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Ms. Torrey was a graduate of Moorestown Friends School. Ms. Torrey’s focus was on modern dance and English at Bennington College, but she left Martha Graham and Shakespeare behind after graduation and pursued an interest in international relations. She soon found her way to the United Nations, newly created in 1945, where she served its prime charter aims of maintaining international peace, fundamental human rights and the equal rights of men, women and nations. She spent the next 50 years of her career working toward these goals.

Joan Detz is the author of How To Write & Give A Speech, which The Washington Post praised as "A how-to classic". She writes speeches, consults on presentations, prepares executives for media interviews, and rehearses speakers for conferences.

Based in Philadelphia, Independence Media owns and operates the nation’s second largest independent public television station. This non-profit organization was founded thirty years ago. Technology has changed, but the educational purpose of the organization remains unchanged: they provide an engaging, balanced and independent view of the world.

Kris Walski is a trilingual Philadelphia native, an International Relations alumnus from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw. He has worked at Philadelphia City Council on the Committee On Global Opportunity and a successful gubernatorial campaign.

Emerging International Journalists Program
And Media Relations Manager at Global Philadelphia Association

Michael Fitzgerald is responsible for selling and increasing the occupancy and revenue of furnished suites at AKA's Rittenhouse Square property in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as driving business to the brand’s other eight properties.