Announcing the 2025 Young Leaders

The French-American Foundation is proud to announce the 2025 class of U.S. Young Leaders: ten exceptional rising stars shaping the future of their fields across technology, public service, law, academia, public health, finance, and national security.

This year’s cohort reflects the diversity and dynamism of leadership in today’s complex world. These exceptional leaders are united by their passion to drive positive change across borders and commitment to upholding a thriving Franco-American relationship.

French and American Young Leaders will explore shared challenges and forge connections that support a new generation of transatlantic dialogue and understanding. This new chapter opens at the 2025 Young Leaders Seminar in Marseille, France this fall, where Young Leaders will convene to exchange ideas and perspectives, build lifelong friendships, and discover Marseille’s history, contemporary significance, and Provençal charm.

Read all 2025 Young Leaders’ Biographies

2025 U.S. Young Leaders

Michelle Burbage (Cincinnati, OH – Public Health & Academia)
Director of Master of Public Health Program and Global Health Concentration & Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati – College of Medicine

David Cohen-Tanugi (Somerville, MA – Technology & Climate)
Venture Builder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Lisa Einstein (Washington, DC – Cybersecurity)
Research Advisor, Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory; Former Chief AI Officer, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

James “Jake” Cullen Evans (Alpharetta, GA – Law)
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Jeohn Salone Favors (Washington, DC – Government)
Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Tristan Gruska (Brooklyn, NY – Business)
Head of Utilities & Construction, Palantir Technologies

Camela Logan (Norwalk, CT – Technology & Responsible Innovation)
Research Director and Product Lead, Meta Inc.

Ramya Swati “Swati Rao” Metlapalli (Jersey City, NJ– Investment Banking)
Managing Director, Head of Transportation and Infrastructure, BNP Paribas North America Investment Banking

Teymour Shahabi (Brooklyn, NY – Hedge Fund)
Head of Feature and Learner Strategy, Two Sigma Investments

Tiffany Xingyu Wang (San Francisco, CA – Entrepreneurship)
President, Oasis Consortium; CEO and Founder, Songsheet AI

2025 French Young Leaders

Max Aniort (Business)
Founder & President, The Collectionist

Pascal Confavreux (Politics & Government)
Deputy Spokesperson, Deputy Director of Communication and Press, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Angélique Delorme (Art & Culture)
Deputy General Director of the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac/CNC Arts Committee President

Guillaume Dubois (Business)
Founder & CEO, HappyVore

Julien Jeanneney (Research & Academia)
University Professor of Public Law, University of Strasbourg

Fanny Marciano (Finance)
Managing Director, Head of Corporate, Private Equity and Infrastructure Sales for Europe, JP Morgan

Verane Quêtier (Military)
Lieutenant Colonel, Unit Commander – Satellite Observation Center, Space Command, French Air & Space Force / Space Command (CDE) / CMOS

Laurent Saint-Martin (Politics & Government)
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Citizens Abroad, French Government, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Mathilde Saltiel (Business Services)
Partner, Latham & Watkins

Aurélie Sannier (Medicine)
University Lecturer – Hospital Practitioner, Specialist in Pathology, Bichat Hospital – Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)