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EXCLUSIVE: DEBRIEF OF THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PUBLIC SESSION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC FORUM

Tonight, the French-American Foundation is offering a one-time opportunity to the public to join the Transatlantic Forum's monthly meeting for a discussion of the US Presidential Election. The program is normally reserved for members only. Please note that the number of public RSVPs will be capped at 20. We thank you for your consideration.

Date: Wednesday, November 4 at 6:00 pm EST
Speakers: Joel Benenson & Sara Aviel (Young Leader '20)

Joel Benenson: Joel Benenson, founder and CEO of the Benenson Strategy Group, is one of the leading political and corporate strategists in the world. Benenson led the award-winning research and polling programs for President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and is the only Democratic pollster in history to have played a leading role in three winning presidential campaigns. Throughout his career as a pollster and strategist, he has been a trusted advisor to heads of state, political leaders, Fortune 100 companies and their CEOs, and leaders of major advocacy and nonprofit institutions.

Sara Aviel: The Honorable Sara Aviel is an international economic leader with expertise in policy, strategy, and operations. As the founder of Margalit Strategies LLC, Sara provides strategic advice to a range of private, multilateral, and non-profit organizations. She is also a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Previously, Sara served for all eight years in senior positions in the Obama Administration including as the United States representative on the Board of the World Bank, the chief operating officer of the Office of Management and Budget, and a senior advisor to Treasury Secretary Geithner. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Sara worked for international development organizations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and throughout Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
You do not need a Zoom account to join. Registered guests will receive a link to join in the days leading up to the event. You can find the full list of descriptions and recordings of our webinars on our website.
RETHINKING CYBER SECURITY IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
Open to the public

Description: Discussion of cyber security & Covid-19
Date: Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 pm EST
Speaker: Steve Durbin, Managing Director at Information Security Forum (ISF)
Moderator: Kathryn Harrison (Transatlantic Forum member), Founder & CEO of DeepTrust Alliance
HEALTH EQUITY: A VIEW FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
Open to the public

Description: Discussion of healthcare from a transatlantic perspective
Date: Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00 pm EST
Speaker: Paula Braveman, Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Moderator: Elena Pak (Young Leader ’14), Head of North America at The Fred Hollows Foundation
INTERVIEW
Interviews with members of our growing community of leaders and experts (Young Leaders, Transatlantic Forum members, Cyber Security experts, Translation Prize winners, Immigration Journalism Fellows, and more)
Anaïs Rameau
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology 
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Young Leader '20

Anaïs Rameau is assistant professor of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice, at Weill Cornell Medicine. Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Rameau trained at Stanford University where she established the groundwork of her current clinical practice and research. As a clinician, she provides medical and surgical care to patients with voice, swallowing and airway problems. As a researcher, she focuses on the development of novel technologies to benefit older persons at risk of pneumonia and to restore voice in individuals who have lost their larynx to cancer. Her work is currently supported by federal, institutional and foundational grants. Click here to read her full bio.

Q. You are a laryngeal surgeon, a medical academic, and the CEO of MyophonX, a novel medical device which gives a voice to people with limited phonation capacity. Where did your journey on this professional path begin, and how do you achieve a balance between these roles?

I find voice fascinating in its intimate connection to our identity. It is mesmerizing that, despite the apparent rudimentary structure of vocal folds, each human voice is unique and inimitable. Voice is both tangible and ethereal. It can be recorded and used as a biometric marker, yet it is made up of invisible acoustic waves which can powerfully affect our emotions. Listening to an opera aria can bring us to tears, while a child’s cry is immediately disconcerting (and nowadays some political voices can cause us to cringe).

Treating the human voice both medically and surgically allows me to get a little closer to its mystery. In academia, I have the privilege to dedicate time to research and produce new knowledge about the larynx. There is still so much to discover, from regeneration of damaged tissue to restoration of vocal fold mobility. I also love the convergence of voice and new technologies, and think there are innumerable possibilities in the therapeutic, entrepreneurial and creative realms. MyophonX, a silent speech device, is an embodiment of this convergence. All my endeavors are borne out of curiosity and a passionate drive to innovate for patients.

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