Political Science Professor Landry Signé honored as a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader

Professor Landry Signé was recently named one of the 2015 World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders (YGLs), an honor bestowed to "the world's most outstanding, next-generation leaders, who commit a portion of their time to jointly share a better future and thereby improve the state of the world."

Each year, the World Economic Forum recognizes about 200 outstanding Young Global Leaders from thousands of candidates that represent "the future of leadership, coming from all regions of the world and representing business, government, civil society, arts and culture, academia and media, as well as social entrepreneurs." These Young Global Leaders (YGLs) have committed their energy and knowledge to the most critical issues facing humankind.

"We integrate Young Global Leaders into processes that allow them to have a real impact on global affairs and to make sure that global decision-making preserves the interests of the next generation," said Professor Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum and founder of the Forum of Young Global Leaders. "YGLs engage with leaders outside their community, serving as sounding boards and advisers to international organizations, governments and private institutions."

Current and former YGLs include 11 heads of state and government, 10 heads of Fortune 500 companies, 15 UN Goodwill Ambassadors, six Guinness World Record holders, four Oscar winners, three Olympic gold medalists, two Nobel Prize winners and an astronaut. Previous winners include: British Prime Minister David Cameron, Facebook Founder and CEO Marc Zuckerberg, United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić, Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, Google Co-Founder and President Sergey Brin and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

In addition to UAA Professor Landry Signé, other winners in the 2015 class include such global leaders as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation of Belgium; the President of the New York Stock Exchange; China's Representative to the United Nations; the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Georgia; the Managing Director of J.P. Morgan; the Managing Director of Boston Consulting Group in the UK; the Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in the UK; the Minister of Information of Yemen; the Minister of Youth and Sport of Yemen; the Managing Director of Bank of America; the Senior Vice President of MasterCard; the Global Business Director of Thomson Reuters; Congresswomen from New York (21st District) and from Hawaii (2nd district); a Senator from Arkansas; the Minister of Human Resource Development of India; and the Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion of Mali.

Learn more in the official press release (PDF, 2.3MB).

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