Elmira Bayrasli
Director of Corporate Partnerships & Outreach, Endeavor

Elmira Bayrasli is the Director of Corporate Partnerships & Outreach at Endeavor, a New York-based nonprofit supporting high-impact entrepreneurship in emerging markets.  Before joining Endeavor, Elmira was the Chief Spokesperson and Director of Press and Public Information at the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.  In 1994 she joined the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, working for then Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright.  From 1997-2000 she was a Presidential Appointee at the Department of State, in the Secretary of State’s office.  She also served on the negotiating team in the Office of the Special Cyprus Co-ordinator.  She received her MA from Columbia University and BA from New York University.  She has contributed to several books and publications and authored several book reviews and op-eds.