Board of Directors

Valerian Sikhuashvili is an Invited Lecturer at Ilia State University and a Senior Advisor at the Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) in Washington, DC, where he previously served as Director of Academic Programs. Prior to that role, he worked as a Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and as a summer researcher at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Early in his career, he also served as Special Assistant to the President of the Academy of Political Science. 

He serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgian Association in the United States.

Education

• M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
• B.A., Columbia University

Eka Kublashvili is an Invited Lecturer at Business Technology University (BTU), where she teaches Introduction to Finance. She brings a diverse background in financial management across international development, corporate, and academic sectors. Prior to her academic role, Eka served as Regional Finance Officer for the USAID South Caucasus Regional Water Management Program, implemented by Deloitte Consulting. Her professional experience also includes working at the international technology firm EPAM Systems, as well as holding finance and accounting roles in leading Georgian companies such as Archi and Accountants.

Education

• M.B.A., Business and Technology University
• B.A., Caucasus University

Nikoloz Anasashvili is an Investment Officer at the World Bank Treasury, where he helps pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and central banks across the world improve investment management of public assets. He has over a decade of experience in international financial asset management and capacity building.

Education

• M.P.P., Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
• B.A., University of Chicago

Aleksandre Khunjua serves as an Analyst at Mantis Analytics, where he leads a project countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). Prior to this role, Aleksandre worked for three years at the UNDP Country Office in Georgia on programs including the Rule of Law project. Earlier in his career, he spent five years at the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the NATO Liaison Office. Aleksandre was awarded the Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship by the U.S. Department of State in 2019 and served as a visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab in Washington, DC. 

Education

• M.P.S.A., Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government and Public Service (Fulbright Scholar)
• B.A., International Black Sea University 
• FLEX Program alumnus

Luka Kalandarishvili is an experienced finance professional currently working as a Director at Fitch Ratings in New York City. Previously he was a Vice President at a boutique asset management firm in Washington, D.C., and a banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. 

Education

• M.P.P., Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
• B.A., Yale University

Ketevan leads country programs on strengthening national Monitoring and Evaluation systems at the World Bank. She has over 12 years of professional experience in institutional capacity building and evaluations. Over the past years, Ms. Nozadze has led country Monitoring and Evaluation Systems (MESA) diagnostics globally and worked with governments and civil society to strengthen institutional capacities and systems with focus on climate change and environmental sustainability. 

Education

• M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
• M.A., University of Notre Dame