Alan Fleischmann

Alan H. Fleischmann is the Founder, President & CEO of Laurel Strategies, Inc., the global business advisory and strategic communications firm for CEOs and their C-suite. Fleischmann is a professional with international and domestic experience in the public, private, and civil society sectors, and an expert in strategy, communications, negotiation, crisis & reputation management, finance, public policy, and trade investment. He has been a confidential advisor to Fortune 100 CEOs, top investors, and leaders. He is also the co-founder and board member of ImagineNations Group,[1] a global network that promotes youth investment, youth-led enterprise, and entrepreneurship. ImagineNations and its partners support initiatives that create access to capital, business/leadership coaching and an on-line portal, www.imagine-network.org, that connects mentors to entrepreneurs.

In September 2010, Fleischmann announced at the Clinton Global Initiative with Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang a commitment to expand the ImagineNations Network worldwide.[2][3][4] ImagineNations is a founding member of Partners for a New Beginning.[5]

Fleischmann was a principal, partner, and board director of Albright Stonebridge Group,[6] the global strategy firm, co-founded with leaders and executives from across the private, public, and civil society sectors. For several years, Fleischmann has been senior counselor of Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) Associates, the global polling and research firm.

Fleischmann was Maryland State chief of staff to the Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a staff director of the U.S. Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs, and served as a senior associate of JP Morgan Chase Bank (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank).

During the period of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Fleischmann served as a policy aide in the German parliament, working for former German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his foundation for development and peace, while receiving a Bundestag Fellowship at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universität.

Fleischmann was a lead member of the Obama Presidential Transition from 2008 to 2009,[7] and in 2010, Fleischmann was appointed by the Obama Administration to serve as a delegate to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. In March 2011, President Obama announced that he was appointing Fleischmann to serve as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.[8]

Fleischmann is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a board member of the Atlantic Council. He is an Advisory Board Member of the United States Export-Import Bank. He is a board member of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Deepak Chopra Foundation.

Fleischmann was awarded an M.A. with honors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he serves on its board. He received a B.A. and B.S. with honors from American University, where he was the valedictorian and student body president.

He is a board member of the Phillips Collection arts museum. Fleischmann is an Advisory Director on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall.

References

  1. ↑ "Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship - ImagineNations Group". Imaginenations.org. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Yahoo! Announces Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Support ImagineNations Network | Yodel Anecdotal". Ycorpblog.com. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Partners | ImagineNations Network". Imagine-network.org. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  4. ↑ "ImagineNations Group and Yahoo! Join to Engage Young Entrepreneurs; Commit to Clinton Global... - NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/". New York: Prnewswire.com. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ↑ CGIVideos. "#CGI2010 Commitment - Partners for a New Beginning cluster". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Global Business Consulting and Strategy Firm | Global Team | Albright Stonebridge Group". Albrightstonebridge.com. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  7. ↑ "James Love: Obama Transition Leaders for Economics and International Trade". Huffingtonpost.com. 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  8. ↑ "President Obama Announces".
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