer at the US Embassy in New Delhi. Currently, she serves in the Political Section of the US Consulate in Dubai, working on humanitarian, labor, trafficking, and women’s issues. as a resident at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System and then served as the medical director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Maje e is now a primary care physician with Chen Senior Medical Center, providing comprehensive primary care to seniors. such as Google, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, and Kellogg’s become more inclusive, healthy, and entrepreneurial workplaces. Before turning to corporate work, Milner taught at several universities and wrote two books and more than forty peer-reviewed publications on equity, diversity, and inclusion issues. journalism and went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University. As vice president of strategy at Univision and news anchor for Noticias Univision 24/7’s Weekend Newscast, Padilla continues to explore, ask questions, and challenge himself.

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Smothers is a visionary educator with a decade of leadership experience in educational and faith-based organizations, backed by a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Emory and a master’s degree in gifted education from the University of Georgia. She has united progressive educators, given a TED Talk, and coached dozens of school leaders globally. She is the founder and director of the Joy Village School, Georgia’s only private school centered on the thriving of Black youth.